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The rich losing face? That's for the birds (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aves

'for the birds' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the rich losing face?' is the wordplay.
'the rich' becomes 'haves' (as opposed to have-nots).
'losing face?' means to remove the first letter.
'haves' with its initial letter taken away is 'AVES'.

'that's' is the link.

(Another definition for aves that I've seen is " Reverential salutations: class of vertebrates which comprises birds".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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