Saga Magazine - July 2023 Crossword

[TEDDYC]

Help please.
Archery target between the inner and outer rings.

*a*p*e (6 letters).

Is the answer MAGPIE ?

[Toorak]

Yes

[Toorak]

See definition 4

noun: magpie; plural noun: magpies; noun: black-billed magpie; plural noun: black-billed magpies; noun: bell magpie; plural noun: bell magpies; noun: Australian magpie; plural noun: Australian magpies; noun: black-backed magpie; plural noun: black-backed magpies
1.
a long-tailed crow with boldly marked (or green) plumage and a noisy call.
2.
any bird of the Australasian butcher-bird family, having black-and-white plumage and musical calls.
3.
used figuratively to refer to a person who obsessively collects things or who chatters idly.
"his father was a garrulous old man who chattered like a magpie"
4.
the division of a circular target next to the outer one, or a shot which strikes this.

[TEDDYC]

excellent - thank you