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Exotic mink and sentient apes (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mankind

'sentient apes' is the definition.
(humans are apes)

'exotic mink and' is the wordplay.
'exotic' is an anagram indicator (an unusual form of the letters).
'mink'+'and'='minkand'
'minkand' anagrammed gives 'MANKIND'.

(Other definitions for mankind that I've seen before include "Everybody" , "Humanity" , "people, in general" , "People generally" , "Human beings collectively" .)

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