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Dashing, little bird hasn't finished (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chic

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'dashing little' is the definition.
'chic' can be an answer for 'dashing' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'little' bit.

'bird hasn't finished' is the wordplay.
'bird' becomes 'chick' (chick is a kind of bird).
'hasn't finished' means to remove the last letter.
'chick' with its last letter removed is 'CHIC'.

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(Other definitions for chic that I've seen before include "Smart and stylish, in a French kind of way" , "Smart - elegant - fashionable" , "Modish" , "Trendy" , "Stylishly turned out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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