Prison sentence involving bird for criminal? (7)

From Times Cryptic 29542, 3D —

3D — Prison sentence involving bird for criminal? (7)LOWLIFE

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'criminal?'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'involving'
  • Operation
    'involving' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'Prison sentence bird'
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'Prison sentence' → LIFE
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'bird' → OWL
  • Assembly
    LIFE + OWL = L(OWL)IFE

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