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Neutral tone sound recording, possibly a gorilla (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

great ape

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'gorilla' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'neutral tone sound recording possibly a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'tone' could be 'g' and 'g' is located in the answer.
'sound' could be 'tap' (tapping is a kind of sounding) and 'tap' is found within the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ree' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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