1) Acts like 2) Acts like rich 3) African primates 4) Animals like King Kong 5) Animals studied by Yerkes 6) Anthropoids 7) Baboon cousins 8) Baboons 9) Band members 10) Barbary beasts 11) Barbary denizens 12) Barbary residents 13) Barbary swingers 14) Beasts of Barbary 15) Big brutes 16) Big galoots Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/apes
Apes (Pongidae) are a group of primates closely related to humans, characterised by the absence of a tail and cheek-pouches. As late as 1900 apes were widely considered to be tail-less monkeys. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BAA.HTM