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Bats are able to develop (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elaborate

'develop' is the definition.
(I know that develop is a more specific form of the action elaborate)

'bats are able to' is the wordplay.
'bats' indicates anagramming the letters (slang for mad).
'are'+'able'+'to'='areableto'
'areableto' with letters rearranged gives 'ELABORATE'.

(Other definitions for elaborate that I've seen before include "Highly detailed" , "Polish" , "flesh out?" , "with added detail" , "Detailed, complicated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Telegraph and The Sun.
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