Monday Crossword — July 3, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 7/3/1978. By Jean J. Davison.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Hawthorne's "___ Told Tales" (5)
TWICE
6 Across: Land of the Incas (4)
PERU
10 Across: Kind of school (4)
PREP
14 Across: Amount of assessment (5)
RATAL
15 Across: Winged (4)
ALAR
16 Across: Histrion's quest (4)
ROLE
17 Across: Quality possessed by Mother Seton (5)
PIETY
18 Across: About 600 miles of underground passages near Rome (9)
CATACOMBS
20 Across: Novel or vital (5)
FRESH
22 Across: Homophone for nun (4)
NONE
23 Across: Opportune (3)
PAT
24 Across: Breed and raise (4)
REAR
26 Across: "___ Dimittis" (song of Simeon) (4)
NUNC
28 Across: Altar cover (8)
VESPERAL
32 Across: Gazed (6)
STARED
36 Across: Prefix for macassar (4)
ANTI
37 Across: Ancient land near the Dead Sea (4)
EDOM
39 Across: Trite (5)
STALE
40 Across: Knit one, ___ one (4)
PURL
41 Across: Enchantment (5)
MAGIC
43 Across: Mine entrance (4)
ADIT
44 Across: Tests of a sort (5)
ORALS
46 Across: The haves (4)
RICH
47 Across: Locus (4)
SITE
48 Across: Rouse again (6)
REWAKE
50 Across: More irascible (8)
CRUSTIER
52 Across: Bagel, for one (4)
ROLL
54 Across: The seven weeks after Passover (4)
OMER
55 Across: Sancho Panza's Dapple (3)
ASS
58 Across: Incite (4)
ABET
60 Across: City once called Fort Utah (5)
PROVO
63 Across: Mail-order item (9)
CATALOGUE
66 Across: Mimic's forte (5)
APERY
68 Across: Old oath (4)
EGAD
69 Across: Est Est Est, e.g. (4)
WINE
70 Across: ___ Vance, fictional sleuth (5)
PHILO
71 Across: Item from Iraq (4)
DATE
72 Across: Word with dust or chamber (4)
STAR
73 Across: Poe's "To ___" (5)
HELEN

Down Answers

1 Down: B.S.A. division (3)
TRP
2 Down: Stray (4)
WAIF
3 Down: Journey for Juvenal (4)
ITER
4 Down: Amusement park ride (11)
CATERPILLAR
5 Down: French president's official residence (6)
ELYSEE
6 Down: Cold-weather inner shoe (3)
PAC
7 Down: Ardor (4)
ELAN
8 Down: Boca ___, Fla. (5)
RATON
9 Down: Planet discovered in 1781 (6)
URANUS
10 Down: Tyro's exemplar (3)
PRO
11 Down: Gambol (4)
ROMP
12 Down: Neighbor of Corsica (4)
ELBA
13 Down: Lapel grabber (4)
PEST
19 Down: Nickel quintet (5)
CENTS
21 Down: Where a khanum ranks high (5)
HAREM
25 Down: Traffic-control device (5)
RADAR
27 Down: Disaster (11)
CATASTROPHE
28 Down: Smoke, fog or mist (5)
VAPOR
29 Down: Harden (5)
ENURE
30 Down: Kind of hat or vote (5)
STRAW
31 Down: Aristotle's forte (5)
LOGIC
33 Down: Two may make a diameter (5)
RADII
34 Down: Superior group (5)
ELITE
35 Down: Inhibit (5)
DETER
38 Down: Prefix with film or scope (5)
MICRO
42 Down: Patsy (5)
CHUMP
45 Down: Toast word (5)
SKOAL
49 Down: Pipe fittings (6)
ELBOWS
51 Down: Angel (6)
SERAPH
53 Down: On the up and up (5)
LEGIT
55 Down: Served perfectly, in tennis (4)
ACED
56 Down: Narrative (4)
SAGA
57 Down: E.R.A. or R.B.I. (4)
STAT
59 Down: Game fish (4)
TUNA
61 Down: Conceal (4)
VEIL
62 Down: Shield border (4)
ORLE
64 Down: Suffix for block or stock (3)
ADE
65 Down: Suffix for profit or auction (3)
EER
67 Down: Hither's partner (3)
YON

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