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Training with international aristocrat not off to a flyer (5)

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I believe the answer is:

pewit

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'a flyer' is the definition.
(pewit is a type of bird)

'training with international aristocrat not off to' is the wordplay.
'training' becomes 'pe'.
'with international aristocrat' becomes 'wi' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'not' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'off' suggests deleting specific letters.
'to' with 'o' taken away is 't'.
'pe'+'wi'+'t'='PEWIT'

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(Other definitions for pewit that I've seen before include "Lapwing" , "Bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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