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Time for a jar with a bird (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

night

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

'time for a jar' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'a jar' becomes 'nigh' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
't' put after 'nigh' is 'NIGHT'.

'with a' is the link.

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(Other definitions for night that I've seen before include "End of the day" , "Period of darkness" , "Dark period" , "From dusk until dawn" , "Evening" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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