Clues for the word "GORILLA"
We've had 58 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 138 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on December 09, 2025.
Definition of gorilla
- n. - A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.
Referring Clues
- Thug
- Big bully
- Greatest of the great apes
- Heavy-handed hooligan
- Big ape
- Silverback, e.g.
- King Kong, notably
- Chest beater
- Dian Fossey subject
- Zoo critter
- Zoo critter
- Ape
- Silverback, for one
- Greatest of the apes
- Animal named from a Greek word meaning "tribe of hairy women"
- Donkey Kong, for one
- Zoo denizen
- Chest-beater
- Most powerful primate
- Great ape
- King Kong, e.g.
- Goon
- Brutish sort
- Largest living primate
- Brute
- Large ape
- Big beast
- A troglodyte
- Primate revealed by stream in part of India
- Largest ape
- Endangered anthropoid
- Try to give water to a wild animal
- Primate
- Ape - aggressive muscleman
- Large primate
- Beast who's thuggish or evil in silverback?
- Primate - sturdily-built aggressive man
- Chest-beating primate
- Largest primate
- Journey by water with a hairy beast
- Cook strangling duck, a thug
- Travel by stream with a forest dweller
- Leave soldiers to capture evil thug
- Indian state's home to stream animal
- Largest anthropoid ape
- Interrogate, about ring, a thug
- Something of a thug, or I'll add, an ape
- Large animal seen in stream in Indian state
- Monkey's uncle?
- Leave flower with a big ape
- Magilla, e.g.
- Friend of Tarzan
- Hairy Halloween costume
- Terk in Disney's "Tarzan," e.g.
- Protected creature in the Congo Basin
- Leave the stream followed by a big animal
- Chest-beating sort
- Largest great ape
Last Seen In
- New York Times - December 09, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 05, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 21, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 04, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 25, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 13, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - April 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 09, 2025
- USA Today - January 27, 2025
- New York Times - January 18, 2025
- Daily American - December 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 06, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 19, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 09, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 23, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - September 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 01, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 10, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - June 11, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - May 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 24, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - April 09, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 04, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - March 29, 2024
- Your Life Choices - March 12, 2024
- Your Life Choices - January 23, 2024
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