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Duck fine among bats endangered in paradise (6,2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

garden of eden

'in paradise' is the definition.
(I know that Garden of Eden is part of paradise)

'duck fine among bats endangered' is the wordplay.
'duck' becomes 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket).
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation e.g. condition of old coins, books).
'among' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are placed among others).
'bats' indicates anagramming the letters (slang for mad).
'o'+'f'='of'
'endangered' with letters rearranged gives 'gardeneden'.
'of' put within 'gardeneden' is 'GARDEN OF EDEN'.

(Other definitions for garden of eden that I've seen before include "Scene in Genesis" , "Home of Adam and Eve" , "Genesis paradise" , "Pre-lapsarian paradise" , "Biblical paradise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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