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Sunday · 134 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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    ERA

    65A Significant time

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    SPA

    78A Spring locale

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    LEE

    62D Virginia's historic ___ Highway

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    ASIA

    116A One edition of the Wall Street Journal

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    350
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    NSA

    80A Fort Meade org.

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    233
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    NOR

    48A Negative conjunction

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    332
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    RNA

    52A Molecular biology topic

    29
    322
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    OMEN

    91D Soothsayer's subject

    28
    257
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    HER

    63A "I Saw ___ Again" (1966 hit for the Mamas & the Papas)

    27
    237
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    NBA

    43A Org. with the Red Auerbach Trophy

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    198
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    SSNS

    61D Payroll IDs

    26
    130
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    OVEN

    18A It takes the cake

    22
    177
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    OTS

    83D N.F.L. tiebreakers

    21
    128
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    EVA

    74D Actress ___ Marie Saint

    20
    247
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    STYE

    109D Lid irritation

    20
    162
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    MAR

    81A Deface

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    215
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    USES

    16D Functions

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    ESTEE

    64A Popular women's fragrance

    18
    185
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    SEAR

    105D Brown

    18
    113
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    INANE

    23D Cockeyed

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    193
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    AMASS

    21A Get a load of

    16
    135
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    ECRU

    40D Stocking shade

    15
    196
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    OTTER

    24A Animal that eats while floating on its back

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    165
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    EYRE

    12D Brontë heroine

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    150
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    SCI

    46A Chem., for one

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    179
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    ELBA

    106D Island off Tuscany

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    TAXI

    72D Modern advertising medium

    12
    136
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    BOO

    44D Response to a bad call

    12
    101
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    ISLAM

    76A Cat Stevens's faith

    12
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    RINSE

    66D Shampoo directive

    11
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    OXO

    82A Kitchen gadget company

    11
    67
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    AYN

    45D Author Rand

    10
    98
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    STEAM

    51D Pressing need?

    10
    91
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    WAD

    84A Walletful

    10
    85
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    SLAY

    115A Crack up

    10
    79
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    TINA

    42D Turner of records

    9
    118
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    BORE

    1A Put to sleep

    9
    77
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    YELL

    120A Long-distance call?

    9
    76
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    NYC

    43D "Annie" song with the lyric "Too busy / Too crazy / Too hot / Too cold / Too late / I'm sold"

    9
    58
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    LAME

    107D Unconvincing

    8
    86
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    EBBS

    5D Dwindles

    7
    90
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    IPOD

    71D Song holder

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    79
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    WRAP

    108D Finish shooting

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    64
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    MERCI

    114A "___ bien!"

    7
    40
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    SIDE

    9A Pro or con

    6
    94
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    ARENT

    111A "___ we all?"

    6
    79
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    OSHEA

    50D Milo of "The Verdict," 1982

    6
    71
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    TYPE

    119A Pound the keys

    6
    68
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    CELEB

    35D Page-oner

    6
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    PEEVE

    57A Pet ___

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    48
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    OUTDO

    54D Better

    6
    47
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    TVS

    33D DVD adjuncts

    5
    67
  53. 53
    ATEAT

    53D Troubled

    5
    66
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    SOTHERE

    9D "Hah!"

    5
    24
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    ESSEX

    67D Hedingham Castle locale

    4
    101
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    SLANT

    68D Inclination

    4
    53
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    ICONS

    28D Desktop array

    4
    43
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    SYD

    75D Barrett of Pink Floyd

    3
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    FEST

    6D Slug follower?

    3
    44
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    ESSENCE

    89D Gist

    3
    43
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    HONEY

    20A Pussycat

    3
    32
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    JELLO

    110A Product once pitched by Bill Cosby

    3
    25
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    EARNEST

    92D Purposeful

    3
    20
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    WIRES

    102D Some money transfers

    3
    19
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    ESSE

    118A To be, to Claudius

    2
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    BELA

    19A ___ Fleck and the Flecktones

    2
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    OVINE

    54A Like rams and lambs

    2
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    PARA

    15D Law firm aide, for short

    2
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    RATSO

    77A 1969 Dustin Hoffman role

    2
    47
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    VIEW

    55D Penthouse feature

    2
    41
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    TAHITI

    90D Setting for Melville's "Omoo"

    2
    37
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    OOMPH

    93D Zip

    2
    36
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    YOYOS

    49A Fluctuates wildly

    2
    31
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    OVERDO

    2D Gild the lily

    2
    30
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    CRAZE

    69D The twist, once

    2
    29
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    REPOSE

    98D Rest

    2
    23
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    HOTTUB

    20D Jacuzzi

    2
    21
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    PERCH

    57D Twig, to a bird

    2
    21
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    WPM

    101A Typing speed stat.

    2
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    EXTREME

    95A Fanatical

    2
    12
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    LINER

    36D Sharply hit baseball

    1
    32
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    FLOOR

    7D Elevator stop

    1
    29
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    MOURN

    34A Grieve

    1
    25
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    YPRES

    25A Belgian city in W.W. I fighting

    1
    25
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    SEALY

    103D Simmons competitor

    1
    22
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    MNOP

    27D Alphabetical foursome

    1
    21
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    EFFS

    5A They keep you from passing

    1
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    EMPEROR

    14D Napoleon, for one

    1
    14
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    INTERNS

    10D Some residents

    1
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    MNEME

    104A Memory principle

    1
    7
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    WASHERS

    102A They have loads to do

    1
    4
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    EDINA

    29A Suburb of Minneapolis

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    44
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    PSS

    17D Letter addenda: Abbr.

    0
    44
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    UAW

    73D Labor grp. since 1935

    0
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    EMERIL

    99D "___ Live," longtime Food Network show

    0
    40
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    ILS

    47A They, to Thérèse

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    RRR

    60D Elementary school trio

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    DEEMS

    11D Judges

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    CIR

    31A Geometric fig.

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    SANREMO

    8D Riviera resort

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    RODENT

    32A Chinchilla, e.g.

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    TRAYS

    117A Cafeteria supply

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    COROLLA

    35A World's top-selling car model starting in 1997

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    ITERS

    56D Anatomical passages

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    15
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    OSAMA

    96A 2003 Afghani film that won a Golden Globe

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    15
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    DERMAL

    100D Skin-related

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    14
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    LINC

    41D ___ Hayes of "The Mod Squad"

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    14
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    SOURED

    97A Turned bad

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    11
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    PEPUP

    13A Animate

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    10
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    RELAID

    3D Fixed, as tiles

    0
    9
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    LEOVI

    37D Pope after John X

    0
    8
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    PAYDIRT

    13D The mother lode

    0
    7
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    RUNAWAY

    94D Target of a youth outreach program

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    7
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    ASRED

    38D Comparable to a rose?

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    6
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    HEAVY

    79A Word with duty or set

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    EGALE

    58D French equivalent

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    5
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    LOANERS

    88D Auto shop offerings

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    5
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    BOMBER

    1D B-2 or B-52

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    4
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    JCT

    110D Where I's cross?: Abbr.

    0
    4
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    RENTERS

    30A They're not buying it

    0
    4
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    CABBY debut

    113A Driver of a 72-Down

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    2
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    DRWELBY

    86D '70s small-screen role for Robert Young

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    2
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    ENGINED

    4D Twin-___ aircraft

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    2
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    HARZ

    70D Germany's __ National Park

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    2
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    MUMMY debut

    81D Boris Karloff title role, with "the"

    0
    2
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    PEPBOYS

    87D Big auto parts chain

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    2
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    BRAINSTORMTHEMEIDEAS debut

    26A Cruciverbalist's Step 1

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    1
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    CONSTRUCTSUITABLEGRID debut

    59A Step 3

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    1
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    DEVELOPBESTENTRIES debut

    39A Step 2

    0
    1
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    EARTHWORM debut

    112A Night crawler

    0
    1
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    MELGIBSON debut

    22A "Hamlet" star, 1990

    0
    1
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    RESEARCHANDWRITECLUES debut

    66A Step 4

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    1
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    SEEBYLINEINNEWSPAPER debut

    105A Step 6 (the payoff)

    0
    1
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    SENDPUZZLETOEDITOR debut

    85A Step 5

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    1