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Sunday · 138 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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    ODE

    118D Metered praise

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    ERE

    55D Poetic preposition

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    ARTS

    114D Part of 101-Across

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    OPS

    53A Special ___

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    ENE

    120D Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir.

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    ANEW

    107D From the top

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    TRY

    34A Sample

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    WAS

    54D "Time ___ ..."

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    HON

    75D Sweets

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    ELON

    105A University in North Carolina

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    NONE

    36D Bar ___

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    SORE

    17D See 9-Down

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    AVON

    13D Sir Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of ___

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    PERU

    113D Home of the Norte Chico civilization

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    LAG

    69D What echoes do

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    SCOT

    65A Inverness native

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    LAV

    40A W.C.

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    EACH

    83D Per

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    OBEY

    90A Mind

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    GET

    12D Grok

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    ENS

    60D Minnesota twins?

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    HIT

    85A Blackjack decision

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    LAPSE

    69A Run out

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    NEA

    101A Org. making grants to museums

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    AMOK

    35D Helter-skelter

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    CASH

    8D Bills, e.g.

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    SEXT

    19D Send some pixxx?

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    LENS

    63A The "L" of S.L.R.

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    HAIR

    75A Bun contents

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    NASAL

    96A Like the "ng" sound

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    SOIL

    50A Dirty

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    ANGST

    102D Feeling pervading Brat Pack movies

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    LIPO

    1D Alternative to dieting, informally

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    ISAAC

    20A Stern taking a bow (in two senses)

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    MART

    3D Bartering locale

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    ARTOO

    123A Movie droid

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    ATONAL

    99D Discordant

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    PASO

    4D ___ Robles, Calif.

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    VHS

    48D TiVo precursor

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    EATIN

    32A One of two options at a fast food restaurant

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    SHOW

    111D Place after place

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    ASEC

    2D "Just ___!"

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    STINT

    47A Work assignment

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    CECE

    95A Gospel singer Winans

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    DELTA

    103A Big faucet maker

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    EES

    81D Some M.I.T. grads

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    SEZ

    98A "___ who?!"

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    ROOTS

    110A Genealogical study

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    AXL

    7D ___ Rose

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    MORN

    46A Eve's opposite

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    RHODA

    94D First TV show to debut at #1 in the Nielsen ratings

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    AIRES

    92A Spanish winds

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    LEERAT

    97D Eye up and down

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    NODES

    24D Network connections

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    CFOS

    115D Corp. money types

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    LOOMS

    104D Towers

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    MILIEU

    28D Environs

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    NADER

    33D Subject of the documentary "An Unreasonable Man"

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    LAMPS

    1A Bulb holders

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    RUSSO

    126A ___-Japanese

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    MALONE

    122A "Cheers" bartender Sam

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    ENSLER

    39D Eve who wrote "The Vagina Monologues"

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    NEAREST

    29A Like the pen or pencil you might reach for

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    ONSTAR

    100D General Motors subsidiary

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    PURER

    93A Distilled vis-à-vis tap

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    YODELER

    73A Jimmie Rodgers or Tex Owens, musically

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    LIPREAD

    49D "Eavesdrop" from across the room, say

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    DREI

    109D Hofbräuhaus crowd?

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    LAZE

    62A Lie about

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    RHEE

    84D Korea's Syngman ___

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    HIMOM

    27A Words mouthed to a TV camera

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    ALBINO

    45D White elephant, e.g.

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    BENET

    14D Pulitzer winner for "John Brown's Body"

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    GEEZER

    80D Old-timer

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    PRAIRIE

    71D Sod house locale

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    REBECCA

    58D Only Hitchcock film to win Best Picture

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    ONOFF

    51A Kind of switch

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    IRAQIS

    68D Nationals whose flag declares "God is great"

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    LIM

    74D Min. or max.

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    TREADON

    64A Trample

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    EVERMORE

    22A Eternally

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    ASPOT

    11D "You missed ___"

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    EMBRYOS

    16D Early life forms?

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    SCOPED debut

    5D Checked (out)

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    SLEWED

    125A Pivoted

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    DARKER debut

    82A More sinister

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    EROO

    116D Switch attachment?

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    FEZ

    52D It's felt on the head

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    EDUC

    30A P.T.A. interest

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    OID

    87A Suffix with human

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    AMAD

    76A Make ___ dash

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    MAJ

    77D Capt.'s superior

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    LURED

    79D Drew in

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    URB

    56A Metro area

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    TRAS

    18D Refrain syllables

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    BIERS

    67A Funeral stands

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    BURT

    106D Reynolds of "Boogie Nights"

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    JONAH

    89A Actor Hill of "Moneyball"

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    AIROUT

    70D Clear the atmosphere of

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    VIDAL

    48A Gore in fiction

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    VALETS

    41D Has parked

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    ADSPACE

    112A Articles aren't found in it

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    MENO

    72A "Tell ___ lies"

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    YANKEES

    91D "Gone With the Wind" bad guys

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    EXACTS

    21A Demands (from)

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    IAMAROCK

    61D Song that starts "A winter's day in a deep and dark December"

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    PRATTLE

    93D Yammer

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    WHEELIE

    54A It may be popped for fun

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    YOWZA

    42A "Oh baby!"

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    ACHIEST

    9D Most 17-Down

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    CDLI

    108D Mid fifth-century year

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    COHIBA debut

    66D Premium Cuban cigar brand

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    LEADUPTO

    6D Antecede

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    MCQUEEN

    86A "The Magnificent Seven" co-star

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    ZIRCON

    44D Modern December birthstone

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    LACASA

    6A Part of the name of many a Spanish restaurant

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    OCTOPOD

    26A Paper nautilus, e.g.

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    RELEASED

    121A Set free

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    STOMAS

    10D Plant pores

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    CRIPPLE

    31D Incapacitate

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    GABFESTS

    12A Confabs

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    WOUNDEDKNEE

    43D South Dakota memorial site

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    BACKEND debut

    106A Rear

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    DECLAWED debut

    88D Like some housecats

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    INFLATES

    38D Blows up

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    TWISTTIE

    124A Fastener patented in 1939

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    ANTIDEPRESS debut

    35A Prozac, for one

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    ARTICHOKEHE debut

    99A Fancy salad ingredient

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    FRIARY debut

    15D Brother's place

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    KEGLER debut

    57A X X X lover?

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    ONTHEWATERFR debut

    119A Marlon Brando film

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    PERSONALSHOP debut

    23A Aide for a V.I.P. customer

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    PHYSICALGEOGRA debut

    78A Mountains, rivers, plains, etc.

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    PLEASUREPRINCI debut

    59A Freudian concept

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    SYPHON debut

    65D Draw (off): Var.

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    TONIBRAX debut

    25A Multiple Grammy winner who was a contestant on "Dancing With the Stars"

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    TROGLODYTES debut

    37D Cavemen

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    UNDERGRO debut

    117A London transportation

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