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Beware — fellow is a primitive (7)

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I believe the answer is:

caveman

'a primitive' is the definition.
(caveman is a kind of primitive)

'beware fellow' is the wordplay.
'beware' becomes 'cave' (old-fashioned term meaning 'look out').
'fellow' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before).
'cave'+'man'='CAVEMAN'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for caveman that I've seen before include "Prehistoric person" , "Van came carrying old cliff dweller" , "Prehistoric male" , "old-timer?" , "Uncivilised chap" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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