Monday Crossword — August 7, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/7/1978. By Mrs. John Fabbroni.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Modern overcast (4)
SMOG
5 Across: "___ for Peace" (5)
ATOMS
10 Across: Septennial affliction (4)
ITCH
14 Across: Little chief hare (4)
PIKA
15 Across: Terminal (5)
DEPOT
16 Across: Like rice paddies (4)
MIRY
17 Across: Blue dye (4)
ANIL
18 Across: Grand or light work (5)
OPERA
19 Across: Insurance policy pymt. (4)
PREM
20 Across: Film in which Bogart won an Oscar: 1951 (15)
THEAFRICANQUEEN
23 Across: Tinged (4)
HUED
24 Across: Excavated (3)
DUG
25 Across: ___ renewal (5)
URBAN
28 Across: Some woodworkers (8)
STAINERS
33 Across: Starring role (4)
LEAD
34 Across: Hold back (6)
RETARD
36 Across: "Kings ___," Bellamann novel (3)
ROW
37 Across: Yale campus tree (3)
ELM
38 Across: "___ Folly" (Alaska) (7)
SEWARDS
39 Across: Take advantage of (3)
USE
40 Across: Fairy queen (3)
MAB
41 Across: Ends (6)
OMEGAS
42 Across: Samoan port (4)
APIA
43 Across: Kind of artery or nerve (8)
AXILLARY
45 Across: ___ gum, used in varnishes (5)
ESTER
46 Across: Amin (3)
IDI
47 Across: Pickford or Astor (4)
MARY
49 Across: Standard, pure or correct speech (15)
THEKINGSENGLISH
57 Across: Stanley Kowalski, e.g. (4)
ROLE
58 Across: "Joltin' Joe" (5)
DIMAG
59 Across: "Render, therefore, ___ Caesar . . . " (4)
UNTO
60 Across: Ring setting (4)
OPAL
61 Across: Foil the posse (5)
ELUDE
62 Across: Where a statue of Venus was found (4)
MILO
63 Across: Naysay (4)
DENY
64 Across: Honey badger (5)
RATEL
65 Across: Organ part (4)
STOP

Down Answers

1 Down: Lovers' quarrel (4)
SPAT
2 Down: Ho Chi ___ (4)
MINH
3 Down: Wanderer of the West: 1930's (4)
OKIE
4 Down: Knight called "the chaste" (7)
GALAHAD
5 Down: Revere (5)
ADORE
6 Down: Lukewarm (5)
TEPID
7 Down: Energy cartel (4)
OPEC
8 Down: Delay, in law (4)
MORA
9 Down: Norms (9)
STANDARDS
10 Down: Make insinuations against (6)
IMPUGN
11 Down: Whitewall, e.g. (4)
TIRE
12 Down: Relative of a Maskegon (4)
CREE
13 Down: Canticle (4)
HYMN
21 Down: Amusement (3)
FUN
22 Down: Pieces of tobacco (5)
QUIDS
25 Down: Body of Moslem scholars (5)
ULEMA
26 Down: Loosen up (5)
RELAX
27 Down: Deer in Salten's tales (5)
BAMBI
28 Down: Theatrical (5)
STAGY
29 Down: "G.W.T.W." place (4)
TARA
30 Down: Burst (5)
ERUPT
31 Down: "___ the Riveter" (5)
ROSIE
32 Down: Promise solemnly (5)
SWEAR
34 Down: Excess; overage (9)
REMAINDER
35 Down: Pitcher (4)
EWER
38 Down: Small Italian coins (5)
SOLDI
42 Down: Sanctuaries (7)
ASYLUMS
44 Down: Apparently suitable (6)
LIKELY
45 Down: Work unit (3)
ERG
47 Down: Victor at Gettysburg (5)
MEADE
48 Down: Broadway backer (5)
ANGEL
49 Down: Walked heavily (4)
TROD
50 Down: Hospital ship (4)
HOPE
51 Down: Zesty feeling (4)
ELAN
52 Down: Coolidge Dam's river (4)
GILA
53 Down: X-rated stuff (4)
SMUT
54 Down: Initials, initially (4)
INIT
55 Down: Manche city (4)
STLO
56 Down: Basketball target (4)
HOOP

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