Sounded from belfry? Oscar climbs there with an ape (5-4)
I believe the answer is:
orang-utan
'ape' is the definition.
(orang-utan is a kind of ape)
'sounded from belfry? oscar climbs there with an' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'sounded' could be 'rang' (ringing is a kind of sounding) and 'rang' is found in the answer.
'oscar' could be 'o' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'an' could be 'a' and 'a' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for orang-utan that I've seen before include "11 across" , "Great ape" , "Species of ape" , "Endangered ape" , "Endangered primate" .)