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Singer's evening at home with good drink (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nightingale

'singer's' is the definition.
(nightingale is a kind of birdanimal)

'evening at home with good drink' is the wordplay.
'evening' becomes 'night' (I've seen this before).
'at home' becomes 'in' ('I'm in' can mean 'I'm at home').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'drink' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'night'+'in'+'g'+'ale'='NIGHTINGALE'

(Other definitions for nightingale that I've seen before include "Flier" , "Keats's immortal Bird" , "Bird - famous nurse" , "Bird noted for its song" , "Florence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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