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Staff included a question about monkey (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

macaque

'monkey' is the definition.
(macaque is a kind of monkey)

'staff included a question' is the wordplay.
'staff' becomes 'mace' (mace is a kind of staff**).
'included' indicates putting letters inside.
'question' becomes 'qu'.
'a'+'qu'='aqu'
'mace' enclosing 'aqu' is 'MACAQUE'.

'about' is the link.

(Other definitions for macaque that I've seen before include "Primate" , "Long-tailed monkey" , "Monkey with a short or no tail" , "Monkey with a long face" , "Long-faced monkey" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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