As eg badgers do around corner, at least initially (9)
I believe the answer is:
nocturnal
'as eg badgers do' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'corner at least initially' is the wordplay.
'corner' becomes 'nocturn' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'at least' is 'al'.
'nocturn'+'al'='NOCTURNAL'
'around' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nocturnal that I've seen before include "dark hours?" , "occurring at night" , "Relating to the night" , "Like owls and badgers" , "Like a piece by Chopin?" .)