Chimp, for one

The answer

APE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APE answer page.

Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 8 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
• Big primate - used 26 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
• Anthropoid. - used 20 times, most recently in 2007
• Gorilla, for example - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Bruiser - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
• Make fun of - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Animal that can learn sign language - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Tailless simian - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Zoo attraction - used 18 times, most recently in 2013
• Mighty Joe Young, for one - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Rue Morgue culprit - used 17 times, most recently in 2009
• Bonobo, for one - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Go ___ (lose it) - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• King Kong or Donkey Kong - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Chimpanzee, for one - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Animal that beats its chest - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Big bruiser - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Dr. Zaius, for one - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Gorilla or orangutan - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "Gorillas in the Mist" primate - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Great ___ - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• "Great" primate - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Jungle beast - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Large copier? - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• "Tarzan" extra - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Chimp, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Chimpanzee, for example - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Clumsy guy - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Mandrill. - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
• Monkey's uncle? - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• O'Neill's "The Hairy __" - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Oaf - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• One way to go - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Zoo beast - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Dian Fossey subject - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Emulate - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Go ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Gorilla or chimpanzee - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Knuckle dragger - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Siamang, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Tarzan raiser - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Zoo favorite - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Aldous Huxley's "___ and Essence" - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Barbary ___. - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Chest beater - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Chimp or orangutan - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Clumsy person - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Kong, for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Mock - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Primatologist's subject - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Arm-over-arm swinger - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Big bumbler - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Bonobo or gibbon - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Clumsy galoot - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Donkey Kong or King Kong - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Friend of Tarzan - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Go ___ (flip out) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Hairy creature - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Imitator - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• J. Fred Muggs, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Jane Goodall subject - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Mighty Joe Young, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Orangutan or gorilla - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Zoo denizen - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Zoo resident - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Big goon - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Big monkey - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Chest thumper - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Chimp, for instance - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Clumsy brute - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Gibbon or bonobo - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Hairy beast - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Mirror - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Tailless mammal - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Big lummox - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Boorish sort - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Do an impression - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Mighty Joe Young, notably - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Mock, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Pal of Tarzan - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Pet for King Solomon - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Primatology subject - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Simian beast - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Take after - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Be a copycat - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Breast-beating vegetarian - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Brute - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Certain primate - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Copier - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Do likewise - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• "George of the Jungle" creature - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Gibbon or orang - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Long-armed primate - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Primatologist's study - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Tarzan neighbor - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Uncouth one - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Zoo swinger - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• For each - PER, used 391 times
• "For shame!" - TSK, used 208 times
• Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
• Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
• One ___ time - ATA, used 188 times
• One or more - ANY, used 176 times

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