Monday Crossword — January 9, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 1/9/1978. By Hallie & Gerald Parsons.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Informal farewell (4)
TATA
5 Across: Kind of button (5)
PANIC
10 Across: Acronymic title once held by MacArthur (4)
SCAP
14 Across: Land of the Peacock Throne (4)
IRAN
15 Across: Gaucho's lariat (5)
REATA
16 Across: Hepburn role (4)
COCO
17 Across: Dilatory tactic (10)
FILIBUSTER
19 Across: Two prepositions in one (4)
ONTO
20 Across: Blazed (6)
FLAMED
21 Across: Filipino, e.g. (8)
ORIENTAL
23 Across: Polynesians' progenitor of man (4)
ATEO
25 Across: ___ Rabbit (4)
BRER
26 Across: Assuages (7)
SOFTENS
29 Across: Apprehended through touch, sight, etc. (7)
SENSATE
32 Across: Entangle (4)
MIRE
33 Across: Uganda pest (6)
TSETSE
35 Across: Signal to a broker (3)
BUY
36 Across: "More's the pity!" (4)
ALAS
37 Across: Compass reading (3)
ESE
38 Across: Deserve (4)
RATE
39 Across: Rent (3)
LET
40 Across: Kind of bug (6)
LITTER
43 Across: Topnotcher (4)
ONER
44 Across: Tools for boring (7)
TREPANS
46 Across: Displays ostentatiously (7)
PARADES
48 Across: Foray (4)
RAID
49 Across: Glottal stop (4)
STOD
50 Across: Humbly penitent (8)
CONTRITE
54 Across: Samples (6)
TASTES
58 Across: Potpourri (4)
OLIO
59 Across: Accordion's next of kin (10)
CONCERTINA
61 Across: Hitlerite (4)
NAZI
62 Across: English dynasty (5)
TUDOR
63 Across: The shamrock is its symbol (4)
ERIN
64 Across: Former spouses, for short (4)
EXES
65 Across: Packs (5)
STOWS
66 Across: Ribbed (4)
RODE

Down Answers

1 Down: Petty quarrel (4)
TIFF
2 Down: Seed covering (4)
ARIL
3 Down: Argentine timber tree (4)
TALA
4 Down: Imparts zest (8)
ANIMATES
5 Down: Frugal (7)
PRUDENT
6 Down: Loser to D.D.E. (3)
AES
7 Down: Western alliance (4)
NATO
8 Down: Ancient way (4)
ITER
9 Down: Piranhas (7)
CARIBES
10 Down: Tea-party treats (6)
SCONES
11 Down: Smuggled goods (10)
CONTRABAND
12 Down: Minutes of a meeting (4)
ACTA
13 Down: Place for a form of polo (4)
POOL
18 Down: French animal (4)
BETE
22 Down: White-tailed bird (4)
ERNE
24 Down: Tall Aryans of the central Caucasus (6)
OSSETS
26 Down: Blue glass (5)
SMALT
27 Down: Sight on the Red Sea (5)
OILER
28 Down: Buddy up with (10)
FRATERNIZE
29 Down: Soaks (6)
STEEPS
30 Down: Student of a sort (5)
TUTEE
31 Down: Oglers (5)
EYERS
34 Down: Time zone (3)
EST
38 Down: Flapper-age vehicle (8)
ROADSTER
40 Down: Den (4)
LAIR
41 Down: Finds a true bill (7)
INDICTS
42 Down: Cats and dogs Hamelin could have used (7)
RATTERS
45 Down: Dialect (6)
PATOIS
47 Down: Touchdown accompaniment (4)
ROAR
50 Down: Traffic marker (4)
CONE
51 Down: Evergreen genus (4)
OLAX
52 Down: Solicit patronage (4)
TOUT
53 Down: Within: Comb. form (4)
ENDO
55 Down: Cicero's scribe, famous for shorthand (4)
TIRO
56 Down: Geraint's beloved (4)
ENID
57 Down: "All there" (4)
SANE
60 Down: Lunar leaper (3)
COW

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