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Sunday · 140 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ERA

    67D Reconstruction, for one

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    SET

    12D Collection

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    ODE

    18D Part of the classic Chinese work "Shih Ching"

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    523
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    ERE

    43D "We'll teach you to drink deep ___ you depart": Hamlet

    43
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    ECO

    111D "The Name of the Rose" novelist

    42
    370
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    ODOR

    41D The "O" of B.O.

    39
    344
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    DNA

    56A Material in mitochondria

    37
    260
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    STAR

    104D Twinkler

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    NTH

    113D Highest degree

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    ALSO

    29A Plus

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    ATTA

    105D Lead-in to boy

    28
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    ASA

    84D Botanist Gray

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    230
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    ORC

    89D "The Silmarillion" creature

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    ERASE

    86A Obliterate

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    ABET

    101A Assist in crime

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    EGG

    66D Default avatar for a new Twitter user

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    206
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    AAA

    58D Org. with an emergency number

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    230
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    EBB

    32D Subside

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    MAE

    73A Flirtatious wife in "Of Mice and Men"

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    OBI

    114D ___-Wan Kenobi

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    199
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    EOS

    72A Goddess who gained immortality for her lover but forgot to ask for eternal youth (whoops!)

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    173
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    LAS

    112D "___ Meninas" (Velázquez painting)

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    173
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    SEED

    26A Lentil or coconut

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    HUE

    61A Shade

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    ELATE

    50D Lift

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    WEE

    19D Puny

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    RIP

    110D Rend

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    ARF

    1D Woof

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    AYE

    63D What the pros say

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    NAPA

    80D ___ cabbage

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    ATMS

    107A Things you may dispense with?

    12
    119
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    SISI

    9D Enthusiastic Spanish assent

    12
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    LOSS

    106D Something to mourn

    12
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    EXES

    100A Flames that have gone out?

    11
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    STEREO

    69D From both sides, in a way

    11
    112
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    NILE

    3D River that flows south to north

    10
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    DEAN

    94D Newspaper V.I.P. Baquet

    10
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    GPS

    115D Family docs

    10
    96
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    ORIOLE

    21A Charm City ballplayer

    10
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    ITOO

    24D "Was ___ hard on them?"

    10
    58
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    ARGO

    8D Greek vessel

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    CIO

    45A A.F.L.-___

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    51
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    OBESE

    97D Too big for one's britches, say?

    8
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    HARE

    40D Fictional braggart

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    UMPS

    54A They decide what's fair

    8
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    TILL

    81A Cash register

    8
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    STOLE

    15D Women's retro accessory

    7
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    ELISE

    75D A Beethoven piece was für her

    7
    75
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    EASYA

    62A Its material is not hard

    7
    54
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    SOX

    90D Red ___

    7
    50
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    ROMEO

    51A Lover boy

    6
    80
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    USHER

    14D "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" singer, 2010

    6
    67
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    IOUS

    10D Debt docs

    6
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    NYU

    57D Empire State sch.

    6
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    BUN

    44A Dog holder

    6
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    EMERY

    99D Disposable board

    5
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    GAG

    77A Kind of gift

    5
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    PHEW

    52D "Glad that's done!"

    5
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    BELL

    28A Student's saver

    5
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    TROLL

    16D Offensive poster

    5
    40
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    SSA

    60A Issuer of IDs: Abbr.

    4
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    MIRA

    108D Red giant in Cetus

    4
    52
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    OWNER

    78A Sports team bigwig

    4
    45
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    TAINT

    96D Pollute

    4
    44
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    NIP

    17D Small bite

    3
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    IRR

    92A Kind of verb: Abbr.

    3
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    SPACE

    69A Result of hitting the bar?

    3
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    SNUG

    109D Cozy

    3
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    WHEE

    79D Exhilarated cry

    3
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    LOOMS

    38D Impends

    3
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    RHINOS

    20A Ones with good poker faces?

    3
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    MASALA

    102A Indian spice mix

    3
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    AXED

    103D Let go

    2
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    MIAMI

    73D City whose name looks like it could mean "my friend"

    2
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    SSW

    6D Directional abbr.

    2
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    ORI

    88D "... ___ quit!"

    2
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    MECCA

    49A Muhammad's birthplace

    2
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    BONA

    7D "___ Nox" (Mozart title meaning "good night")

    2
    37
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    TREATS

    117A Pays for the meal

    2
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    CLIMB

    11D Scale

    2
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    YOOHOO

    46A "Over here!"

    2
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    ADORABLE

    47A "Aww"-inspiring

    2
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    OCCULT

    34D Paranormal

    2
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    BASICS

    7A They might be covered on your first day of employment

    2
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    BALKS

    65D Hesitates

    2
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    CUTESY

    55D "Aww"-inspiring

    2
    9
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    ICANSEE

    116A "That much is clear"

    2
    9
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    EEN

    91A Contraction missing a V

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    NEER

    68D Contraction missing a V

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    SWEEP

    76D Win every game

    1
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    ALBUM

    74D Track holder?

    1
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    CHERI

    55A Oteri of "S.N.L."

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    WHOS

    2D "___ your daddy?"

    1
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    ASTRIDE

    22A With a leg on either side of

    1
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    IDTAGS

    121A Private property?

    1
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    TAOISM

    27A Chinese philosophy

    1
    14
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    RELIEVE

    110A Take over for

    1
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    FUL

    33D Opposite of -less

    1
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    DHABI

    85A Abu ___

    1
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    HYDRAS

    120A Jellyfish relatives named for a mythological monster

    1
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    AHEADOFTIME

    93A ... "two" or "face"?

    1
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    NITTY

    64A ___-gritty

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    PAEANS

    70D Songs of praise

    1
    5
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    SEAMUS

    90A ___ Finnigan, friend of Harry Potter

    1
    5
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    THATSTHAT

    81D "End of discussion"

    1
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    GRIEF

    71A "The price we pay for love," per Queen Elizabeth II

    0
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    EXALTS

    59A Acclaims

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    FEVER

    98D Hotheadedness?

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    CYRUS

    37D Persian Empire founder

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    HECKLE

    61D Razz, as a speaker

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    STALKS

    76A They stand up in their bed

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    GOADS

    36D Provokes

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    HARHAR

    83A "Ver-r-ry funny!"

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    NICETY

    35D Fine point

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    TOODLEOO

    5D "Ta-ta!"

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    STO

    30D "___ Lat" (traditional Polish song)

    0
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    DEFEATED

    85D "A man can be destroyed but not ___": Hemingway

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    FIFTEEN

    87D Age for a quinceañera

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    NEXTTONOTHING

    113A ... "that's" or "special"?

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    OOMPA

    39D ___-Loompa (Willy Wonka employee)

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    6
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    VENDOR

    53D Street fair participant

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    6
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    AWNUTS

    1A "Shucks!"

    0
    5
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    BETWEENYOUANDME

    65A ... "got" or "tell"?

    0
    5
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    BEARUP

    118A Stay cheerful despite adversity

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    BEFORELONG

    31A ... "go" or "so"?

    0
    4
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    FOOTSTEP

    87A Suspenseful sound

    0
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    JAWBONE

    13D Chin former

    0
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    JUSTNOW

    13A Only a second ago

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    UNLEASHES

    4D Sets free into the world

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    VALUED

    53A Much appreciated

    0
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    FOLLOWINGSUIT

    23A Where you can find ... "jacket" or "yourself"?

    0
    2
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    MAXIMS debut

    49D Certain racy magazines

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    POSTERN

    119A Back entrance

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    PROVEN

    52A Like Fermat's last theorem, eventually

    0
    2
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    WHOOPEE

    25A "Yay!"

    0
    2
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    ANDSOFORTH debut

    48D Et cetera

    0
    1
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    CLOSETOHOME debut

    37A ... "anybody" or "cooking"?

    0
    1
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    MOVIENIGHT debut

    42D Setting for a watch?

    0
    1
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    POSTOFFICE debut

    95A ... "building" or "hours"?

    0
    1
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    WEEKLY debut

    82A Like the installments of "A Tale of Two Cities"

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