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Chest-beater having breakfast in Chardonnay? (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

great ape

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'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.

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(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" .)

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