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Sunday · 140 answers · 15 debuts

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

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    EAR

    59A You might play something by it

    57
    485
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    TEE

    67A Bit of a snicker

    49
    395
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    EPEE

    77A It may be waved at the Olympics

    41
    343
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    ICE

    5D Sculpting medium

    40
    391
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    ACHE

    36A Caladryl: itch :: Bengay : ___

    28
    282
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    RAE

    42A Charlotte who played Mrs. Garrett on TV

    28
    278
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    ESE

    81A Language suffix

    26
    386
  8. 8
    UCLA

    68A Alma mater for Carol Burnett and Jim Morrison: Abbr.

    22
    174
  9. 9
    ENYA

    92D Singer with the double-platinum album "The Memory of Trees"

    22
    161
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    ROO

    74A Playmate of Piglet

    20
    189
  11. 11
    IKEA

    114D Swedish retail giant

    19
    130
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    CNN

    19D Where Bernard Shaw was an anchor for 21 yrs.

    19
    126
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    ERG

    14D Work unit

    17
    175
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    LYE

    120D Alkali in cleansers

    17
    146
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    LOL

    121D Response to a funny text

    17
    132
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    IMAC

    3D Apple on a teacher's desk?

    16
    154
  17. 17
    ERROR

    47D What "[sic]" may signify

    14
    161
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    AYE

    118D "___, captain!"

    13
    162
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    URGE

    68D Press

    12
    208
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    AQUA

    36D Greenish-blue

    11
    151
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    SHEA

    1D Attorney William after whom a stadium is named

    11
    126
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    EROICA

    39D Beethoven's Third

    11
    65
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    NAM

    6D Sen. John Kerry served there

    10
    113
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    ANODE

    61A A current flows into it

    10
    107
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    OPEDS

    71D Opinion pieces

    10
    49
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    SKIS

    93A Biathlon needs

    9
    66
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    NEAT

    89A Well-planned

    8
    224
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    OBOES

    57D They're blown in the winds

    8
    79
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    ETHIC

    14A Body of precepts

    8
    74
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    NNE

    10D Salem-to-Portland dir.

    7
    205
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    ASTRO

    28D Space City baseballer

    7
    118
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    IBAR

    76D Certain girder

    7
    91
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    AGORA

    60D Old Greek market

    6
    105
  34. 34
    TATE

    45D London gallery

    6
    102
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    EMILE

    112A "South Pacific" role

    6
    85
  36. 36
    ARFS

    34D Pound sounds

    6
    52
  37. 37
    READS

    107D Page-turners are good ones

    6
    51
  38. 38
    CORN

    69D Base of some ethanol

    6
    49
  39. 39
    CUPS

    37D Tarot suit

    6
    26
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    LEON

    115D Province NW of Madrid

    5
    101
  41. 41
    ODEA

    53D Ancient theaters

    5
    72
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    ERES

    47A You are: Sp.

    5
    53
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    LATIN

    97A Exempli gratia, e.g.

    5
    48
  44. 44
    WASH

    49A Break-even enterprise

    5
    44
  45. 45
    SLALOM

    100D Zigzag, in a way

    5
    35
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    LEECH

    83D Parasite

    5
    33
  47. 47
    NILLA

    117A Nabisco's ___ wafers

    5
    31
  48. 48
    BANAL

    82A Overdone

    5
    27
  49. 49
    SMEE

    8D Bob Hoskins's role in "Hook"

    4
    118
  50. 50
    STARE

    126A Show awe, in a way

    4
    81
  51. 51
    IVORY

    72A Some contraband

    4
    54
  52. 52
    VEST

    111D Life ___

    4
    52
  53. 53
    OVUM

    110A Egg

    4
    45
  54. 54
    LARIAT

    97D Dogie catcher

    4
    41
  55. 55
    HEWN

    2D Given the ax?

    4
    32
  56. 56
    RHODE

    21A Part of U.R.I.

    4
    26
  57. 57
    ENDO

    102A Root canal, in dentist-speak

    3
    79
  58. 58
    PELT

    78D Trapper's prize

    3
    69
  59. 59
    OWED

    31D Had a bill, still

    3
    60
  60. 60
    SHAD

    73A Fish that migrates from seawater to freshwater and back

    3
    56
  61. 61
    WEED

    54D Dandelion or goldenrod, e.g.

    3
    55
  62. 62
    ARIL

    108A Seed cover

    3
    50
  63. 63
    MST

    99A Abbr. on Rockies skeds

    3
    40
  64. 64
    NIGER

    4D Neighbor of Chad

    3
    39
  65. 65
    TROTS

    43A Gaits out of the gate

    3
    30
  66. 66
    GRADE

    79A Learning level

    3
    27
  67. 67
    CENSE

    18D Perfume, in a way

    3
    25
  68. 68
    GOSEE

    13D Start of a referral

    3
    19
  69. 69
    YMA

    63D Singer Sumac

    2
    71
  70. 70
    WEEP

    26A Mourn audibly

    2
    43
  71. 71
    AULD

    85D "Should ___ acquaintance be forgot ..."

    2
    42
  72. 72
    OOMPH

    9D Zip

    2
    36
  73. 73
    OYE

    66D Santana's "___ Como Va"

    2
    32
  74. 74
    WORST

    32D Most base

    2
    28
  75. 75
    GETIN

    24A Arrive

    2
    18
  76. 76
    IDIOMS

    17D See red, talk a blue streak, etc.

    2
    18
  77. 77
    MONACO

    20A Country whose leader has competed in five Winter Olympics

    2
    17
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    WORDS

    40A Partner of music

    2
    17
  79. 79
    EMMAS

    84A One of the Spice Girls and namesakes

    2
    16
  80. 80
    HOTPOT

    16D Family-style Asian dish

    2
    12
  81. 81
    SAWDUST

    41D Carpentry byproduct

    2
    7
  82. 82
    ETO

    116D W.W. II arena

    1
    140
  83. 83
    OONA

    109A Mrs. Chaplin

    1
    102
  84. 84
    ECTO

    90D Outer: Prefix

    1
    62
  85. 85
    NANCE

    25A Jack who played a sawmill worker in "Twin Peaks"

    1
    29
  86. 86
    LEHAR

    106A Composer Franz

    1
    24
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    LINGO

    88D Jive, e.g.

    1
    18
  88. 88
    JOY

    122D Procter & Gamble detergent

    1
    17
  89. 89
    ACTIVE

    12D Off the injured list

    1
    15
  90. 90
    DALEY

    123A Longtime Chicago mayor

    1
    15
  91. 91
    FAYE

    46D Alice of "Hollywood Cavalcade"

    1
    15
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    SOFTC

    104D Centaur's head?

    1
    14
  93. 93
    SONTAG

    8A She wrote "Under the Sign of Saturn"

    1
    13
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    TANTRA

    11D Spiritual path in Hinduism

    1
    10
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    MOOGS

    70A Keyboard instruments

    1
    9
  96. 96
    WANDS

    103D Airport screening equipment

    1
    8
  97. 97
    CRESCENTROLL debut

    94A Dinner bun

    1
    3
  98. 98
    STLO

    86D French town on the Vire

    0
    114
  99. 99
    SALUT

    95D French greeting

    0
    22
  100. 100
    TOADY

    56A Bootlicker

    0
    21
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    ACEY

    62A ___-deucy (game with dice)

    0
    18
  102. 102
    AXILLA

    98D Underarm

    0
    16
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    CPOS

    29A U.S.N. noncoms

    0
    16
  104. 104
    CEMENT

    127A Fix firmly

    0
    13
  105. 105
    NOMEN

    105D The "Claudius" in Tiberius Claudius Nero

    0
    13
  106. 106
    ROWEL

    30A Wheel on a spur

    0
    12
  107. 107
    VELDT

    23D African grassland

    0
    11
  108. 108
    HEAVEN

    50D Paradise

    0
    10
  109. 109
    ELYSIAN

    128A Like a paradise

    0
    9
  110. 110
    TIEA

    27A "___ yellow ribbon ..."

    0
    9
  111. 111
    TREPAN

    35D Boring tool

    0
    9
  112. 112
    PAPERTIGER

    75A Its roar is worse than its bite

    0
    8
  113. 113
    TOODLEOO

    125A "Ta-ta"

    0
    8
  114. 114
    DARCY debut

    101A "Pride and Prejudice" beau

    0
    7
  115. 115
    ROPETOW

    51A Basic way up a slope

    0
    7
  116. 116
    SEMPRE

    73D Always: It.

    0
    7
  117. 117
    ALGREN debut

    58D Nelson ___, author of "The Man With the Golden Arm"

    0
    6
  118. 118
    ASFIT

    55A Comparable to a fiddle

    0
    6
  119. 119
    ENFIELD

    87A Northernmost borough of London

    0
    5
  120. 120
    PEEKIN

    75D Quickly check (on)

    0
    5
  121. 121
    TROYES

    124A Capital of France's Aube department

    0
    5
  122. 122
    MANURE

    99D Garden fertilizer

    0
    4
  123. 123
    MCLI

    113D Mid 12th-century date

    0
    4
  124. 124
    CHEMICAL

    19A Dow product

    0
    3
  125. 125
    CREMATE

    96D Burn at the end?

    0
    3
  126. 126
    LIGATED

    65D Tied surgically

    0
    3
  127. 127
    FULLMETALJACKET debut

    119A 1987 Kubrick film

    0
    2
  128. 128
    NEWAGEMOVEMENTS

    22A Tarot reading, crystals, spiritualism, etc.

    0
    2
  129. 129
    UPLOADS

    48A Does some file transfers

    0
    2
  130. 130
    BLUELAGOON debut

    64A Brooke Shields movie, with "The"

    0
    1
  131. 131
    DISTILLER debut

    80D Hiram Walker, for one

    0
    1
  132. 132
    EELPOUT debut

    91A Elongated marine fish

    0
    1
  133. 133
    GLOWERS debut

    7D Sullen looks

    0
    1
  134. 134
    HALFALOAF debut

    38D Proverbial portion

    0
    1
  135. 135
    HARVESTHOME debut

    33A Traditional English festival

    0
    1
  136. 136
    QUARTERSTAFF debut

    44A Little John's weapon in Robin Hood legend

    0
    1
  137. 137
    SHINING debut

    1A Illustrious

    0
    1
  138. 138
    THECHOSEN debut

    15D Chaim Potok novel

    0
    1
  139. 139
    TOTHEMOON debut

    52D Ralph Kramden catchphrase on old TV ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme

    0
    1
  140. 140
    WAXINGSALON debut

    103A Hair removal site

    0
    1