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Sunday · 140 answers · 11 debuts

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

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    EEL

    64A Electrophorus electricus, for one

    53
    487
  2. 2
    ASH

    90D Bat wood

    50
    458
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    NSA

    29D Ultrasecret org.

    38
    233
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    IRS

    32A Subj. of the 2005 book "Many Unhappy Returns"

    36
    246
  5. 5
    RNA

    111A It contains uracil

    29
    322
  6. 6
    ALTO

    19A It's high in Peru

    25
    290
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    ENE

    55A Portland-to-Spokane dir.

    24
    403
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    ORES

    75D Rich rocks

    24
    244
  9. 9
    ISNT

    41D "And who ___?"

    23
    162
  10. 10
    EEK

    42D "Yikes!"

    19
    163
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    IKEA

    50D Retail giant whose logo has blue letters in a yellow oval

    19
    130
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    NED

    67D "Waking ___ Devine" (1998 comedy)

    18
    233
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    PAL

    77A Paisano

    18
    198
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    PLEA

    5A Court action

    18
    154
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    ERIC

    49D Hockey's Lindros

    17
    251
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    SAC

    97A Little pocket

    17
    167
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    LIP

    65D Something that may be glossed over

    17
    136
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    RIOT

    85A Brilliant display

    15
    191
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    EYRE

    115D "Reader, I married him" heroine

    15
    150
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    KOI

    110A ___ pond

    15
    60
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    OLA

    33A Greeting in Lisbon

    12
    175
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    ABATE

    112D Drop off

    12
    108
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    SMEAR

    25A Slur

    12
    84
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    IKE

    100D "South Park" sibling

    11
    181
  25. 25
    EACH

    122A All's partner

    11
    130
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    ELIA

    72D "The Praise of Chimney-Sweepers" essayist

    10
    213
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    SEAS

    118D They may be high or heavy

    10
    105
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    FUR

    62D Some trim

    10
    66
  29. 29
    NYET

    51D Dostoyevsky's denial

    9
    97
  30. 30
    MOOT

    23A Like some points

    9
    68
  31. 31
    NESTS

    129A Forest homes

    8
    127
  32. 32
    VIM

    89A Pep

    8
    64
  33. 33
    OLAV

    24A Royal Norwegian Order of St. ___

    6
    98
  34. 34
    ICI

    91D Starting point on a French map

    6
    97
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    ONS

    86D Turn-___

    6
    90
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    ELSIE

    46A Pitcher of milk?

    6
    89
  37. 37
    WONT

    117D Custom

    6
    40
  38. 38
    OHSO

    47D Très

    6
    37
  39. 39
    SRTA

    14D Muchacha: Abbr.

    5
    103
  40. 40
    COB

    39D Cookout discard

    5
    63
  41. 41
    HIND

    20A Rear

    5
    37
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    TENETS

    108D Dogmata

    5
    36
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    OSE

    88A Sweet suffix?

    4
    107
  44. 44
    MARC

    71D Jacobs of fashion

    4
    84
  45. 45
    GOBI

    52D Area crossed by Marco Polo

    4
    62
  46. 46
    LILT

    6D Music on a carnival ride

    4
    59
  47. 47
    INKY

    57A One of the Pac-Man ghosts

    4
    41
  48. 48
    AVEDA debut

    79D Skin care brand

    4
    11
  49. 49
    EDITOR

    78A Film worker

    3
    59
  50. 50
    SYST

    9D Part of GPS: Abbr.

    3
    56
  51. 51
    STORK

    9A Baby bird?

    3
    36
  52. 52
    FEDS

    61D A.T.F. agents, e.g.

    3
    32
  53. 53
    GIJOE

    121A "The Story of ___" (1945 war film)

    3
    28
  54. 54
    DINAR

    124A Bahraini buck

    3
    25
  55. 55
    ARTISTE

    36A Creative sort

    3
    19
  56. 56
    KIAS

    40D Some Korean exports

    3
    19
  57. 57
    YAMAHA

    1D Bike brand

    3
    12
  58. 58
    ORAN

    84D Setting for Cervantes's "El Gallardo Español"

    2
    85
  59. 59
    STOIC

    58A Impassive

    2
    80
  60. 60
    STN

    44D D.C.'s Union ___

    2
    56
  61. 61
    TIKI

    87D Kind of torch

    2
    54
  62. 62
    KILN

    53D Pottery need

    2
    48
  63. 63
    ETERNAL

    96D Everlasting

    2
    42
  64. 64
    SKOAL

    98A Reveler's cry

    2
    42
  65. 65
    NOAM

    70D Linguist Chomsky

    2
    39
  66. 66
    SPAIN

    63D Home of Galicia

    2
    32
  67. 67
    DRACO

    76A Constellation next to Ursa Major and Ursa Minor

    2
    25
  68. 68
    YESM

    1A Polite, old-fashioned assent

    2
    22
  69. 69
    HEARSE

    31A Harold's car in "Harold and Maude"

    2
    20
  70. 70
    PASEO

    93D 1990s Toyota coupe

    2
    18
  71. 71
    REPLY

    22A E-mail button

    2
    15
  72. 72
    ITSABET

    105A "You're on!"

    2
    9
  73. 73
    NOGGIN

    101D Gourd

    2
    9
  74. 74
    ELHI

    37D Pre-college yrs.

    1
    86
  75. 75
    ITALO

    82A ___-Turkish War, 1911-12

    1
    67
  76. 76
    ABIE

    109A Irish Rose's guy

    1
    64
  77. 77
    HUR

    56A "Ben-___"

    1
    41
  78. 78
    NEET

    127A Classic brand of hair remover

    1
    40
  79. 79
    COSI

    74D Mozart opera title opening

    1
    38
  80. 80
    ANIS

    79A Spanish liqueur

    1
    34
  81. 81
    TAPED

    26A Like boxers' hands

    1
    31
  82. 82
    GREER

    35D Feminist Germaine

    1
    26
  83. 83
    ENNEAD

    104D The Supreme Court, e.g.

    1
    24
  84. 84
    ELWES

    95A Robin Hood portrayer in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"

    1
    22
  85. 85
    DEPT

    130A Abbr. in many a mail-order address

    1
    21
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    SENILE

    113A 90% off?

    1
    21
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    BLOND

    66A Light on the top?

    1
    15
  88. 88
    GRES

    131A Tests for coll. seniors

    1
    15
  89. 89
    KYD

    18D English dramatist Thomas

    1
    15
  90. 90
    ADVERB

    8D Daily or weekly

    1
    13
  91. 91
    REASON

    12D Use logic

    1
    13
  92. 92
    ILSE debut

    123A German photographer ___ Bing

    1
    4
  93. 93
    LESE

    83D ___-majesté

    0
    72
  94. 94
    CRI

    103D ___ de coeur

    0
    56
  95. 95
    OCTA

    69D Numerical prefix

    0
    51
  96. 96
    ILONA

    125A Actress Massey

    0
    39
  97. 97
    MAH

    30D ___-jongg

    0
    33
  98. 98
    ITOR

    73D "Like ___ not ..."

    0
    31
  99. 99
    NUNN

    48D Senate Armed Services Committee chairman after Goldwater

    0
    27
  100. 100
    CDE

    120D Alphabet trio

    0
    26
  101. 101
    ATMO

    126A Prefix with sphere

    0
    25
  102. 102
    ELYSEE

    107D Parisian palace

    0
    25
  103. 103
    STOCK

    14A Inventory

    0
    21
  104. 104
    ISSEI

    28D Immigrant from Japan

    0
    15
  105. 105
    ELOPER

    2D One forming a secret union?

    0
    14
  106. 106
    OJOS

    116D Iberian eyes

    0
    14
  107. 107
    RCMP

    119D Forces on horses: Abbr.

    0
    14
  108. 108
    ENAMI

    7D As a friend: Fr.

    0
    13
  109. 109
    MSGR

    59A Cath. title

    0
    13
  110. 110
    NEALS

    43A NPR host Conan and others

    0
    12
  111. 111
    OCOME

    54D Carol start

    0
    12
  112. 112
    CSINY debut

    120A Hit CBS series beginning in 2004

    0
    11
  113. 113
    NOTSOHOT

    92D Eh

    0
    10
  114. 114
    TAMI

    10D Novelist Hoag

    0
    9
  115. 115
    VIRILE

    102D Manly

    0
    9
  116. 116
    OIS

    45A ___ for owl

    0
    8
  117. 117
    OLEN

    11D Author Steinhauer with the 2009 best seller "The Tourist"

    0
    8
  118. 118
    FENG

    34A ___ shui

    0
    7
  119. 119
    SNIFFS

    60A Reactions from the hoity-toity

    0
    7
  120. 120
    PHONETAG

    5D Failure to communicate?

    0
    6
  121. 121
    STOPAT

    3D Visit during a trip

    0
    6
  122. 122
    YALEU

    21A Where Gerald Ford went to law sch.

    0
    5
  123. 123
    ALANKING

    94D Comic who said "A short summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us. We won. Let's eat"

    0
    4
  124. 124
    TEARFUL

    15D Like some goodbyes

    0
    4
  125. 125
    DEATHINVENICE

    99A 1912 novella "Morte"

    0
    3
  126. 126
    MDXI

    59D Year of the first Spanish settlement in Cuba

    0
    3
  127. 127
    ANAMERICANINPARIS

    90A 1951 film "Une Personne des États-Unis"

    0
    2
  128. 128
    ATREEGROWSINBROOKLYN

    114A 1943 novel "Whaddya Tink? A Sapling Stays a Sapling Fuhevah?"

    0
    2
  129. 129
    BILLER

    106D Invoice issuer

    0
    2
  130. 130
    CLEANSING

    17D Purifying

    0
    2
  131. 131
    ENGLE debut

    128A 2003 Economics Nobelist Robert

    0
    2
  132. 132
    IMWAITING debut

    81D "Any day now"

    0
    2
  133. 133
    KURALT

    13D "On the Road" journalist

    0
    2
  134. 134
    MOTORINN

    4D It's often visited during a trip

    0
    2
  135. 135
    APPOINTMENTINSAMARRA debut

    27A 1934 novel "Maw'id"

    0
    1
  136. 136
    BACKINTHEUSSR debut

    38A 1968 hit song "Nazad"

    0
    1
  137. 137
    NILEBASIN debut

    80D About 10% of Africa

    0
    1
  138. 138
    ONCEUPONATIMEINMEXICO debut

    68A 2003 film "Érase una Vez"

    0
    1
  139. 139
    ONENIGHTINBANGKOK debut

    47A 1985 hit song "Neung Keun"

    0
    1
  140. 140
    OPPRESSES debut

    16D Puts under the yoke

    0
    1