The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word APEMEN
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More clues leading to the result APEMEN
- Our distant ancestors, or a writer about them
- We agree about pressure on European ancestors of ours?
- Old relatives occasionally upset inside? So be it
- A writer to entertain this writer — altogether subhuman types?
- They are fictional from the records revealed by soldiers
- Our predecessors put me in a cage...
- A writer about myself and distant ancestors
- Our old relatives this person put in an enclosure
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Our distant ancestors" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case our distant ancestors = apemen.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does APEMEN mean?
APEMEN noun- A prehistoric man resembling an ape.