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Primate and bishop getting a blessing (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baboon

'primate' is the definition.
(I know that baboon is a type of Old World monkey)

'bishop getting a blessing' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'B' (chess abbreviation).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'blessing' becomes 'boon' (synonyms).
'b'+'a'+'boon'='BABOON'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for baboon that I've seen before include "A large one of 17 across" , "Ground-living primate" , "Type of large monkey" , "Uncouth type" , "Large primate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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