| Celebrity cleaner briefly recalled our distant relative |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
18 Oct 2025 |
| Early human (7) |
The Sun Mini |
04 Oct 2025 |
| Prehistoric person with a home of stone (7) |
Puzzler |
22 Sep 2025 |
| 1981 film comedy starring Ringo Starr and Dennis Quaid (7) |
Mirror Quiz |
03 Sep 2025 |
| Beware of getting haircut - bloke's uncivilised |
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| Common character in "The Far Side" |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2025 |
| Beware the fellow - he's prehistoric (7) |
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| Came out with victory over a new ancestor |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Troglodyte |
Mirror Quick |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Van came out to see the ancient person (7) |
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| Van came round for ancestor (7) |
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| Neanderthal, eg (7) |
Puzzler |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Look out, old boy! Your ancestor? (4,3) |
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| Stone Age person (7) |
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| Rocky van came for Fred Flintstone, say (7) |
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| Prehistoric person with a home of stone (7) |
Puzzler |
15 Nov 2024 |
| A warning to the race from our primitive ancestor (4-3) |
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| One who once lived a hollow life |
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| Primitive human |
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| Troglodyte |
The Times Concise |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Bloke to be wary of in Roman times? A regular clubber (7) |
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| "BC." character |
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| Van came out to see the Palaeolithic person (7) |
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| Van came from a Palaeolithic person (7) |
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| Beware of Caligula — he’s a brute |
The Times Cryptic |
31 Oct 2023 |
| Guy of long ago |
Newsday |
18 May 2023 |
| Stone Age chap? |
The Guardian Quick |
24 Sep 2022 |
| One of the earliest artists of all time (2 words) |
Family Time |
30 Jan 2022 |
| Troglodyte |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Nov 2020 |
| Beware — fellow is a primitive |
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| Troglodyte |
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| Troglodyte |
New York Times |
20 Oct 2019 |
| Guy from many centuries ago (2 words) |
Family Time |
01 Jul 2019 |
| Neanderthal |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jan 2019 |
| Van came out to find troglodyte |
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| Prehistoric male |
Universal |
31 Jul 2016 |
| Prehistoric male |
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| Early hunter |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Oct 2015 |
| Hollow king, say, a brutal one |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Apr 2015 |
| Troglodyte |
USA Today |
04 Feb 2015 |
| Troglodyte |
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| "B.C." character |
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| Sci-fi stock character |
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| Sourpuss in Geico ads |
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| Sourpuss in Geico ads |
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| Alley Oop, for one |
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| King Guz, for one |
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| Bedrock citizen |
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| Troglodyte |
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| Part 5 of quote |
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| Neanderthal |
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| B.C., e.g. |
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| Flintstone, e.g. |
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| Alley Oop, for one |
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| Prehistoric being. |
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| Spelunker. |
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| Tenant in the pre-rent control era. |
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| Subject of many cartoons. |
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| Troglodyte. |
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| Early earthling. |
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| Apartment dweller, old style. |
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| Human being of the Stone Age. |
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| Wooer of a sort. |
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