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Officer with fetish for monkeys (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

colobi

'monkeys' is the definition.
(plural of colobus, type of monkey)

'officer with fetish' is the wordplay.
'officer' becomes 'col' (short for colonel).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'fetish' becomes 'obi' (fetish or charm in obi or obeah witchcraft).
'col'+'obi'='COLOBI'

'for' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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