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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for February 5, 2007
Monday, February 5, 2007
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, February 5, 2007. The daily crossword is the classic: a 15×15 grid on weekdays and a larger Sunday puzzle, with difficulty rising from a gentle Monday to a fiendish Saturday. Hints come first and the solution stays hidden until you ask for it.
Across clues & answers
- 14
- 38
- 66
- 68
Down clues & answers
- 21
- 26
- 32
- 37
- 47
- 50
- 56
- 58
- 62
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Sunday, February 4, 2007
across
- 1. *Sweater option: VNECK
- 6. *Choice cut: TBONESTEAK
- 16. *Primo: AONE
- 20. ___ Nast magazines: CONDE
- 21. "Hey, good lookin'!": HUBBAHUBBA
- 22. Prior work: POEM
- 23. ___-totsy: HOTSY
- 24. Construction toy: ERECTORSET
- 25. Rock music's Better Than ___: EZRA
- 26. Serpent suffix: INE
- 27. Mythical bird-woman: HARPY
- 29. Works on: HONES
- 30. Roman fountain name: TREVI
- 31. Executes: PERFORMS
- 33. Acknowledge: LETON
- 34. Cheat: CHISEL
- 35. Some Ivy Leaguers: ELIS
- 36. Philosopher Kierkegaard: SOREN
- 37. Perfectly: TOAT
- 38. Existing at birth: INBRED
- 41. Always: EVER
- 42. Terse response to an interruption: WHATISIT
- 46. Ties up: MOORS
- 47. Symbol of speed: HARE
- 49. Author Silverstein: SHEL
- 50. "___ not": FEAR
- 51. Section: AREA
- 52. Zero: NONE
- 53. Infamous innkeeper: BATES
- 55. Info on an electric bill: USAGE
- 56. Rants: CARRIESON
- 58. One doing the twist, e.g.: GYRATOR
- 60. Deli order: LOX
- 61. What the answers to the 15 starred clues have: INITIALINITIALS
- 64. Summer hrs. in N.Y.: EDT
- 67. Lean: SLENDER
- 68. Biker's prop: KICKSTAND
- 72. Retired N.H.L. great Hull: BRETT
- 74. Palm, say: STEAL
- 75. Mock-scared cries: EEKS
- 76. Mil. school: ACAD
- 77. Years in old Rome: ANNI
- 78. Inured (to): USED
- 79. Nonprofit?: LOSS
- 80. Central courts: ATRIA
- 81. Sang on high?: Var.: YODELLED
- 83. Paramount: MAIN
- 85. Unyielding: STEELY
- 86. In order (to): SOAS
- 87. King or queen: TITLE
- 88. Comedian Mort: SAHL
- 89. "The Paper Chase" author John Jay ___ Jr.: OSBORN
- 92. Ill: BADLY
- 93. Treat for a dog: BELLYRUB
- 97. Golf outing: ROUND
- 98. Where St. Paul was shipwrecked, in Acts: MALTA
- 99. Ballot listing: SLATE
- 100. Quiz feature: Abbr.: ANS
- 101. Still: IDLE
- 102. Period of future bliss: MILLENNIUM
- 104. Motown singer Terrell: TAMMI
- 106. Scrubbed: NOGO
- 107. Diet soda feature: AFTERTASTE
- 108. Resting, say: INBED
- 109. *Backup for Dick Tracy: GMEN
- 110. *Gridiron lineup: IFORMATION
- 111. *Benjamin: CNOTE
down
- 1. *Show stopper?: VCHIP
- 2. To whom a dictator answers: NOONE
- 3. Word with an arrow: ENTER
- 4. Cautious investments, for short: CDS
- 5. Places for Peeping Toms: KEYHOLES
- 6. Units of heat: THERMS
- 7. Pats on the back?: BURPS
- 8. Mind: OBEY
- 9. Its slogan was once "Be there": NBC
- 10. Diner sign: EATHERE
- 11. Trigger: SHOOTER
- 12. Activate: TURNON
- 13. Buddy of TV: EBSEN
- 14. Vigoda and Fortas: ABES
- 15. Kit ___: KAT
- 16. Campari and Cinzano: APERITIFS
- 17. Goes slowly: OOZES
- 18. Temerity: NERVE
- 19. *In-box contents: EMAIL
- 28. Kalahari-like: ARID
- 30. Isley Brothers hit "___ Lady": THAT
- 32. Its logo is a rearing horse: FERRARI
- 33. It's nothing: LOVE
- 34. Shade of black: COAL
- 36. Like sororities, at times: SERENADED
- 37. Nowheresville: THESTICKS
- 38. *Apple variety: IMAC
- 39. Best-selling author Roberts: NORA
- 40. ___ War of 1899: BOER
- 42. Product in an orange box: WHEATIES
- 43. Caulk: SEAL
- 44. Villain who says "For I am nothing, if not critical": IAGO
- 45. *Natural history museum attraction: TREX
- 47. Some restaurant employees: HOSTESSES
- 48. Chosen: ANOINTED
- 49. Umpire's call: STRIKEONE
- 52. ___ Kinnock, 1980's-90's British Labor Party leader: NEIL
- 53. *Saloon floozie: BGIRL
- 54. Author Rand: AYN
- 55. Modern addresses: URLS
- 57. Part of M.I.T.: Abbr.: INST
- 59. Battle of Fair ___, 1862: OAKS
- 62. Open field: LEA
- 63. Majestic: STATELY
- 64. *Fortune 500 company based in San Jose, Calif.: EBAY
- 65. Villain who says "That's a Dom Perignon '55. It would be a pity to break it": DRNO
- 66. Gravitate: TEND
- 69. Israeli port: ACRE
- 70. It's right at your fingertip: NAIL
- 71. *Critical time: DDAY
- 73. Gets blitzed: TIESONEON
- 78. ___ Bator: ULAN
- 79. ___-white: LILY
- 80. Fit: ATHLETIC
- 82. Follower of "O": LORD
- 83. Important exam: MIDTERM
- 84. Home of Spelman College: ATLANTA
- 85. Put (away): SALT
- 87. Higher up: TALLER
- 88. Gobs: SEAMEN
- 89. *Certain gasket: ORING
- 90. Corot painting "The Burning of ___": SODOM
- 91. Dieter's problem: BULGE
- 92. Md.'s largest city: BALTO
- 93. Villain who says "So you don't like spinach?": BLUTO
- 94. 1980's Stallone role: RAMBO
- 95. Not fulfilled: UNMET
- 96. *It's usually not played much: BSIDE
- 98. Upset: MIFF
- 99. Acapulco approval: SISI
- 102. French month: MAI
- 103. D.C. baseballer: NAT
- 105. Common female middle name: ANN
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