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Sunday · 140 answers · 12 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

    95A Northern California's ___ River

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    ORAL

    69D Kind of contraception

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    NET

    126D Catchy thing?

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    SIR

    103D "My dear man"

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    ANA

    11D Santa ___ winds

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    STAN

    115D "South Park" boy

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    ELS

    7D Chi-town circlers

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    RNA

    121D Cellular messenger

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    OAT

    26A ___ flakes

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    OIL

    120D Many an art museum piece

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    ANEW

    57D From square one

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    IAN

    6D Golfer Woosnam

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    IRAN

    116A "Argo" setting

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    ASP

    109A Symbol on a sarcophagus

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    NIT

    124D Picayune quibble

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    OKRA

    55A Vegetable that's often fried

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    EAU

    2D Three-vowel word that sounds like a fourth vowel

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    RATE

    56D Parking lot figure

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    OMANI

    83D Like the world's largest sultanate

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    ELENA

    22A "The Vampire Diaries" protagonist

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    ALPO

    92D Prime Cuts brand

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    MCS

    1D Game show V.I.P.'s

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    NFL

    43A Patriots' and Seahawks' org.

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    ABATE

    118A Diminish in strength

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    LLAMA

    91A Wool source

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    PLOT

    5D What a spoiler might spoil

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    ELOPE

    89D What Othello and Desdemona do in "Othello"

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    RILE

    99A Make hot

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    DEERE

    14D Handle of a plow?

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    OPEDS

    33D Slanted columns

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    PEW

    75A Missal storage site

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    ELIS

    94D Site of ancient Greek Olympics

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    EDGAR

    74D Mystery prize

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    SEVEN

    47D Common craps roll

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    TASE

    113A Hit with a charge

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    ALAI

    16D Half a game name that rhymes

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    WEAR

    73D Sport

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    OUNCE

    86A Perfumery measure

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    SUP

    80D Slangy greeting

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    DAMN

    68D "Lookin' good!"

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    YEMEN

    53A Al Qaeda stronghold

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    TOMATO

    4D Kind of paste

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    WON

    12D Got the gold

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    GAG

    50D Dribble glass, e.g.

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    MART

    30A Gas station adjunct

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    SNAGS

    84A Holdups

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    HAHAS

    15A Laugh track content

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    GIF

    63A Certain embedded Internet video

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    NINTH

    54D What I will always be, alphabetically

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    CRO

    100A ___-Magnon

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    UVA

    123D Charlottesville inst.

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    NEB

    37A Tornado Alley state: Abbr.

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    MEDAL

    58A Place first, second or third, say

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    STATEN

    108D New York's ___ Island

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    SKIED

    78A Went on a run?

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    ARABICA

    76A Coffee bean variety

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    ROEG

    44A "Castaway" director, 1986

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    RAMADA

    101D Howard Johnson rival

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    MAESTRO

    114A Seiji Ozawa, e.g.

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    ALFRE

    31D Woodard of "Primal Fear"

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    MISSTEP

    107A Faux pas

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    AARGH

    25A Cry of frustration

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    THAN

    106D Greater or lesser follower

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    EDEMA

    36D Plant swelling

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    SCRAPE

    105D Difficult situation

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    FOCAL

    64D ___ point

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    FUSS

    27A Hullabaloo

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    AZT

    29D AIDS-fighting drug

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    APOLO

    42D Speed skater Ohno

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    RAVIOLI

    28A Square meal?

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    STINK

    66D Perform terribly

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    NLRB

    90A Workers' rights org.

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    PANGS

    52D Feelings of guilt

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    FOSSIL

    9D Old fogy

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    LETSNOT

    10D "We'd better skip it"

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    KINKS

    60D Problems with hoses

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    HEAVEHO

    15D Unceremonious removal

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    ENC

    13D Envelope abbr.

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    INFER

    112D Gather (from)

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    DOW

    68A Company that introduced Saran Wrap

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    OPA

    48A W.W. II rationing agcy.

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    CERES

    88D Destination of NASA's Dawn probe

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    ALENE

    130A Coeur d'___

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    SCALD

    97A Burn

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    LAR

    117A Roman guardian spirit

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    RAILS

    72D Harangues, with "at"

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    RINSES

    101A Uses mouthwash, e.g.

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    ISABEL

    102D Chilean author Allende

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    LCDS

    117D Some PC screens

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    BABES

    77D Naïfs

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    SAJAK

    59A Man of letters?

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    DECAY

    127A Cause of radioactivity

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    GRACE

    45D Words of thanksgiving

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    SKIMP

    85D Economize to a fault

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    CLAUSE

    131A Part of a contract

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    SOFTC

    111D Circular opening?

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    BUFF

    24D Aficionado

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    RATSNEST

    132A Mess

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    MANDM

    30D One with a colorful coat?

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    FLAWED

    9A Imperfect

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    PROLIFIC debut

    39D Like Isaac Asimov

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    ECU

    122D Bit of old French bread

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    OJAI

    51D California resort town

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    OCS

    125D Brass producer, briefly

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    ENROUTE

    67A Not there yet

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    COON

    32D Garbage collector, informally?

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    TAKES

    46A Points of view

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    THAMES

    41A View from Big Ben

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    CANIS

    65A ___ lupus (gray wolf)

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    WRAY

    34D Fay of "King Kong"

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    ANGLEE

    18D "Life of Pi" director

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    EVIDENCE

    129A Attorney's presentation

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    STUFF

    8D Possessions

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    SAHIBS

    19D Old colonial masters

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    DONIMUS

    98D Howard Stern rival

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    FLORID

    40A Red-faced

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    HIKED

    35D Upped

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    NECTARINE

    87D Juicy fruit

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    ONPOST

    104A Like a dutiful sentry

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    ALCOPOP debut

    38A Smirnoff Ice, e.g.

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    BACOS

    82D Salad bar morsels

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    LEFTEYE

    96D What the jack of spades lacks

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    MARACAIBO

    81A Lake ___, biggest lake in South America

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    MEATPIES

    1A Filling entrees?

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    OENONE

    21A Nymph jilted by Paris

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    CAROLALT

    20A Former Diet Pepsi spokesmodel

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    DAVIDLEAN

    61A "The Bridge on the River Kwai" director

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    TINCUP

    128A Beggar's receptacle

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    WARRENPEACE

    70D Period when rabbits stop fighting?

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    HBS

    79A 43-Across ball carriers: Abbr.

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    ARMORCLAD debut

    3D Like some knights and warships

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    COFFINWHEEZE debut

    32A Freaky funeral noise?

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    DRAGONDROP debut

    49A Dive from a fire-breathing creature?

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    1
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    DRYBONES debut

    62D Skeletal enemy in Mario games

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    FISSIONCHIPS debut

    110A Intel products used at a nuclear facility?

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    FOREIGNTWENTY debut

    71A Venti, vingt or zwanzig?

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    FOREMANFUNCTION debut

    119A Overseeing a work crew, e.g.?

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    HERONMAKEUP debut

    17D Feathers, pointy bill, long legs, etc.?

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    KRAKENPEEL debut

    93A Woe for a sunburned sea monster?

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    SUMMONSUBSTANCE debut

    23A Content of a demand to attend?

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