Monkey business?

The answer

APERY

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APERY answer page.

Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ANTICS (5 uses in xd)
• ANTIC (3 uses in xd)
• ZOO (3 uses in xd)
• HANKYPANKY (2 uses in xd)
• SHENANIGANS (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for APERY

Every other clue in this collection answered by APERY, most used first.

• Mimicry - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Imitation - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Mimic's forte - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Imitative behavior - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Impressionism? - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Clownish miming - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Mimic's skill - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Mimicking - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Impressionist's skill - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Mimic's talent - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Mall business - STORE, used 29 times
• "It's nobody __ business" - ELSES, used 21 times
• Online business - ETAIL, used 20 times
• Business - TRADE, used 19 times
• Business as ___ - USUAL, used 19 times
• Funny business - HUMOR, used 18 times

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