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Endless fruit and a nut in a stew for primate (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orang-utan

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'primate' is the definition.
(I know that orang-utan parent taxon Hominidae)

'endless fruit and a nut in a stew' is the wordplay.
'endless fruit' becomes 'orang' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'in a stew' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'nut'='anut'
'anut' with letters rearranged gives 'utan'.
'orang'+'utan'='ORANG-UTAN'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for orang-utan that I've seen before include "Anthropoid mammal of Indonesia" , "Angora nut for long-armed ape of Burma" , "11 across" , "Endangered primate" , "Great ape" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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