Doing impressions (5)

I believe the answer is:

aping

(Other definitions for aping that I've seen before include "Taking off" , "Acting like a parrot" , "Mimicking like monkey" , "Parroting" , "Imitation" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate.

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