Marshal agrees to chop up the bird (5)
I believe the answer is:
galah
'bird' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'marshal agrees to chop up' is the wordplay.
'GALAH' is hidden backwards in amongst the letters.
But, I am not sure how this is indicated.
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for galah that I've seen before include "Fool" , "Simpleton" .)