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Sunday · 140 answers · 19 debuts

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

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    ATE

    9D Polished off

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    TED

    108A Newsman Baxter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"

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    ALIT

    70A Settled down

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    GEE

    43A "Well, that's odd"

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    IDS

    89D Fingers, for short

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    RIPE

    119D Smelly

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    ALP

    36A It might be French, Swiss or Italian

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    NINE

    68D "The ___ Tailors," Dorothy L. Sayers mystery

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    SITE

    102A Locus

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    SRA

    82D Monterrey Mrs.

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    STENT

    134A Artery opener

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    ACELA

    23A Amtrak train

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    SOL

    111D Fifth of eight

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    NBC

    51D Original "Wagon Train" network

    12
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    UNTO

    90A Golden rule word

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    PASS

    117D *Common secret

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    EPSOM

    87D With 4-Down, MgSO4.7H2O

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    UNE

    103A "Il était ___ fois ..." (French fairy-tale starter)

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    SOP

    11A Sponge (up)

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    STEAM

    80D Tick off

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    SPEW

    76A Throw out

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    ROTS

    56D Goes bad

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    ROTC

    15D Campus drillers

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    ADAPT

    113D Learn to get along

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    COE

    123D Iowa college

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    GTO

    14D The "it" in the lyric "turn it on, wind it up, blow it out"

    7
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    MEW

    109A Kitten's cry

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    BRAS

    1D Some intimates

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    WHAT

    10D Question from one in another room

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    STALE

    73D Trite

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    CAIRO

    126A 2011 revolution locale

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    PORT

    121D After-dinner drink

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    ALEPH

    92A Leader of Abraham?

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    RACK

    2D Billiards need

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    NENES

    81A Barrio babies

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    25
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    PHEW

    114A Exclamation after a workout

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    SALTS

    4D See 87-Down

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    CRAP

    31A Losing casino roll

    5
    15
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    PRY

    83A Eavesdrop, maybe

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    PAP

    37A Insipid writing

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    NEB

    132A Ia. neighbor

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    STIES

    72A Grunts may come out of them

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    GRASS

    14A *Title figure in an Aesop fable

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    YALL

    54A Term of address in Dixie

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    SWORD

    133A Stellate : star :: xiphoid : ___

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    IMA

    128A Britney Spears's "___ Slave 4 U"

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    TEM

    45D Pro ___

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    WISP

    115D Bit of smoke

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    RABAT

    19A Royal African capital

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    DINAH

    33D Singer Washington

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    30
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    MERLOT

    35D *Ernest and Julio Gallo product

    3
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    KEIRA debut

    66D Actress Knightley

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    LYDIA

    104A Ancient kingdom in Asia Minor

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    UNITARD debut

    101D One-piece garment

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    TWA

    21A Co. once owned by Howard Hughes

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    STRAW

    6A *Boater

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    DATED

    52A Passé

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    BRASS

    1A *Nitty-gritty, as of negotiations

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    STAVE

    42A Fight (off)

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    UPPER

    130A Stimulant

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    GRATE

    86A Log holder

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    TWINE

    69A Bale binder

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    HOVER

    59D Act like a protective mother

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    STAINS

    11D Bad marks

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    NUTSO

    127A Crazy

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    CROOK

    65A Thief

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    SLAWS

    49D Cabbage dishes

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    TIEGAME

    98D No-win situation?

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    SAVEAS

    30D Computer option for a document

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    ARTLAB

    105D Where kids get creative in school

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    SNITS

    79A Mini-tantrums

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    TOD

    64A Death, in Dresden

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    SITON

    67A Take no action regarding

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    PARENT

    50A Corporate owner

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    AVERAGE

    16D C

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    EELERS

    110A Fishermen with pots

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    GROPE

    131A Really feel for?

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    GOING

    57D *Usual amount to pay

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    SOARED

    60A Shot up

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    THEUN

    71D N.Y.C. landmark

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    CETUS debut

    41D The Whale constellation

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    TROTH

    20A Something plighted

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    HEREWEGO

    93D "Strap yourselves in, kids ..."

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    OVERSEER

    48A Boss

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    RAGTOP

    116A Convertible

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    SERENER

    46A More placid

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    CIRCUS

    107D *It's pitched for a large audience

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    SADDAY debut

    94A Time of lament

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    STROPHE debut

    6D Poetic stanza

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    RETRIEVE debut

    88A What Chesapeake dogs are trained to do

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    SARALEE

    17D Frozen food brand

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    ABEE

    3D Have ___ in one's bonnet

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    DAW

    125D Margery of rhyme

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    OTERO

    26A New Mexico county

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    RIGHT

    77A *Bracket shape

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    GHI

    25D 4 on a phone

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    STACKS

    5D Library area

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    OREN

    120D Israeli conductor Daniel

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    TANGLE

    78D Fishing line fiasco

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    HUNCH

    58A *Work on at a desk, say

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    SAGER

    129A More judicious

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    ONAT

    44A Go ___ great length

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    SAMEAS

    84A Exactly like

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    SPHERIC

    40A Globular

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    ENERVATE

    62D Sap

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    HIPSTERS

    28D Cool sorts

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    ANATOLIA

    38D Asia Minor

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    MORONIC

    106A Incredibly stupid

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    NEVIL

    74A Author Shute of "On the Beach"

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    OLDLATIN

    91D Source of many English words that come to us via French

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    ONEHOUR

    96D Time it takes to develop a set of photos, maybe

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    SHOPPER

    18D Ad-filled weekly

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    EASEFUL

    99A "I have been half in love with ___ Death": "Ode to a Nightingale"

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    FORAGER

    100D One living off the land, maybe

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    INGRAM

    34A James ___, duettist on the 1982 #1 hit "Baby, Come to Me"

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    OWINGTO

    12D Because of

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    PARADIGM

    39D Model

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    RENIN

    47D Enzyme regulating blood fluid and pressure

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    THINGS

    29A Effects

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    TOVAH

    22A "L'shanah ___!" (Rosh Hashana greeting)

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    DCTEN debut

    53D Classic McDonnell Douglas aircraft

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    DEWYEYED

    63D Innocent

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    LETSLIDE

    75D Ignore, in a way

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    SKIPPED

    32A Not included

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    STAYER

    85D One with endurance

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    TROUPER

    7D Many a vaudevillian

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    HEWEDTO debut

    97D Scrupulously followed, as the party line

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    PANGRAVY debut

    13D Roast go-with

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    POPSTARS

    37D Regulars on VH1

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    WATERDROP

    118A The dot on the "i" in the Culligan logo

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    IODIC debut

    122A ___ acid

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    JOHNGALT debut

    95A Ayn Rand protagonist

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    JUMPING debut

    95D *Part of a boxer's training

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    MERIDIA debut

    112A Onetime weight-loss drug

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    RIPPEDIT debut

    61D Hit one out of the park, say

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    1
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    ROSEAGAIN debut

    24A Emulated the phoenix

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    ROSTERED debut

    8D Listed

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    SKETCHOUT debut

    27A Roughly plan

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    STAMBERG debut

    55A Susan of NPR

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    TALLADEGA debut

    124A Alabama speedway locale

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