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Seabirds needing rare wash set out (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shearwaters

'seabirds' is the definition.
(shearwater is a kind of seabird)

'rare wash set out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'rare'+'wash'+'set'='rarewashset'
'rarewashset' with letters rearranged gives 'SHEARWATERS'.

'needing' acts as a link.

(Another definition for shearwaters that I've seen is " birds".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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