Monday Crossword — January 2, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/2/1978. By Harriet Gilson Rosenberg.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Scrape with a file (4)
RASP
5 Across: Police-alert initials (3)
APB
8 Across: Berserk, in Malaya (4)
AMOK
12 Across: Nymph who loved Narcissus (4)
ECHO
13 Across: Famous pen name (4)
ELIA
14 Across: Object shaped like a horn (5)
CORNU
16 Across: Do a K.P. job (4)
PEEL
17 Across: Shreds of threads (4)
LINT
18 Across: Author of "Danger Is My Business" (5)
CRAIG
19 Across: Great guy (14)
SALTOFTHEEARTH
22 Across: Prods (5)
URGES
23 Across: Threatener's word (6)
UNLESS
24 Across: "___ is its own reward" (6)
VIRTUE
27 Across: Comedian Johnson (4)
ARTE
28 Across: Sign of the Zodiac (5)
ARIES
29 Across: Batting-practice prop (4)
CAGE
31 Across: Ike's monogram (3)
DDE
34 Across: Barbary ___ (5)
COAST
35 Across: Bauxite or malachite (3)
ORE
36 Across: "___ of the devil . . . " (5)
SPEAK
38 Across: What a ques. expects (3)
ANS
39 Across: Gunsight (4)
BEAD
40 Across: Fad (5)
CRAZE
41 Across: Variegated (4)
PIED
43 Across: Coupled (6)
PAIRED
44 Across: Part of AWOL (6)
ABSENT
47 Across: Centuries upon centuries (5)
AEONS
49 Across: Source of livelihood (14)
BREADANDBUTTER
53 Across: Isle in a 1934 song (5)
CAPRI
54 Across: "Thanks ___!" (4)
ALOT
55 Across: "Terrible" man (4)
IVAN
57 Across: Pass between pastures (5)
STILE
58 Across: City of the Huguenots (4)
SENS
59 Across: Out-of-studio broadcast (4)
NEMO
60 Across: Emulates Simon (4)
SAYS
61 Across: Make an effort (3)
TRY
62 Across: Land of the shamrock (4)
ERIN

Down Answers

1 Down: Upholstery fabric (3)
REP
2 Down: "Easy ___" of radio fame (4)
ACES
3 Down: Stadium in Queens (4)
SHEA
4 Down: Defiles (8)
POLLUTES
5 Down: "What ___!" (5)
ALIFE
6 Down: Pub orders (5)
PINTS
7 Down: Rare event for a hobo (4)
BATH
8 Down: Inflection (6)
ACCENT
9 Down: Esprit de corps (6)
MORALE
10 Down: Laborare est ___ (to labor is to pray) (5)
ORARE
11 Down: Works with wool (5)
KNITS
13 Down: Funeral oration (5)
ELOGE
15 Down: Cries of disgust (4)
UGHS
20 Down: Word on U.S. coins (5)
TRUST
21 Down: Chartres's river (4)
EURE
24 Down: Cow, to a gaucho (4)
VACA
25 Down: Golf club (4)
IRON
26 Down: U.S. radio station in Berlin (4)
RIAS
27 Down: Like some cheeses (4)
AGED
29 Down: One of the Yalies (4)
COED
30 Down: Parseghian (3)
ARA
31 Down: "___ Abby" (4)
DEAR
32 Down: Stupor (4)
DAZE
33 Down: Made a bare living (4)
EKED
36 Down: Meager (5)
SCANT
37 Down: Aboriginal (8)
PRISTINE
39 Down: Word on a certain key (4)
BETA
41 Down: Like St. Peter's portals (6)
PEARLY
42 Down: Where Columbus thought he landed (6)
INDIES
43 Down: Sulks (5)
POUTS
44 Down: Sesame Street subject (4)
ABCS
45 Down: Baby sitters' problems (5)
BRATS
46 Down: Drawing in brown (5)
SEPIA
47 Down: Harmonica virtuoso (5)
ADLER
48 Down: Wood often used for chessmen (5)
EBONY
50 Down: Boss Tweed's nemesis (4)
NAST
51 Down: Always (4)
EVER
52 Down: Branches (4)
RAMI
56 Down: Prefix with conformist (3)
NON

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