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Sunday · 170 answers · 20 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ELSE

    17A Alternatively

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    440
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    RIO

    52D Varig destination

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    ODOR

    43D Something carbon monoxide lacks

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    NSA

    54D Hush-hush govt. org.

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    233
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    ACT

    74D It's the law

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    302
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    ONIT

    91A Attending to the matter

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    ELS

    46A Loop loopers

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    333
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    TOE

    120A Head's opposite

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    ARM

    87A Part missing from a vest

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    NEED

    24A Must have

    24
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    ODD

    137D Like 9 or 5

    24
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    OWE

    90D Show a deficit

    23
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    RBI

    96D Goal for a D.H.

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    190
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    ATL

    41A N.L. East team, on scoreboards

    23
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    LES

    138D Former defense secretary Aspin

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    270
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    ABET

    11D Support

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    YETI

    81D Himalayan sighting

    22
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    EGG

    72A Spur (on)

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    NOS

    135D Turndowns

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    ITCH

    95D Desire

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    135
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    RTE

    52A U.S. 1, for one: Abbr.

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    285
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    STE

    35D Start of many Québec place names

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    AAA

    28D Bond rating

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    PER

    30A Each

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    270
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    EMIR

    80D Mideast bigwig

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    ALES

    41D Pub offerings

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    240
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    LOS

    110D Part of L.A.

    17
    144
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    SKY

    58D Blue shade

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    129
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    EASEL

    104A Stand

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    144
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    LAB

    111A F.B.I. facility

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    144
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    AGAR

    114A Thickening agent

    15
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    DEM

    44D Rep.'s opposite

    15
    93
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    CLAM

    71D Dollar, slangily

    14
    86
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    SOME

    129D A portion

    13
    100
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    URGE

    60D Spur (on)

    12
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    SASH

    63D Beauty queen's wear

    12
    125
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    STUN

    47D Render speechless

    12
    123
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    MORE

    140A Seconds

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    80
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    BAMA

    55A Ole Miss rival

    12
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    GET

    101A Comprehend

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    118
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    ERATO

    37A Muse of mimicry

    9
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    MEAL

    85A Airline rarity, increasingly

    9
    89
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    SEWS

    16D Darns

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    SYNC

    83D Harmony

    9
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    NEAP

    99D Kind of tide

    8
    114
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    ARS

    32D MGM motto opener

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    112
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    ORION

    68A Heavenly hunter

    8
    112
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    USS

    93D Letters at sea

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    110
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    LENS

    75A Monocle part

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    YORE

    143A Time long past

    7
    100
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    CAM

    108A Engine part

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    STARR

    124A Fab Four name

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    GYM

    7D High school class

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    MAS

    56A Postgrad degs.

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    ECCE

    100D Latin "behold!"

    6
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    ESTD

    144A Cornerstone abbr.

    6
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    LORI

    65D Actress Martin, star of TV's "National Velvet"

    6
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    MEND

    67D Tape, say

    6
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    IBSEN

    5D Norwegian playwright

    6
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    REG

    15D Gas station abbr.

    5
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    TEAK

    84D Furniture wood

    5
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    METRO

    127A Part of MGM

    5
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    SPRIG

    35A Small spray

    5
    44
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    UNCAP

    8A Open, in a way

    5
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    DOG

    89D Follow relentlessly

    4
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    SHOT

    139A Exhausted

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    AIMEE

    39A Singer Mann

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    JAG

    103D Former CBS military show

    4
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    SLEEK

    47A Streamlined

    4
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    RABID

    122A Fanatical

    4
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    ASTA

    64D "The Thin Man" pooch

    3
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    ODS

    49A Some E.M.S. cases

    3
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    ASTRA

    74A Latin twinklers

    3
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    OWNED

    97A Had

    3
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    SUEZ

    94D 1956 trouble spot

    3
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    JFK

    73A Defeater of R.M.N.

    3
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    PROAM

    130A Like many benefit tournaments

    3
    24
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    ATTABOY

    21A "Way to go!"

    3
    11
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    FLAM

    133D Deception

    3
    10
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    KENT

    79D Setting for part of "King Henry VI, Part 2"

    2
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    EXE

    132A Computer file suffix

    2
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    IRINA

    95A Skater Slutskaya

    2
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    ETHANOL

    2D Tractor powerer, maybe

    2
    23
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    GENUS

    98D Trivial Pursuit edition

    2
    21
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    SMACK

    66A Sign of love … or rejection

    2
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    CHOPS

    125A Whacks

    2
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    RAISES

    29A Adds to the pot, say

    2
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    TRAPP

    31A "The Sound of Music" name

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    EDDIES

    20D Whirlpools

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    BLONDES

    113D Lightheaded people?

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    ATEE

    23A Perfectly, after "to"

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    OREAD

    38D Mountain nymph

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    UNSER

    8D Big name in auto racing

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    DAG

    123D Hammarskjöld of the U.N.

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    JOLT

    73D Shock

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    COR

    10D Where streets meet: Abbr.

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    SRIS

    82D Hindu titles

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    ACR

    57D Down's opposite: Abbr.

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    DOESNT

    89A Fails to

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    SERIAL

    121D Soap format

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    SANDAL

    78D Bit of beachwear

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    ZILCH

    109A Nada

    1
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    PYE

    88A Poet laureate before Southey

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    REMET

    86A Had a lame-duck session, say

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    CARAFES

    108D Chianti containers

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    PEERESS

    12D Noblewoman

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    CASHEW

    51D Nut in mixed nuts

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    CHERRY

    71A Sundae topper

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    NOTS

    6D Relatives of AND's and OR's in Boolean logic

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    PRIVATE

    106D Buck ___ eye

    1
    8
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    SMILEYS

    146A :-) :-) :-)

    1
    8
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    GUINEAPIG

    117A New ___ Latin

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    5
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    SNARLED

    107D In a tangle

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    GAUCHO debut

    115D Bola user

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    LESE

    77D Suffix with Congo

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    ERO

    118D Leandro's love, in a Mancinelli opera

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    NIOBE

    22A Weeping daughter of Tantalus

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    ASON

    70A One given "unto us," in Isaiah

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    GHETTO

    119D Urban renewal target

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    SPEECH

    50A Address

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    MOEN

    40A Big name in faucets

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    CCI

    105A Early third-century year

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    KIEL

    48D German canal name

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    MUFTI

    127D Civvies

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    JOES

    59D Average guys

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    LEGUME

    18D Lentil or bean

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    ENDTO

    141A Words after "put an" or "see no"

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    SEEKER

    19D Petitioner

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    SERS

    45A Sun. talks

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    CUFF

    62D Take into custody

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    AUSSI

    92A Too, in Toulouse

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    OXBOW

    126D U-shaped river bend

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    ENGLISH

    17D Body ___ language

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    MACRAME

    1D It's tied up in knots

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    NITRIC

    9D Kind of acid

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    MONY

    131D When repeated, a top five hit of 1968 or 1987

    0
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    SALUKI

    33A Hunting canine

    0
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    STRIDES

    3D Progress

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    JINGO

    53A Ultrapatriot

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    SEUL

    121A Only: Fr.

    0
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    SYDOW

    145A "The Exorcist" actor, with "von"

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    AJET

    102A Answer to the riddle "The higher it goes, the less you hear it"

    0
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    ANDON

    34A Intermittently, after "off"

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    ARGOSY

    114D Fleet of ships

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    LETMEBE debut

    111D "Go away!"

    0
    4
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    PLANBS debut

    106A Alternatives

    0
    4
  147. 147
    PQRS

    13A 7, on modern phones

    0
    4
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    UCLAN

    69A Bruin

    0
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    ABATOR

    116D One who suspends an action, at law

    0
    3
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    CROSSWORD

    42A Double ___ play

    0
    3
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    EATABLE debut

    142A Fit for consumption

    0
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    FURMAN debut

    133A University in Greenville, S.C.

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    3
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    GUAVAS debut

    128A Tropical fruits

    0
    3
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    OCTAGONAL debut

    134A Like the 1915 San Francisco Mint $50 gold coin

    0
    3
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    LIGAMENT

    61D Bone connector

    0
    2
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    MARSUPIA

    56D Abdominal pouches

    0
    2
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    SAISON

    4D Printemps, par exemple

    0
    2
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    AGAMIC debut

    92D Reproducing without fertilization

    0
    1
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    APPLEJACKFROSTBITPART debut

    26D Big ___ time

    0
    1
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    AURALLY debut

    112D With respect to hearing

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    1
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    CHRISTMASTREE debut

    25A White ___ House

    0
    1
  162. 162
    FOOTBALLFIELD debut

    136A Flag ___ Day

    0
    1
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    GROGAN debut

    36D Former Patriots QB Steve

    0
    1
  164. 164
    GSTRINGSUPSETBACK debut

    98A e ___ Bay

    0
    1
  165. 165
    JULIUSCAESARSALAD debut

    59A Orange ___ Bowl

    0
    1
  166. 166
    MESSING debut

    1A Fooling (around)

    0
    1
  167. 167
    PAWPAWS debut

    13D Contents of some patches

    0
    1
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    QTIPTOPBANANASPLITPEA debut

    14D i ___ Pod

    0
    1
  169. 169
    SEALSOFFKEYCHAINSAWDUST debut

    76A Easter ___ bunny

    0
    1
  170. 170
    WIGWAGGED debut

    27A Moved to and fro

    0
    1