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Chicken with monkey (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wimp

'chicken' is the definition.
(I know that chicken can be written as wimp)

'with monkey' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'w' (short for with).
'monkey' becomes 'imp' (synonyms).
'w'+'imp'='WIMP'

(Other definitions for wimp that I've seen before include "Mummy's boy" , "Weak cowardly person" , "Spineless type" , "Milksop" , "A weak ineffectual man" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Times.
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