Chest-beating beast
The crossword clue "Chest-beating beast" is answered by APE, a 3-letter entry. Used 44 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 6 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 44 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 6 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.
- Gorilla - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
- King Kong, for one - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Simian - used 92 times, most recently in 2024
- 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
- Orangutan, e.g. - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Barbary beast - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
- Jungle swinger - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Donkey Kong, for one - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Make like - used 32 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
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Beast of burden - ASS, used 289 times
- Braying beast - ASS, used 179 times
- Chest muscle - PEC, used 125 times
- Chest muscle, for short - PEC, used 120 times
- Bearded beast - GNU, used 119 times
- Chest bone - RIB, used 68 times
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