Monday Crossword — May 7, 1984 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/7/1984. By Frances K. Schnitzer.

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Across Answers

1 Across: " . . . ___ told by an idiot" (5)
ATALE
6 Across: Skin (4)
PARE
10 Across: Divulge secrets (4)
BLAB
14 Across: Palatable (5)
SAPID
15 Across: Down with!: Fr. (4)
ABAS
16 Across: Prefix with dynamics (4)
AERO
17 Across: Substantiate (5)
PROVE
18 Across: Type of Saint (9)
LATTERDAY
20 Across: Notion, to Pierre (4)
IDEE
21 Across: Covenant (4)
PACT
22 Across: Small amounts (5)
DRAMS
23 Across: Famous bonanza (12)
COMSTOCKLODE
26 Across: Mah-jongg piece (4)
TILE
27 Across: Actress Le Gallienne (3)
EVA
28 Across: B'way hit sign (3)
SRO
31 Across: Matriculate (6)
ENROLL
34 Across: High-ranking officer (8)
BRASSHAT
36 Across: Secular (4)
LAIC
37 Across: A lettuce (3)
COS
38 Across: Famed French actor (4)
TATI
39 Across: Cowboy (8)
BUCKAROO
42 Across: Horatian creations (6)
EPODES
44 Across: Ingested (3)
ATE
45 Across: One of the Seven Dwarfs (3)
DOC
46 Across: ___ the Red (4)
ERIC
47 Across: ___ barrel (the whole works) (12)
LOCKSTOCKAND
52 Across: Trail of a wild animal (5)
SPOOR
55 Across: Simians (4)
APES
56 Across: ___ of the Rat (4)
YEAR
57 Across: Candidate proposer (9)
NOMINATOR
59 Across: Magna ___ (5)
CARTA
60 Across: Exploiter (4)
USER
61 Across: Diving bird (4)
LOON
62 Across: Father of Hector (5)
PRIAM
63 Across: Hereditary unit (4)
GENE
64 Across: Tree trunk (4)
BOLE
65 Across: ___ Rogers St. Johns (5)
ADELA

Down Answers

1 Down: Gelatinous food mold (5)
ASPIC
2 Down: Slow, in music (5)
TARDO
3 Down: " . . . ___ lovely as a tree" (5)
APOEM
4 Down: Farm animals (9)
LIVESTOCK
5 Down: Netherlands commune (3)
EDE
6 Down: Buckingham, e.g. (6)
PALACE
7 Down: Taken ___ (5)
ABACK
8 Down: Freight trains (8)
RATTLERS
9 Down: Superlative suffix (3)
EST
10 Down: Ballet handrail (5)
BARRE
11 Down: "___ and the Swan" (4)
LEDA
12 Down: Saroyan hero (4)
ARAM
13 Down: Dandiprats (4)
BOYS
19 Down: Icelandic literary works (5)
EDDAS
21 Down: Kind of tax (4)
POLL
24 Down: E. Indian herb (3)
TIL
25 Down: Eggs, to Cicero (3)
OVA
28 Down: Menhaden (4)
SHAD
29 Down: Scold (4)
RATE
30 Down: Elevator name (4)
OTIS
31 Down: Exile island (4)
ELBA
32 Down: Type of mile: Abbr. (4)
NAUT
33 Down: Elmer or Grantland (4)
RICE
34 Down: Hiss's cousin (3)
BOO
35 Down: Place having many pens (9)
STOCKYARD
37 Down: Crested parrot (8)
COCKATOO
40 Down: Embellish (5)
ADORN
41 Down: Fabulous bird (3)
ROC
42 Down: Piccadilly Circus sight (4)
EROS
43 Down: Flick (3)
PIC
46 Down: Everlasting, to a poet (6)
ETERNE
47 Down: France's longest river (5)
LOIRE
48 Down: Bobbin (5)
SPOOL
49 Down: Eagle's nest (5)
AERIE
50 Down: Of birth (5)
NATAL
51 Down: Shaw creation (5)
DRAMA
52 Down: Cozy (4)
SNUG
53 Down: Sit (4)
POSE
54 Down: Presage (4)
OMEN
58 Down: Vestment (3)
ALB
59 Down: Audit man, for short (3)
CPA

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