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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for February 4, 2017

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Saturday, February 4, 2017

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Saturday, February 4, 2017. 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.

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Friday, February 3, 2017

across

1. Call from a bar, maybe: DRUNKDIAL
10. Allied (with): SIDED
15. She played Odin's wife in "Thor": RENERUSSO
16. Key ingredient?: IVORY
17. App with an envelope icon: YAHOOMAIL
18. Warren with the 1978 platinum album "Excitable Boy": ZEVON
19. Onetime label for the Beatles: EMI
20. Pickup line?: CABS
21. Pre-euro money: PESETA
22. Is no longer good: ROTS
24. Wreck locale: SEABED
26. Arm muscles, in bodybuilding lingo: BIS
27. "Your Movie ___" (Roger Ebert book): SUCKS
29. Served whoppers?: LIED
30. Lout's lack: TACT
31. What's exited in Brexit: THEEU
33. Sci-fi shocker: DEATHRAY
35. Bastes, e.g.: WETS
37. Penguin's perch: FLOE
38. [I can't believe that just happened!]: FACEPALM
42. Somewhat: SORTA
45. Somewhat: ATAD
46. Whole bunch: HEAP
48. "Specifically ...": TOWIT
50. Ned's adoptive son on "Game of Thrones": JON
51. Town where "Parks and Recreation" is set: PAWNEE
53. Roman-Parthian War figure: NERO
54. 1965 hit for the Yardbirds: IMAMAN
56. Salad dressing brand: KENS
58. Juan Perón's second wife: EVA
59. Real shocker: TASER
60. Features of some city streets: BIKELANES
62. They come before deals: ANTES
63. "Keep your pants on!": INAMOMENT
64. Put on the line: STAKE
65. Crying for attention?: PITYPARTY

down

1. Tumbling equipment: DRYERS
2. Tear into: REAMOUT
3. Disconnect, as a trailer: UNHITCH
4. Lead-in to Luddite: NEO
5. Fast-food empire builder: KROC
6. "The Black Tulip" novelist, 1850: DUMAS
7. Juan Perón's third wife: ISABEL
8. "Since you weren't listening ...": ASISAID
9. Twitter titter: LOL
10. Measured (up): SIZED
11. "Riders in the Sky" singer, 1949: IVES
12. Something cold from Mars: DOVEBAR
13. Blue prints: EROTICA
14. Power line?: DYNASTY
21. Piano parts: PEDALS
23. Not straight: SKEWED
25. Grievance: BEEF
28. Creep out?: SEEP
30. Best Actress winner for "Monster": THERON
32. Jazz devotee, most likely: UTAHAN
34. Road rage sound: TOOT
36. Whole bunch: SLEW
38. Alternatives to chimichangas: FAJITAS
39. Superhero with the foe Professor Von Gimmick: ATOMANT
40. Game in which jokers and twos are wild: CANASTA
41. Guy's sling swimsuit: MANKINI
43. Many a Taylor Swift fan: TWEENER
44. Part of a circulatory system: AIRVENT
47. Check out quickly: PEEKAT
49. Warm and cozy: TOASTY
51. Break down in school: PARSE
52. Newman, to Seinfeld: ENEMY
55. Easy to walk all over: MEEK
57. Spill (over): SLOP
60. Marcel Marceau moniker: BIP
61. Caregivers' org.: AMA

Hints and full breakdown for Feb 3

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How the week is built

Monday and Tuesday: straightforward definitions and familiar answers. These are the best days to learn.
Wednesday: a step up, often with a playful theme.
Thursday: the trick day, with rebus squares (several letters in one square) and answers that turn corners or skip squares.
Friday and Saturday: themeless and tough, with sly clues and long open sections.
Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

Crossword-solving habits worth building

Learn the common fill. Short vowel-heavy words such as ERA, OREO, ALOE and ETNA appear constantly because they help constructors connect sections.
Read clue signals. "?" means wordplay, "Abbr." means an abbreviation, "e.g." means an example of a category, and a foreign word in the clue hints at a foreign answer.
Find the theme. The longest answers usually share a gimmick; the title (on Sundays) or a "revealer" clue explains it.
Erase without fear. When crossings don't work, the wrong letter is usually in the answer you were most confident about.
Use targeted help. Reveal one letter here, or try our crossword solver with a pattern like ?R?S?.

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What is a rebus square?

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Can I see past crossword answers?

Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.