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Sunday · 140 answers · 10 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    IRA

    34A Militant grp. in a 1994 peace agreement

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    DNA

    7D Part of a forensic database

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    TEA

    117D Social

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    OLD

    100A Onetime

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    ACHE

    112D Feel pity (for)

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    YET

    68A Be that as it may

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    AGRA

    65D Indian tourist mecca

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    ATOM

    107D Half of a two-volume encyclopedia, say

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    DEE

    115D When doubled, a Ramone

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    STYE

    3D Bad eye sight

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    SEEP

    125A Flow slowly

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    TEL

    85A ___ Aviv

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    LIP

    55A Bit of sauce

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    EPI

    82A Prefix with -graph

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    DEMO

    122A Musical pitch?

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    RIOT

    94A ___ gear

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    ELMO

    22A Children's TV character who refers to himself in the third person

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    ATRIA

    42D Parts of Roman homes

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    APR

    88A Letters of interest

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    SOME

    40D Body opening?

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    AROD

    118A Member of the 3,000-hit club, informally

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    UNTO

    19A "Come ___ me, all ye that labor ..."

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    EVENT

    59D Wedding or concert, e.g.

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    HIRE

    106D Fill a position

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    EPSOM

    77D ___ salts

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    TERI

    54A Polo of "Meet the Parents"

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    SPAT

    99D Lovers' row

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    IMAM

    17D Man of Allah

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    STL

    13D The Rams, on scoreboards

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    LIMO

    53A Luxury rental

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    AGENDA

    71A What a chair might provide

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    RACE

    80D Campaign

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    SAIL

    15A Travel with Sinbad, say

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    DODO

    109D Dullard

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    YEAST

    86A Something rolling in the dough?

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    SERENE

    28A Peaceful

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    ABRA

    57D Magical start?

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    SAFARI

    35A Chrome alternative

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    ETTE

    91D Suffix with cigar

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    ECOLI

    70D Source of a gut reaction?

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    MELT

    44A What a 40-Across produces in the summer

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    ROAST

    124A Homage with humor

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    HASH

    1A Debate, with "out"

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    ODEON

    120A Classical Greek theater

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    RECTO

    102D Page opposite verso

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    PRINT

    43D Part of a forensic database

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    ALGA

    16D Bit of marine life

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    EVITA

    21A Tony-winning Andrew Lloyd Webber musical

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    SKIP

    113D Leave undone

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    ATHOS

    104D D'Artagnan mentor

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    HOUR

    24D The "xx" of xx:yy

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    TRAIN

    61A Track runner

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    NOFEE

    6D Free, as a bank account

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    MILE

    111D ___ marker

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    SESAME

    30A Kind of oil

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    MONET

    63D Pioneer in Impressionism

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    RUTH

    29D First name on the Supreme Court

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    WAIT

    83A Take orders, say

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    TARPS

    103A Diamond protectors

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    REREAD

    108A Go over again

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    STEADY

    51D "Easy there"

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    AERIE

    36D Cliffside home

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    ARIES

    50A Constellation between Perseus and Pisces

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    ARARAT

    65A Biblical mount that can be seen from three countries

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    NOLTE

    32D "Warrior" actor Nick

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    SLAG

    47D Coal-mining waste

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    LTR

    49A Photocopier option: Abbr.

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    CARP

    84A Complain, complain, complain

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    GESTE

    119A P. C. Wren's "Beau ___"

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    ATWAR

    71D Like feudal states, often

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    LOPE

    18D Less than a full run

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    TRANS

    54D Part of L.G.B.T., informally

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    VCRS

    8D Obsolescent tape holders

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    DOWSE

    10A Use a witching rod

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    HEROS

    26D ___ welcome

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    STA

    52A Starting or ending point for a commuter: Abbr.

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    ASKED

    46D Pumped

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    SHAD

    105D Deep-bodied herring

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    BESET

    81D Under attack

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    CATCH

    60D Overhear

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    SHANTY

    105A Crude house

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    OVINE

    11D Like ones welcomed to the fold?

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    SMALL

    35D Lowercase

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    HUBS

    1D O'Hare and Dallas/Fort Worth

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    HIKER

    48D One who walks on the wild side?

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    DEFENSE

    10D One side in football

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    LUMEN

    31A Projector unit

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    RUNES

    33A Characters in "The Hobbit"

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    TOBEY

    79A Maguire of "The Great Gatsby"

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    HAYEK

    58D Actress Salma of "Grown Ups"

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    WONTDO

    96D Is unsatisfactory

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    USARMY

    98A Onetime "Be all you can be" sloganeer

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    ELHI

    121A Like certain educational publishing

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    SEESAW

    15D It takes two to do this

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    GOAPE

    72D Freak out

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    ETAPE

    97A Stage of the Tour de France

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    OBITS

    38A Newspaper section, for short

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    BREST

    101D Port in western France

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    SWORE

    67D Promised

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    STEPONE

    27A Where to begin

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    RCPT

    74D Tkt. stub, e.g.

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    FILTH

    89D Muck

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    TAKETHECAKE

    56A Need bakery assistant to ...

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    BRATT debut

    101A Benjamin of "Law & Order"

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    FLIPTHEBIRD debut

    37D Need stunt pilot to ...

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    FILLTHEGAP debut

    25A Need retail marketer to ...

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    TREATY

    61D Accord

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    ANUT

    2D "What are you, some kind of ___?"

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    PONCE

    20A Port of Puerto Rico

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    GETON

    123A Board

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    REGENT

    69A Acting monarch

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    HETUP

    75D Highly emotional, in dated lingo

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    MATADOR

    92D Bull run target

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    ONDVD

    5A How some TV series are sold

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    SAVAGE

    64A Vicious

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    DEMERIT

    9D Mark off?

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    ERASURES

    87D Marks taken off?

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    HOARDS

    66A Stockpiles

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    TRAUMAS

    110A They can leave scars

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    DITTY

    78D Jingle, e.g.

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    WRENCH

    73A Sudden twist

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    BLATS

    39D Calf cries

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    HOTPLATE

    4D Tabletop cooker

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    OPENMIC

    5D Budding comic's opportunity

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    REDWINE

    95A Chianti, e.g.

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    WILES

    12D Foxiness

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    CLEARTHEAIR

    41D Need control tower operator to ...

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    CURRENT

    93D It's up in the air

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    LETMEBE

    62A "Get lost!"

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    SNOWCAP

    40A See 44-Across

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    EATSINTO

    14D Erodes

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    FACETHEMUSIC debut

    89A Need orchestra conductor to ...

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    HEARKEN

    90D Listen

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    CALLTHESHOTS debut

    45A Need cocktail waitress to ...

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    CRASHED debut

    76A Entered uninvited

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    DOTHETRICK

    116A Need magician to ...

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    HITTHEDECK debut

    114A Need blackjack dealer to ...

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    BUYTHEFARM debut

    23A Need rural real estate investor to ...

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    CANDYEGG debut

    84D Easter treat

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    ROCKTHEBOAT debut

    80A Need cruise ship band to ...

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