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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, November 01, 2009 | 2D | Form of the Egyptian god Thoth | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
| Friday, July 31, 2009 | 57D | Troglodyte | Mike Nothnagel |
| Monday, June 22, 2009 | 1A | King Kong, e.g. | Fred Piscop |
| Friday, June 12, 2009 | 44D | Caricature | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, June 08, 2009 | 25A | Simian | Randy Sowell |
| Thursday, May 21, 2009 | 4D | Mirror | Patrick Blindauer |
| Sunday, May 10, 2009 | 116A | Long-armed animal | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, February 16, 2009 | 12D | Mimic | David Kwong |
| Friday, December 19, 2008 | 51A | Lummox | Natan Last |
| Friday, December 05, 2008 | 59D | Take off on | Joe Krozel |
| Thursday, November 06, 2008 | 46A | Donkey Kong, e.g. | Jeremy Newton |
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 | 15A | Pal of Tarzan | Steven L. Zisser |
| Friday, October 03, 2008 | 53A | Large copier | Harvey Estes |
| Thursday, August 28, 2008 | 36A | Goon | Sheldon Benardo |
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 76D | Impersonate | Caleb Madison |
| Sunday, August 03, 2008 | 38D | Ursine : bear :: pithecan : ___ | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 | 35D | Koko who communicates through American Sign Language, e.g. | Allan E. Parrish |
| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 | 36A | Pal of Tarzan | Barry C. Silk |
| Thursday, May 22, 2008 | 21A | Copy | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | 65D | Zoo attraction | Doug Peterson |
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 | 62A | Big galoot | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, February 07, 2008 | 55A | Mimic | Kenneth J. Berniker |
| Wednesday, January 23, 2008 | 41A | Raiser of Tarzan | Henry Hook |
| Sunday, January 13, 2008 | 38A | Donkey Kong, for one | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 | 47D | Take off on | Allan E. Parrish |
| Monday, October 29, 2007 | 53A | King Kong, e.g. | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 | 59D | Siamang, for one | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, July 26, 2007 | 43A | Imitate | Joe Krozel |
| Wednesday, May 09, 2007 | 42A | Lug | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 | 15A | Mock, in a way | Jennifer Nutt |
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 | 48A | Bruiser | Michael Shteyman |
| Wednesday, January 31, 2007 | 51A | Donkey Kong, for one | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, September 06, 2006 | 60A | King Kong, e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, August 07, 2006 | 6D | Cousin of a human | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, July 19, 2006 | 61D | Copy | Alison Donald |
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 | 98A | One way to go | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| Monday, February 06, 2006 | 52A | Mimic | Sheldon Benardo |
| Sunday, February 05, 2006 | 94A | Make like | Eric Berlin |
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 | 33A | Copy | Joe DiPietro |
| Monday, January 16, 2006 | 56D | King Kong, e.g. | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 | 38A | Big lug | Peter Abide |
| Tuesday, October 04, 2005 | 36D | Barbary beast | Barry C. Silk |
| Friday, September 16, 2005 | 39D | Lummox | Craig Kasper |
| Sunday, September 04, 2005 | 67D | Big hairy one | Richard Silvestri |
| Saturday, August 27, 2005 | 33D | Make like | Byron Walden |
| Saturday, July 09, 2005 | 34A | Lubber | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, July 03, 2005 | 36D | Copy | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, May 31, 2005 | 6D | King Kong, e.g. | Merl Reagle |
| Wednesday, May 25, 2005 | 28D | Big bruiser | Nancy Salomon |
| Saturday, April 16, 2005 | 47A | Goon | Gary Steinmehl |
| Wednesday, March 30, 2005 | 35A | Copy | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, March 29, 2005 | 16A | Big galoot | Victor Fleming and Nelson Hardy |
| Monday, March 14, 2005 | 31A | Companion of Tarzan | Robert Malinow |
| Sunday, February 06, 2005 | 34A | Make like | Joel Kaplow |
| Monday, January 03, 2005 | 57A | Companion for Tarzan | Gregory E. Paul |
| Wednesday, November 17, 2004 | 59D | Make like | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, November 02, 2004 | 12D | Gibbon or orangutan | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, September 20, 2004 | 48A | Tree swinger | A. J. Santora |
| Wednesday, August 18, 2004 | 63D | Big brute | Nancy Salomon and Levi Denham |
| Thursday, August 05, 2004 | 61D | "The Naked ___" (1960's best seller) | Seth Abel |
| Wednesday, July 14, 2004 | 30D | Barbary beast | A. J. Santora |
| Tuesday, June 29, 2004 | 58A | Copy | Jim Hyres |
| Sunday, June 13, 2004 | 91A | Lummox | Richard Silvestri |
| Saturday, April 24, 2004 | 1A | Clumsy lug | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, March 31, 2004 | 52A | Tailless simian | Randy Sowell |
| Tuesday, February 10, 2004 | 1D | Mock, in a way | Seth A. Abel |
| Monday, February 09, 2004 | 36A | Animal that beats its chest | Robert Dillman |
| Monday, January 05, 2004 | 46A | Human's cousin | Allan E. Parrish |
| Sunday, December 28, 2003 | 111A | Parrot | Seth A. Abel |
| Saturday, December 27, 2003 | 22A | Yerkes Center inhabitant | Adam Cohen |
| Monday, November 03, 2003 | 30A | King Kong, e.g. | Marjorie Berg |
| Thursday, September 25, 2003 | 30D | Lug | Patrick Merrell |
| Friday, September 05, 2003 | 9D | Knuckle dragger | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, September 04, 2003 | 29D | Make like | Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples |
| Wednesday, August 06, 2003 | 71A | Make like | Jay Livingston |
| Sunday, July 20, 2003 | 116A | Mock, in a way | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, June 24, 2003 | 11D | Boorish brute | Norma Johnson and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, May 20, 2003 | 65D | Mimic | Peter Abide |
| Tuesday, May 13, 2003 | 8D | Copy | Todd McClary |
| Friday, May 09, 2003 | 28A | Uncultured one | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, April 11, 2003 | 20A | Emulate | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, February 20, 2003 | 50A | Galoot | Peter Sarrett |
| Saturday, February 15, 2003 | 56A | Galoot | Rich Norris |
| Friday, January 24, 2003 | 4D | Distant cousin | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, January 01, 2003 | 43D | Bad way to go? | Ed Early |
| Wednesday, December 25, 2002 | 39A | Copycat | Patrick Merrell |
| Wednesday, December 18, 2002 | 57A | Dian Fossey subject | Merle Baker |
| Tuesday, November 05, 2002 | 49A | Big brute | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, October 01, 2002 | 58A | How the excited go | Michael Shteyman |
| Saturday, September 07, 2002 | 26A | Tree climber | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, July 24, 2002 | 8D | How fans may go | Eric Berlin |
| Monday, June 24, 2002 | 54A | Big galoot | Trip Payne |
| Monday, April 29, 2002 | 66D | Gibbon, for one | Holden Baker |
| Sunday, March 03, 2002 | 120D | Chest thumper | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, January 06, 2002 | 78A | Barbary ___ | Frank A. Longo |
| Wednesday, September 26, 2001 | 45A | Mimic | Stephen Budiansky |
| Sunday, July 29, 2001 | 108A | Mock, in a way | Michael Ashley |
| Monday, June 18, 2001 | 44A | Imitate | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Monday, May 28, 2001 | 31A | Gorilla | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, May 27, 2001 | 87A | Simple tool user | Dana Motley |
| Friday, May 11, 2001 | 54D | Copier | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Saturday, March 31, 2001 | 10D | Go ___ | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, March 18, 2001 | 121D | Make like | Richard Silvestri |
| Friday, February 02, 2001 | 44A | Mirror | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, January 28, 2001 | 89A | Big clod | Jim Page |
| Tuesday, January 16, 2001 | 6A | Mimic | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, January 15, 2001 | 35D | Gibbon or gorilla | Janet R. Bender |
| Monday, November 13, 2000 | 22A | Gibbon, e.g. | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, October 17, 2000 | 43A | Orangutan, for one | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, August 27, 2000 | 105A | Goon | Dana Motley |
| Tuesday, July 18, 2000 | 11A | Act like | Richard Silvestri |
| Monday, June 26, 2000 | 51A | Animal that beats its chest | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, May 21, 2000 | 102A | One way to go | Matt Gaffney |
| Sunday, April 09, 2000 | 48A | Do the same as | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, March 28, 2000 | 26A | Big goon | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, March 26, 2000 | 82A | Galoot | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, March 04, 2000 | 57D | Lout | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, March 02, 2000 | 10D | Copy | Frances Hansen |
| Wednesday, February 09, 2000 | 41D | Copy | Charles E. Gersch |
| Thursday, February 03, 2000 | 64D | Bruiser | Thomas W. Schier |
| Wednesday, February 02, 2000 | 43A | Jungle swinger | Richard Chisholm |
| Wednesday, December 29, 1999 | 58D | Go ___ over | Robert O. Dillman |
| Monday, November 22, 1999 | 34D | Mimic | Frances Hansen |
| Wednesday, October 27, 1999 | 21D | Simian | Chris Sallade |
| Monday, September 20, 1999 | 37D | Copycat | Gregory E. Paul |
| Saturday, September 18, 1999 | 6D | Aldous Huxley's "___ and Essence" | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, September 12, 1999 | 7D | It has long arms | Nancy Scandrett Ross |
| Thursday, August 05, 1999 | 54D | Goon | A. J. Santora |
| Friday, July 16, 1999 | 48D | One who swings a good deal | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| Sunday, June 13, 1999 | 87D | Rue Morgue culprit | Rich Norris |
| Monday, May 31, 1999 | 64A | Copy | Joey Crumley |
| Sunday, May 23, 1999 | 87A | Do a takeoff on | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, April 26, 1999 | 2D | King Kong, e.g. | Robert Dillman |
| Monday, March 22, 1999 | 50A | Gorilla | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, February 05, 1999 | 10D | Make like | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, January 21, 1999 | 32A | Go ___ | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, January 20, 1999 | 36A | Galoot | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, December 31, 1998 | 16A | Goon | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, December 29, 1998 | 1D | Mimic | Susan Harrington Smith |
| Wednesday, October 14, 1998 | 60A | Copy | Jay Sullivan |
| Wednesday, July 15, 1998 | 16A | Do, so to speak | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, July 08, 1998 | 19A | Do an impression of | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| Wednesday, July 01, 1998 | 60D | Goon | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, April 29, 1998 | 26A | Tarzan's foster mother | Gayle Dean |
| Friday, March 27, 1998 | 45A | Uncouth one | Alan Jay Weiss |
| Friday, March 20, 1998 | 47A | Flatter, in a way | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, March 17, 1998 | 2D | King Kong | Nancy Salomon and Bob Klahn |
| Saturday, February 28, 1998 | 38D | Uncouth one | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, February 11, 1998 | 42A | Pithecanthropus relative | Nancy S. Ross |
| Friday, January 23, 1998 | 46A | Burlesque | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, December 14, 1997 | 2D | Goon | Nancy Salomon |
| Friday, October 03, 1997 | 47A | Large copier | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, September 28, 1997 | 90A | Copy | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Thursday, September 25, 1997 | 12D | King Kong, e.g. | Mark Diehl |
| Tuesday, September 16, 1997 | 33D | "Tarzan" extra | Christopher Page |
| Sunday, August 31, 1997 | 2D | Cousin of a lemur | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, June 15, 1997 | 59D | Act like | Karen Hodge |
| Sunday, February 09, 1997 | 109D | Do a Little bit | D. Niles |
| Tuesday, January 21, 1997 | 8D | Imitate | T. W. Schier |
| Monday, January 06, 1997 | 34A | Mimic | S. L. Robbins |
| Sunday, December 22, 1996 | 96D | Galoot | F. Hansen |
| Sunday, December 08, 1996 | 31D | Barbary beast | A. J. Santora |
| Monday, November 11, 1996 | 60D | Imitate | S. Spadaccini |
| Wednesday, October 16, 1996 | 47A | Zoo attraction | B. Gordon |
| Saturday, October 12, 1996 | 40A | Galoot | R. Norris |
| Tuesday, October 01, 1996 | 60D | Huxley's "___ and Essence" | R. J. Hartman |
| Friday, September 13, 1996 | 51A | One way to go | M. Nosowsky |
| Friday, August 09, 1996 | 9D | Descendant of the Dryopithecus | D. Tuller |
| Thursday, August 01, 1996 | 2D | Copy | B. Lubbers |
| Thursday, July 11, 1996 | 24D | Copy | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, June 25, 1996 | 39A | Aldous Huxley's "___and Essence" | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, May 08, 1996 | 19A | Boor | R. Norris |
| Saturday, March 09, 1996 | 47A | Wild | R. Norris |
| Wednesday, March 06, 1996 | 28A | Mimic | N. S. Ross |
| Sunday, February 04, 1996 | 76A | Mirror | D.J. Kahn |
| Friday, January 12, 1996 | 4D | Copy | R. Norris |
| Saturday, December 09, 1995 | 48A | Siamang, e.g. | Mike Shenk |
| Monday, November 20, 1995 | 11D | Mimic | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Saturday, September 23, 1995 | 9D | "Great" or "lesser" animal | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Wednesday, July 19, 1995 | 21D | Copycat | Nancy S. Ross |
| Friday, June 09, 1995 | 54A | Copycat | A.J. Santora |
| Wednesday, June 07, 1995 | 52A | Lout | Martin Schneider |
| Sunday, April 30, 1995 | 16D | Friend of Fossey | Warren W. Reich |
| Monday, April 03, 1995 | 16A | King Kong, e.g. | Randall J. Hartman |
| Saturday, March 25, 1995 | 20A | Bananas | Walter Webb |
| Monday, March 20, 1995 | 45A | Imitate | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Thursday, February 23, 1995 | 58D | Make like | Daniel R. Stark |
| Thursday, February 16, 1995 | 57A | Imitate | Christopher Hurt |
| Thursday, January 12, 1995 | 8D | Compliment, in a way | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| Tuesday, December 20, 1994 | 48A | Mimic | Robert R. Zimmerman |
| Sunday, October 30, 1994 | 29A | Bruiser | R.M. Hopkins |
| Sunday, August 14, 1994 | 57D | Siamang, e.g. | Deborah Kathryn Trombley |
| Wednesday, August 10, 1994 | 54A | Emulate | Ernie Furtado |
| Friday, April 01, 1994 | 48A | Pithecologist's study | Stanley Newman |
| Tuesday, March 08, 1994 | 35D | Hairy ancestor | Harvey Estes |
| Saturday, February 26, 1994 | 59D | Do Little work | Bob Klahn |
| Saturday, February 05, 1994 | 53D | Highly excited, in slang | Rand H. Burns |
| Sunday, January 09, 1994 | 113A | Dian Fossey subject | Mel Rosen |
| Thursday, December 16, 1993 | 2D | One rung on the evolutionary ladder | Nancy Joline |
| Monday, December 06, 1993 | 47D | King Kong, e.g. | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, November 21, 1993 | 78D | Imitate | Peter Gordon |