Listen in shed: 'The Lady Vanishes', 'Rope' and 'The Birds' on a loop (9)
I believe the answer is:
eavesdrop
'listen in' is the definition.
(I know this)
'shed the lady vanishes rope and the birds on a loop' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'shed' could be 'drop' (to shed is to cast off or drop) and 'drop' is found within the answer.
'birds' could be 'aves' (I've seen this before) and 'aves' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eavesdrop that I've seen before include "Listen carefully" , "Listen secretly to private talk" , "Deprave so to listen secretly" , "Listen in secret" , "Listen to bug" .)