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Sunday · 140 answers · 10 debuts

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

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    ELI

    43A Pharmaceutical chemist ___ Lilly

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    599
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    ANA

    14D Something to give an Alabama cheerleader?

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    367
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    ISLE

    45D Place for a 44-Down

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    316
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    TEA

    100A ___ rose

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    374
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    ELM

    125D American ___

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    240
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    RAT

    61D No-goodnik

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    280
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    ALL

    8D Word before, after — or both before and after — "in"

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    299
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    RAN

    122D Tore

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    291
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    ANEW

    24D Again

    23
    237
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    ASP

    32D Venom carrier

    22
    265
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    ORB

    65D Venus or Mars

    22
    195
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    RTE

    99D Rd.

    20
    285
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    NEAR

    90D At hand

    20
    183
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    INRE

    37D About

    17
    251
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    OLES

    112D Praise for toreadors

    17
    130
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    NEMO

    104D Captain of the Nautilus

    16
    156
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    TRUE

    63A Straight

    16
    150
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    TLC

    50A Special attention, for short

    16
    146
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    RAY

    68D Unit of hope?

    16
    128
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    ELMO

    33A Friend of Dorothy, on "Sesame Street"

    15
    174
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    NINE

    91A U.S. highway with a ferry connection between Delaware and New Jersey

    15
    155
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    SORT

    12D Kind

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    116
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    SITE

    10D Spot

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    115
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    LEG

    15D Race part

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    126
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    REA

    26A Stephen of "The Crying Game"

    12
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    TACO

    6D Kind of shell

    11
    154
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    OWES

    39D Is into

    11
    88
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    TSPS

    42D Recipe amts.

    11
    84
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    COO

    71D Whisper sweet nothings

    10
    144
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    TBAR

    55D Way to the top

    10
    144
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    OOPS

    76D "Not good!"

    10
    104
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    LUNA

    116D ___ Park, old Coney Island attraction

    10
    74
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    ICON

    30A Screen figure

    9
    189
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    OLIN

    112A Actress Lena

    9
    112
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    ROAM

    75D Stray

    9
    94
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    LIMA

    113D Home of the oldest university in the continental Americas

    9
    87
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    NEAP

    88A Tide type

    8
    114
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    LEAD

    51D Aid for a detective

    8
    100
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    ITAL

    117D Emphasized: Abbr.

    8
    94
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    RIGA

    87D World capital on a gulf of the same name

    8
    86
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    PST

    120A Western setting: Abbr.

    8
    82
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    FAST

    81D Quick

    8
    69
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    UMPS

    118A Calls a game

    8
    69
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    ASTRO

    74A ___ Blaster (classic arcade game)

    7
    118
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    AMPS

    56A Ratchets (up)

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    108
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    LUAU

    44D Outdoor party

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    89
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    ALEE

    11D On the safe side

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    275
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    EER

    4D Ending with how

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    212
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    ERST

    70A Long ago, long ago

    6
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    COAT

    71A Fur, e.g.

    6
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    SEPIA

    111A Old print

    6
    74
  52. 52
    YEAS

    58A Pros

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    71
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    TYPE

    50D Enter

    6
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    SEETHE

    28A Boil

    6
    44
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    ENABLE

    128A Abet, in a way

    6
    36
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    ALIENS

    89A One line at passport control

    5
    61
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    ABES

    115D Lincoln and others

    5
    55
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    ASTIN

    16D John of "Freaky Friday," 1977

    4
    61
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    YAHOO

    80A Winner's cry

    4
    51
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    POND

    27A Decoy site, maybe

    4
    45
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    UMASS

    40D Home of the N.C.A.A.'s Minutemen

    4
    31
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    URANUS

    48A Father of the Titans

    4
    23
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    ENERO

    109D Month before febrero

    3
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    JOE

    126D Mr. Average

    3
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    ESTEEM

    62D Respect

    3
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    POW

    46A [Wham!]

    3
    43
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    ETALII

    114A And others

    3
    39
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    TAMIL

    92A Language of India

    3
    31
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    DENTE

    53A Al ___

    3
    29
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    DADAS

    66A Pops

    3
    19
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    IDEATE

    3D Think

    2
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    GER

    98A Neth. neighbor

    2
    39
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    STEEDS

    132A Chargers

    2
    39
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    IMARET

    1D Eastern inn

    2
    26
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    LETITBE

    97D 1970 #1 song and album

    2
    23
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    SENSEI

    95A Karate teacher

    2
    23
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    ARTISAN

    49D Craftsperson

    2
    19
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    ICIEST

    1A Most distant

    2
    19
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    HABLA

    77A "Se ___ inglés?"

    2
    15
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    PAULO

    64A Saint in Brazil

    2
    13
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    YIELDS

    102D Investors' info

    2
    11
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    ALG

    123D Some H.S. math

    1
    59
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    ENGR

    86D Bldg. planner

    1
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    RMS

    94A Parts of apts.

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    EDGER

    69A Lawn tool

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    INAPET

    84D Peeved

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    24
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    EMERALD

    127A Rich green

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    23
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    ITEN

    19D Highway damaged by hurricane Katrina

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    22
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    VINO

    85D Soave or Orvieto

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    22
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    ANGELO

    96A San ___, Tex.

    1
    20
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    FLEET

    79D Quick

    1
    20
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    CLOSER

    129A Contract-negotiating pro

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    18
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    FORGE

    79A Make a bad copy of?

    1
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    ILOILO

    21A Philippine port

    1
    14
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    RAGTIME

    25A Some honky-tonk music

    1
    11
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    ORATORY

    72D Dais delivery

    1
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    FUTZ

    81A Fiddle (around)

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    8
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    NOISOME

    9D Harmful

    1
    8
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    SALEMS

    131A Certain smokes

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    MALACHI

    13A Last of the Minor Prophets

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    6
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    VERBAL

    57A Spoken

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    UNLINK debut

    35A Disconnect

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    2
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    ULEE

    82D Title apiarist of film

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    TYNE

    110A Newcastle's river

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    SIMI

    41D California's ___ Valley

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    HOMO

    18D Human genus

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    OPPOSE

    105D Fight

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    KANSAS

    7A Big Twelve team

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    24
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    ETTAS

    31A Singers James and Jones

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    SERIO

    67A Prefix with comic

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    AGFA

    73D Film company

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    18
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    NODEAL

    54D Game show contestant's option

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    INURES

    103D Hardens

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    MODELA

    20A First Ford

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    13
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    MORENO

    13D Oscar winner for "West Side Story"

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    13
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    ONESHOT

    22A Nonrecurring publication

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    PFCS

    119D NCO's charges

    0
    11
  118. 118
    SARONGS

    130A Garments at a 44-Down

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    DEMISE

    47A End

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    LIBERAL

    121A One on the left

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    9
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    SLIPSHOD

    5D Sloppy

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    9
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    LOUVRE

    36D Home of "Winged Victory"

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    8
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    MRDEEDS

    34D Film character whose first name is Longfellow

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    8
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    RISKED

    106D Put on the line

    0
    8
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    FERGIE

    108A Former British royal

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    7
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    LESSSALT

    93D Healthful food claim

    0
    7
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    COMETH

    2D Approaches in the Bible?

    0
    6
  128. 128
    LOSING

    78D Behind

    0
    6
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    MATERS

    107D Mums

    0
    6
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    KINDLE

    7D Light

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    5
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    SLEAZES

    59D Dirtbags

    0
    4
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    HUGEST debut

    29D Most imposing

    0
    3
  133. 133
    AMERICANLITER debut

    23A 33.8 ounces?

    0
    1
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    ANYPORTERINASTORM debut

    101A What the wet, baggage-laden passenger might take at the train station?

    0
    1
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    BUTTEROFAJOKE debut

    124A The ram in "A ram walks into a bar …"?

    0
    1
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    CAUGHTINAFIBER debut

    52D Like some C.S.I. evidence?

    0
    1
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    CHICKENBROTHER debut

    17D Rooster?

    0
    1
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    OLIVELOAFER debut

    83A Oddly colored shoe?

    0
    1
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    SOBERSISTER debut

    60A Teetotaling nun?

    0
    1
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    THESHOWERMUSTGOON debut

    38A Stalwart plumber's credo?

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    1