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Sunday · 136 answers · 13 debuts

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

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    RIO

    116D Birthplace of the bossa nova

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    ANI

    82A Folk rocker DiFranco

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    ALT

    28D Model Carol

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    ASA

    67A Dead-doornail connection

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    ABS

    114D They may improve in crunch time

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    STE

    85A Québec place name starter

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    OTIS

    110D ___ & Carla (1960s duo)

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    STAY

    47A Dog command

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    ABEL

    105D Uncle of Enoch

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    EPI

    14D Prefix with dermis

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    TSP

    33D Recipe amt.

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    SALT

    107A Word with sea or seasoned

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    SAL

    98D Baseball's Bando

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    MOO

    51D Barnyard sound

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    EENIE

    73D Start of a choosing rhyme

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    AONE

    103D Super-duper

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    NBC

    41A Comcast media holding

    12
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    UNE

    53A French article

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    DEERE

    80D Combine name

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    ANODE

    99A Cell part

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    OASIS

    60D Green spot

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    PETRI

    75A Bacteriologist Julius

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    TILE

    109D Part of a space shuttle's exterior

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    TEED

    63D Ticked (off)

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    CIO

    10D Grp. in a 1955 merger

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    NEAT

    2D Undiluted

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    NEPAL

    100D Mountainous land

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    STORM

    26A Attack, as ramparts

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    OVID

    77D "Metamorphoses" poet

    7
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    MARS

    79D Setting of the 2012 film "John Carter"

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    CHUM

    102D Bud

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    ERN

    6D Directional suffix

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    ISR

    48A Non-Eur. U.S. ally

    5
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    ONSALE

    96D Reduced

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    BALM

    42D Salve

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    RET

    113D No longer playing: Abbr.

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    MARE

    72A Moon feature

    4
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    PURSE

    32D Clutch, e.g.

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    CAPER

    102A Bank heist, e.g.

    4
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    APPEAR

    9D Show up

    4
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    PEELS

    88D Rinds

    4
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    ENERO

    62A It's opposite julio on a calendario

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    PATE

    27A Cracker topper

    3
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    ADZ

    93A Wood-shaping tool

    3
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    APIECE

    21A Individually

    3
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    ESTS

    1D They're probably close: Abbr.

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    UNEASE

    117A Consternation

    3
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    BOCCE

    83A Ball game

    3
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    SEAMS

    49A Baseball features

    3
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    THA

    89D Fourth Arabic letter

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    EDIBLE

    118A O.K. to serve

    3
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    SIRENS

    71D Charmers

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    CASTLE

    8D Common aquarium feature

    3
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    LAPSED

    121A Ran out

    3
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    MERLOT

    120A Cabernet Sauvignon alternative

    3
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    LAHR

    104A Lion portrayer

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    ESTOP

    108A Bar, legally

    2
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    PENT

    111D Cooped (up)

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    MEESE

    94A Reagan attorney general

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    IGO

    74D "Can ___ now?"

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    ODOM

    61D 1960s-'70s pitcher Blue Moon

    2
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    STRIPE

    55D Chevron

    2
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    WHALE

    25D Oil source

    2
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    AGREETO

    91D Go along with

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    HECHE

    11D "Wag the Dog" actress

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    MORESO

    94D To a greater extent

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    ATTRACT

    4D Draw

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    MYLAR

    16D Reflective material

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    TREMBLE

    57D Exhibit fear, in a way

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    LACES

    30A Makes stronger?

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    ITISSO

    69D "True"

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    LOCALE

    58D Quarter

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    DALLAS

    15D Longtime home of the Cotton Bowl

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    EDMOND

    14A Astronomer Halley

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    ENCASES

    1A Boxes up

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    SPRINT

    87A Verizon competitor

    1
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    SOONEST

    122A Immediately

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    OVULES

    81A Reproductive parts of flowers

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    DALIS

    39A "Galatea of the Spheres" and others

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    SEETHRU

    20A Sheer, informally

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    TARTANS

    23A Clan garb

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    DINGY

    39D Drab-looking

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    TEARED

    97D Got emotional, with "up"

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    RITALIN

    119A Medication for a narcoleptic

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    OFFCENTER

    17D Unbalanced

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    TIGE

    86A Buster Brown's dog, in old comics

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    APOD

    50D Footless creature

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    DRYS

    19D Prohibitionists

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    AVEO

    40D Bygone Chevrolet

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    DESC

    13D Family tree listing: Abbr.

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    ORATORS

    44A Ones giving their addresses

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    CRETIN

    70D Dimwit

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    CITADEL

    35D Stronghold

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    ELITISM

    73A Aristocratic practice

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    EREMITE

    115A Religious recluse

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    HADA

    106D "I ___ thought"

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    LITTLE

    56A Minute

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    ASWELL

    54A To boot

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    SWEETEN

    47D Make more enticing

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    ECKO

    12D Fashion designer Marc

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    SHAMPOO

    5D Hotel amenity

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    ACARE

    34A Without ___ in the world

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    PSEC

    68D One 60-trillionth of a min.

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    DERE

    64A "Dat ___" (classic jazz song)

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    SUSPENSE

    7D Hitchcock genre

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    CACHED

    8A Hidden

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    DARTER

    38D Sand ___ (perchlike fish)

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    NOLE debut

    18D Florida State player, casually

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    PRIVET

    45A Hedge shrub

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    TOOEASY

    63A "No challenge at all"

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    TRESSED

    66D Locked?

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    HOCH

    29A German Dadaist Hannah

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    NESSMAN

    92D "WKRP in Cincinnati" news director Les ___

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    BUGZAPPER

    78D Sight at many a barbecue

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    DENIER

    80A Naysayer

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    GOTA

    76D "___ light?"

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    ORSINI

    37D Italian princely family name

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    CERO

    3D Large sport fish

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    DIRECTED

    65A Called the shots

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    LEANSIN debut

    90A Positions oneself to hear better, say

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    MANEATERS

    101A Femmes fatales

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    PAYFOR

    22A Not get gratis

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    RUNSATAB debut

    46D Drinks now, pays later

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    COILED

    36D Tortile

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    CYLS

    43D Engine specification: Abbr.

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    MRZIP

    101D Postal symbol, once

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    STEALSIN debut

    52D Enters furtively

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    APPELLATE debut

    31A Kind of court

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    CLUTTERS debut

    84D Hoarders' problems

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    CODCOUNTERS debut

    36A Atlantic fishery auditors?

    0
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    GOBBLEDMESSAGE debut

    76A "Happy Birthday" on a cake, e.g.?

    0
    1
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    HOPPERSBAZAAR debut

    112A Where frogs shop?

    0
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    HOTSURGEONS debut

    95A Sexy operators?

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    1
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    POLITICS debut

    68A Delicate first-date topic

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    POTONGOODTERMS debut

    59A Work agreeably in a greenhouse?

    0
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    SPOCKSWILLFLY debut

    24A A "Star Trek" officer and a physician are going to board a plane?

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    1