The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CHIMPANZEE
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More clues leading to the result CHIMPANZEE
- Agree to adopt vessel unknown by European primate
- Agree to keep old tank mainly for one of our relatives
- Tank’s run out – ring around for relative skilled with tools?
- Ring round window bearing head of zealous primate
- Agree about tank, dropping back — that’s hairy!
- . Primate's bell entertains the old manand Edward
- Rest in retreat inside ring grasping the final letter with an Oriental animal
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The straight part
We know that "one of our relatives" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one of our relatives = chimpanzee.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CHIMPANZEE mean?
CHIMPANZEE noun- A species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans.