The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SMEW
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SMEW
- Diving duck scared at first by cat’s cry
- Missile's outside, held by opponents in game — duck!
- Diver‘s back-to-front converted stable area
- Singular sound of cat getting bird
- Gull’s call follows second diver
- Seagull’s after small duck (4
- The first person to settle in the West Country
- Duck to baste — around medium
- Stitch trapping male diver
- Bird yours truly spotted in Devon and Cornwall?
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What does SMEW mean?
SMEW noun- A small compact diving duck, Mergus albellus, that breeds in the northern taiga of Europe and Asia and winters on sheltered coasts or inland lakes.