Big galoots
The crossword clue "Big galoots" is answered by APES, a 4-letter entry. Used 43 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
APES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APES answer page.
Used 43 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 11 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.
- OXES (3 uses in xd)
- BRUISERS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for APES
Every other clue in this collection answered by APES, most used first.
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- "Planet of the ___" - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Imitates - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Copies - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Simians - used 61 times, most recently in 2022
- Tarzan's clique - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Chimps and gorillas - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Gorillas and chimps - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Some primates - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Gibbons - used 30 times, most recently in 2015
- Gorillas and gibbons - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Tailless primates - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Gibbons and gorillas - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Jungle beasts - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Primates - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Galoots - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Anthropoids - used 22 times, most recently in 2014
- Gorillas, e.g. - used 21 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.
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- Big fusses - ADOS, used 111 times
- Big party - BASH, used 96 times
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- "What's the big ___?" - IDEA, used 93 times
- Big bash - GALA, used 90 times
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