Can You Parse This Please

[phone-man]

A guy goes over to catch short bird in African republic (7). Why is the answer NAMIBIS

[jim360]

I'd say it should be NAMIBIA (A man, reverse, about Ibi(s))?

[novalis]

a man reversed round ibi(s)

[bibblebub]

NAMIBIA = african republic

a guy goes over = put a man backwards = NAM A
to catch short bird = put IBI(s) in the middle

nam IBI a

[shoota]

Man reversed + ibi(s) + a(frican) = Namibia

[Lie-in King]

Namibia - 'ibi(s)' (short bird, in) 'a man' (over; backward)

[jourdain2]

MAN backwards (goes over)followed by IBIS (bird esp. well-know in ancient Egypt).

[factor-fiction]

Yes- Namibia explained in this thread in Crosswords section
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1392462.html

[hc4361]

I think the answer is Namibia (an African Replubic)

NAM = man backwards (guy)
IBI - short bird (ibis without the S)
A = first letter of clue (A guy backwards)

[scorpiojo]

Er...no it isn't

[scorpiojo]

^ to ff

[shoota]

Toff ?

[scorpiojo]

Sigh

[bibblebub]

a toff with one eyebrow raised

[scorpiojo]

:)

[factor-fiction]

Is it my turn to say Aggghhhhh?

[shoota]

Here is the little darling:
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2mhiees&s=8#.VLF1nSxyYsU