The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word APE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.
Big lug crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| APE | 45 % | 3 |
| OAF | 30 % | 3 |
| PALOOKA | 10 % | 7 |
| GALOOT | 8 % | 6 |
| BRUISER | 5 % | 7 |
| BOZO | 3 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Big lug
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bruiser
- bluto
- strapper
- burly
- tank
- dench
- well-thewed
- hench
- muscular
- myodynamia
- arnold schwarzenegger
- muscularity
Crossword Answer definitions
APE noun- A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
- Any such primate other than a human.
- An uncivilised person.
- One who apes; a foolish imitator.
- To behave like an ape.
- To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.
- Wild; crazy.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result APE
- "Going __!" (Danza bomb)
- Act like
- Brutish one
- Copy
- Lummox
- Make like
- O'Neill's "The Hairy __"
- O'Neill's hairy title character
- Rue Morgue culprit
- Aldous Huxley's "__ and Essence"
More clues leading to the result OAF
- Clod
- Lout
- No genius
- Bull in a china shop, maybe
- Bumpkin
- Galoot
- Crude dude
- Unlikely ballet dancer
- Muttonhead
- Stumblebum
More clues leading to the result PALOOKA
- Boxer Joe of the comics
- Oaf
- Cartoon boxer Joe
- Big oaf
- Lummox
- Two-bit boxer
- Fictional boxer Joe
- Boxer, slangily
- Boxer of the comics
- Unskilled pug
More clues leading to the result GALOOT
More clues leading to the result BRUISER
- Big rough lug
- Husky fellow
- Big lug
- Tough guy
- Pugilist.
- Fisticuffer.
- Professional boxer.
- Bully.
- Bully: Colloq.
- Ruffian.