The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word KITTIWAKE
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More clues leading to the result KITTIWAKE
- Bird’s audible celebration of cat’s passing?
- Sound made by cat to rouse seabird
- Stuff to carry round island with bird
- Seabird I rouse after Manx cat, perhaps
- Bird supplies new technology around festival
- What’ll get footballer covered? “Note what’s behind trawler – seagull“
- Bird I come to after Manx cat
- Seagull — one following boat after equipment on it capsized
- Announced pool vigil for high-flying colonial?
- Feline heard to rouse bird
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The straight part
We know that "high-flying colonial?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case high-flying colonial? = kittiwake.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does KITTIWAKE mean?
KITTIWAKE noun- Either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae that nest in colonies on sea cliffs and spend the winter on the open ocean.