The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MAGPIE
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More clues leading to the result MAGPIE
- Mother with good pastry for flier
- Mum has good food for chatterer
- Wise men entertaining prince with European bird
- Hoarder, member that is collecting silver
- In the Middle East, doctor stuffs excellent bird
- Publication with something to digest in flier
- One hoarding shows enchanting fellow clothing Greek character
- Bird, one rabbiting and yakking?
- Shaman carrying holy bird
- Power for Thatcher’s second government? It’ll mean sorrow for some
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The straight part
We know that "bird" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bird = magpie.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does MAGPIE mean?
MAGPIE noun- One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae
- A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen.
- Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.
- A fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.
- The 3rd circle on a target, between the inner and outer.
- A halfpenny.
- To mark with patches of black and white or light and dark.
- To steal or hoard (items) as magpies are believed to do.
- To talk idly; to talk about other people's private business.