The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PLOVER
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More clues leading to the result PLOVER
- Bird from public relations embracing sweetheart
- Shore bird beloved by papa
- Pair admitting strong affection for shore bird
- Bird, parrot’s first sweetheart
- Old dotard pair, full of affection
- Bird providing introduction to Petrushka’s sweetheart
- Bird quietly sitting by mate?
- Osprey essentially grabbing duck and shore bird
- Wading bird quietly settled across lake
- There’s nothing in the outskirts of Pinner for this flier
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The straight part
We know that "Shore bird" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shore bird = plover.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PLOVER mean?
PLOVER noun- Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae.