The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AVES
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More clues leading to the result AVES
- Welcome small bird’s class
- Birds gather moving south as far as poss
- Invertebrates? Tern tribe’s mixed in with these
- The rich losing face? That’s for the birds
- Birds, the ones with possessions in the East End
- Keeps heading off wingers
- Prayers to Mary for group of fliers
- Birds found in Gravesend
- Road’s birds
- a The birds and the bees leaving babes five slices
Buddy explains!

The straight part
We know that "wingers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wingers = aves.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 AVES mean?
AVES noun- An Ave Maria.
- A reverential salutation.