Shouts in battle excited air crews (3,5)

I believe the answer is:

war cries

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'shouts in battle' is the definition.
'war cries' can be an answer for 'shouts' (war cry is a kind of shout). I am not sure about the 'in battle' bit.

'excited air crews' is the wordplay.
'excited' indicates an anagram.
'air'+'crews'='aircrews'
'aircrews' anagrammed gives 'WAR-CRIES'.

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