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Sea
birds
circling
coastal
feature
to
find
plants
(4-5)
Sea birds circling coastal feature to find plants (4-5)
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How the clue works
Right, so plants is what we're after — tree-ferns fit the bill. For the wordplay, take TERNS, your sea birds, and have them "circle" REEF, which is the coastal feature — so the reef gets tucked inside the terns, splitting them up as T...ERNS, and REEF slots in the middle to give you T-REEF-ERNS, which reads out as TREE-FERNS.