Monday Crossword — February 20, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/20/1978. By Johnson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Plasterer's need (4)
LATH
5 Across: Cause to be one (5)
UNIFY
10 Across: This, to a señora (4)
ESTA
14 Across: Words of understanding (4)
ISEE
15 Across: Bristlelike parts (5)
SETAE
16 Across: Like ___ of bricks (4)
ATON
17 Across: Volcano that erupted in 1169 (4)
ETNA
18 Across: Willful (10)
HEADSTRONG
20 Across: Kind of seat (6)
SADDLE
22 Across: Apollo's mother (4)
LETO
23 Across: Half a nautical reply (3)
AYE
24 Across: Ares' Roman counterpart (4)
MARS
26 Across: Dispatched (4)
SENT
28 Across: Searching for food (8)
FORAGING
32 Across: Got married again (5)
REWED
35 Across: Bauxite and stibnite (4)
ORES
36 Across: Not messy (4)
NEAT
38 Across: Friend of the cause (5)
DONOR
40 Across: Christian calendar period (4)
LENT
41 Across: Jokester's question (5)
GETIT
43 Across: In good shape (4)
HALE
44 Across: Appointments (5)
DATES
46 Across: Change the décor (4)
REDO
47 Across: Behold, to Pilate (4)
ECCE
48 Across: Layer of skin (5)
DERMA
50 Across: Like a saw (8)
SERRATED
52 Across: On stage by herself (4)
SOLA
54 Across: First name of a memorable slave (4)
DRED
55 Across: Candlenut tree (3)
AMA
58 Across: Strews for drying (4)
TEDS
60 Across: Published (6)
ISSUED
64 Across: Numbskull (10)
DUNDERHEAD
67 Across: MacDonald's "The Egg ___" (4)
ANDI
68 Across: Cousin of in re (4)
ASTO
69 Across: Wreck completely, as a car (5)
TOTAL
70 Across: Actress Diana (4)
RIGG
71 Across: Run into (4)
MEET
72 Across: Alarming (5)
SCARY
73 Across: Opposite of hivers (4)
ETES

Down Answers

1 Down: Golfers' concerns (4)
LIES
2 Down: Nick Charles's dog (4)
ASTA
3 Down: Take care of (4)
TEND
4 Down: V.I.P.'s at prep schools (11)
HEADMASTERS
5 Down: Groomsmen's job (8)
USHERING
6 Down: Mary Lincoln, ___ Todd (3)
NEE
7 Down: Boot peninsula: Abbr. (4)
ITAL
8 Down: Covers a dice bet (5)
FADES
9 Down: Word with year or day (6)
YESTER
10 Down: Head part (3)
EAR
11 Down: Covered walk (4)
STOA
12 Down: Martin or Orlando (4)
TONY
13 Down: Supernatural being: Fr. (4)
ANGE
19 Down: ___ down (quieted) (5)
TONED
21 Down: Barrel stave (3)
LAG
25 Down: Scornful expression (5)
SNEER
27 Down: "___ better than one" (11)
TWOHEADSARE
28 Down: Shepherd's concern (4)
FOLD
29 Down: Nymph of the hills (5)
OREAD
30 Down: French income (5)
RENTE
31 Down: Access points (5)
GATES
33 Down: Pass a bill (5)
ENACT
34 Down: "___ far niente" (5)
DOLCE
37 Down: ___ over (aided in distress) (5)
TIDED
39 Down: Bamboolike grass (4)
REED
42 Down: With intense heat (8)
TORRIDLY
45 Down: Dealt a heavy blow (5)
SMOTE
49 Down: Puts on the qui vive (6)
ALERTS
51 Down: ___ adjudicata (3)
RES
53 Down: Kind of committee (5)
ADHOC
55 Down: Early fruit fancier (4)
ADAM
56 Down: Be in a brown study (4)
MUSE
57 Down: Stake (4)
ANTE
59 Down: ___ trap (lure) (4)
SETA
61 Down: Kind of rule (4)
UNIT
62 Down: Advantage (4)
EDGE
63 Down: Site of an archeological search (4)
DIGS
65 Down: Decimal point (3)
DOT
66 Down: Rhine feeder (3)
AAR

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