The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word JACKDAW
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More clues leading to the result JACKDAW
- Bird’s to raise hatch, reportedly
- Lift hatch noisily for bird
- Boy by first light striking north to see bird
- Steal bundle of money back from airborne thief
- Bird labourer notes from behind
- Sailor with a lot of money raised bird
- Knave with bundle returning, a proverbial thief
- Sailor with lots of notes turned over as a thief?
- . Crow: knave brings bundle back
- One flying flag initially defies all warnings
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What does JACKDAW mean?
JACKDAW noun- A European bird (Coloeus monedula) of the crow family, often nesting in church towers and ruins.
- A Daurian jackdaw, a closely related Asian bird (Coloeus dauuricus).