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Grape tea prepared for large mammal (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

great ape

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'large mammal' is the definition.
'great ape' can be an answer for 'mammal' (great ape is a kind of mammal). I'm not sure about the 'large' bit.

'grape tea prepared' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates an anagram.
'grape'+'tea'='grapetea'
'grapetea' with letters rearranged gives 'GREAT APE'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for great ape that I've seen before include "Eg, gorilla, chimpanzee" , "chimpanzee, for example" , "Gorilla, perhaps" , "Chimp perhaps" , "Large primate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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