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Bats evidently live flying round … yes, initially here? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

belfry

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'here?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'bats evidently live flying round yes initially' is the wordplay.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'bats evidently live flying round yes' is 'BELFRY'.

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(Other definitions for belfry that I've seen before include "Place for church bells" , "Bats in the ...... is slangily crazy" , "Church tower space" , "campanologists here?" , "Part of a church tower" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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