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Sunday · 140 answers · 16 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ELI

    19A Manning the quarterback

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    599
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    ALA

    6D Patterned after

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    513
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    EEL

    40A Sinuous swimmer

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    487
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    ASH

    113A Gray spray

    50
    458
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    YES

    131A With 1-Across, an agreeable guy

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    365
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    ADO

    45A Ruckus

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    477
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    ART

    65A Matter of aesthetics

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    384
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    ANA

    63A Follower of Shakespeare?

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    367
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    STAR

    86D Critic's award

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    316
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    ONES

    116D Some till fill

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    295
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    ION

    123A Bit for an accelerator

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    258
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    ISNT

    89D Fails to be

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    162
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    ESS

    103A Twisted letter

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    413
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    UCLA

    85D Where Lew Alcindor played

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    174
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    ILL

    29A Off one's feed

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    260
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    STE

    66A Honored Fr. woman

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    274
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    SCAR

    70D Leave a mark on

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    IOS

    14D Cyclades island

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    94
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    OAHU

    39D Locale of Interstate H1

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    MENU

    1D Course offerer

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    183
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    LIAR

    105A Person who's not straight

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    177
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    DAS

    78A Perp prosecutors

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    115
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    TAP

    81A Use as a resource

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    165
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    LOS

    92A L.A.P.D. part

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    144
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    HUE

    112A Carnation or rose

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    121
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    MAN

    1A See 131-Across

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    118
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    SSE

    128A Antigua-to-Barbados dir.

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    262
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    LEA

    94A Untilled tract

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    261
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    TESLA

    95A Coil inventor

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    144
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    NUT

    23A Yo-yo

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    112
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    BOP

    122D Knock

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    ALDA

    35D "Jenny" co-star, 1970

    13
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    GAP

    59A Interstice

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    131
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    ALUM

    2D '06 class member, e.g.

    13
    123
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    CASE

    91D Whodunit title word

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    108
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    LSU

    7D Tiger Stadium's sch.

    13
    107
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    FOR

    62D In place of

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    103
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    HOSE

    115D Watering aid

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    109
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    ISLAM

    72D Faith of fakirs

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    AILS

    80A Is indisposed

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    104
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    ASSES

    80D Stubborn sorts

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    TEAR

    34D Really run

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    149
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    DEAN

    73D V.I.P. at V.P.I., say

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    121
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    OASES

    111A Shaded spots

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    66
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    LOAF

    61A Dog it

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    60
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    NEA

    50A Grant-giving grp.

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    ERATO

    49D Sister of Thalia

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    174
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    MAP

    30A Tourist's aid

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    137
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    FAR

    124A Considerably

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    FLU

    117A Bird ___

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    83
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    NIN

    100A "Little Birds" author

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    117
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    ROTH

    38D "Zuckerman Unbound" novelist

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    64
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    COG

    16A Minor player

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    63
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    SONS

    56D Male issue

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    78
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    YARD

    53D Sometime sale site

    7
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    LEEK

    90D Garlic relative

    7
    51
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    RHONE

    109D Lyon is its capital

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    44
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    TSE

    127A Ki ___ (Korea's legendary founder)

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    NEEDS

    108D Must have

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    BENT

    52D Contorted

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    68
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    OREGON

    17D Home of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

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    35
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    FIEF

    36D Feudal estate

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    35
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    RIDGE

    31A Fingerprint feature

    5
    35
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    UMPIRE

    27A One making calls from home

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    22
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    NRA

    121D Org. that publishes American Hunter

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    ASI

    76A Do-do connector

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    SSA

    120D Nine-digit ID issuer

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    PLOW

    25D Bulldoze

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    46
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    ARR

    22A Itinerary info: Abbr.

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    ONEND

    55D Continuously

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    BNAI

    79A ___ B'rith

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    TATAR

    12D Turkic language

    3
    45
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    ATHOME

    99D In

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    RINGO

    67A Fab Four forename

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    PETIT

    8D Minor, at law

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    ALLSET

    20A Good to go

    3
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    SCALPS

    4A Root holders

    3
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    ICEPOP debut

    13D Fruity frozen treat

    3
    11
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    SKIAREA

    96A Where people travel between poles?

    3
    11
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    DEO

    77A In excelsis ___

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    BANG

    69D Pow!

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    IANS

    60A Northern Ireland politician Paisley and others

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    DWI

    41A It maddens MADD

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    SABRA

    4D One born on a kibbutz

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    SAGO

    57D Starchy foodstuff

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    STROBE

    104D Flash light?

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    REAPED

    130A Got as a result

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    NOSIER

    102D More prone to pry

    2
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    MILANO

    44D Teatro alla Scala locale

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    SORESPOT

    88D Touchy subject

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    7
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    MSS

    93A Work for eds.

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    REE

    26A Riddle-me-___

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    AFR

    10D Recipient of much intl. aid

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    RESENT

    67D Take as an affront

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    AFB

    68D Flyboys' hdqrs.

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    IWAS

    101D "___ robbed!"

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    CLEESE

    5D "Splitting Heirs" actor

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    ADELIE

    83D Penguin variety

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    FASO

    74D Burkina ___

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    STYLED

    9D Like some hair

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    HEXED

    110D Under a spell

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    FANGS

    37D Canines to beware of

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    ONMEDS debut

    125A Taking prescription drugs, informally

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    SCOFFS

    96D Gibes

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    CARDIO

    16D Healthful exercise, informally

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    THEUSA debut

    129A What to see in a Chevrolet, in old ads

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    SEAMUS debut

    82A Nobel-winning poet Heaney

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    HURTLE

    58A Rush violently

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    INTRUDER debut

    15D Unwelcome visitor

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    EEE

    47A Shoebox letters

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    AMAIN

    64D With great strength

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    ROCS

    38A Legendary elephant eaters

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    ENROBE

    126A Put something on

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    GREENE

    18D "The Quiet American" author

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    KOALAS

    97D Down Under denizens

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    INSURE

    98D Have covered

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    FACTO

    75A De ___

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    ISRAELIS

    32D 4-Downs, e.g.

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    ACTIII

    10A End of "Lohengrin"

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    9
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    CLOMP

    11D Opposite of tiptoe

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    INSULT

    28D Dig

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    REECHO

    114A Come back again

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    ETIOLATE

    71D Drain of color

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    EPISCOPAL

    48D Like some sees

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    PADRONE

    42A Italian innkeeper

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    4
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    OAKUM

    43A Loose rope fiber used as caulking

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    3
  127. 127
    ORGANISTS

    46D Players for prayers

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    3
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    AUFEU debut

    107D Pot-___ (French meat-and-vegetables dish)

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    2
  129. 129
    GROSSNATIONALCONDUCT

    87A Nose-picking and belching in the White House?

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    2
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    NITPICKER

    3D Hairsplitter

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    2
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    ABSENTMINDEDCONFESSOR debut

    68A One who accidentally blurts out "I did it!"?

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    1
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    BEAUTYPROTEST debut

    24A Demonstration against a Miss America pageant?

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    1
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    CONTESTANTWORKETHIC debut

    106A Competitor's dedication to hard training?

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    1
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    FLACON debut

    21A Perfume bottle

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    1
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    INASTATEOFPROFUSION debut

    33A Multiplying rapidly?

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    1
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    MUSICCITY debut

    84D Nashville nickname

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    1
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    OPTEDTO debut

    54D Decided one would

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    PROFESSIONBOX debut

    118A Item to be checked on a census form?

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    1
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    RNH debut

    119D Abbr. after Sen. Judd Gregg's name

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    THELIBRARYOFPROGRESS debut

    51A Collection of publications about historical advances?

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    1