Big primate
The crossword clue "Big primate" is answered by APE, a 3-letter entry. Used 26 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
APE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APE answer page.
Used 26 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for APE
Every other clue in this collection answered by APE, most used first.
- Mimic - used 425 times, most recently in 2026
- Copy - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
- Imitate - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
- Gorilla - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
- Big galoot - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- King Kong, for one - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Simian - used 92 times, most recently in 2024
- Galoot - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Gorilla, for one - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- King Kong, e.g. - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Gibbon or gorilla - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Gorilla, e.g. - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Tailless primate - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Bonobo, e.g. - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Gibbon, e.g. - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Gorilla or chimp - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Gorilla or gibbon - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Chest-beating beast - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Orangutan, e.g. - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Big brute - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Barbary beast - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
- Copycat - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Jungle swinger - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Lummox - used 35 times, most recently in 2021
- Donkey Kong, for one - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Gibbon - used 33 times, most recently in 2019
- Parrot - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Clumsy one - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Make like - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Goon - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Orangutan, for one - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Chimp or gorilla - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Act like - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Impersonate - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Primate - used 26 times, most recently in 2019
- Big lug - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Chimpanzee, e.g. - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Clumsy fellow - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Gibbon, for one - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Wild way to go - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Do an impression of - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Donkey Kong, e.g. - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Large primate - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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