| HOMINID | Primate such as a gorilla, orangutan or human (7) |
| CAPE | Containing a word for a primate, such as a gorilla, a noun for a cloak, domino, poncho or mantilla (4) |
| APE | Tailless primate such as a gorilla or gibbon |
| APELIKE | A fish captivates the Spanish as a gorilla would (7) |
| GREATAPE | Large primate such as a chimpanzee or gorilla: 2 wds. |
| MONKEY | Tailed primate such as a mandrill; or, the title of Arthur Waley's translation of Journey to the West (6) |
| HAIRIER | Like a gorilla's body compared to a human's |
| APISHLY | How to look at some cheapish lychees like a gorilla (7) |
| APPEASE | Pacify a gorilla, say, eating small vegetables |
| BABOON | Old World primate such as the Olive ..., Papio anubis (6) |
| LEMUR | Primate such as Madagascar's aye-aye |
| APES | Primates such as chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, humans and orang-utans (4) |
| CHEST | A trunk full of gold discovered by a leprechaun (or the body part a gorilla beats with his fists) |
| SIMIAN | A colobus is one, as is a gorilla (6) |
| ZOO | Where a city dweller might see a gorilla |
| SUNS | N.B.A. team with a gorilla mascot, strangely enough |
| RWANDA | Country with a gorilla on its 5,000-franc note |
| BEAT | Grieve like a gorilla? (4,4,6) |
| ALLIGATOR | Animal, a gorilla, shambling round edge of forest (9) |
| ORANG | Man-like ape smaller than a gorilla |
