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Sunday · 140 answers · 15 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ELI

    69A ___ Long, Union general in the Civil War

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    ALI

    14D Noted Cosell interviewee

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    518
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    LSD

    6D "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out" subject

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    245
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    TRI

    36D Prefix with Cities

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    237
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    EASE

    38D Slip (into)

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    334
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    SNL

    120D TV show filmed at 30 Rock

    40
    263
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    ETC

    124D And the rest: Abbr.

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    268
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    OGRE

    86D Figure in Tom Thumb tales

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    284
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    EAT

    51A Down a submarine, say

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    RED

    94D Buttons on the big screen

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    278
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    ARIA

    41A Menotti's "Lullaby," for one

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    446
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    TAN

    35D Noted John Boehner feature

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    238
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    TOE

    8D Part of Italy where Cape Spartivento is

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    293
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    ESS

    118D Un-P.C. suffix

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    413
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    LES

    128A Longtime 25-Across president Moonves

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    EMT

    107D 911 responder

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    188
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    RTE

    117D Way to go: Abbr.

    20
    285
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    USES

    5D Purposes

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    193
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    ESPN

    76D Sister company of ABC

    19
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    PAL

    13D Bud

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    REO

    33D Auto last made in 1936

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    196
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    BEE

    31D Apiphobiac's fear

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    OBI

    95D Geisha's accessory

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    ASST

    108A Mgr.'s aide

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    NOSE

    68D Beak or beat

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    188
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    AID

    7D Give a leg up

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    TESSA

    111D "The Constant Gardener" heroine

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    45
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    HAM

    113A Virginia ___

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    144
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    BAN

    73A Criminalize

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    125
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    CBS

    25A Original "I Love Lucy" airer

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    123
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    REED

    42A Epitome of thinness

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    187
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    ATTN

    52D Fax cover sheet abbr.

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    134
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    DEED

    77D Title

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    110
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    TBAR

    54D Transport on a slope

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    OPEDS

    89A Opinion pieces

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    49
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    INE

    22A Serpent's tail?

    9
    155
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    STL

    74A Letters on Ozzie Smith's cap

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    111
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    ALDO

    48A Fashion's Gucci

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    68
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    SPEED

    110D 1994 action flick with the tagline "Get ready for rush hour"

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    62
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    PETA

    87A Fur fighters?

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    34
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    PTAS

    45D Mom-and-pop grps.

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    87
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    TERSE

    49A To the point

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    NARC

    30A One awaiting a shipment, maybe

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    121
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    HIC

    37D Souse's sound

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    FIE

    97D Disgusted cry

    7
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    MALTA

    71A Smallest member of the European Union

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    ROLO

    84D Caramel-filled treat

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    46
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    TSETSE

    49D "Mogambo" threat

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    HALE

    46D Fit

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    KENO

    58D Numbers game

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    ALGA

    100A Pool organism

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    92
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    PETCO

    56D Retailer with a cat and dog in its logo

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    17
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    SOT

    119D Souse

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    SANTA

    109D See 3-Down

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    ASNER

    3D 109-Down portrayer in 2003's "Elf"

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    LOA

    125A Mauna ___

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    OBAMA

    2D U.S. president whose mother's first name was Stanley

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    DDE

    24D R.M.N. served under him

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    THEME

    105D Motif

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    UND

    32D Grand Forks sch.

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    NENA

    34D "99 Luftballons" singer, 1984

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    CSA

    12D Civil War org.

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    TIO

    85A Madre's hermano

    3
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    USN

    96D "Top Gun" org.

    3
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    TIDAL

    61A Kind of wave

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    THA

    70A "___ Carter III," best-selling album of 2008

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    IGUANAS

    92D Household pets that need ultraviolet light in their cages

    3
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    GETEM

    60D "___ while they're hot!"

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    NORMA

    11D "The Divorcee" actress Shearer

    2
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    PSHAW

    28A "Oh, baloney!"

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    ONED

    47D Linear

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    REBS

    101A 12-Down soldiers, for short

    2
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    ATAN

    50A "Pictures ___ Exhibition"

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    HADES

    106D Epitome of hotness

    2
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    JETE

    78D Ballet leap

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    HOR

    123D Not vert.

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    ITSONME

    126A Treater's phrase

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    STRATI

    29D Some clouds

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    KEEPS

    16D Doesn't give up

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    SAKI

    67D "Esmé" writer

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    TOI

    122D You: Fr.

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    EVOKE

    59D Call up

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    EAN

    115A Suffix with Ecuador or Euclid

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    ETAPE

    114A Military march

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    AMESS

    26A "What ___!"

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    OMA

    98D Medical suffix

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    ATTACK

    81D Take the offensive

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    LINENS

    64D Sheets and such

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    ALOHAOE

    91D Elvis sings it in "Blue Hawaii"

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    LIENEE

    39A Person with a mortgage, e.g.

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    ORDEALS

    44D Trying experiences

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    SOISEE debut

    82A "That seems to be the case"

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    PROUD

    10D Haughty

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    ALEKEG

    57A Barrel in a bar

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    SIDESTEP

    53A Evade

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    YESWEDO

    19D One side's retort to "No, you don't!"

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    AIRCANADA

    130A Star Alliance member

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    HEIGHTS debut

    43D Brooklyn ___

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    ENA

    9D Disney doe

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    ALAMODE

    63D Dessert menu phrase

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    OFA

    121D ___ sort

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    ENNA

    114D Sicilian city

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    RFD

    99D "Mayberry ___"

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    EGER

    65A Hungarian city known for its thermal baths

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    IKES

    40D Mike and ___ (some jellybeans, informally)

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    ARME

    79A French weapon

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    ELLAS

    55D Greece, to Greeks

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    NOTON

    72A Idle

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    NESTLES

    129A Brand name that used to be spelled out in commercials

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    RIV

    15D Colorado, e.g.: Abbr.

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    ADAH

    88D Wife of Esau

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    MCII

    71D Early 12th-century year

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    MUY

    17A Venezuelan's "very"

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    CHAKA

    112A Singer ___ Khan

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    FAIT

    90A Made in France?

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    HADIN

    104D Welcomed, as a guest at the door

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    DUM

    27A Doo-wop syllable

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    ESSAI

    80A Montaigne work

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    MICHAEL

    17D One of the Jackson 5

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    5
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    BLESSEDEVENT

    66A Preside over Mr. O'Neill's baptism?

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    4
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    DEBRIEF

    62D Interrogate, in a way

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    4
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    ROSALIE

    21A 1937 Cole Porter tune

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    4
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    EMERSION

    83A Act of coming out

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    3
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    HOOKEDONPHONICS

    43A Get Mr. Koch addicted to a modern reading method?

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    3
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    OBSESSION debut

    20A 1994 biography of Calvin Klein

    0
    3
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    AIMFOR

    102A Set as a goal

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    COWAN debut

    1D Lee of NBC News

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    FATCELL

    90D Adipocyte

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    FOOTNOTES debut

    127A Where the stars might be pointing?

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    GETSCLOSER

    4D Approaches

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    2
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    ASPIRATION debut

    79D Hope

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    1
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    BURNEDATTHESTAKE debut

    31A Punish Mr. Harris in a medieval way?

    0
    1
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    COAGULATE debut

    1A Thicken

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    1
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    CRACKEDJOKES debut

    75A Do Mr. Sullivan's stand-up material?

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    1
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    DRESSEDTOTHENINES debut

    116A Put Mr. Meese in an Armani suit?

    0
    1
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    GROUNDEDFORLIFE debut

    93A Prohibit Mr. McMahon from ever socializing again?

    0
    1
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    PNCPARK debut

    10A Pirates' home

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    1
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    TOUCHEDINTHEHEAD debut

    103A Perform brain surgery on Mr. Begley?

    0
    1
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    UNBAKED debut

    18D Not yet in the oven

    0
    1
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    WANTEDDEADORALIVE debut

    23A Be willing to apprehend Mr. Bradley at any cost?

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    1