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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for February 6, 2017

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Monday, February 6, 2017

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, February 6, 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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Sunday, February 5, 2017

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1. 16-ounce container: POINT
6. Material commonly used during cathedral construction: STRAINED
14. Primitive timer: STAND
19. Pinnacles: ACMES
20. Sidney Poitier's 1980 autobiography: THISLIFE
21. Moretz of "Carrie": CHLOE
22. Performs, biblically: DOETH
23. When soap operas first flourished: RADIOERA
24. They're measured by pluviometers: RAINS
25. Geneticist's study: DNA
26. Rage: IRE
28. Sheena who sang "U Got the Look" with Prince: EASTON
29. "No worries": ITSOK
30. It helps you achieve balance: INNEREAR
33. Highlighter shades: NEONS
34. %: Abbr.: PCT
35. Reply to "No offense": NONETAKEN
37. Aid after a computer crash, say: ITHELP
40. Get: GROK
41. Mark: DENOTE
44. Mosaic pieces: TESSERAE
46. Question after a photo finish: DIDIWIN
47. "How's it hangin'?": SUP
48. Click "Going" on a Facebook event, e.g.: RSVP
49. 2013 best seller by Sheryl Sandberg: LEANIN
53. Pennsylvania vacation locale, with "the": POCONOS
56. Pokey's pal on TV: GUMBY
57. Spanish she-bear: OSA
60. Running a bit behind: LATISH
61. Part of a stock exchange?: MOO
64. Overcome a certain career barrier ... or what the answers to the starred clues do?: BREAKTHEGLASSCEILING
68. Heavy weight: TON
69. "Same with me": IAGREE
70. Move hastily: HIE
71. Also-ran in 2000: NADER
72. Gray squirrel, in slang: TREERAT
74. Send elsewhere for the night, as a roommate, in modern lingo: SEXILE
75. Easy-to-carry telescope: SPAY
79. Cubs' home: DEN
80. Less safe for a plane landing, in a way: FOGGIER
84. Change from black-and-white: COLORIZE
86. Classical musician with a Presidential Medal of Freedom: YOYOMA
87. Pub vessel: ABLE
91. Permeates: IMBUES
92. Behind: POSTERIOR
94. Fix, as an election: RIG
95. Cab destination?: WINCE
100. Geometric toy whose sides change depending on how it's folded: FLEXAGON
101. Drop a bit: SLIDE
103. Arthurian princess: ISEULT
105. Poetic preposition: ERE
106. Scrape (out): EKE
107. Go online: LOGIN
108. Remove fat from, as a soup: DEGREASE
110. Caramel candies from Hershey: ROLOS
112. Opposite of standing: ADHOC
113. Getting ready to swing: TEEINGUP
114. Lake catch: TROUT
115. White who is the oldest person ever to host "S.N.L.": BETTY
116. Participate in deciding: HAVEASAY
117. Took care of: SAWTO

down

1. Superfluous part of an essay: PADDING
2. *One who 64-Acrossed for Supreme Court justices ...: OCONNOR
3. Emphatic refusal: IMEANNO
4. After deductions: NET
5. Gift shop item: TSHIRT
6. Hurriedly showed oneself out?: STREAKED
7. "J to ___ L-O!" (Jennifer Lopez album): THA
8. *... for astronauts: RIDE
9. Like over four billion people: ASIAN
10. "Victory is yours": ILOSE
11. Mexican president Enrique Peña ___: NIETO
12. Zac of "Neighbors": EFRON
13. Professors answer to them: DEANS
14. Reading material for a Hollywood agent: SCRIPTS
15. *... for British prime ministers: THATCHER
16. Most-wanted invitees: ALISTERS
17. Texting while driving, e.g.: NONO
18. Anchor's place: DESK
27. Enter, as data: READIN
31. Cousin of "OMG!": EEK
32. Guido who painted "Massacre of the Innocents": RENI
36. Today: NOW
37. "Hmm, guess so": ISPOSE
38. Loo, for short: LAV
39. ___ rally: PEP
42. What boats shouldn't do: TIP
43. ___ Gay (W.W. II plane): ENOLA
44. Best Foreign Film of 2005 set in South Africa: TSOTSI
45. Kennedy who was the mother of Maria Shriver: EUNICE
46. Aid for the handy, informally: DIYKIT
49. Letters of "pride": LGBT
50. Alternative to a pound: EURO
51. Emphatic agreement: AMEN
52. Org. with a travel ban?: NBA
54. Bills, e.g.: CASH
55. Hit record?: SHINER
57. "Yi-i-ikes!": OHGEEZ
58. Pacific: SERENE
59. Ending with teen: AGER
61. Certain conservative skirt: MIDI
62. Hillary Clinton in 1969 or Bill Clinton in 1970: ONEL
63. Monster: OGRE
65. Fictional spacecraft created by the Time Lords: TARDIS
66. Like lettuce: LEAFY
67. West Coast air hub: LAX
73. Overly: TOO
74. Two-___ (smallish car): SEATER
75. ___-fi: SCI
76. Yapping dog, for short: POM
77. *... for secretaries of state: ALBRIGHT
78. "Don't be so dumb!": YOUIDIOT
81. Rip off, informally: GYP
82. Clown (around): GOOF
83. [Yawn]: IMSLEEPY
85. Rule by governing board: REGENCY
87. Altar constellation: ARA
88. *... for Best Directors: BIGELOW
89. Ranger's station: LOOKOUT
90. Che Guevara's real first name: ERNESTO
93. Puts forward, as effort: EXERTS
95. Factor in area calculation: WIDTH
96. "___ little silhouetto of a man" (Queen lyric): ISEEA
97. Desert NE of the Sinai Peninsula: NEGEV
98. *... for Nobel laureates: CURIE
99. 1941 chart-topper "Maria ___": ELENA
101. Slice for a hearty appetite: SLAB
102. Miner's strike: LODE
104. Catches off base: TAGS
109. Apologia pro vita ___: SUA
111. 60 minuti: ORA

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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.

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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.
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