Take kiss from top primate (3)

I believe the answer is:

ape

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This might be a double definition.

'take kiss from top' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'primate' is the second definition.
(ape is a kind of primate)

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for ape that I've seen before include "Anthropoid primate" , "Large primate" , "gorilla" , "Mimic the primate" , "Primate resembling a human" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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