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Bird
bath
with
rook
pinching
top
spot
off
family
member
(7)
Bird bath with rook pinching top spot off family member (7)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
The answer is a Bird built up piece by piece. SPA gives us the "bath", R is the chess abbreviation for "rook", and the family member CROW has its top letter (C, the "top spot") pinched off to leave ROW. Run them together and you get SPARROW.