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Young birds we lost at sea (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

owlets

'young birds' is the definition.
(young owls)

'we lost at sea' is the wordplay.
'at sea' indicates an anagram.
'we'+'lost'='welost'
'welost' is an anagram of 'OWLETS'.

(Other definitions for owlets that I've seen before include "Young wise birds" , "Baby wise old birds" .)

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