Little devils around Alabama ... bounders (7)
I believe the answer is:
impalas
'alabama bounders' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'little devils around' is the wordplay.
'little' means to remove the last letter (the word is not quite complete).
'devils' becomes 'imps' (I have seen 'Little devils' mean 'imps' so perhaps 'devils' could also mean 'imps').
'around' becomes 'alas' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'imps' with its final letter removed is 'imp'.
'imp'+'alas'='IMPALAS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for impalas that I've seen before include "big game" , "African runners" , "Animals jumping up" , "Animals hunted by African" , "African antelope with ridged curved horns" .)