The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word APE , but the solution may also be SIMIAN which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in LA Times).
Primate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| APE | 78 % | 3 |
| ORANG | 11 % | 5 |
| APEMAN | 4 % | 6 |
| MAN | 4 % | 3 |
| SIMIAN | 4 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Primate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hierarch
- high priest
- archpriest
- prelate
- ape
- monkey
- dance
- supremacy
- dominance
- primacy
- chimpanzee
- simian
Crossword Answer definitions
APE 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.
- Wild; crazy.
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 APE
- "Going __!" (Danza bomb)
- Act like
- Brutish one
- Copy
- Lummox
- Make like
- O'Neill's "The Hairy __"
- O'Neill's hairy title character
- Rue Morgue culprit
- Aldous Huxley's "__ and Essence"
More clues leading to the result ORANG
- Borneo ape
- Brown-skinned ape
- Sumatra simian
- Long-limbed ape
- Borneo swinger
- Borneo beast
- Zoo attraction
- Long-armed primate
- Monkey's uncle?
- Sumatra swinger
More clues leading to the result APEMAN
- Neanderthal, to some
- Primitive fellow
- Missing link
- Tarzan, e.g.
- Tarzan, for one
- Sasquatch sort
- Evolutionary intermediate
- Hypothetical primate
- He set a vine example
- The "missing link," for one
More clues leading to the result MAN
- Checker piece
- Chess queen, strangely, enough
- To a __ (without exception)
- "I'm a ___" (Bo Diddley hit)
- "Wow!"
- Superhero suffix
- ___ overboard!
- Fit out
- Game piece
- Staff