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Sunday · 130 answers · 21 debuts

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

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    ETC

    6D Abbr. that can be written with an ampersand

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    268
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    ADE

    44D Fruity drink

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    277
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    IDO

    57D Vow that's mostly vowels

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    336
  4. 4
    ACT

    112D Exam with a Science Reasoning section

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    302
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    ALL

    4D Tie word

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    299
  6. 6
    ONUS

    80D Heavy load

    21
    197
  7. 7
    OTS

    58D When golden goals happen in the N.H.L.

    21
    128
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    GEE

    5D "Well, fancy that!"

    20
    200
  9. 9
    REEL

    9D Kite adjunct

    19
    184
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    RUE

    113D Wish undone

    18
    207
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    PIE

    55A Something to be divvied up

    17
    183
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    DEA

    52A Government org. in "Breaking Bad"

    16
    124
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    ESTA

    41D "Cómo ___ usted?"

    15
    154
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    SRS

    109D Some 112-Down retakers: Abbr.

    14
    209
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    CUE

    54D Prompt

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    140
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    OMAHA

    2D Home of the daily World-Herald

    14
    137
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    NAME

    72D Reputation

    13
    124
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    EIN

    70A Bonn one

    12
    159
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    AFT

    76A In back

    12
    144
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    SASH

    29A Tiara accompaniment

    12
    125
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    RASH

    64D Headlong or headstrong

    12
    122
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    AVID

    73D Gung-ho

    12
    114
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    TKOS

    46A They may result in title changes, for short

    12
    73
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    DOSE

    40D Spoonful, say

    11
    88
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    PUMA

    68A Reebok rival

    9
    57
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    EMI

    63D Big Four record co. that broke up in 2012

    8
    117
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    THY

    25A "O grave, where is ___ victory?": I Corinthians

    8
    71
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    AVERT

    82A Stave off

    8
    65
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    ETD

    78D Posting at JFK or DFW

    7
    113
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    HMO

    23D Kaiser Permanente offering

    7
    111
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    TORI

    7A Lifesavers, e.g.

    7
    104
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    TARS

    17D Besmirches

    7
    72
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    FACTS

    1D Almanac fodder

    7
    27
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    KENO

    35D Casino offering, derived from the Latin for "five each"

    6
    93
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    COS

    111D Tan neighbor, on calculators

    5
    100
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    TINGE

    67D Light shade

    5
    42
  37. 37
    TEAMS

    97A Browns and Blues

    5
    21
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    SMEE

    16D Pirate's mate, in literature and film

    4
    118
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    HIE

    107A Move it

    4
    112
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    ODESSA

    69A Texas city in the movie "Friday Night Lights"

    4
    94
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    HOTEL

    30D W, for one

    4
    56
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    ADESTE

    91D Latin carol word

    4
    55
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    MIRA

    86A Red giant in the constellation Cetus

    4
    52
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    TIEUP

    100D Keep occupied

    4
    29
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    LURK

    59A Stand in the shadows

    4
    24
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    GRIST

    50A Grain to crush

    4
    20
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    CEDAR

    48A Fragrant wood

    3
    62
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    PEAL

    36A Take its toll?

    3
    55
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    LOKI

    34A God whose name sounds like a word meaning "understated"

    3
    50
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    HEMP

    102D Biodiesel fuel source

    3
    45
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    RILL

    49D Small stream

    3
    43
  52. 52
    MORON

    75D Numbskull

    3
    30
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    SIRED

    27D Begat

    3
    30
  54. 54
    PISAN

    33D Fibonacci or Galileo

    3
    25
  55. 55
    POLIO

    31A Subject of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine

    3
    20
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    RAJAS

    79D Eastern royals

    3
    15
  57. 57
    GERM

    50D Wheat ___

    2
    52
  58. 58
    HYPE

    118A Big buildup

    2
    51
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    MONTE

    84D Scam with three cards

    2
    46
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    SLASH

    96D Question mark's key-mate

    2
    46
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    VERSE

    101D One of 1,288 in the book of Numbers

    2
    33
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    LOMA

    104D ___ Linda, Calif.

    2
    20
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    IKID

    39D Jocular disclaimer

    2
    14
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    DOD

    11D The Pentagon inits.

    2
    13
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    HOMIE

    83A Good friend, informally

    2
    12
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    PIDAY

    31D March 14, to math lovers

    2
    10
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    NAMIB

    43D Coastal desert of southern Africa

    2
    8
  68. 68
    DERRIERE

    24A Behind

    2
    6
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    SEEMS

    115A "___ about right"

    1
    44
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    AMULET

    19A Source of good fortune

    1
    41
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    NEET

    71D Classic hair removal brand

    1
    40
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    AGRO

    103D Prefix with ecology or chemical

    1
    39
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    SUMP

    93A Drainage pit

    1
    24
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    ELASTIC

    105A Kind of band

    1
    22
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    KURT

    62D Novelist Vonnegut

    1
    17
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    SERAPH

    13D "___ of Heaven! too gentle to be human" (line from Shelley's "Epipsychidion")

    1
    14
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    RIPOPEN

    32A Eagerly unwrap

    1
    11
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    DISGUSTS debut

    11A Turns off

    1
    3
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    EDMCMAHON

    89A *Search party

    1
    3
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    MRMISTER

    114A Group with the 1985 #1 hit "Broken Wings"

    1
    3
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    OCEANMAP debut

    21A Seaman's aid

    1
    3
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    UTEP

    42D Sch. whose mascot is Paydirt Pete

    0
    44
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    SPEE

    18D German vice admiral killed in W.W. I's Battle of the Falklands

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    42
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    ASAN

    94A ___ example

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    37
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    IDLER

    10D Goldbrick

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    STEPPE

    119A "Great" Eurasian region

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    ACEY

    106D ___-deucy

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    GARRET

    14D Unlofty loft

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    11
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    HGTV

    99A "House Hunters" network

    0
    11
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    KEROSENE

    77A Jet fuel, mainly

    0
    11
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    SELAH

    81D Pause word in Psalms

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    11
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    PAWED

    20A Tried to open, as a pet door

    0
    10
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    FORAGE

    1A Grass and such

    0
    9
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    NEATEST

    45D Tops in handwriting, say

    0
    9
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    DERM

    74D Skin: Suffix

    0
    7
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    HESTER

    92D Prynne of "The Scarlet Letter"

    0
    6
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    NICEIDEA

    53A "Oh, that's clever!"

    0
    6
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    EGOTISTS

    108A Boastful types

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    5
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    ICEFOG

    12D Crystalline weather phenomenon

    0
    5
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    MODISH

    90D Fashionable

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    5
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    OUTSTEP

    88D Exceed

    0
    5
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    RODENTS

    95A Owl's prey

    0
    5
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    CIENTO

    56A Hundred, in Honduras

    0
    4
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    OWNGOAL

    8D Soccer goof

    0
    4
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    OCULUS

    116A Eyelike opening, in architecture

    0
    3
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    POACHERS

    117A Ones breaking game rules?

    0
    3
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    TANGIERS

    7D The casino in "Casino"

    0
    3
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    DEADAIM debut

    52D What sharpshooters take

    0
    2
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    FAROESE

    28A Language descended from Old Norse

    0
    2
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    GAMETIME debut

    85D Information on a sports ticket

    0
    2
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    HALIDES

    102A Bromine and fluorine compounds

    0
    2
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    MCG debut

    98D "Charlie's Angels" director, 2000

    0
    2
  113. 113
    RIGHTSIDE

    38A *Board

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    2
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    UNITEDAIRLINES

    42A *Alliance member

    0
    2
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    ACTINGCAREER debut

    110A *Let's hope

    0
    1
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    BROKEREDASETTLEMENT debut

    60A *Ted talks, say

    0
    1
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    CABLECHANNEL debut

    22A *Z, for one

    0
    1
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    EMPLOYER debut

    51A Background check runner, maybe

    0
    1
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    GETANEDGE debut

    85A Find some advantage

    0
    1
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    LICENSEFEES debut

    37D Revenue source for Fish and Wildlife departments

    0
    1
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    MUGGLES debut

    26A Neither wizards nor witches, in Harry Potter books

    0
    1
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    NADERISM debut

    72A Pro-consumer ideology

    0
    1
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    NEEDINGHELP debut

    66D What rugged individualists seldom admit to

    0
    1
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    OPERACRITIC debut

    61D Arts page contributor

    0
    1
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    PAULPIERCE debut

    20D Celtic who was the M.V.P. of the 2008 N.B.A. Finals

    0
    1
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    ROMEOANDJULIET debut

    87A *Crossed pair

    0
    1
  127. 127
    RUBYSLIPPER debut

    3D Clicker for Dorothy

    0
    1
  128. 128
    TAKENPAINS debut

    65D Striven

    0
    1
  129. 129
    TAPENADES debut

    47A Dips made with olives, capers and anchovies

    0
    1
  130. 130
    UNIONSTRIKE debut

    15D Labor pain

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    1