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Sunday · 140 answers · 11 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

    32A Electric ___

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    IRA

    85A Flatow of NPR's "Science Friday"

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    NET

    115D Bottom line

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    376
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    SAD

    15A Down

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    236
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    GAS

    5D Lot of fun, informally

    30
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    ALT

    34D Cockpit datum: Abbr.

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    225
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    ENOS

    44D Nephew of Cain

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    ASSET

    48D Word after liquid or fixed

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    EPIC

    98A Long tale

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    235
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    PEA

    33A Shepherd's pie bit

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    AURA

    75D See 79-Down

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    ALAMO

    20A Dollar competitor

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    RUE

    104A Lament

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    NASA

    108D Pluto flyby org.

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    EDS

    51A Captains on The Atlantic, briefly?

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    ARAL

    37A Nearly dried-up Asian sea

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    ETTU

    1A Lament after being backstabbed

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    LAOS

    38A Country whose name becomes its language when you drop its last letter

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    IVE

    50A "___ been thinking ..."

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    ALPS

    40A Frequent Winter Olympics setting

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    HAN

    35A River through Seoul

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    113
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    OLAF

    6D Saint for whom a Minnesota college is named

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    ELIE

    65D Late author Wiesel

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    GIN

    80A Enliven, with "up"

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    TECH

    97A Part of STEM, for short

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    REED

    66D Thatching material

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    NUN

    102A One whose life is in order?

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    YEAR

    14D It takes months to complete

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    OASIS

    122A Haven

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    STEAM

    59D Mirror buildup, at times

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    ICY

    100A Subzero, maybe

    9
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    ADAPT

    123A Change with the times

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    TIVO

    106D DVR choice

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    57
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    DATE

    77D Hoped-for result of swiping right on Tinder

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    SPRY

    124A Moving well

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    ANNIE

    75A Movie Hall

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    IPASS

    76A Bridge words

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    OGLE

    67A Look lecherously

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    200
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    USED

    4D How many college textbooks are bought

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    ELSIE

    119A Commercial cow

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    89
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    STEAL

    43A Sign from a third base coach, say

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    OSHEA

    99D Actor Milo

    6
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    GRETA

    45A Van Susteren formerly of Fox News

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    NUTS

    103D Beer ___

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    LOCH

    87D Narrow arm of the sea

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    BUN

    36A Bakery buy

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    ONT

    54A Neighbor of N.Y.

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    ASSN

    10D Org.

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    SANTA

    25A Dancer's leader

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    ASSAY

    10A Test one's metal?

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    EROTIC

    78D Hot

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    GRIP

    109D Enthrall

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    IHEAR

    113A "Rumor has it ..."

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    SEDANS

    42D Carried chairs

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    OSE

    84A Sugar suffix

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    TRIP

    19D Set off, as a security alarm

    4
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    LEARN

    114A Partner of live

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    YVES

    47D First name in fashion

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    QUE

    22A "___ linda!" ("How pretty!," in Spanish)

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    YIELD

    101D Bottom line

    4
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    BITS

    111D They come straight from the horse's mouth

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    EBOOK

    69D Text on an iPad, say

    4
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    STOOP

    120A Brownstone feature

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    SATIN

    24A Glossy fabric

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    AMISH

    8D Powerless group?

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    MSDOS

    94A Early PC platform

    3
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    ARG

    112A Home of the Pampas: Abbr.

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    THANE

    53D ___ of Glamis, title in Shakespeare

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    TIETO

    95A Link with

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    CFOS

    55D Corp. money pros

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    SWINE

    21A Contemptible sort

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    NTSB

    96A Accident-investigating agcy.

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    BASIS

    68D Underpinning

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    CAPRIS

    49A Ankle-exposing pants

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    ANGLES

    86A Drops a line

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    ANTON

    13D ___ Chigurh, villain in "No Country for Old Men"

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    YOGI

    56D One holding many positions

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    GHOST

    18A Classic word game

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    TEASET

    28D China display

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    WIE

    117A Golfer Michelle

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    BINET

    63A I.Q. test name

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    CLANG

    49D Sword fight sound

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    LASSES

    58A Colleens

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    BAKES

    73D Really feels the heat

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    BURST

    63D Pop

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    DEMONS

    77A Evil spirits

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    NUDGED

    79A Gently jabbed

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    STR

    121A The Bosporus, e.g.: Abbr.

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    MATA

    7D ___ Hari

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    GONER

    23A One who's dunzo

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    ABUSE

    74A Overly indulge in

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    WILE

    71A Cunningness

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    WARP

    31D ___ speed

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    INTIME

    30D Under the wire, so to speak

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    ECUADOR

    92D Galápagos Islands' country

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    DONTASK

    9D "It's worse than you can imagine"

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    MANEATER

    64A 1982 #1 hit with the line "Watch out boy she'll chew you up"

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    TILDA

    116A Actress Swinton

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    SUBPAR

    110A Poor

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    THERAPY

    93D Setting for many New Yorker cartoons

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    UGA

    26A The Bulldogs of the S.E.C.

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    GSN

    90D Channel with "Family Feud" reruns

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    DEADLAST

    17D Bringing up the rear

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    PRELIMS

    41D Olympics events rarely shown in prime time

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    KITCAR

    82A Build-it-yourself auto

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    MOSTLY

    52A By and large

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    TOWELS

    95D They get wetter as they dry

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    SKINDEEP

    39D Merely superficial

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    SINFUL debut

    12D Wicked

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    CREDIT

    27A Line at the side of a photo

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    GAYLE

    45D King who's a friend of Oprah

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    GOMAD

    5A Crack up

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    OOM

    99A ___-pah

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    TRAS

    107D Refrain syllables

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    THOREAU

    2D "Walden" writer

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    CSIMIAMI

    83D TV spinoff of 2002

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    HALLO

    60A Uncommon spelling for a common greeting

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    FOODS

    62A Whole ___

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    VELMA

    118A "Scooby-Doo" girl

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    TONELOC

    3D "Wild Thing" rapper

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    CYGNET

    55A Young swan

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    INSPIRIT

    81D Emotionally, if not physically

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    NIMBUS

    79D 75-Down around a saint

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    RUNSIN

    70D Collars

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    MISSENT

    64D Erroneously hit "reply all" instead of "reply," say

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    COCHLEA

    89D Part of the inner ear

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    EGGCELL

    1D Ovum

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    GAMELAWS

    80D Wardens enforce them

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    KERPLOP

    91D Sound of a pebble hitting water

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    SIDEBARS

    72A Many web advertisements

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    AUGRATIN debut

    16D Baked with breadcrumbs and cheese

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    1
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    BUMSTEERING debut

    68A Hobo at the wheel?

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    FASTINGFORWARD debut

    29A Hoopster observing Ramadan?

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    1
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    GOLDINGDIGGER debut

    57D Big fan of the "Lord of the Flies" author?

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    1
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    LAWNDART debut

    61D Dangerous backyard projectile

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    LIGHTSWITCHING debut

    105A Mild form of corporal punishment?

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    1
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    LUCKYSTREAKING debut

    46A Gangster Luciano performing a risqué prank?

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    1
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    SQUAREROOTING debut

    15D Cheering done in a plaza?

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    STOCKINGMARKET debut

    88A Where to buy certain Christmas decorations?

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    SWAGBAGS debut

    11D Party handouts

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