Possible Clues:

• Mangabeys, e.g
• Messes (with)
• Plays (around)
• After half a day, openers can be animals
• Fiddles money playing with legends
• How someone in awe might describe himself
• They fly in "The Wizard of Oz"
• Sums involving grand, or halves thereof
• Early space travelers
• Long-tailed primates