Bete __ (bugaboo) Crossword Clue

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Bete __ (bugaboo) Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

BUGABOO (noun)
1. an imaginary monster used to frighten children
2. a source of concern

Hint 2: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
IRONE

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Across

1. Brazilian soccer great

5. Baker's gadget

11. Brown who wrote 'The Da Vinci Code'

14. Individually, slangily

18. Poetic green land

19. RN's drip device

20. Ponder (over)

21. Business note

22. Have a large influence on others

25. Disappearing Asian sea

26. Embassy official

27. Alaskan wooden souvenir

28. Actress Woodard

29. Soldier's denial

30. Arabic greeting

34. Othello assistant

36. Teapot topper

38. 31 gallons of beer

40. Musical dramas

43. CSI network

46. Do a city cop's job

50. Juilliard deg.

51. Say again

52. French heads

53. Regional flora and fauna

54. Yoga accessory

55. "Without further ___..."

56. Knee tissue for short

57. African adventure

59. Boggy ground

60. 'Leave it to me'

63. Gait rates

64. Rise sharply

66. Nostalgic fashion

67. Settle accounts with coded paper

70. Tequila source

73. Exclusion worry, in texts

76. Nostrils, for instance

78. Go separate ways

80. Tune (out)

82. Places using a 19-Across

83. Garland of flowers

84. Ages __ (time long past)

85. Aerodynamically designed

86. Lava, before its exit

89. Measure of energy

90. "Dee-lish!"

91. Emulate Diana and Charles in '82

95. IRS ID

96. Zen enlightenment

98. Respectful

99. Hasty escape

101. Philly-area hero

104. Bright fires

106. Supercharged engine

110. Prone to bungling

112. Emergency kit light

114. Pittsburgh-based metal maker

116. Mineral hardness scale

117. Allow aggressive pursuit

121. Others, in Latin

122. Filmmaker from India

123. Biblical dancer

124. To ___ (perfectly)

125. Act sulky

126. Tense of "to be"

127. Engraved deeply

128. Croquet venue

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1. Butter ___ ice cream

2. Muse of poetry

3. Thesaurus entries

4. Necessarily involve

5. Express relief

6. "Poison" plants

7. Where St. Pete is

8. Metal in pewter

9. Suffix for absorb

10. Boot up again

11. Hex- doubled

12. Fragrance

13. Without precedent

14. Charlotte __, VI

15. Do seemingly impossible things

16. Poet Khayyam

17. Gondolier's propeller

20. Encouraging touch

23. Bitter-smelling

24. Ballpark big hit

28. Pet protection org.

31. Help feloniously

32. Doily fabric

33. Portion of 50-Across

35. "Yes, indeed"

37. Waterless moat

39. Chem class cost

41. A long way off

42. Fill to excess

43. Orchestral furniture

44. Move a little

45. Speak impulsively

47. Historic souvenir

48. Total flop

49. In favor of

56. Minimal magnesium

57. Henri's "holy"

58. Dull discomfort

59. Nativity trio

61. Equestrian gait

62. Soaked up rays

63. Slacks purchase

65. Clumsy people

68. Began studying

69. Krispy __ (Dunkin' competitor)

71. Takes a sudden turn

72. Endorse digitally

74. Offshore drilling structure

77. Train track beam

78. Proves worthwhile

79. Mexican water

81. Prefix for thermal

85. Nursery rhyme dieter

86. Mother of Hermes

87. Insect-filled animated film

88. Butter of India

92. Hooded snake

93. Italian sportswear brand

94. __ Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman role)

97. My mistake!

100. Two-way, as affection

102. "It's my concern..."

103. Kemper of The Office

105. Defiant challenge

107. Oscar de la __

108. Moisten lightly

109. TV twins' surname

110. Muslim cleric

111. ___ contendere

113. Prefix like atm-

115. Toolhouse

117. Basis of recent vaccines

118. Snack or sup

119. Pampering treatment for short

120. Water, to chemists

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