Edit 2021:
It seems nowadays there’s better options that are more semantic and more screen-reader-friendly. Check out e.g. Jans solution.
Original answer:
as a link in each td is not a good alternative and using js is a bit dirty, here is another html/css approach:
HTML:
<div class="table">
<a class="table-row" href="/mylink">
<div class="table-cell">...</div>
<div class="table-cell">...</div>
<div class="table-cell">...</div>
</a>
</div>
CSS:
.table { display:table; }
.table-row { display:table-row; }
.table-cell { display:table-cell; }