"Dawn of the Planet of the ___"

The answer

APES

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APES answer page.

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for APES

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

• Mimics - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
• "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
• Big galoots - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• 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
• Parrots - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Tarzan's friends - used 21 times, most recently in 2015
• Gibbons, e.g. - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Goons - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• King Kong's kin - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Large primates - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Big lugs - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Gorillas, for example - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Makes fun of - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Tarzan's neighbors - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Barbary beasts - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Bonobos, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Bronx Zoo houseful - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Chimps and orangutans - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Chimps, for example - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Big brutes - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Chimpanzees and gorillas - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Copycats - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Gorillas - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Orangutans, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Primatologists' subjects - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Follows suit - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Kong's kin - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Lummoxes - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Monkey's uncles - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Primatologist's subjects - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Zoo attractions - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Chimps, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Gorillas and chimpanzees - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Parodies - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Primatologist's study - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Zoo houseful - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Big primates - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Mirrors - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Burlesques - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Friends of Tarzan - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Gorillas, for instance - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Impersonates - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Jungle swingers - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• King Kong and kin - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• King Kong and others - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Makes like - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Monkeys' uncles? - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• "Rise of the Planet of the ___" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Some simians - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Tarzan's pals - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• "2001" characters - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Barbary swingers - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Fossey subjects - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Fossey's study - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Mocks - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Natural mimics - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Orangutans and gorillas - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Palookas - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Takes after - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• They go bananas over bananas - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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