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Creep past rubbish winger (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaffinch

'winger' is the definition.
(chaffinch is a kind of bird)

'creep past rubbish' is the wordplay.
'creep' becomes 'inch' (I've seen this before).
'past' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'rubbish' becomes 'chaff' (I've seen this before**).
'inch' put after 'chaff' is 'CHAFFINCH'.

(Other definitions for chaffinch that I've seen before include "Garden bird" , "Singer" , "Common bird" , "European bird with black and white wings" , "Small European songbird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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