Cryptic crossword clue
Knew cry comes from a woodpecker 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word WRYNECK

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What does WRYNECK mean?

WRYNECK noun
  1. Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.
  2. A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles; torticollis.

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