Monday Crossword — March 27, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/27/1978. By Mrs. John Fabbroni.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Chagall (4)
MARC
5 Across: Swiftly (5)
APACE
10 Across: The Beehive State (4)
UTAH
14 Across: Football Hall of Fame locale (4)
OHIO
15 Across: Cleansing agent (5)
BORAX
16 Across: Vincent Lopez theme (4)
NOLA
17 Across: Comic character (4)
POGO
18 Across: Winged (5)
ALATE
19 Across: Gleason's "How sweet ___!" (4)
ITIS
20 Across: Accepts a secondary position (14)
TAKESABACKSEAT
23 Across: S. African of Dutch extraction (4)
BOER
24 Across: Desperate need of Richard III (5)
HORSE
25 Across: Grebe's cousin (4)
LOON
27 Across: Alaskan highway (5)
ALCAN
30 Across: Nevada city (4)
RENO
31 Across: Flash (6)
STREAK
33 Across: Possessed (3)
HAD
36 Across: Kin of Monday-morning quarterbacks (15)
BACKSEATDRIVERS
39 Across: Anger (3)
IRE
40 Across: Lasso (6)
LARIAT
41 Across: Therefore (4)
ERGO
42 Across: Hindu grouping (5)
CASTE
43 Across: Church calendar (4)
ORDO
44 Across: On both sides: Prefix (5)
AMPHI
47 Across: Basil thyme, e.g. (4)
HERB
49 Across: Sneakily (14)
BEHINDONESBACK
55 Across: Mr. Bede (4)
ADAM
56 Across: On the qui vive (5)
ALERT
57 Across: Quality of sound (4)
TONE
59 Across: Outer covering (4)
CASE
60 Across: Spartacus was one (5)
SLAVE
61 Across: Popular figure (4)
IDOL
62 Across: Pub drinks (4)
ALES
63 Across: Lover's antithesis (5)
HATER
64 Across: Servant, in India (4)
MATY

Down Answers

1 Down: Thick mass of hair (3)
MOP
2 Down: "Cat on ___ Tin Roof" (4)
AHOT
3 Down: City on the Western Dvina (4)
RIGA
4 Down: Newlyweds' reading matter (8)
COOKBOOK
5 Down: Humble (5)
ABASE
6 Down: Central or pivotal (5)
POLAR
7 Down: Semite (4)
ARAB
8 Down: Down: Prefix (4)
CATA
9 Down: Military V.I.P. (4)
EXEC
10 Down: Simultaneously, with "in" (6)
UNISON
11 Down: Carrier, as of bales (5)
TOTER
12 Down: Gangland monicker (5)
ALIAS
13 Down: Cause of many an error (5)
HASTE
21 Down: A thousand ages (3)
EON
22 Down: Military uniform (5)
KHAKI
25 Down: Writer who popularized limericks (4)
LEAR
26 Down: First word in children's stories (4)
ONCE
27 Down: Bandleader Shaw (5)
ARTIE
28 Down: Helen of Troy's mother (4)
LEDA
29 Down: Two-wheeled vehicle (4)
CART
30 Down: Baseball stat (3)
RBI
31 Down: Aqueous "seven" (4)
SEAS
32 Down: Piece of pastry (4)
TART
33 Down: Roundup group (4)
HERD
34 Down: Ship of myth (4)
ARGO
35 Down: Brit. military decoration (3)
DSO
37 Down: Liquidated (5)
SLAIN
38 Down: Word-for-word (8)
VERBATIM
42 Down: Carillons (6)
CHIMES
43 Down: Sphere (3)
ORB
44 Down: Philippine rope-making fiber (5)
ABACA
45 Down: Olympian's prize (5)
MEDAL
46 Down: Aspect (5)
PHASE
47 Down: Browning's "___ Riel" (5)
HERVE
48 Down: Perfume ingredient (5)
ESTER
50 Down: Sprinkling, for flavor (4)
DASH
51 Down: Stewpot (4)
OLLA
52 Down: Shipshape (4)
NEAT
53 Down: Musical ending (4)
CODA
54 Down: Word with slip or loop (4)
KNOT
58 Down: English town, famed for its medieval cathedral (3)
ELY

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