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Agree about the new bat being passable (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

not bad

'passable' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'agree about the new bat' is the wordplay.
'agree' becomes 'nod' (I've seen this before**).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'the new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'bat' is an anagram of 'tba'.
'nod' going around 'tba' is 'NOT BAD'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for not bad that I've seen before include "fair" , "Passable" , "Grudging praise" , "could be OK" , "So-so" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and the Evening Standard.
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