Wild apes with penchant for coincidence (12)

I believe the answer is:

happenstance

'for coincidence' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'wild apes with penchant' is the wordplay.
'wild' is an anagram indicator.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'apes' after 'penchant' is 'penchantapes'.
'penchantapes' is an anagram of 'HAPPENSTANCE'.

(Another definition for happenstance that I've seen is " Accident".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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