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Sunday · 142 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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    ATE

    62D Killed a hero?

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    IRA

    2D Author Levin

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    ONCE

    31A In the past

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    TEA

    6D Genteel gathering

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    ECHO

    114D Come back

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    ADA

    42A Oklahoma birthplace of Oral Roberts

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    ISNT

    115A Ain't correct?

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    IRAN

    19A Setting for the 2012 film "Argo"

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    ATOP

    5A Surmounting

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    MIA

    59A "Mamma ___!"

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    IPO

    14D Wall St. opening

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    EDAM

    40D Big wheel at a reception?

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    MAE

    61A Sallie ___

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    LOO

    30D London facilities

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    ELMO

    127A Sailors' saint

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    THAI

    125A Its alphabet has 44 consonants

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    SRS

    74A Future grads: Abbr.

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    OBIT

    41A Facts of life?

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    ELECT

    17D Vote in

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    POT

    81A Everyone's bets

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    GEM

    51D Bijou

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    EENY

    27A Start of a choosing rhyme

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    APB

    79D "Dragnet" message, for short

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    CITE

    37D Recognize as a source

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    EZRA

    92D Cornell who founded Western Union

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    STUD

    130A Macho man

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    FLU

    121D Bird ___

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    SAKE

    56A Benefit

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    KIWI

    1A Auckland native

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    MAG

    68A Stand offering, briefly

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    ISAW

    21A "___ Her Standing There"

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    EMI

    122D Owner of Abbey Road Studios

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    TEENS

    49D Cold temps

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    THAW

    82D Spring phenomenon

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    ARUBA

    53D Carnival Cruise Lines stop

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    ATA

    78A ___ loss

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    TAPE

    72D Finish line, often

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    MELT

    29A Go weak in the knees

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    SORES

    18D Results of lying too much?

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    ANTIC

    107D Prankster-like

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    ALLY

    5D Confederate

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    APOLLO

    22A Creed of the "Rocky" series

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    GENES

    70D Family inheritance

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    JPEG

    28A Uploaded pic, often

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    SNARE

    34D Backbeat component, often

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    WERE

    52D "___ #1!"

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    LEVI

    25D ___ Johnston, former fiancé of Bristol Palin

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    SHOT

    35D Drink to throw back

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    ADUE

    73D Together, in music

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    LEDA

    20A Title partner of "the Swan" in a Yeats poem

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    ATOMS

    47D Smithereens

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    YULE

    126A Log time

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    YAW

    120D Deviate from the course

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    DESERT

    57A Abandon

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    AKIRA

    69D Director Kurosawa

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    SOAPS

    106D Wet bars?

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    ODS

    44A Cases for E.M.T.'s

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    MOLE

    60A Sleeper agent

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    ROUE

    113A Rake

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    NINO

    80A Hombre, formerly

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    FRED

    116D Durst of Limp Bizkit

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    PROF

    85A T.A.'s overseer

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    SOWS

    129A Farm females

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    MSNBC

    68D "Your Business" airer

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    SPRAT

    32A Jack ___

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    AANDE

    77A "Hoarders" airer

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    INHEAT

    4D Ready to mate

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    TESH

    103D "One World" musician John

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    MOA

    98A Big bygone bird

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    GRO

    100D Miracle-___

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    ITERATE

    54D Go over again

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    DWEEB

    12D Weenie

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    PARD

    9A Dude ranch handle

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    FOX

    123D Babe

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    UPONE

    84D Winning by a small margin

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    CLINT

    16D Black in country music

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    FILM

    116A Canon fodder?

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    RAHM

    11D First name in Chicago politics

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    HONG

    99A ___ Kong

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    TAURUS

    83A Ford sedan

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    SAFEWORD debut

    106A "Popsicle," in "Fifty Shades of Grey," for one

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    LST

    67D W.W. II craft: Abbr.

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    ENTAIL

    24D Involve

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    AST

    10D P.R. hours

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    NERDY

    111A Like a 12-Down

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    SCABS

    32D Replacement refs, maybe?

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    CRUEL

    63A Barbaric

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    CASTRO

    95A San Antonio mayor Julián, keynote speaker at the 2012 Democratic convention

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    PISCES

    13A Sign of sensitivity?

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    IMADEIT

    39D Cry on arrival

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    YELLED

    105D Hollered

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    KIL

    1D Metric distance: Abbr.

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    SCHWAS

    128A Ends of Alaska?

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    PARTYBUS debut

    13D Coach for dancing?

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    ENA

    118D Disney doe

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    BOZO

    97A Fool

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    AREOLE

    110A Anatomical ring

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    ATTLEE

    117A Prime minister of 1945

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    OLORD

    87D Psalm starter

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    IMAS

    43A "___ surprised as you are!"

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    PADUA

    33D "The Taming of the Shrew" setting

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    LENAS

    64D Horne and Olin

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    DUSTS

    109D Tidies up, in a way

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    NHLER

    48D Red Wing or Blackhawk

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    ONEB

    112A First-floor apartment, maybe

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    FETCH

    108D "Get on the stick!"?

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    ROSIER

    26A Brighter

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    HONEYS

    104D Flatters

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    TOWNIE

    94D Off-campus local

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    IRITIS

    102D It might cause photophobia

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    PAYPAL

    8D Web site with a "Send Money" tab

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    SKELETAL

    75A Emaciated

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    SNICKER

    45D Snide response

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    UTHANT

    46A Onetime U.N. leader

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    BOYCOTTS

    36A Some protests

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    DAAE

    55D Christine ___, "The Phantom of the Opera" girl

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    FLAKY

    88D Unreliable

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    HONOREES

    91D They're often toasted

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    TROW

    90D Suppose, to Shakespeare

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    BRASIZE

    66D It's measured in cups

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    BURGLAR

    50A Guard dog's target

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    DLIX

    131A 1,000 years before the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I

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    KAZ

    96A 1978-79 CBS detective drama

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    PIAGET debut

    9D Psychologist Jean

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    PITBULL

    93A Tenacious sort

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    SCHLOCK

    58D Junk

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    BELTOUT debut

    97D Really sing

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    ODDJOBS debut

    7D Tasks around the house

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    PICONE

    124A Evan-___ (women's clothing brand)

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    RUMORMILL debut

    86D Dirt spreader

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    SOAVES

    34A Dry white wines

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    WATERPARK debut

    3D Summer recreation area

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    BREATHECHEESE debut

    89A Softly exhale cheap sentiment?

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    CABLEMEN debut

    65A Some electrical workers

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    CAPTAINBLITHE debut

    38A Cheerful superhero?

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    LATHELADYLATHE debut

    23A "Come on, woman, shape that wood!"?

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    LOATHEBLOW debut

    76D Hate coke?

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    SCYTHEOFRELIEF debut

    119A What the Grim Reaper's backup carries?

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    SOSOOTHEME debut

    15D "If you don't like my anger, do something about it!"?

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    TITHEBREAKERS debut

    71A Ones who stop giving to their church?

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    WAITANDSEETHE debut

    52A Take a patient approach to revenge?

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    WRITHENEWYORK debut

    101A Mad scientist's sadistic exclamation upon attacking the Empire State?

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