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Let's not have bird shivering: it's uncivilised (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heathen

'uncivilised' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'let's not have bird shivering' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'have' could be 'eat' (eating is a kind of having) and 'eat' is found within the answer.
'bird' could be 'hen' (hen is a kind of bird) and 'hen' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'h' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for heathen that I've seen before include "Uncultured" , "Infidel, pagan" , "One who doesn't acknowledge your god" , "Barbaric" , "Non-believer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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