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Type of songbird increasing around west (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

waxwing

'type of songbird' is the definition.
(I know that waxwing is a type of songbird)

'increasing around west' is the wordplay.
'increasing' becomes 'waxing' (waxing is a kind of increasing).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'west' becomes 'W' (abbreviation).
'waxing' placed around 'w' is 'WAXWING'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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