Cryptic crossword clue
Bird or spider unfortunate old woman swallowed? 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word FLYCATCHER

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "Bird" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bird = flycatcher.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does FLYCATCHER mean?

FLYCATCHER noun
  1. Any of many kinds of birds, of the families Muscicapidae (in Europe and Asia) and Tyrannidae (in the Americas), that catch insects in flight.

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