The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SEABIRD
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SEABIRD
- Gannet possibly going to pot, braised
- Main sentence describing guillemot, for example
- Pull up towels, bandaging a black cormorant, say?
- What may be puffin, braised in a stew
- Flier, black one, blocks main road
- A bride’s desperate for a shag, perhaps
- Gull perhaps burst airbeds
- Debris scattered around a possible casualty of oil slick
- Bread is torn apart by gull?
- Diver maybe raised rocks protecting bar mouth
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The straight part
We know that "Diver maybe" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case diver maybe = seabird.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does SEABIRD mean?
SEABIRD noun- Any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.