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Sloth and bats are in it (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inertia

'sloth' is the definition.
(inertia can mean laziness or sloth)

'bats are in it' is the wordplay.
'bats' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'are'+'in'+'it'='areinit'
'areinit' is an anagram of 'INERTIA'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for inertia that I've seen before include "motionless?" , "Idleness" , "Disinclination to respond" , "Slowness to move or act" , "Torpor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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