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Sheila on the game. An Australian hobby? (4,2,4)

Confused parrot? (4,2,4)

Mark's girlfriend is a vulture? (4,2,4)

With obscene gesture from vulnerable one, this aggressor flies into action (4,2,4)

Is meaning 8 used in the UK?

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/bird

Aristo, Interesting question - we certainly have 'giving/getting the bird' as a hiss in the theatre, and we have 'flipping the bird' as an Americanism, I think.

But bird is not defined as such in Chambers, the OED or even Partridge's Dictionary of Slang; nor in these as 'flipping the bird'.

M

Could I have some parses, please?
paul @13
tyke51 @17
mattrom @22

With less than two hours to go we have
20 entries from 10 competitors
Still plenty of time for more...

@Chrise

My @17 uses your `raptor`in the clue!

ChrisE
13 OWL ("bowls" minus b(ull)s(hit)
17 tRAP TORy
22 parrot = anag. of raptor