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Well-proportioned primate left wearing throw (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shapely

'well-proportioned' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'primate left wearing throw' is the wordplay.
'primate' becomes 'ape' (large primate).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'wearing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'throw' becomes 'shy' (shy is a kind of throw).
'ape'+'l'='apel'
'apel' put into 'shy' is 'SHAPELY'.

(Other definitions for shapely that I've seen before include "Well-proportioned" , "Pleasingly formed" , "Curvaceous" , "Looking good?" , "Attractively proportioned" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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