Jumper European primate held in both hands (6)

I believe the answer is:

leaper

'jumper' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'european primate held in both hands' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'primate' becomes 'ape' (I've seen this before).
'held in' is an insertion indicator.
'both hands' becomes 'lr' (abbreviations for left and right).
'e'+'ape'='eape'
'eape' put within 'lr' is 'LEAPER'.

(Another definition for leaper that I've seen is " jumper".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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