The Clue
Hand-over-hand swinger (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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Echo
Galoot
Gibbon
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Imitate
Impersonate
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Pongid
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Big galoot
Chest thumper
Compliment, in a way
Distant cousin
Do likewise
Do the same as
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Friend of Fossey
Go ___ over
Hairy primate
A. Huxley's "___ and Essence"
Jungle swinger
King Kong, for one
Make like
O'Neill's "The Hairy ___"
Orangutan, e.g.
Bad way to go?
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Human's hairy cousin
King Kong, e.g.
King Kong, notably
Murderer in the Rue Morgue
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What epigones do
Animal that beats its chest
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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"