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Songster halves that hurry-scurry (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thrush

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'songster halves that hurry-scurry' is the definition.
'thrush' can be an answer for 'songster' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the rest of the definition.

'that hurry-scurry' is the wordplay.
'that hurry' becomes 'th' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'scurry' becomes 'rush' (I've seen this before).
'th'+'rush'='THRUSH'

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(Other definitions for thrush that I've seen before include "Speckled songbird or throat infection" , "Repetitive singer" , "Bird that sings" , "Common British songbird" , "Brownish songbirds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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