Monkey god's shortened title (6)

I believe the answer is:

rascal

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'monkey' is the definition.
(I know that monkey can be written as rascal)

'god's shortened title' is the wordplay.
'god's' becomes 'Ra's' (Egyptian god).
'shortened title' becomes 'cal' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ras'+'cal'='RASCAL'

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(Other definitions for rascal that I've seen before include "Horror" , "Michievous person/child" , "Impudent person" , "Rogue, scamp" , "Impudent child" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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