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Sunday · 140 answers · 17 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

    5D Long, long time

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    791
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    ATE

    11D "I already ___"

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    598
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    EAR

    89A Musical sense

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    485
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    EST

    92A Christmas hours in N.Y.C.

    55
    428
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    ASH

    50A Parliament output?

    50
    458
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    AGE

    120D Subject of many lies

    47
    417
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    USE

    86D Capitalize on

    47
    356
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    ADO

    4D Whirl

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    477
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    ELSE

    76A Aside from that

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    440
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    EON

    52A It seemingly never ends

    43
    343
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    TRI

    123D Prefix with valent

    41
    237
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    RIO

    99D 2016 Olympics locale

    40
    315
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    NSA

    44D Hush-hush org.

    38
    233
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    ANTS

    106D Harvesters, e.g.

    33
    247
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    OMNI

    96D Big name in hotels

    31
    218
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    IDLE

    90A Not in operation

    30
    259
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    ELM

    26A ___ bark beetle (pest)

    30
    240
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    ANO

    100D It's got mayo

    25
    216
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    ETE

    32D "L'heure d'___" (2008 Juliette Binoche film)

    24
    320
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    ETCH

    91D Impress permanently

    23
    174
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    OTTO

    115D Germany's ___ von Bismarck

    22
    273
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    AIDE

    53A Page, e.g.

    20
    192
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    ELSA

    83D ___ Schneider, villainess in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"

    19
    220
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    DESI

    40A Lucy's guy

    18
    139
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    SOLO

    102A What can one do?

    18
    135
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    INRE

    46D Memo intro

    17
    251
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    IVE

    71A Wish, part 5

    15
    158
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    ASOF

    21D Starting from

    14
    107
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    UTES

    42A Big wheels

    13
    149
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    NINA

    33D Historic ship whose real name was Santa Clara

    13
    108
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    NOVA

    107A Astronomer's sighting

    12
    125
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    AYES

    88A Words of agreement

    12
    99
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    SEDAN

    104D Alternative to a wagon

    12
    93
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    GEESE

    49D Canada ___

    11
    130
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    SHOE

    65A Oxford, e.g.

    11
    125
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    ARSON

    82D Hot topic in insurance

    10
    107
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    ITOO

    41D Poem with the lines "Nobody'll dare / Say to me, / 'Eat in the kitchen'"

    10
    58
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    STL

    122D The Gateway to the West: Abbr.

    9
    111
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    APU

    108D "Much ___ About Nothing" ("The Simpsons" episode)

    9
    95
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    AETNA

    20A Humana competitor

    9
    93
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    ETUDE

    110D Practice piece

    9
    87
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    ARBOR

    56D Shady spot

    9
    60
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    YEOH

    45D Michelle of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

    9
    18
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    KNIT

    12D Pullover, e.g.

    8
    79
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    MPH

    31D Dashboard stat

    8
    64
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    ALY

    79A Prince ___ Khan, third husband of Rita Hayworth

    8
    42
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    ETD

    87D Flight board fig.

    7
    113
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    SOIL

    77D Dirty

    7
    67
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    SEVEN

    59D John Elway, for the Broncos

    7
    64
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    ALEE

    51A Toward the quiet side

    6
    275
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    TSE

    121D K'ung Fu-___ (Confucius)

    6
    228
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    PISA

    61D Piazza dei Miracoli town

    6
    86
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    SASHA

    54A Malia's sister in the White House

    6
    69
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    ELY

    72D Bridge expert Culbertson

    5
    96
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    TORT

    64D Battery, e.g.

    5
    80
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    GAG

    47A [Yuck ... that's awful!]

    5
    63
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    ADLER

    48D Freud disciple Alfred

    5
    59
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    EWERS

    39D Porcelain containers, maybe

    5
    59
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    ASKEW

    35D Cockeyed

    5
    56
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    PAVE

    112D Asphalt, e.g.

    5
    56
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    COPE

    18D Hack it

    5
    38
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    TONAL

    67D Like most music

    4
    49
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    SEGUE

    84A Transition

    4
    39
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    NENA

    8D "99 Luftballons" pop group

    4
    30
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    ENTERS

    127A Infiltrates, say

    3
    47
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    SVELTE

    101D Thin

    3
    30
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    SHEER

    111D Like some stockings

    3
    28
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    BAUM

    29D Creator of Oz

    3
    24
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    HOLMES

    55D Famous deerstalker wearer

    3
    8
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    ETH

    117A Sudan neighbor: Abbr.

    2
    111
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    SCUM

    101A Refuse

    2
    38
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    JETE

    128A Ballet jump

    2
    34
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    BAL

    6D ___ Harbour (Miami suburb)

    2
    31
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    OYVEY

    69D "Sheesh!"

    2
    21
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    INOUT

    17D Kind of tray

    2
    15
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    DPI

    60D Printer resolution meas.

    2
    10
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    SAIDIDO

    9D Got hitched

    2
    9
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    GETOVERIT

    85D "Stop your moping!"

    2
    8
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    EPITOMES

    66A Paragons

    2
    7
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    SAPOR

    114A Flavor

    1
    29
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    ADELIE

    118A Kind of penguin

    1
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    GIZMO

    47D Contraption

    1
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    LEY

    93A Law, in Lima

    1
    13
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    SAVANNA

    104A Tropical grassland

    1
    9
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    MELC debut

    38D Nickname of the Spice Girls' Sporty Spice

    1
    8
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    ONELITER

    129A Soda bottle size

    1
    7
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    DATS

    81D "___ all!" ("Fini!")

    1
    6
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    SIGIL

    125A Magical symbol

    1
    3
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    ORT

    63A Table scrap

    0
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    ATEST

    105D Secret event of '45

    0
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    AGIN

    7D Sayin' no to

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    SDAK

    9A Its motto is "Under God, the people rule": Abbr.

    0
    47
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    SOI

    58D "___ thought"

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    NLER

    75D Member of the Brew Crew, e.g.

    0
    40
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    OXEYE

    68D It has ray flowers

    0
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    RIEN

    116D Nothing, in Nantes

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    ENDUP

    78D Land, eventually

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    LLD

    24D Obama's honorary deg. from Notre Dame

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    22
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    PACINO

    103A Actor who said "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"

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    18
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    DINA

    34A Actress Merrill

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    YEOMEN

    30A ___ of the Guard

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    13
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    CEDRIC

    13A ___ Errol, main character in "Little Lord Fauntleroy"

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    11
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    NALDI

    27A Nita of silents

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    10
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    XOO

    70D Losing tic-tac-toe combo

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    10
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    ILOSTIT

    97D Lame excuse for missing homework

    0
    8
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    AQUINO

    22A Time's 1986 Woman of the Year

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    7
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    BOYLE

    2D Danny who directed "Slumdog Millionaire"

    0
    7
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    OXYMORON

    74A Hell's Angels, e.g.

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    7
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    UPTIME

    37A Working hours

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    7
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    ABBAEBAN

    1A "My People" writer

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    5
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    ARMEY

    1D Dick who was once House majority leader

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    5
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    HOOVES

    109A Minotaur feet

    0
    5
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    RILLS

    16D Streamlets

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    5
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    ROIDRAGE debut

    19A Violent behavior due to excessive use of banned athletic substances

    0
    5
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    TESTRIDE

    126A Take for a spin

    0
    5
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    CROSSWORDPUZZLE

    57A Wish, part 4

    0
    4
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    IAS

    43D "___ in ice"

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    4
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    SCARIER

    94D More hairy

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    4
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    TOOLBOX debut

    67A Garage container

    0
    4
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    UTILS

    62D Monthly expenditures: Abbr.

    0
    4
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    DUNCES

    15D Boneheads

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    3
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    LOVABLE

    98D Endearing

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    AZODYE

    53D Chemical coloring

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    2
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    CADETTE

    13D Middle-school Girl Scout

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    2
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    DUNLOP

    25A Big name in tires

    0
    2
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    FATTEST debut

    36A Like the best wallets?

    0
    2
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    ISIDORE

    73A ___ the Laborer, patron saint of farmers

    0
    2
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    SPORTSILLUSTRATED debut

    94A Magazine for which 112-Across writes

    0
    2
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    VASTER debut

    124A More massive

    0
    2
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    BIGMOUTHS debut

    3D Windbags

    0
    1
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    DEFINER debut

    10D Noah Webster, for one

    0
    1
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    EQUATES debut

    14D Draws a parallel between

    0
    1
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    GHIJ debut

    113D Run of letters

    0
    1
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    INTHENEWYORKTIMES debut

    43A Wish, part 3

    0
    1
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    MYGOALINLIFEIS debut

    23A Start of a wish by 112-Across on 9/21/09

    0
    1
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    NEVERTOLDANYONE debut

    80A Wish, part 6

    0
    1
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    PETERKING debut

    112A NBC football analyst/reporter and longtime writer

    0
    1
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    PUNKERS debut

    95D Some Warped Tour attendees

    0
    1
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    THATBUTITSTRUE debut

    119A End of the wish

    0
    1
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    TOBEACLUE debut

    28A Wish, part 2

    0
    1