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"Donkey ___," Nintendo arcade game featuring Mario that was originally meant to be a Popeye game — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the January 17 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
KONG
4 letters
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January 17 2026
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Daily Themed Crossword January 17 2026
KONG
"Donkey ___," 1981 platform game by Nintendo from the golden age of arcade gaming that you can still play on your browser today
KONG
4
"King ___ vs. Godzilla" (1962 movie)
KONG
4
King ___ (monstrous ape)
KONG
4
King ___, giant gorilla from many eponymous movies who inspired the name for a finch species
KONG
4
"Donkey ___," video game franchise featuring a giant gorilla that took over cereal boxes in the '80s
KONG
4
"___: Skull Island," 2017 film that features a gigantic ape who is the last of his species
KONG
4
"King ___," 2005 movie featuring a prehistoric ape as the titular character
KONG
4
Hong ___, large Asian city and financial center
KONG
4
Classic arcade game "Donkey ___"
KONG
4
King ___, filmdom's gorilla-like monster
KONG
4
"King ___ Vs Godzilla" (1962 movie)
KONG
4
King of the cinema?
KONG
4
Camp beds (rhymes with "dots")
COTS
4
Curved shape, like that of a rainbow
ARC
3
Mediterranean ___ (Greece's beach waters)
SEA
3
Leave out on purpose
OMIT
4
Sound on a dairy farm
MOO
3
On a scale of one to ___
TEN
3
Grandma, affectionately
NANA
4
Bones in a chest cage
RIBS
4
Ctrl+___+Del (PC reboot combo)
ALT
3
The ___ Tour (Taylor Swift's nostalgic tour)
ERAS
4
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