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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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    ASS

    35A Ninny

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    ANT

    104A Tiny tunneler

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    401
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    ORAL

    108D Exam format

    42
    367
  4. 4
    SNL

    99D NBC inits. since 1975

    40
    263
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    ODOR

    38D Effluvium

    39
    344
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    SIR

    65D Word often following yes or no

    35
    271
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    RNA

    82A Stranded messenger?

    29
    322
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    EROS

    113D Psyche's love

    28
    321
  9. 9
    ENDS

    91D Some receivers

    27
    303
  10. 10
    ERASE

    125A Take out

    24
    295
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    ARLO

    103D Man's name that's an anagram of 108-Down

    24
    245
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    SON

    90D Male delivery

    24
    213
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    SLED

    128A Bob in the Olympics

    23
    204
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    ASEA

    119D On the ocean

    22
    326
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    IRAN

    120A Modern home of the biblical Elam

    22
    276
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    OTIS

    43D ___ Chandler, longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times

    20
    251
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    SNAP

    31A Breeze

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    204
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    OUI

    67D Agreement abroad

    20
    131
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    NANA

    131A Favorite baby sitter, maybe

    19
    142
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    ADAM

    1A Singer Lambert, runner-up on the 2009 "American Idol"

    18
    265
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    MERE

    110D Pure

    18
    155
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    AKIN

    116D Similar

    18
    138
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    INRE

    127A Regarding

    17
    251
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    MEET

    4D Hook up

    17
    144
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    MBA

    69D Wharton deg.

    16
    122
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    SSE

    79D Toledo-to-Columbus dir.

    15
    262
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    EGGS

    15A Halloween purchase

    15
    116
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    DEM

    58A Like 11-Down: Abbr.

    15
    93
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    NONE

    44D All's opposite

    14
    132
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    OPED

    12D Piece of a newspaper?

    14
    107
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    OOH

    87D Cry at a circus

    13
    160
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    OSCAR

    126A 8 1/2-pound statue

    13
    145
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    NINA

    117D Ship that sailed "the ocean blue"

    13
    108
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    SOLD

    102D Cry after the rap of a hammer

    13
    70
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    IDA

    47A Moscow's home: Abbr.

    12
    251
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    OLA

    33A Pay stub?

    12
    175
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    SASSY

    130A Fresh

    12
    95
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    TACO

    9D Kind of shell

    11
    154
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    ROSA

    114D Sub ___ (confidentially)

    11
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    GEAR

    16D Skis, boots, masks, etc.

    11
    119
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    PCS

    123D They may be cloned

    11
    109
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    IMHO

    54D Preface online

    11
    58
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    SPAR

    106A Box lightly

    10
    188
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    TERN

    118D Shore flier

    10
    85
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    NEA

    78A PBS benefactor

    9
    217
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    LEAK

    22A Scuba diver's worry

    9
    75
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    LIDS

    107D Caps

    9
    52
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    SANER

    75D Less bananas

    8
    93
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    OSU

    122D The Cowboys of the Big 12 Conference

    7
    100
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    INASEC

    59A Soon

    7
    34
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    PERT

    32D Fresh

    6
    97
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    SKEE

    18D ___-Ball

    6
    61
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    ASPCA

    21A Shelter org.

    6
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    OHSO

    24D Very

    6
    37
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    SST

    30D Bygone flier

    5
    199
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    ANKA

    3D "It's Time to Cry" singer, 1959

    5
    109
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    SCH

    39D Principal location?: Abbr.

    5
    75
  58. 58
    ENCORE

    50A It's music to a musician's ears

    5
    48
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    NEXUS

    129A Connection

    5
    24
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    IMAX

    111D Kind of screen

    4
    69
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    OSO

    63D Spanish bear

    4
    69
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    MAZE

    109D Something to be threaded

    4
    60
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    AMFM

    8D Alternative to satellite

    4
    57
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    FINE

    19A "___ by me"

    4
    53
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    TONAL

    95A Like the Vietnamese language

    4
    49
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    AKC

    49D Dog breeders' org.

    4
    32
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    HST

    11D Pres. when the C.I.A. was created

    3
    125
  68. 68
    ODS

    41D Some E.R. cases

    3
    98
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    AVIS

    34D Company name that becomes another company name if you move its first letter to the end

    3
    96
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    RAGA

    81D Music in Mysore

    3
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    ATLANTA

    115A Home of the N.H.L.'s Thrashers

    3
    50
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    AVIV

    85D Tel ___

    3
    44
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    MTN

    68D Atlas abbr.

    3
    42
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    ROOTS

    61A Underground network

    3
    41
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    MONK

    28A Person with few possessions

    3
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    TWA

    64D Bygone flier

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    INALL

    77A Together

    2
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    DAZE

    124A Stun

    2
    50
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    LITRE

    57A Size unit of an English soda bottle

    2
    35
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    XBOX

    89D Wii alternative

    2
    19
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    PAO

    7D Kung ___ chicken

    2
    18
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    STRATI

    79A Low clouds

    2
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    ALPACAS

    96D Sources of fleece

    2
    12
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    REACTS

    74D Isn't inert

    2
    12
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    YAPAT

    5A Talk to shrilly

    2
    12
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    ETO

    88D W.W. II arena

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    LAI

    42D Chou En-___

    1
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    OTB

    94A Where some people get tips: Abbr.

    1
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    GOAD

    45A Urge

    1
    51
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    ORRIN

    62D Senator Hatch

    1
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    LAZE

    26A Be a couch potato

    1
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    STOLEN

    100D Pirated

    1
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    GAZA

    17D Mideast tinderbox

    1
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    SKED

    40D TV exec's concern

    1
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    AFTA

    1D Brut rival

    1
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    GELID

    45D Icy

    1
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    EKGS

    93A Heart lines: Abbr.

    1
    11
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    METHANE

    53D Dangerous buildup in a mine

    1
    11
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    LACTIC

    37D Kind of acid

    1
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    REROUTE

    51D Send another way

    1
    10
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    NICOL

    55D "Excalibur" star Williamson

    1
    9
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    BONITO

    36D Mackerellike fish

    1
    8
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    DIESIRAE

    29A Hymn whose second line is "Solvet saeclum in favilla"

    1
    8
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    TONNES

    101D British weights

    1
    7
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    DOCTORSWITHOUTBORDERS debut

    70A P---ARY CARE PHY-ICIANS

    1
    2
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    ONOR

    25D "___ off?"

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    STOA

    48A Covered walkway

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    NLER

    112A Met, for one

    0
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    ITI

    60A "Is ___?"

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    TERP

    72D A.C.C. athlete

    0
    30
  111. 111
    ENGINE

    73D It typically has lots of horses

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    ANTA

    83D Architectural pier

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    ARTSALE

    6D Gallery event

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    INTR

    97A Like some verbs: Abbr.

    0
    13
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    TPKE

    80D N.J. or Pa. route

    0
    11
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    MERCK

    46A Maker of Fosamax and Zocor

    0
    10
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    ORAMA

    20A Slangy commercial suffix

    0
    10
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    XOO

    105A Tic-tac-toe loser

    0
    10
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    DIAG

    2D TV screen meas.

    0
    9
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    RANKLE

    10D Stick in one's craw

    0
    8
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    RHOMB

    10A Four-sided figure

    0
    8
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    ADVICE

    92A Tips, e.g.

    0
    7
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    BATEAU

    14D French river craft

    0
    7
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    EAGAN

    84A 1991 Tony winner Daisy

    0
    4
  125. 125
    THOMMCAN

    66A Shoe brand reputedly named after a Scottish golfer

    0
    4
  126. 126
    AGATHAS

    27A Mystery writers' awards

    0
    3
  127. 127
    ALEATORY

    92D Dependent on chance

    0
    3
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    ELLISISLAND

    15D National monument site since 1965

    0
    3
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    GNARLED

    56D Knotted up

    0
    3
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    SPARENOEXPENSE

    86A FI-TH WH--L

    0
    3
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    EUROAREA debut

    76A Currency union since 1999

    0
    2
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    MCXI

    13D 1,111

    0
    2
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    BLOODLESSREVOLUTION debut

    36A ANTI--VERNMENT UN--ST

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    1
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    EATSSHOOTSANDLEAVES debut

    98A WHAT A -ANDA DOES IN -EIS-RELY FA-HION

    0
    1
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    LEMONDROPCOOKIES debut

    121A W--THL-SS R-AD-TER

    0
    1
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    LOMILOMI debut

    107A Hawaiian massage

    0
    1
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    TAKEOUTOFCONTEXT debut

    23A -IRC-MS-ANCES

    0
    1
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    TEARSTAINED debut

    71D Like the face after a good bawl

    0
    1
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    THEMISSINGLINK debut

    52A AR--CL-

    0
    1
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    YOUANDME debut

    5D Us

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    1