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Training on rifle-range, shot blue bird (9,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peregrine falcon

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'blue bird' is the definition.
'peregrine falcon' can be an answer for 'bird' (peregrine falcon is a kind of bird). I am not certain of the 'blue' bit.

'training on rifle-range shot' is the wordplay.
'training' becomes 'pecon' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' indicates putting letters inside (as in clothing \'on\' a person).
'shot' indicates an anagram.
'rifle'+'range'='riflerange'
'riflerange' is an anagram of 'regrinefal'.
'pecon' placed around 'regrinefal' is 'PEREGRINE FALCON'.

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(Other definitions for peregrine falcon that I've seen before include "up in the air?" , "bird?" , "She kills small creatures" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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