Recorded primate trapped in the outskirts of Telford (5)
I believe the answer is:
taped
'recorded' is the definition.
(taping is a kind of recording)
'primate trapped in the outskirts of telford' is the wordplay.
'primate' becomes 'ape' (I've seen this before).
'trapped in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the outskirts of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'telford' with its middle removed is 'td'.
'ape' placed into 'td' is 'TAPED'.
(Other definitions for taped that I've seen before include "recorded" , "On record; tied up" , "put on record" , "Bound" .)