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You may find night-fliers hanging about in them (8)

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I believe the answer is:

belfries

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'hanging about in them' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'you may find night-fliers' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'fliers' is 'lfries' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'be' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for belfries that I've seen is " Bell towers as on churches".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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