Hawkish type with various cruelties putting us off (7)

Guardian Cryptic #29035 | 19 Down | 2023-04-04
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

An anagram (‘various’) of ‘cr[u]eltie[s]’ minus US (‘putting us off’). A TIERCEL or tercel is a male falcon.

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