The Clue
Big lug (3 letter answer)
The Answer
APE
Tags
Notes
The answer APE is very common and appears about once every 32 puzzles.
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Barbary ___
Caricature
Copier
Copy
Echo
Galoot
Goon
Gorilla
Imitate
Lubber
Lug
Mimic
Primate
Siamang
Act the mime
Big galoot
Boorish brute
Do an impression of
Do a takeoff
Donkey Kong, for one
Friend of Fossey
Gibraltar primate
Human's cousin
Make like
Naked or hairy
Siamang, e.g.
Tarzan's Cheeta
One way to go
"Great" or "lesser" animal
Human's hairy cousin
King Kong, e.g.
Mad about, with "over"
McDowall role: 1968
Slamang or wou-wou
Tarzan's foster mother
What epigones do
Animal that beats its chest
Form of the Egyptian god Thoth
One who swings a good deal
Definition
APE as a noun:
1. any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
2. (copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper) = someone who copies the words or behavior of another
3. (anthropoid, ape) = person who resembles a nonhuman primate
APE as a verb:
1. imitate uncritically and in every aspect; "Her little brother apes her behavior"
2. (caricature, ape) = represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"