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Sunday · 170 answers · 21 debuts

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

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    EAR

    41A ___ candy (some pop tunes)

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    ARE

    5D "These ___ the times that ..."

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    ERR

    103A Mess up

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    ASH

    143A Hard wood

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    EMO

    141D Comic Philips

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    USA

    38D Ryder Cup team

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    IRS

    98D Subject of the book "Many Unhappy Returns": Abbr.

    36
    246
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    EAST

    99A Orient

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    285
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    ANY

    14D "___ takers?"

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    EROS

    54D Libido

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    ALSO

    61A Not to mention

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    ASA

    8D Botanist Gray

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    YET

    148A On the other hand

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    SPY

    119A Sneak a peek

    27
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    RAN

    118A Managed

    25
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    AOL

    25D Popular portal

    25
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    ETE

    44D When many get a St.-Tropez tan

    24
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    SRO

    151A Sign at a smash

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    ETRE

    89D Parisian "to be"

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    REP

    128D Name

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    ASP

    15A "Poor venomous fool," in "Antony and Cleopatra"

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    SODA

    39A Designated driver's drink

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    OUR

    142D "___ Father ..."

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    OUI

    105D "Certainement!"

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    131
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    TRY

    110D Venture

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    181
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    HAD

    152A Possessed

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    114
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    RES

    1A Thing in a case

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    ELO

    63A "Roll Over Beethoven" band, for short

    17
    250
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    IDS

    40A Badges, e.g., in brief

    17
    181
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    TATA

    92D "So long, dahling"

    17
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    ORO

    28A Barcelona Olympics prize

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    INC

    40D Time ___

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    SUN

    9D Center of many revolutions

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    SAO

    112D ___ Miguel, Azores island

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    REC

    77D ___ center

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    AMINO

    31A Protein acid, informally

    15
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    SRS

    29D Some namesakes: Abbr.

    14
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    EVIL

    76D Like some twins

    14
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    AGOG

    66A Wide-eyed

    12
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    LEAH

    21D Mother of Judah

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    IBIS

    133A Long-legged wader

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    100
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    HUT

    146A Home on "Gilligan's Island"

    11
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    ORR

    30A Eight-time Norris Trophy winner

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    ALAN

    22A King of comedy

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    TEAR

    52D Spree

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    NAB

    139D Bust

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    ZEN

    43A "Your Moment of ___" ("The Daily Show" feature)

    10
    102
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    LAST

    7A In the cellar

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    100
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    AYN

    132D Author Rand

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    ESTATE

    113A You can't take it with you

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    125
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    ABASE

    126D Demean

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    OCT

    18A Pumpkin-picking time: Abbr.

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    ETAT

    94D Virginie ou Pennsylvanie

    8
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    TAC

    10D Certain X or O

    8
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    HEEL

    121A Boot part

    8
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    MPH

    23A Going rate?: Abbr.

    8
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    ELIS

    57D Skull and Bones members

    7
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    LPS

    124D Past records?

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    NAOMI

    145A Actress Watts

    7
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    ROAST

    115A Tribute in jest

    7
    76
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    HEX

    56D Do voodoo on

    7
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    DORM

    78A State quarters?

    7
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    DOM

    140D ___ Pérignon

    7
    54
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    USUAL

    20A Expected

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    REFI

    35D Change of a mortgage, slangily

    6
    36
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    BOAST

    70A "I'm king of the world!," e.g.

    6
    33
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    ROOM

    58D Latitude

    5
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    SKAT

    119D 32-card game

    5
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    ENTIRE

    60D Unabridged

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    YAY

    135A "You did it!"

    5
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    SPRIG

    16D Offshoot

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    ZAP

    43D Tase

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    RPI

    114A Upstate N.Y. sch.

    4
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    PAP

    104D Infant's food

    4
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    KERR

    91D Jean who wrote "Please Don't Eat the Daisies"

    4
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    STELLA

    3D "A Streetcar Named Desire" role

    4
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    EATIT

    96A Absorb a loss

    4
    41
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    JAG

    137A Pricey sports car, informally

    4
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    PHOTO

    17D Snap

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    COGS

    55D Lowly workers

    4
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    ENEMY

    127D Bad guys

    3
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    SPCA

    11A Org. that promotes adoption

    3
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    MOLE

    68D Infiltrator

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    YARN

    36D Paul Bunyan story

    3
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    SATIN

    11D Subbed (for)

    3
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    TENON

    47D Joint part

    3
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    COEN

    129D Filmmaker Joel or Ethan

    3
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    HUGO

    53D Monster hurricane of 1989

    3
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    SHEDS

    111A Sloughs off

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    VAIL

    65A Rocky Mountains resort

    3
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    TRUTH

    37D Ministry of ___, in "1984"

    3
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    PORTIA

    104A Lover in "The Merchant of Venice"

    3
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    LIV

    80A Actress Ullmann

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    SHEBA

    46D Biblical queendom

    2
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    IGO

    138D "May ___ now?"

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    ATAN

    108D Mussorgsky's "Pictures ___ Exhibition"

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    PLUTO

    131D 2006 neologism meaning "to demote"

    2
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    TIDES

    86D Traditional almanac data

    2
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    ECHOED

    2D Made a comeback?

    2
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    AXIOMS

    67A First principles

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    JETES

    82D Leaps across the ballet stage

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    ARMADA

    48D Royal Navy foe of 1588

    1
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    URE

    19A "Sons and Lovers" Oscar nominee Mary

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    OSIER

    50D Willow used in basketry

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    EUROPE

    62A Atlas section

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    RUER

    88D Sorry sort

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    ODED

    71A Exceeded the speed limit?

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    LUCRE

    7D Money

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    CYNIC

    130D Jaded figure

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    EUCLID

    123D Author of the "Elements," ca. 300 B.C.

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    RENU

    109D Contact lens solution brand

    1
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    ROSSINI

    72A "Tancredi" composer

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    ERIEPA

    122D Home of Gannon Univ.

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    TITS

    100A Chickadees' kin

    1
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    CPI

    147A Inflation meas.

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    MOTIVE

    79D Mystery element

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    CAROMS

    13D Glances

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    SKIFF

    69D Flat-bottomed boat

    1
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    SUMNER

    116D Sting's last name

    1
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    PLUNGE

    12D Dive

    1
    6
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    NONEOF debut

    74D Lead-in to "the above" or "your business"

    1
    2
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    IDI

    73D Despot ___ Amin

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    AIRE

    81A Suffix with billion

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    EROO

    95A Switch finish?

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    ORLY

    149A Charles de Gaulle alternative

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    MINEO

    134A He played Krupa in "The Gene Krupa Story"

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    ISIN

    93D "The fix ___"

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    BMOC

    150A Varsity QB, e.g.

    0
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    YAZ

    4A 1960s-'80s Red Sox legend, informally

    0
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    NECKTIE

    90A Windsor, e.g.

    0
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    URICH

    83D "Vega$" star Robert

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    OXIDES

    101A Laughing gas and water, chemically

    0
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    HTEST

    87D Bikini blast

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    AIRTAXI

    67D Executive's charter, maybe

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    GEOM

    144A Math. class

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    YUMMY

    4D "Dee-lish!"

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    ANIT

    32A Have ___ to pick

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    ESSAI

    42A Work of Seigneur de Montaigne

    0
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    NMI

    27D Application letters

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    ASAFAVOR

    32D Without obligation

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    TVIDOL

    117D "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus, for one

    0
    6
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    ECHT

    106A Genuine: Ger.

    0
    5
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    HIRSCH

    121D "Into the Wild" actor Emile

    0
    5
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    PSYCHS

    120D Charges (up)

    0
    5
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    RKELLY debut

    33A Celine Dion's "I'm Your Angel" duet partner

    0
    4
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    SHOLOM

    29A Tevye creator ___ Aleichem

    0
    4
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    AFLOW debut

    49A Streaming

    0
    3
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    LYRICS

    136A Lorenz Hart specialty

    0
    3
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    PAIRUP

    131A Couple

    0
    3
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    POSTDOCS debut

    85D Some advanced researchers, for short

    0
    3
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    YASMINE debut

    59D Bleeth of "Baywatch"

    0
    3
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    ZEROED

    6D Closed (in on)

    0
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    FLUTIE

    97A 1984 Heisman winner

    0
    2
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    IRVS debut

    26D Kupcinet and Cross

    0
    2
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    ROTHKO debut

    1D "Number 10" Abstract Expressionist

    0
    2
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    STARA debut

    102D ___ Zagora, Bulgaria

    0
    2
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    THECATCHERINTHERYE debut

    52A Novel that ends "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody"

    0
    2
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    VIJAY debut

    125D Singh on the links

    0
    2
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    WOLDS

    51D Hills of Yorkshire

    0
    2
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    AMONTILLADO debut

    15D Spanish sherry

    0
    1
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    EVERYTHINGMUSTGO debut

    34A Closeout come-on

    0
    1
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    FIVESTARRESTAURANT debut

    107A Prime eatery

    0
    1
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    FRUSTA debut

    45A Truncated cones, in math

    0
    1
  164. 164
    HENMAN debut

    64A 1990s-2000s English tennis star Tim

    0
    1
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    INDEPENDENTCOUNSEL debut

    138A Head of a special government inquiry

    0
    1
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    JUMPINTOTHEFIRE debut

    82A 1972 Harry Nilsson hit

    0
    1
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    MOTHERNIGHT debut

    84D Nick Nolte movie based on a Kurt Vonnegut novel

    0
    1
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    SMOKEANDMIRRORS debut

    75A Artful deception

    0
    1
  169. 169
    THEAMERICANCENTURY debut

    24A 1941 Henry Luce article that coined a name for an era

    0
    1
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    VANCOUVERCANUCKS debut

    125A Stanley Cup finalists of 1982 and 1994

    0
    1