| Tarzan type |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Feb 2026 |
| Perhaps Greystoke title dad rejected? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Feb 2026 |
| Early ancestor |
New York Times |
22 Jan 2026 |
| Evolutionary "missing link" |
New York Times |
20 Aug 2025 |
| Retrospectively name Pa as missing link (6) |
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| Primate standing out each year (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
25 Jun 2025 |
| How mean can pa get? So primitive! (6) |
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| Copy island's extinct primate (6) |
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| Identify father up here as their primitive forebear? |
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| Imitate humans like an extinct primate (6) |
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| He must've sent Jane bananas! |
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| Call father informally about distant relative? (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
05 Nov 2024 |
| Primitive primate |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Oct 2024 |
| Tarzan type |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Aug 2024 |
| Tarzan or Australopithecus? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Tarzan nickname |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2024 |
| Tarzan type |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Tarzan, e.g. |
Premier Sunday |
26 May 2024 |
| Ancestor to throw me a pan (3,3) |
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| "Tarzan the ___" (2 wds.) |
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| British gentry met jungle savagery in this Edgar Rice Burroughs classic starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan, Tarzan, The ... (3,3) |
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| Going back, identify old man as one of our ancestors (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
29 Apr 2024 |
| Going back, identify old man as one of our ancestors (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Apr 2024 |
| Tarzan type |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Apr 2024 |
| Early primate |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Transitional primate |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Ancient ancestor |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Mar 2024 |
| Name father turns up for an ancestor |
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| Human ancestor |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Call father back to meet a distant relation |
The Guardian Cryptic |
05 Feb 2024 |
| Prehistoric primate |
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| Prehistoric primate (6) |
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| Call secretary about an ancestor of ours |
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| Evolutionary link |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jan 2024 |
| Rising pop celebrity upset old primate |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jan 2024 |
| Call secretary about an ancestor of ours (6) |
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| Song by The Kinks; name pa (anag.) |
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| So-called "missing link" in our ancestry |
New York Times |
23 Oct 2023 |
| Ancestral primate |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jul 2023 |
| Certain missing link |
New York Times |
24 Jun 2023 |
| 'The missing link' |
New York Times |
02 Feb 2023 |
| Tarzan, notably |
Universal |
14 Nov 2022 |
| Primitive primate |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Extinct primate |
The Guardian Quick |
07 May 2022 |
| Early ancestor |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Apr 2022 |
| Pea soup carried by hand to primitive human |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Dec 2021 |
| Pea soup carried by hand to primitive human |
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| Tarzan, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Tarzan, e.g |
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| A casual name to describe earliest of proto-humans |
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| Simon's chance encounter I'll abandon for possible primate once |
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| A “missing link” |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
17 Jan 2021 |
| . Identify communication system to return missing link |
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| Being gone for ages, call father back |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Early human ancestor |
The Times Concise |
01 Oct 2020 |
| Early primate |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Aug 2020 |
| Human ancestor |
The Times Concise |
03 Aug 2020 |
| Tarzan, for one |
Universal |
24 Jun 2020 |
| Perhaps Tarzan wants one to be a passing acquaintance of Simple Simon |
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| Extinct early primate |
The Times Concise |
05 Mar 2020 |
| Hypothetical hominid |
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| Tarzan, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
10 Nov 2019 |
| Pithecanthropus, literally |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Aug 2019 |
| Primitive primate |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Apr 2019 |
| Primitive primate |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Mar 2019 |
| Pithecanthropus, literally |
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| Primitive primate |
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| Epithet for Tarzan |
Premier Sunday |
16 Dec 2018 |
| Tarzan, notably |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Nov 2018 |
| Primate trapped in escape manoeuvre |
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| Theoretical primate |
LA Times Daily |
04 Sep 2018 |
| Theoretical primate |
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| Hypothetical missing link |
USA Today |
16 Aug 2018 |
| Early hominid |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jun 2018 |
| Evolutionary intermediate |
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| Old primate, a quiet celebrity on the up |
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| Moniker for Tarzan |
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| Tarzan nickname |
Newsday |
14 Feb 2018 |
| Tarzan, for one |
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| Evolutionary intermediate |
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| Early hominid |
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| Tarzan, notably |
|
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| Hypothetical missing link |
|
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| Theoretical primate |
|
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| Hypothetical evolutionary link |
LA Times Daily |
21 Dec 2017 |
| Hypothetical evolutionary link |
|
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| Tarzan, e.g |
Universal |
29 Nov 2017 |
| Sasquatch, supposedly |
Universal |
10 Sep 2017 |
| Tarzan type |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Jun 2017 |
| So-called missing link |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2017 |
| 1970 song by the Kinks |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Feb 2017 |
| So-called missing link |
|
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| Hypothetical evolutionary link |
|
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| Sasquatch, supposedly |
|
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| Tarzan, e.g. |
|
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| Primate's name secretary recalled |
|
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| A writer enthralling mum, being transformative? |
|
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| Hypothetical hominid |
USA Today |
23 Sep 2016 |
| Hypothetical evolutionary link |
Universal |
09 Jul 2016 |
| Hypothetical hominid |
|
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| Hypothetical evolutionary link |
|
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| Tarzan, notably |
USA Today |
01 Dec 2015 |
| It's retrograde to call dad ~the missing link~? |
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| Tarzan was described as such |
|
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| Transitional figure |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Apr 2015 |
| Hypothetical primate |
LA Times Daily |
26 Mar 2015 |
| Theoretical evolutionary link |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2015 |
| Tarzan, notably |
|
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| Tarzan, e.g. |
|
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| Transitional figure |
|
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| Hypothetical primate |
|
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| Theoretical evolutionary link |
|
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| Tarzan, notably |
|
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| Tarzan, e.g. |
|
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| Moniker for Tarzan |
|
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| Kinks song about Tarzan? |
|
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| Sci-fi hominid |
|
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| Tarzan's moniker |
|
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| Hypothetical primate |
|
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| Hypothetical evolutionary link |
|
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| Transitional primate |
|
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| Theoretical proto-person |
|
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| Tarzan, for one |
|
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| Theoretical proto-person |
|
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| Early ancestor |
|
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| Hypothetical hominid |
|
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| 1970 Kinks song |
|
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| Tarzan, e.g. |
|
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| Missing link |
|
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| Tarzan, for one |
|
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| Missing link, maybe |
|
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| Tarzan, for one |
|
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| Hypothetical primate |
|
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| Presumed evolutionary link |
|
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| Hypothetical hominid |
|
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| Missing link, possibly |
|
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| Presumed evolutionary link |
|
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| Tarzan, e.g. |
|
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| Tarzan, e.g. |
|
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| Tarzan, e.g. |
|
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| Evolutionary intermediate |
|
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| Tarzan |
|
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| Ancient ancestor |
|
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| Swinging fellow? |
|
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| Hypothetical evolutionary link |
|
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| Transitional being |
|
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| Transitional being |
|
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| Tarzan, for instance |
|
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| Tarzan, for one |
|
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| Tarzan, e.g. |
|
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| Missing link |
|
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| Primitive fellow |
|
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| Transitional figure |
|
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| Theoretical primate |
|
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| Tarzan, say |
|
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| Very old hairy guy? |
|
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| Primitive sort |
|
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| Tarzan, for one |
|
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| Missing link, supposedly |
|
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| The "missing link," for one |
|
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| Sasquatch sort |
|
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| He set a vine example |
|
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| Neanderthal, to some |
|
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| Evolutionary intermediate |
|
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| Missing link |
|
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| Authority shown by assistant backing primate |
|
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| Tarzan, perhaps |
|
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| Evolutionary intermediate |
|
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| Hypothetical primate |
|
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| Tarzan, for one |
|
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| Pithecanthropus |
|
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| Tarzan |
|
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| Pithecanthropine, e.g. |
|
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| Missing link |
|
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| Pithecanthropus |
|
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| Pithecanthropus, for one |
|
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| Darwin subject |
|
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| Pithecanthropus erectus. |
|
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| Pithecanthrope. |
|
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| Intermediate primate. |
|
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| Tarzan. |
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| Missing link. |
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| Primate. |
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| Orang-utan. |
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