Cryptic crossword clue
Primarily stylish bird, fashionable type 7

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

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The straight part
We know that "fashionable type/fashionable type" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fashionable type/fashionable type = swinger.
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 SWINGER mean?

SWINGER noun
  1. One who swings.
  2. A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).
  3. A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick two runners to finish in any of the places in any order.
  4. A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing.
  5. A swing voter.
SWINGER noun
  1. One who swinges.
  2. Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.

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