Natural mimics

The answer

APES

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 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.

• MYNAS (2 uses in xd)

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
• "Dawn of the Planet of the ___" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• 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
• 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.

• Natural balm - ALOE, used 106 times
• Natural soother - ALOE, used 68 times
• Natural emollient - ALOE, used 47 times
• Natural hairstyle - AFRO, used 38 times
• Not natural - DYED, used 30 times
• Natural bandage - SCAB, used 25 times

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