Chest-beater having breakfast in Chardonnay? (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
great ape
'chest-beater' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'breakfast in chardonnay?' is the wordplay.
'breakfast' becomes 'eat breakfast' (synonyms).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'chardonnay?' becomes 'grape' (chardonnay is a kind of grape).
'eat' inserted within 'grape' is 'GREAT APE'.
'having' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for great ape that I've seen before include "chimpanzee, for example" , "orang-utan, for example" , "gorilla, say" , "Wild animal" , "Eg, gorilla, chimpanzee" .)