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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 3 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 31% | 7 | Hairy, hairy thing stopped to pluck third of hairs | |
3 | 31% | 12 | Shared a common ancestor with humans but is not a direct ancestor | |
Hairy Ancestor Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "APE" which means:
- noun
- • Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- • Someone who copies the words or behavior of another
- • Person who resembles a nonhuman primate verb
- • Imitate uncritically and in every aspect
- • Represent in or produce a caricature of adjective
- • Wild; crazy.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The ape swung from branch to branch in the jungle."
- • "The zookeeper feeds the ape bananas every day."
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New York Times08 Mar 1994 | Down 35 | |
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