Absent parent to throw husband out over nothing (6)

Guardian Cryptic #29773 | 20 Down | 2025-08-14
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

C [h] UCK (throw) without the H (abbreviation for husband), then O (abbreviation for over, in cricket scoring) + O (zero = nothing). A bird that leaves its eggs for other birds to care for.

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