Chest-beating beast

The answer to “Chest-beating beast” in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is APE — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on September 11, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 30-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Chest-beating beast” answer

APE (3 letters)

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What does APE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of APE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Chest-beating beast” appeared?

Eugene Sheffer reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 11, 2026 (most recent) → APE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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