Daily Themed Crossword February 2, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the February 2, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
February 2, 2018 — All 61 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | "Lucy in the ___ With Diamonds" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Guys-only as some parties | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Score where neither team is ahead | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | "___ hands on deck!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Brand of small action cameras | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Flows back into the ocean | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Santa's workshop employee | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Ancient instrument related to the harp | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Flowerless plants you may see in offices | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Like the clothes of a stereotypical beggar: 2 wds. | Show answer | 9 | |
| #11 | Platform where you'll find Siri | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Hawaiian island where Barack Obama and Bruno Mars were born | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | ___ cell research | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Metric prefix meaning "thousand" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | "See ya!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | ___ Geo Wild (cable channel) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | App with crowdsourced reviews | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | "It's freezing in here!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Winnie-___-Pooh | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | American novelist and philosopher Alisa Zinov'yevna ___ who is better known by her pseudonym Ayn Rand | Show answer | 9 | |
| #21 | Death notice for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #22 | Hit really hard | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Ghanaian diplomat ___ Annan | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Skewered lamb e.g. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Author unknown: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Related to the middle class | Show answer | 9 | |
| #27 | Settled on a barstool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Last name of John Lennon's second wife | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | "___ drink to that!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Scientists work area | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Tell a tall tale | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Houston baseballer briefly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | 1990s country singer Collin ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Some poems written by Keats and Shelley | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | "The ___" which is perhaps the best-known work of Ayn Rand besides "Atlas Shrugged" | Show answer | 12 | |
| #36 | Astrophysicist ___ deGrasse Tyson | Show answer | 4 | |
| #37 | Former Dodge model that shares its name with a gas | Show answer | 4 | |
| #38 | With regard to in memos : 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Honey maker | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Bread for a Reuben | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | ___ and tonic | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Dracula's time | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Gardens amidst the deserts | Show answer | 5 | |
| #44 | Sitting through a bad piano recital for e.g. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | 1986 P.G.A. Championship winner Bob ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | "We ___" which was the debut novel for Ayn Rand and supposedly also her autobiography: 2 wds. | Show answer | 9 | |
| #47 | Mender's target | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Suddenly change course | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Start of a spider's description in song | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Chase romantically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Obtain | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Magazine founded by Bob Guccione | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Cattle call? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Zip in soccer | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Bug big-time | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Boxer who would "float like a butterfly" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | "For ___ a jolly ..." | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Opposite of blanc | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | Word of assent | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Take a whack at | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Humpty Dumpty's heart? | Show answer | 4 |
How the February 2, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for February 2, 2018, a Friday. It contains 61 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is FOUNTAINHEAD at 12 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 1 clue is flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 3 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2018 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
February 2, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the February 2, 2018 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 61 clues with answers from 3 to 12 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
Keep the streak going
The 2018 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 61 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the February 2, 2018 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
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How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.