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Sunday · 148 answers · 8 debuts

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

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    OREO

    80D "Creme sandwich" introduced over a century ago

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    408
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    AHA

    98A "So that's it!"

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    379
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    NOR

    129D Neither's partner

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    332
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    OVA

    9D Spermatozoa targets

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    259
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    TAR

    41A Besmirch

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    351
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    ONTO

    126D Not conned by

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    244
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    STEP

    59D Repeated cry at a dance class

    25
    229
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    ENE

    16D Oklahoma City-to-Tulsa dir.

    24
    403
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    OVAL

    70D Like the head of a tennis racket

    24
    216
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    ASP

    58A Egyptian cobra

    22
    265
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    AURA

    58D Corona, for one

    22
    218
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    ACTS

    1D New Testament book

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    214
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    SKI

    100D Suffix with brew

    21
    180
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    SCAR

    54D Trauma reminder

    20
    188
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    SIN

    51A It "exists when one goes against one's conscience," per Pope Francis

    20
    177
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    TRY

    13D Five-point rugby play

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    180
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    SPEC

    74A Design detail

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    120
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    ERIC

    38D Country star Church

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    251
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    EOS

    121A Canon camera

    17
    173
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    SAC

    35D Small anatomical container

    17
    167
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    OLES

    120A Cheers in un estadio

    17
    130
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    IOWA

    57A Locale for two of the Quad Cities

    16
    130
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    MAMA

    110A Who "can't buy you love" in an Elton John hit

    14
    115
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    STET

    127D Let stand, editorially

    12
    225
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    DRIP

    72A Cause of insomnia, maybe

    12
    99
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    AWES

    50D Knocks over

    12
    80
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    EDT

    132D D.C. summer setting

    11
    131
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    DOSE

    37D 12 cc, maybe

    11
    88
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    PHDS

    60D Most profs

    11
    55
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    STAG

    82D Animal depicted in Edwin Landseer's "The Monarch of the Glen"

    10
    168
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    THEE

    2D Pilgrims' pronoun

    10
    91
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    TIED

    53D Even

    10
    80
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    IPOS

    124A Some W.S.J. topics

    10
    51
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    LMAO

    67A "u r hilarious!"

    10
    23
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    SGT

    88D Army NCO

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    117
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    ALF

    94A Old sitcom character who was 229 years old

    9
    104
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    TOIL

    83D Work, work, work

    9
    90
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    RAMEN

    65D Dish served with chopsticks in a bowl

    9
    43
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    RUT

    131D Day-in-and-day-out pattern

    8
    101
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    PTAS

    56D School support grps.

    8
    87
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    NEEDY

    42A Emotionally demanding

    8
    79
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    PENN

    125D One of the Ivies

    8
    79
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    MAPS

    77A Google ___

    8
    61
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    ESOS

    75D Those, in Tijuana

    8
    59
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    MEAT

    111D Lamb, e.g.

    7
    123
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    ALIBI

    63D Out in court

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    108
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    ROAST

    116D Swelter

    7
    76
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    JET

    122A Take off quickly

    7
    69
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    NACRE

    62D Mother-of-pearl

    7
    59
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    TRIM

    47D Adjust with Photoshop, maybe

    6
    88
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    AARP

    55A D.C. lobby for seniors

    6
    76
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    SPUR

    97A Railway offshoot

    6
    61
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    DESIRE

    79D "Hots"

    6
    32
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    ONEAL

    34D Laker named to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016

    5
    140
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    TETRA

    115D Aquarium fish

    5
    106
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    PLO

    130D U.N. observer since '74

    5
    105
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    PEEN

    40A Ball ___

    5
    69
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    FAIL

    96A Get 29-Across

    5
    40
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    ITSOK

    113A "There, there"

    5
    37
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    GAIA

    28A Earth goddess

    5
    22
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    SEGO

    95A Utah's ___ Canyon

    4
    77
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    SERF

    71D Lowly worker

    4
    71
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    NOH

    49D Japanese drama

    4
    61
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    BOSC

    69A French horticulturist after whom a variety of fruit is named

    4
    56
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    CARP

    76D Complaining fish?

    4
    55
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    AVATAR

    22A Blogger's pick for a pic

    4
    51
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    ONSITE

    137A At the scene

    4
    48
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    YANK

    93D Pinstriper

    4
    35
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    CONGA

    6D Dance with a kick

    4
    31
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    EATSAT

    12D Worries no end

    4
    30
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    THEO

    92D Where to accent "Laotian"

    3
    65
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    ATLANTA

    128A Summer Olympics host after Barcelona

    3
    50
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    BOCA

    69D Florida beach city, informally

    3
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    ORDEAL

    43A Climbing Mount Everest, e.g.

    3
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    PITS

    52A Fire places

    3
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    ENERGY

    20D Pep

    3
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    USABLE

    84A In working order

    3
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    SNEERAT

    136A Show contempt for

    3
    20
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    BUST

    81A Go over in blackjack

    3
    18
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    SEPT

    45A Be Kind to Editors and Writers Mo. [for real!]

    2
    55
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    TESH

    3D Radio host John

    2
    51
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    USAIR

    105A TWA competitor

    2
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    ALDENTE

    135A Pasta recipe phrase

    2
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    OVERDO

    78A Run too far or lift too much

    2
    30
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    BTUS

    85D Air-conditioner fig.

    2
    29
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    RIVER

    15D Amazon, e.g.

    2
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    PLAID

    14D Stripes mismatch, traditionally

    2
    19
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    UBOATS

    105D W.W. II shipping worries

    2
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    SEAMEN

    103A Mariners

    2
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    ANNEAL

    66A Heat, as to soften metal

    2
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    ATTRACT

    1A Draw in

    2
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    OTTOI

    118D Holy Roman emperor called "the Great"

    2
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    RAVER

    10D Dance party enthusiast

    2
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    PUFF

    73D Bit of wind

    2
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    LETSNOT

    138A "We should avoid doing that"

    2
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    TAILORS

    133A Custom-fits

    2
    6
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    EARLE

    119D Country rocker Steve

    1
    53
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    SIE

    30A "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?"

    1
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    IAMS

    91D Pet food with a paw print logo

    1
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    DEICE

    37A Prep for the runway, maybe

    1
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    AVERAGE

    26A Mean

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    LIMN

    44D Draw, as a scene

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    STRAIT

    30D Narrow waterway

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    STIFF

    11D Wooden

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    ATTIMES

    104D Occasionally

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    ADELIE

    107D Antarctic penguin

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    GLUM

    101A Down

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    CORSET

    8A Tight garment

    1
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    IDNO

    39D Alternative to a name: Abbr.

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    MACHETE

    102D Underbrush clearer

    1
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    API

    5D Bee: Prefix

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    CARAFES

    8D Wine holders

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    FESTS

    117D Holiday celebrations

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    DERIVES

    17D Develops (from)

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    PAWL

    46D Ratcheting wheel mechanism

    1
    6
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    EFS

    29A G.P.A. killers

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    ILER

    31A Robert of "The Sopranos"

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    AMALIE

    18D Charlotte ___, Virgin Islands

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    RATRACE

    4D Life in the big city, to some

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    XKE

    108A Classic Jag

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    GIDE

    25D André ___, 1947 Literature Nobelist

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    HADA

    123A "If I ___ penny for every ..."

    0
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    SEARED

    68A How scallops are often prepared

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    CANALS

    48A Notable features of Stockholm and Amsterdam

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    SULTAN

    106D Oman's leader, e.g.

    0
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    INLATE

    36D Landing post-E.T.A.

    0
    8
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    LINEMAN

    23A Utility worker

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    SEHR

    27A Very: Ger.

    0
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    HOAXES

    89D Alien autopsies, crop circles and the like

    0
    7
  130. 130
    LITOUT

    134A Took off quickly

    0
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    WEAPON

    33D Part of an accusation in Clue

    0
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    ENJOIN

    109D Officially prohibit

    0
    5
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    HOPUP

    64D Boost the horsepower of

    0
    5
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    TSGARP

    7D John Irving protagonist portrayed by Robin Williams

    0
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  135. 135
    AMDIAL

    112D It goes up to about 1700

    0
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    PREDATE

    14A Come before

    0
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    TAGEND

    19D Very last part

    0
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    BIGSALE

    99D Store blowout

    0
    3
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    LUREIN

    86D Entrap

    0
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    BIOTAS

    99A Florae and faunae

    0
    2
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    CHEAPOS debut

    21A Stingy sorts

    0
    2
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    AWARDFORFASTDRIVING debut

    32A Speeding ticket

    0
    1
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    BUDGETREINFORCEMENT debut

    114A Tax increase

    0
    1
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    CAREERSHIFTOPPORTUNITY debut

    87A Layoff

    0
    1
  145. 145
    ECONOMICALWITHTHETRUTH debut

    61A Lying

    0
    1
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    PLUMR debut

    90D Liquid-___

    0
    1
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    POSTRETIREMENT debut

    130A Dead

    0
    1
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    TESTINGGRAVITY debut

    24A Falling down

    0
    1