Monday Crossword — December 12, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/12/1977. By Marie West.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Like some tales (4)
- TALL
- 5 Across: Pairs (5)
- MATES
- 10 Across: Solemn vow (4)
- OATH
- 14 Across: Site of Put-In Bay (4)
- ERIE
- 15 Across: Wide-awake (5)
- ALERT
- 16 Across: Dancer's knee bend (4)
- PLIE
- 17 Across: Upturn, in Wall St. parlance (15)
- RISINGBAROMETER
- 20 Across: Gym item (3)
- MAT
- 21 Across: Burden (4)
- ONUS
- 22 Across: Author of "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" (6)
- PINERO
- 23 Across: Per ___ wages (4)
- DIEM
- 24 Across: Resiliency (4)
- TONE
- 25 Across: Hardy (6)
- ROBUST
- 28 Across: False fronts (8)
- COVERUPS
- 32 Across: Escoffier's spice (5)
- EPICE
- 33 Across: Manufacturer (5)
- MAKER
- 34 Across: Theater sign (3)
- SRO
- 35 Across: "Red" coin (4)
- CENT
- 36 Across: Fellow with a future (5)
- COMER
- 37 Across: Modish (4)
- CHIC
- 38 Across: Exist (3)
- ARE
- 39 Across: His point system revolutionized bridge (5)
- GOREN
- 40 Across: Rain or spot follower (5)
- CHECK
- 41 Across: Fatherly (8)
- PATERNAL
- 43 Across: Trumpet sounds (6)
- BLARES
- 44 Across: Historian whose work covered 142 books (4)
- LIVY
- 45 Across: Whistle-blowing time (4)
- NOON
- 46 Across: Shoe part (6)
- INSOLE
- 49 Across: Revs up (4)
- GUNS
- 50 Across: Swindle (3)
- CON
- 53 Across: Market regulator (15)
- SUPPLYANDDEMAND
- 56 Across: Rose fancier (4)
- ABIE
- 57 Across: Kind of orange (5)
- OSAGE
- 58 Across: Peruvian ruler of yore (4)
- INCA
- 59 Across: Direct one's course (4)
- WEND
- 60 Across: Valued (5)
- RATED
- 61 Across: Garlic's cousin (4)
- LEEK
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Six years in the Senate (4)
- TERM
- 2 Down: Showpiece for Sutherland (4)
- ARIA
- 3 Down: Shopping aid (4)
- LIST
- 4 Down: Oahu garland (3)
- LEI
- 5 Down: Lodestone (6)
- MAGNET
- 6 Down: Music lover's purchase (5)
- ALBUM
- 7 Down: Pekoe and oolong (4)
- TEAS
- 8 Down: Make a slip-up (3)
- ERR
- 9 Down: Roadside inn (8)
- STOPOVER
- 10 Down: First game in a series (6)
- OPENER
- 11 Down: German graybeard (4)
- ALTE
- 12 Down: Layer (4)
- TIER
- 13 Down: Kind of sandwich (4)
- HERO
- 18 Down: "A ___ like a hidden brook": Coleridge (5)
- NOISE
- 19 Down: He may do some stripping (5)
- MINER
- 23 Down: Conduit (4)
- DUCT
- 24 Down: Keepsake (5)
- TOKEN
- 25 Down: Summary (5)
- RECAP
- 26 Down: "Turandot" is one (5)
- OPERA
- 27 Down: Test deviser (5)
- BINET
- 28 Down: Lawrence's steed (5)
- CAMEL
- 29 Down: Groomsman (5)
- USHER
- 30 Down: Buyer's concern (5)
- PRICE
- 31 Down: Hose (5)
- SOCKS
- 33 Down: Brightly colored eel (5)
- MORAY
- 36 Down: Kind of belt (8)
- CONVEYOR
- 37 Down: Oriental hawkshaw (4)
- CHAN
- 39 Down: Subject to the third degree (5)
- GRILL
- 40 Down: Neck and neck (5)
- CLOSE
- 42 Down: Absconded (6)
- ELOPED
- 43 Down: Like some whisky (6)
- BONDED
- 45 Down: Poke (5)
- NUDGE
- 46 Down: "___ three ships . . . " (4)
- ISAW
- 47 Down: Cloud over Chile (4)
- NUBE
- 48 Down: What the lilies don't do (4)
- SPIN
- 49 Down: Midge (4)
- GNAT
- 50 Down: Chaplin prop (4)
- CANE
- 51 Down: First word of "The Raven" (4)
- ONCE
- 52 Down: Neighbor of Mont. (4)
- NDAK
- 54 Down: Stubborn ___ mule (3)
- ASA
- 55 Down: Wire measure (3)
- MIL
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