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Restless auk flew erratically (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wakeful

'restless' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'auk flew erratically' is the wordplay.
'erratically' indicates anagramming the letters.
'auk'+'flew'='aukflew'
'aukflew' with letters rearranged gives 'WAKEFUL'.

(Other definitions for wakeful that I've seen before include "Alert, vigilant" , "Not sleepy" , "Unable to sleep" , "Not getting off" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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