The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word APES , but the solution may also be MOCKS which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in Wall Street Journal).
Burlesques crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| APES | 40 % | 4 |
| MOCKS | 33 % | 5 |
| SATIRES | 20 % | 7 |
| FARCES | 7 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Burlesques
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- parody
- sendup
- spoof
- travesty
- pasquinade
- lampoon
- mockery
- charade
- takeoff
- cabarets
- masquerades
- parodists
Crossword Answer definitions
APES noun- A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
- Any such primate other than a human.
- An uncivilised person.
- One who apes; a foolish imitator.
- To behave like an ape.
- To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result APES
- Big lugs
- Copies
- Edgar Rice Burroughs characters
- Mimics
- "2001" characters
- Follows suit
- Imitates
- Does a takeoff
- Gibbons
- Jungle critters
More clues leading to the result MOCKS
- Mimics rudely
- Pokes fun at
- Derides
- Ridicules
- Treats with derision
- Makes fun of
- Taunts
- Imitates derisively
- Dummies (up)
- Burlesques.
More clues leading to the result SATIRES
- Horatian works
- Takeoffs
- Swift works
- Swift's specialties
- Orwell's "Animal Farm," et al.
- Swift specialties
- Takeoffs of a sort
- Biting writings
- Lampoons
- "Animal Farm" and others