| GOODALL | Champion of the chimpanzee, her forty-five year study of primates redefined 'being human'; Jane ... |
| PALAEONTOLOGY | Chum taking a long time to record year's study of fossils (13) |
| ENOS | Biblical name of the chimpanzee who orbited Earth in 1961 |
| MALTIN | Critic Leonard who wrote an eponymous annual movie guide for forty-five years |
| BONOBO | One of two species in the genus Pan, the other being the chimpanzee |
| WRISTBONE | Any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates (5,4) |
| GORILLA | The genus of primates containing the largest of the apes. |
| IMP | The chimpanzee was a bit of a rascal (3) |
| CANAPES | With taste, do they begin to question the powers of primates? |
| CROWN | Netflix series, The ___, which starred Stockport-born actress Claire Foy, who made her screen debut in 2008's comedy series, Being Human (5) |
| EXISTENTIAL | Concerned with or involving the nature of being (human) (11) |
| PROCONSUL | An extinct genus of primate, possibly an ancestor of humans also an official of ancient Rome (9) |
| RAISINS | Items fed to the pheasants in Roald Dahl's Danny, the Champion of the World (7) |
| DANNY | He was the champion of the world in the Roald Dahl story for children |
| HOMINID | Member of a family of primates (7) |
| GREAT | The chimpanzee is a ___ ape just like gorillas and orangutans |
| GREATAPES | Animals such as the chimpanzee, orang-utan and gorilla |
| JANEGOODALL | "The Chimpanzees of Gombe" writer |
| IMITATES | Apes left pair of primates to go around island by Thailand (8) |
| ANIMAL | Being human, I'm always inclusive of this kingdom (6) |
