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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for February 19, 2017
Sunday, February 19, 2017
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, February 19, 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.
Across clues & answers
- 28
- 39
- 50
- 70
- 81
- 98
- 105
- 107
- 108
- 111
Down clues & answers
- 16
- 24
- 30
- 58
- 67
- 84
- 101
- 104
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Previous The Crossword answer
Saturday, February 18, 2017
across
- 1. Was almost, with "on": BORDERED
- 9. New England staple: SCROD
- 14. Owing: INARREARS
- 16. Brand with a "PM" variety: ALEVE
- 17. "Bow your heads ...": LETUSPRAY
- 18. Strength: SINEW
- 19. Loyal subject: LIEGE
- 20. Can: TIN
- 21. Hacker's success: ENTRY
- 22. Things are unlikely when they are long: ODDS
- 23. Prohibition's beginning: DONOT
- 25. Prince George's mom: KATE
- 26. Day spa treatment: WAX
- 27. Many a promotional media giveaway: FREEDVD
- 29. Not as shy as one might think: COY
- 30. Bad feeling: DREAD
- 31. Title nickname of filmdom's Lt. Jordan O'Neil: GIJANE
- 33. Raising hell: ONATEAR
- 36. In stitches: SUTURED
- 37. Prison in which Timothy Leary was housed next to Charles Manson: FOLSOM
- 38. Asks a loaded question, say: BAITS
- 39. Antipiracy grp.: FBI
- 40. "Ain't gonna happen": NOCANDO
- 42. Lame: SAD
- 45. One may make tracks: SLED
- 47. Alternative to a "Psst!": NUDGE
- 48. They click: MICE
- 49. Barbershop part: TENOR
- 51. Transcription product: RNA
- 52. "Silence is golden," e.g.: MAXIM
- 53. Floor: AMAZE
- 54. Exploits: DERRINGDO
- 56. Like some communities: GATED
- 57. Something to work out in: SWEATSUIT
- 58. When to wish someone un prospero año nuevo: ENERO
- 59. 10 years, for example: SENTENCE
down
- 1. Puff out: BILLOW
- 2. The so-called "People of the Standing Stone": ONEIDA
- 3. Like "Last Tango in Paris," initially: RATEDX
- 4. Therapy group?: DRUGS
- 5. Cousin of Manx: ERSE
- 6. Single curl or crunch, in the gym: REP
- 7. Beam's path?: EARTOEAR
- 8. Really ready to rest: DRAINED
- 9. Aid for an ed.: SASE
- 10. Sound heard shortly after "Here's to ...": CLINK
- 11. Dollar, for one: RENTACAR
- 12. Suggestion: OVERTONE
- 13. Innocent: DEWYEYED
- 15. Diocesan assembly: SYNOD
- 23. "Ain't gonna happen": DREAMON
- 24. Desi Arnaz Jr. was on its first cover: TVGUIDE
- 27. It has a chilling effect: FREON
- 28. "That makes two of us": DITTO
- 30. Danger while drying out: DTS
- 32. ___ d'orange: JUS
- 33. Like many lines fed to actors: OFFSTAGE
- 34. Lady's counterpart: NOBLEMAN
- 35. Put off: ALIENATE
- 36. Cold wine-and-nutmeg drink: SANGAREE
- 38. "You'd better brace yourself for this ...": BADNEWS
- 41. Rennin results in them: CURDS
- 42. Western heat?: SIXGUN
- 43. Cutting: ACIDIC
- 44. Bump down: DEMOTE
- 46. Demolition site sight: DOZER
- 48. Shepherd's home: MANSE
- 50. Fresh styling: REDO
- 52. Something catching?: MITT
- 55. Led: RAN
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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?
A square that holds more than one letter. Sometimes it holds a whole word or a symbol. They are most common on Thursdays.
Which day is the hardest?
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