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Sunday · 138 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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    EEL

    85D Slithery swimmer

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    487
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    USE

    82A Make do with, say

    47
    356
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    ADS

    94A Channel-surfing catalysts

    46
    325
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    SEA

    81A Salt source

    40
    370
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    USA

    5D Miss ___

    40
    261
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    ODOR

    48D Sign of rot

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    344
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    OSLO

    110D Home of the first U.N. secretary general

    32
    324
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    ARTS

    107D Kennedy Center focus

    31
    222
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    TAR

    53A Shingle sealant

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    351
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    ALTO

    17D ___ clef

    25
    290
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    STEP

    111D Walking distance

    25
    229
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    ASK

    97A Set a price of

    24
    204
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    ION

    9D Particle in a salt solution

    23
    258
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    OTTO

    41D Palindromic name

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    273
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    OER

    88D Poetic contraction

    22
    248
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    APSE

    107A Semidome site

    21
    243
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    ANON

    3D In a moment

    20
    275
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    GEE

    98A Beaver Cleaver exclamation

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    200
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    TALC

    29D Masseur's supply

    17
    145
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    ICU

    67A Site of many IVs

    15
    128
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    RANT

    40D Sound off

    14
    133
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    ADIEU

    11D Last thing bid?

    13
    148
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    ASADA

    83A Figure skater Mao

    13
    42
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    SAW

    32A Dated

    12
    114
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    YENS

    26A Hankerings

    11
    123
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    EXEC

    15D Higher-up

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    101
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    SOU

    31A Trifling amount

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    87
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    YEAR

    18D It starts with a celebration

    10
    126
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    SLEDS

    119A Goes downhill?

    10
    86
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    ERNIE

    99D Kovacs of comedy

    9
    163
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    DORA

    106D TV "explorer"

    9
    111
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    STL

    38A The Cardinals, on scoreboards

    9
    111
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    NIECE

    80D One who may be grand?

    9
    104
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    LASS

    76D Miss

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    103
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    OPUS

    45D Work with a number

    9
    96
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    SOLE

    2D Where the rubber meets the road?

    8
    138
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    MEAN

    71D Have in mind

    8
    89
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    NEPAL

    75D High country

    8
    87
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    LEASE

    62D Letter arrangement?

    8
    84
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    MOOD

    104D Grammatical concept

    8
    61
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    BROS

    8D Family business abbr.

    8
    38
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    RAPT

    72D Spellbound

    7
    90
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    WRAP

    105D Close the set?

    7
    64
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    EER

    114D Poetic contraction

    6
    212
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    LASH

    90D Whip tip

    6
    80
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    SKEE

    93A ___-Ball

    6
    61
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    LIFE

    103D Long sentence

    6
    54
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    NYU

    63A Wash. Square campus

    6
    53
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    REFI

    12D Mortgage adjustment, briefly

    6
    36
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    BEEB

    30A U.K. news source, with "the"

    6
    29
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    AVAST

    49A Nautical command

    5
    67
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    CROW

    39A Eschew modesty

    5
    58
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    HEMS

    27A Maintains the border, say

    5
    36
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    RUTS

    4D Reasons to resurface

    5
    32
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    CATE

    78D Blanchett of "Blue Jasmine"

    5
    31
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    SEESTO

    21D Handles

    5
    30
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    NRA

    37D Brady Campaign opposer, for short

    4
    262
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    AXEL

    102D Rink maneuver

    4
    110
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    DANTE

    51A Boccaccio wrote a biography of him

    4
    79
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    EXILE

    22A The Roman poet Ovid, once

    4
    70
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    LILT

    16D "Rock-a-bye Baby," e.g.

    4
    59
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    NOLAN

    79A Director of the "Dark Knight" trilogy

    4
    50
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    CADS

    101D Heels

    4
    47
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    SALES

    65D Black Friday events

    4
    47
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    ASARULE

    1A In most cases

    4
    46
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    STELLA

    92A "A Streetcar Named Desire" role

    4
    42
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    SLEEK

    66A Aerodynamic

    4
    38
  68. 68
    DELTA

    25A "Keep climbing" sloganeer

    3
    91
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    MEIR

    100A Yom Kippur War figure

    3
    67
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    ESTEEM

    7D Honor

    3
    64
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    HMOS

    108A Care providers, for short

    3
    52
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    ACMES

    97D Summits

    3
    41
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    PEKOE

    56D Sri Lanka export

    3
    41
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    ABBY

    1D Pen name of columnist Pauline Phillips

    3
    30
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    SEAMS

    31D Fashion lines

    3
    30
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    CARLO

    10D Connie's husband in "The Godfather"

    3
    22
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    POSTOP debut

    56A Like many hospital patients getting visitors

    3
    7
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    AXIOM

    112A Given

    2
    43
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    WEEP

    42D Grieve openly

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    43
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    AMMAN

    54D Modern-day capital that King David ordered besieged

    2
    30
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    BOLD

    13D Willing to take risks

    2
    23
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    SCIENCE

    92D "It's true whether or not you believe in it," per Neil deGrasse Tyson

    2
    23
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    VWS

    36D Bugs that weigh tons

    2
    22
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    METH

    109D "Breaking Bad" commodity

    2
    21
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    MILES

    64A Some credit card rewards

    2
    19
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    DESIST

    96D Stop it

    2
    14
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    SUITS

    55A Poker set?

    2
    14
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    HARRIET

    117A ___ Lane, acting first lady during Buchanan's tenure

    2
    5
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    LEW

    52A Union general Wallace

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    40
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    TRAIL

    50D Be behind

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    38
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    QUA

    115D Who: Lat.

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    34
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    SCALD

    33D Burn

    1
    32
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    HUTS

    108D Humble dwellings

    1
    27
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    EDKOCH

    91D Ex-mayor seen in "The Muppets Take Manhattan"

    1
    19
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    INAWAY

    35D Kind of

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    17
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    GEORG

    98D ___ Cantor, German mathematician who invented set theory

    1
    16
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    IMBIBE

    24D Take a shot?

    1
    12
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    BELAY

    14A Fasten, as a rope

    1
    10
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    RUSHDIE

    58D "Joseph Anton: A Memoir" autobiographer

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    8
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    SCUTTLE

    118A Send to the ocean bottom

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    8
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    TEASHOP

    121A British eatery

    1
    7
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    LICHEN

    76A Rock growth

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    6
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    COUPLE

    68D Candlelight diners, perhaps

    1
    5
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    ISAK

    77D Author Dinesen

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    41
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    URSULA

    69D Phoebe's twin on "Friends"

    0
    20
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    DEFOE

    116A "A Journal of the Plague Year" novelist, 1722

    0
    19
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    SOPUP

    87A Absorb

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    15
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    FLIES

    46D Garbage collection?

    0
    14
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    BEDEW

    14D Dampen, perhaps

    0
    13
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    PAGERS

    120A Cells displaced them

    0
    12
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    CLASSIC

    39D Kind of rock

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    11
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    CATTLE

    47D Driven group

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    10
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    BICARB

    8A Stomach settler

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    9
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    BEATTY

    30D "Bugsy" star

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    8
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    FASTER

    74D When repeated, cry before "They're catching up!"

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    7
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    ILLNESS

    59D Absence justification

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    6
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    SHYSTER

    38D Cheat

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    6
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    CLOMPS

    86D Walks noisily

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    5
  119. 119
    DECOYS

    60D Game drawers

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    5
  120. 120
    EYEPIECE

    84A Microscope part

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    4
  121. 121
    LOVEIN

    34D Peaceful protest of the 1960s

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    4
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    BONUSES

    19A "But wait ... there's more!" items

    0
    3
  123. 123
    CONWAY

    43A Big name in trucking

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    3
  124. 124
    SETTLERS

    61A Ones manifesting Manifest Destiny

    0
    3
  125. 125
    ROADEOS debut

    20A Truck-driving competitions

    0
    2
  126. 126
    BLOTACTIONRIFLE debut

    23A Paintball gun?

    0
    1
  127. 127
    BRAOFCHOCOLATE debut

    44A Item from the Victoria's Sweetness catalog?

    0
    1
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    CALMCHOWDER debut

    101A Soup after it's been taken off the burner?

    0
    1
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    CLODCEREAL debut

    95A Honey Bunches of Oafs, e.g.?

    0
    1
  130. 130
    CROONERSINQUEST debut

    113A What might determine if the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie is truly amore?

    0
    1
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    DIARYMAID debut

    57A Anne Frank, e.g.?

    0
    1
  132. 132
    ERAOFCORN debut

    73A "Hee Haw" heyday, say?

    0
    1
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    LECHERY debut

    6D "Lolita" subject

    0
    1
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    LEIDETECTOR debut

    28A Device that can tell if someone's recently vacationed in Hawaii?

    0
    1
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    SATINLESSSTEEL debut

    89A Novelist Danielle without her glossy dress?

    0
    1
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    SLIVERMINE debut

    33A Narrow shaft in a mountain?

    0
    1
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    SMALLCAR debut

    70A One in a tight space, perhaps

    0
    1
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    TEAMPLAY debut

    50A Collective effort

    0
    1