Did they monkey around in prehistory? (6)
'prehistory?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'did they monkey around in' is the wordplay.
'did they' becomes 'amen' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'monkey' becomes 'aper' (I've seen this in another clue).
'around' indicates the central letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
The central letters of 'aper' are 'pe'.
'amen' placed around 'pe' is 'APEMEN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for apemen that I've seen before include "Extinct human ancestors" , "Our predecessors" .)
'prehistory?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are nouns, they are not in the same form of the noun.
'did they monkey around in' is the wordplay.
'did they' becomes 'amen' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'monkey' becomes 'aper' (I've seen this in another clue).
'around' indicates the central letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
The central letters of 'aper' are 'pe'.
'amen' placed around 'pe' is 'APE-MEN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ape-men that I've seen before include "Extinct human ancestors" , "Multiple Tarzans" , "Early humans" , "Primitive primates" , "Description of Tarzans" .)