d mail crossword

[rogersbean]

5a no baboon variety-an isolated ape(6) 6d ...before long climbs round top of knoll or(5)

[teacher1]

Any letters to help?

[rogersbean]

5a b---b- 6d--o-s

[gen2]

5a bonobo

[kayakamina]

6d Nooks Soon with k reversed

[gen2]

before long = soon
top of knoll = k
soon climbing about K = nooks

Not sure what that has to do with 'or'

[rogersbean]

thanks

[beerbelly]

Gen2 the reference to or was one of those clues that lead on to another .
and should have been or.......
( then the next clue starts ) ........

I hate these clues as OR has nothing at all to do with the answer , or quite often , the next clue !
.....b...b