| SIMIAN | Of the apes |
| ANDYSERKIS | English actor whose films include Black Panther, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes and the Lord Of The Rings series (4,6) |
| PETERCHERNIN | Co-producer of the film Underwater who also co-produced the 2011 film Rise of the Planet of the Apes: 2 wds. |
| FRANCO | James -, star of the film Rise of the Planet of the Apes (6) |
| BOULLE | Pierre who wrote "The Planet of the Apes" and "The Bridge Over the River Kwai" |
| GORILLA | The genus of primates containing the largest of the apes. |
| OWEN | Teague of "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" |
| RISE | "- of the Planet of the Apes" |
| PLANET | "Dawn of the ___ of the Apes" |
| JAMESFRANCO | Rise of the Planet of the Apes star (2 wds.) |
| DAWN | Sci-fi drama with Gary Oldman, Andy Serkis and Keri Russell, ___ of the Planet of the Apes (4) |
| GREYSTOKE | 1984 film drama starring Christopher Lambert subtitled The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (9) |
| SIMI | It's a double-edged sword, missing the middle of Planet of the Apes (4) |
| MINEO | He played the ape Dr. Milo in "Escape From the Planet of the Apes" |
| CHARLTONHESTON | "Planet of the Apes" actor who was president of the Screen Actors Guild, 1965-1971: 2 wds. |
| CHIMP | Caesar in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," for one |
| ZEE | "I hate every ape I see, from chimpan-A to chimpan-___" (lyric from the Simpsons musical-within-a-show Stop the Planet of the Apes. I Want to Get Off!) |
| SERKIS | Actor best known for motion capture roles such as Gollum in leLord of the Rings and Caesar in Planet of the Apes. (6) |
| NOA | Protagonist in 2024's "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" |
| MCDOWALL | Roddy of "Planet of the Apes" films |
