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African, having seen bats, winds key (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

senegalese

'african' is the definition.
(Senegalese is an example)

'seen bats winds key' is the wordplay.
'bats' indicates anagramming the letters (slang for mad).
'winds' becomes 'gales' (gale is a kind of wind).
'key' becomes 'e' (musical key).
'seen' anagrammed gives 'sene'.
'sene'+'gales'+'e'='SENEGALESE'

'having' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for senegalese that I've seen before include "from West Africa" , "Relating to a West African country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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