BUGABOOS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/22/1990. By Joy L. Wouk.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Former Turkish official (5)
PASHA
6 Across: European flatfish (3)
DAB
9 Across: Append (3)
ADD
12 Across: Sandal part (5)
STRAP
17 Across: Anew (5)
AGAIN
18 Across: Bruce of N.F.L. fame (4)
ELIA
20 Across: Oahu souvenirs (4)
LEIS
22 Across: Sacramento's ARCO, e.g. (5)
ARENA
23 Across: Plantation owners' enemies? (21)
COTTONBOLLWEEVILLAINS
27 Across: German measles (7)
RUBELLA
28 Across: Ancient weight (4)
MINA
29 Across: ___ the finish (4)
INAT
30 Across: Spicy sausage (6)
SALAMI
33 Across: Grown-up grig (3)
EEL
34 Across: Katmandu native (8)
NEPALESE
36 Across: Frowning elater? (17)
CLICKBEETLEBROWED
40 Across: Palpebras on the eyes (4)
LIDS
41 Across: Goad (6)
NEEDLE
42 Across: Ljubljana native (7)
SLOVENE
47 Across: Arabian commander (3)
AGA
48 Across: Warm oneself pleasantly (4)
BASK
51 Across: Peruvian plant (3)
OCA
53 Across: Yearned (5)
PINED
54 Across: Lepidopteran structure? (15)
MONARCHITECTURE
60 Across: Roman fountain (5)
TREVI
61 Across: Newspaper sec. (4)
ROTO
62 Across: Egg: Comb. form (3)
OVI
63 Across: Mandelas's gp. (3)
ANC
65 Across: Soak flax (3)
RET
66 Across: Hyde Park locusts? (21)
GRASSHOPPERAMBULATORS
74 Across: At the age of: Lat. abbr. (3)
AET
75 Across: RR stop (3)
STA
76 Across: Half of CCCII (3)
CLI
77 Across: Vishnu incarnation (4)
RAMA
78 Across: Exaggerated comedy (5)
FARCE
81 Across: Egyptian demagogue? (15)
SCARABBLEROUSER
88 Across: Small handbill (5)
FLIER
89 Across: Botanist Gray (3)
ASA
90 Across: Ghazels (4)
ODES
91 Across: Latin I verb (3)
AMO
92 Across: Catherine or Josephine (7)
EMPRESS
95 Across: Kettledrum (6)
TIMBAL
99 Across: One's own: Comb. form (4)
IDIO
100 Across: Future moth for Lot's wife (17)
CATERPILLAROFSALT
105 Across: Site of Cromwell's first victory (8)
GRANTHAM
109 Across: Operate (3)
RUN
110 Across: Cuts short (6)
ABORTS
111 Across: Delicate (4)
AIRY
112 Across: Japanese family and admiral (4)
ITOS
114 Across: Lift ___ (make a slight effort) (7)
AFINGER
116 Across: Untrustworthy Puccini heroine? (21)
MADAMBUTTERFLYBYNIGHT
123 Across: Have ___ for news (5)
ANOSE
124 Across: Ego (4)
SELF
125 Across: Fencing cry (4)
SASA
126 Across: Historic Pueblo Indian village (5)
ACOMA
127 Across: Worthless (5)
STRAW
128 Across: Polka follower (3)
DOT
129 Across: Kind of storehouse: Abbr. (3)
MAG
130 Across: Gas used in TV tubes (5)
XENON

Down Answers

1 Down: Larrigan's kin (3)
PAC
2 Down: Past (3)
AGO
3 Down: Posed (3)
SAT
4 Down: Struck (3)
HIT
5 Down: Eskimo jacket (6)
ANORAK
6 Down: Reynolds or Gibson (6)
DEBBIE
7 Down: Lotion ingredient (4)
ALOE
8 Down: Corrida ticket (7)
BILLETE
9 Down: Cakes' companion (3)
ALE
10 Down: Judge (4)
DEEM
11 Down: Holy, to Dante (6)
DIVINO
12 Down: Bando of baseball (3)
SAL
13 Down: Follow (5)
TRAIL
14 Down: "At the Sign of the ___ Pédauque": A. France (5)
REINE
15 Down: Christie and Held (5)
ANNAS
16 Down: Glue (5)
PASTE
19 Down: One of a pair of genes (6)
ALLELE
21 Down: Tendons (6)
SINEWS
24 Down: Insensible (4)
NUMB
25 Down: Like corduroy (5)
WALED
26 Down: Jacket feature (5)
LAPEL
30 Down: Connacht county (5)
SLIGO
31 Down: A seventh-century Irish bishop who became a saint (5)
AIDAN
32 Down: Certain bank offerings: Abbr. (3)
LCS
35 Down: Vote to accept (5)
ADOPT
36 Down: Quahog (4)
CLAM
37 Down: Sumerian god of wisdom (4)
ENKI
38 Down: Rorschach item (4)
BLOT
39 Down: French cashier's stamp (4)
RECU
43 Down: Man, to Brutus (3)
VIR
44 Down: First month, in Lima (5)
ENERO
45 Down: At no time (5)
NEVER
46 Down: Redacts (5)
EDITS
48 Down: The Wrights: Abbr. (4)
BROS
49 Down: Pituitary hormones (5)
ACTHS
50 Down: New growths (6)
SHOOTS
52 Down: Omani, e.g. (4)
ARAB
55 Down: "___ gratia artis" (3)
ARS
56 Down: Peak (3)
TOP
57 Down: A pome caused her to leave home (3)
EVE
58 Down: About (5)
CIRCA
59 Down: Habituated (6)
ENURED
64 Down: A Munster county (5)
CLARE
66 Down: Blunder (5)
GAFFE
67 Down: Kingdom (5)
REALM
68 Down: Anchor position (5)
ATRIP
69 Down: S.A. rodent (4)
PACA
70 Down: Vestment (3)
ALB
71 Down: Tad's marble (3)
MIB
72 Down: TV role for Alvin Childress (4)
AMOS
73 Down: Greek letter (3)
TAU
79 Down: Wax: Comb. form (3)
CER
80 Down: Build (5)
ERECT
82 Down: Copernicus's field: Abbr. (4)
ASTR
83 Down: Scottish rope (4)
RAIP
84 Down: Actress Montez (4)
LOLA
85 Down: Co-Nobelist for Peace: 1978 (5)
SADAT
86 Down: Ludwig and Jannings (5)
EMILS
87 Down: Core (4)
ROOT
93 Down: Master, in India (5)
SAHIB
94 Down: Position (6)
STATUS
96 Down: To look, to Miguel (5)
MIRAR
97 Down: Broad-faced banks (6)
BLUFFS
98 Down: Star in Orion's belt (7)
ALNILAM
99 Down: Neighbor of Syr. (3)
ISR
101 Down: Overacted (6)
EMOTED
102 Down: Miscellaneous assortment (6)
RAGBAG
103 Down: Heed (4)
OBEY
104 Down: Southern constellation (6)
FORNAX
105 Down: Family of a Portuguese navigator (5)
GAMAS
106 Down: Cheerful (5)
RIANT
107 Down: Zeal (5)
ARDOR
108 Down: Former name of Lake Malawi (5)
NYASA
113 Down: W.W. II battle site (4)
STLO
115 Down: Polish river (4)
NYSA
117 Down: European gull (3)
MEW
118 Down: Newt (3)
EFT
119 Down: Bar need (3)
ICE
120 Down: Ending with penta or deca (3)
GON
121 Down: Med. group (3)
HMO
122 Down: Thrash (3)
TAN

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