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Upset as bride makes booby, perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seabird

'booby perhaps' is the definition.
(booby is a kind of seabird)

'upset as bride' is the wordplay.
'upset' indicates anagramming the letters.
'as'+'bride'='asbride'
'asbride' anagrammed gives 'SEABIRD'.

'makes' is the link.

(Other definitions for seabird that I've seen before include "Gull perhaps" , "Marine creature" , "A gull, for instance" , "gull, say" , "Gannet possibly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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