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Train monkey to do without man (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drill

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'train monkey' is the definition.
'drill' can be an answer for 'monkey' (drill is a kind of monkey). I am unsure of the 'train' bit.

'do without man' is the wordplay.
'do' becomes 'dill' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'without' is an insertion indicator ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'man' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for rook, a chess piece or 'man').
'dill' going around 'r' is 'DRILL'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for drill that I've seen before include "Training (to make holes?)" , "Bore; small furrow" , "it could get boring" , "Twilled cotton; soldiers' exercise" , "makes one exercise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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