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Staff plan to hold egg for bird (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rooster

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'bird' is the definition.
(rooster is a kind of bird)

'staff plan to hold egg' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'egg' could be 'o' (an 'o' resembles an egg) and 'o' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'roster' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rooster that I've seen before include "So retro (anag.)" , "Bird that wakes up" , "Male hen" , "Toreros (anag.)" , "8 [RURAL] alarm call" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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