Friday Crossword — June 30, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/30/1978. By Jean J. Davison.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Relative of "Bravo!" (4)
VIVA
5 Across: Wide (5)
BROAD
10 Across: Fuss (3)
ADO
13 Across: Blue dye (4)
ANIL
14 Across: California oak tree (5)
ROBLE
15 Across: "Oompah" instrument (4)
TUBA
17 Across: Big event in June (15)
LASTDAYOFSCHOOL
20 Across: Space of time (8)
INTERVAL
21 Across: Place for a skeleton (6)
CLOSET
22 Across: Venus or Minerva (3)
DEA
23 Across: Slippery one (3)
EEL
24 Across: Green pastures (4)
LEAS
25 Across: Faux ___ (3)
PAS
26 Across: Tear (4)
REND
27 Across: Pat (3)
DAB
30 Across: Quondam category on 39 Across (10)
DEPORTMENT
34 Across: Picket (4)
PALE
35 Across: Off-white (5)
IVORY
36 Across: Sup (3)
EAT
37 Across: Old Nick (5)
SATAN
38 Across: Tattersall ___ (4)
VEST
39 Across: Teacher-to-parent evaluation (10)
REPORTCARD
41 Across: Pismire (3)
ANT
42 Across: They started with Stengel (4)
METS
43 Across: Homophone for air (3)
ERE
44 Across: Mary Campbell, for one (4)
LASS
45 Across: "Conning Tower" columnist (3)
FPA
46 Across: Words with mode or carte (3)
ALA
49 Across: Dialogue by Plato (6)
PHAEDO
52 Across: Feign illness (8)
MALINGER
54 Across: Weeks welcomed by teachers and students (15)
SUMMERVACATIONS
56 Across: The R's of education (4)
TRIO
57 Across: Principle (5)
TENET
58 Across: French cheese (4)
BRIE
59 Across: Dawson of footballl fame (3)
LEN
60 Across: Feel (5)
SENSE
61 Across: ___ souci (carefree) (4)
SANS

Down Answers

1 Down: Sound, as an excuse (5)
VALID
2 Down: Shallow (5)
INANE
3 Down: View (5)
VISTA
4 Down: Der ___ (Adenauer) (4)
ALTE
5 Down: Most courageous (7)
BRAVEST
6 Down: Like some flushes (5)
ROYAL
7 Down: Coin for Zeno (4)
OBOL
8 Down: Landon (3)
ALF
9 Down: Lineage (7)
DESCENT
10 Down: Dumas duelist (5)
ATHOS
11 Down: Pairs (4)
DUOS
12 Down: Woodwind (4)
OBOE
16 Down: Word on a Roman stop sign (3)
ALT
18 Down: Like Poe's "midnight" (6)
DREARY
19 Down: Armor-___ (protected) (4)
CLAD
24 Down: Slow, on a score (5)
LENTO
25 Down: Sailor's left (4)
PORT
26 Down: Gathers (5)
REAPS
27 Down: Information (4)
DATA
28 Down: Aliform (4)
ALAR
29 Down: Incline (4)
BEND
30 Down: Prima donna (4)
DIVA
31 Down: Like two, four or six (4)
EVEN
32 Down: Mail (4)
POST
33 Down: Athletic contests (5)
MEETS
34 Down: Gait (4)
PACE
37 Down: Bering or Hudson (6)
STRAIT
39 Down: Acapulco and Cannes (7)
RESORTS
40 Down: Printing that includes new material (7)
REPLATE
42 Down: Concocted (4)
MADE
44 Down: Dud; flop (5)
LEMON
45 Down: Eve had three in a drama (5)
FACES
46 Down: Greek marketplace (5)
AGORA
47 Down: Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (5)
LENIN
48 Down: Upbeats, in music (5)
ARSES
49 Down: Attention-getting sound (3)
PST
50 Down: Pitch (4)
HURL
51 Down: Girlfriend, in Paris (4)
AMIE
52 Down: Horace or Thomas (4)
MANN
53 Down: Penpoints (4)
NIBS
55 Down: Flight formation (3)
VEE

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