The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SAKI
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More clues leading to the result SAKI
- Primate mentioned briefly, dressing king
- Monkey lives around borders of Kenya, to the west
- Munro: it’s associated with Karakoram mountain
- Runner goes around a Munro
- Scornful-sounding writer
- Slalom round a Munro
- Slide down mountains, skirting a Munro
- I ask about monkey
- Short film about Anglicanism’s first primate
- Secure alpine knot invented originally for Munro
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The straight part
We know that "Writer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case writer = saki.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 SAKI mean?
SAKI noun- An alcoholic beverage made from fermenting various forms of rice, usually with an ABV similar to wine.
- A class of Japanese rice wines made from polished rice and typically about 20% alcohol by volume.
- Any of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. with large ears and a long hairy tail that is not prehensile.