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can it be ACROBAT, A CROW BAT with no W (work)?

I feel ACROBAT is okay

That looks fine.

Thanks Malone for the confirmation.

Where's the second bird? I hope the setter doesn't think bats are birds!

FWIW, in USA "old bat" is derogatory slang for an elderly woman.

I think the setter mistook bat for a bird and I too didn't realise it. Good observation, ChrisE

Bharat,I've had years of people,including my children, refer to some women, birds as'old bats' -so I didn't give the that part of the clue a second thought. Maybe I should have!

Hi malone
Even if you accept the derogatory terms for women (I bet you don't!), there isn't an overlap between "birds" and "bats"!

Chris, yes, I don't like the derogatory terms - even 'birds' is horrible- but when I first saw the clue I remembered the various people my teenage (and definitely not PC then) children referred to as 'old bats'.*
The clue doesn't have 'old' so the bats link is tenuous at best, and I expect it's down to setter error.

*Some of the people did deserve that term, I'm afraid - real ife does intrude on sensibilities at times!