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Amazed to see by the home, bats, upside-down (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stunned

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'amazed' is the definition.
(I know that amazed can be written as stunned)

'home bats upside-down' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'den' (I've seen this before).
'bats' becomes 'nuts' (synonyms).
'upside down' is a reversal indicator.
'den'+'nuts'='dennuts'
'dennuts' back-to-front is 'STUNNED'.

'to see by the' is the link.
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(Other definitions for stunned that I've seen before include "Knocked out; astonished" , "Stupefied" , "shock" , "Taken aback" , "Amazed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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