The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word APES which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2012.
Takes after 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 |
| RESEMBLES | 40 % | 9 |
| EMULATES | 10 % | 8 |
| FAVORS | 10 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Takes after
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- take after
- follows
- followings
- following
- looks like
- resembles
- follow on
- accompanies
- fallowing
- come after
- be after
- replicates
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 RESEMBLES
More clues leading to the result EMULATES
- Takes after or imitates
- Tries to equal
- Copies
- Apes
- Takes as a model
- Acts like
- Takes after
- Vies with.
- Tries to surpass.
- Copies, in a way