Times Jumbo Cryptic 1118

[horseshoes]

1ac In east London, appropriate having source of water for arge bird.

I have put hawfinch, but can't parse it at all. Please help.

The letters I had were: H?W?I?C?

[Neveracrossword]

Hawfinch sounds like 'half inch'/pinch in East London/Cockney.

[dannyk13]

Hawfinch sounds like half inch(Cockney slang for pinch)

[bibblebub]

'half inch' with W[first letter of 'water'] replacing L [large]

[dannyk13]

Correction - w(source of water) in hafinch (sounds like half inch,Cockney slang for pinch)

[slaney]

Halfinch (appropriate) with source of water=W substituted for L(arge)

[horseshoes]

Ha ha not when you say it with a Welsh accent it doesn't! I'd never have parsed that in a month of Sundays. Thank you.

Where does the source of water come in to it?

[horseshoes]

Oops sorry Slaney, you weren't there when I asked my last question.

Thank you all.

[bibblebub]

'sounds like' is not required for this clue

[horseshoes]

Ah, no it isn't; I see that now. Thanks again Bibblebub.

[bibblebub]

you're welcome

[lynbrown]

I'm sure Haw is a Scottish word for a source.. of water.