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Clock a tie wrapped around bird (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cockatiel

'bird' is the definition.
(cockatiel is a kind of bird)

'clock a tie wrapped around' is the wordplay.
'wrapped around' indicates anagramming the letters.
'clock'+'a'+'tie'='clockatie'
'clockatie' with letters rearranged gives 'COCKATIEL'.

(Other definitions for cockatiel that I've seen before include "Small crested Australian parrot" , "18's [BIRD]" .)

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