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Sunday · 140 answers · 18 debuts

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

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    ALE

    87A Word with bitter or winter

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    ANTE

    47A Requirement for a hand, say

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    IDEA

    109D Guess

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    EDIT

    21A Cut for a column

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    AURA

    50A A celebrity carries one

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    218
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    SAGA

    62D Family history, e.g.

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    144
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    ADAM

    115A Noted exile

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    265
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    ESL

    7D Night school subj.

    18
    153
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    INANE

    120A Dumb

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    HAT

    48A Receiver of donations

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    MESS

    121A Snafu

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    145
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    STS

    13D Rte. parts

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    ULNA

    105D Bone that means "elbow" in Latin

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    SAO

    114D ___ Tomé

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    171
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    ACDC

    23A Rock band whose first album was titled, appropriately, "High Voltage"

    15
    129
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    AROSE

    122A Turned up

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    154
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    POET

    60D Foot specialist

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    98
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    STEER

    43D Drive ... or part of a cattle drive

    12
    132
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    RETRO

    57D So out it's back in

    12
    109
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    EMUS

    83A They have big bills

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    103
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    CDC

    80A Atlanta-based health org.

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    60
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    HALO

    19A Overhead light?

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    RUIN

    104D Archaeological site

    10
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    TWOS

    1A Some people count by them

    10
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    LADY

    93D Curtsier

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    ASHEN

    58D Pasty

    9
    128
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    LIMA

    86A ___ bean

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    87
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    META

    54A Prefix with -zoic

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    87
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    TANG

    110D Little bite

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    59
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    UNA

    39D A, in Italy

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    115
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    OLDE

    3D ___ Towne

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    106
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    SLIT

    33A Skirt feature

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    104
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    THAW

    1D Sign of spring

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    80
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    RARER

    36D Like triple plays compared to double plays

    8
    72
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    LENO

    119A Longtime NBC star

    7
    158
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    START

    76D Windows button

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    77
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    UNCLE

    68D Word said with a hand behind one's back

    7
    74
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    BAIT

    34A Flies, maybe

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    71
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    WISE

    53A Smart-mouthed

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    ANGST

    98A Teen problem

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    90
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    INOIL

    46A How sardines are often packed

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    34
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    PLIE

    106D Balletic bend

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    88
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    MACE

    84D Symbol of royal power

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    83
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    WACO

    2D City on the Brazos

    5
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    OAFS

    17D Fall guys?

    5
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    SVEN

    28D Cinematographer Nykvist

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    44
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    LAGS

    123A Trails

    5
    41
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    ADASTRA

    26D Start of Kansas' motto

    5
    16
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    OBAMA

    5D "Dreams From My Father" writer

    4
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    CRETE

    35A Minotaur's home

    4
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    OVENS

    5A Potters' needs

    4
    49
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    HMOS

    111D Doctors' grps.

    3
    52
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    SOLTI

    25D Longtime Chicago Symphony conductor

    3
    37
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    APACHE

    59A Attack helicopter

    3
    34
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    NIBS

    8D His ___ (self-important man)

    3
    27
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    SNIPS

    63D Short cuts

    3
    26
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    PRATT

    56A Dr. Gregory of "ER"

    3
    24
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    ROVER

    71D Vagabond

    3
    23
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    CLAMP

    35D Surgical aid

    3
    21
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    IMSURE

    67D "Without a doubt"

    3
    14
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    PUERTO

    15D Habana or Cádiz

    3
    11
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    DDS

    85D Driller's deg.

    2
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    COVE

    82A Sheltered spot

    2
    55
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    DUEL

    85A Result of a slap, perhaps

    2
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    EVANS

    31A Jazz pianist Bill

    2
    40
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    BANG

    34D Big report

    2
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    ADM

    113D Two-inch stripe wearer: Abbr.

    2
    37
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    OSKAR

    65A Werner of "Ship of Fools," 1965

    2
    37
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    PITY

    12D Terrible shame

    2
    37
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    BASIN

    20A Place for boats

    2
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    LIMOS

    75D Wheels for big wheels

    2
    30
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    SHIRE

    32D Common English place name ending

    2
    29
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    PUPAE

    22A Ones undergoing transformation

    2
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    PIGGY

    56D "Wittle" toe

    2
    12
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    YSER

    107D River of Flanders

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    ENGR

    52A Bldg. planner

    1
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    SLIDE

    64D Stock market sell-off

    1
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    DIAN

    117A Fossey who did gorilla research

    1
    30
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    DORAG

    69A Informal head cover

    1
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    BOPS

    10A Bits of Three Stooges violence

    1
    20
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    COEDS

    89A Abbott and Costello's "Here Come the ___"

    1
    18
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    DRAMAS

    96D Soap operas, e.g.

    1
    17
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    ODETTE

    11D "Swan Lake" role

    1
    17
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    SIESTAS

    63A Naps

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    15
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    LARYNX

    44A Pitch maker?

    1
    12
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    EATERS

    97D Ones at the feeding trough

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    10
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    UPBOW

    14A Instruction to a violinist

    1
    10
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    CHICK

    41D ___ lit

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    IMING debut

    74D Cyberchatting

    1
    6
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    OATER

    90D Many a John Ford film

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    ERITU

    37D Aria that ends "O speranze d'amor!"

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    IMIT

    81A Faux: Abbr.

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    30
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    RITT

    100A "Norma Rae" director Martin

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    ANGE

    99A Chantilly seraph

    0
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    XKE

    55A Classic Jaguar

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    BPOE

    16D Grp. with lodges

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    18
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    EASTON

    95D City where the Lehigh and Delaware rivers meet

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    ESTRADA

    91D Spanish road

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    ETTES

    52D Major extensions?

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    ELINOR

    92A Novelist Glyn who coined "It" as a euphemism

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    SPYON

    79A Observe furtively

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    NOSEE

    102D "Long time ___!"

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    OWAR

    88A Man ___

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    UKASE

    51D Decree

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    15
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    DCCAB

    69D 1983 Mr. T film

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    WOEISME

    27A [Boo-hoo!]

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    13
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    CRUSOE

    103A Fictional hero whose first words are "I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York ..."

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    12
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    DEARE

    118A "The Wreck of the Mary ___"

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    11
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    ARIP

    49A Take ___ (swing hard)

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    10
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    NEWAGER

    78D Crystal user

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    10
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    XAXIS

    45D Horizontal line

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    PANDG debut

    101A Consumer products giant, briefly

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    OOOLA

    70D Alley Oop's girl

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    PRUSSIA

    61A King Frederick I's realm

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    SPOTTY

    29A Inconsistent

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    UPRAISE

    14D Lift

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    6
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    WEFT

    18D Horizontal thread in a fabric

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    BESTILL

    10D "Hush!"

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    CANTAB

    40D Harvard student

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    5
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    LINOS

    116A Kitchen floor coverings, to a Brit

    0
    5
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    OFNOUSE

    88D Worthless

    0
    5
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    KASHA debut

    42D Buckwheat groats

    0
    4
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    SNAPSTO

    9D Stops daydreaming

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    4
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    CCLI debut

    103D Third-century year

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    3
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    COOGAN

    77A Child actor discovered by Chaplin

    0
    3
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    EMIGRES debut

    72A Asylum seekers

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    3
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    PAPERY debut

    106A Tissuelike

    0
    3
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    DAREST

    30A "___ Thou Now, O Soul" (Walt Whitman poem)

    0
    2
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    INTAILS debut

    73A Formally attired

    0
    2
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    ALLBASSETSAREOFF debut

    24A Announcer's cry at a hound race?

    0
    1
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    BAREFACEDLASSIE debut

    94A TV dog with its muzzle removed?

    0
    1
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    CLIPONS debut

    89D Some sunglasses

    0
    1
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    CULTURALMORASSES debut

    112A Marshes with libraries and opera houses?

    0
    1
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    CUSIP debut

    80D ___ number (ID on all stocks and registered bonds)

    0
    1
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    SASSINGTHEBLUES debut

    66A Mouthing off to police officers?

    0
    1
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    SHUTTLECASSOCKS debut

    38A What priests on a space mission wear?

    0
    1
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    SOCIETYPASSAGE debut

    4D Debutante ball?

    0
    1
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    TOYWITH debut

    108A Tease

    0
    1
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    VALENS debut

    6D Singer in the 1958 movie "Go, Johnny, Go!"

    0
    1
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    WASSAILINGWALL debut

    53D Backdrop for carolers?

    0
    1