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Chicanery a concern for primates? (6,8)

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I believe the answer is:

monkey business

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'chicanery' is the definition.

'a concern for primates?' is the wordplay.
'a concern' becomes 'business' (concern can mean a business or company).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'primates?' becomes 'monkey' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'business' put after 'monkey' is 'MONKEY BUSINESS'.

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(Other definitions for monkey business that I've seen before include "mischief" , "fiddle" , "larking about" , "may be amusingly projected" , "Marx Brothers film" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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