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Sunday · 138 answers · 12 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ALE

    61A The "A" of I.P.A.

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    EST

    114D The "e" of i.e.

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    EMO

    88A Broody genre

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    256
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    USA

    31A One of five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council

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    261
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    AGO

    106A In days of yore

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    291
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    STAR

    43A The sun, for one

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    316
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    OPS

    77A Black ___

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    179
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    STAT

    112D R.B.I.s or H.R.s

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    239
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    ESE

    50D Tip of the tongue?

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    386
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    PTA

    46A Org. with evening meetings

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    240
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    ANO

    42A Year abroad

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    216
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    SON

    116D III or IV, maybe

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    213
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    ETTA

    121A James who was nominated for a 1967 Grammy for "Tell Mama"

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    254
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    REST

    125A Balance

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    256
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    AVA

    6D "Selma" director DuVernay

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    229
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    EVEN

    20A Having gone tit for tat

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    202
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    PEN

    72D Part of a stockyard

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    187
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    NAE

    117D When doubled, a 2010s dance craze

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    171
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    REAL

    49A "Get ___"

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    EARN

    55D Make

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    185
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    ELENA

    75D First name on the Supreme Court

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    178
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    AID

    91A FEMA offering

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    167
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    HEE

    48D Giggle syllable

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    102
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    SORE

    53D Put out

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    157
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    EASY

    13D "Don't panic"

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    153
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    PEST

    1A Bedbug, e.g.

    13
    128
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    PTSD

    1D All-too-common V.A. diagnosis

    13
    30
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    GEM

    95A Beaut

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    119
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    EXES

    124A Old flames

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    NAST

    94A Cartoonist Thomas

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    98
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    MED

    74D T-shirt size: Abbr.

    11
    90
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    PETS

    109A Subjects of an apartment restriction

    11
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    TIES

    79D Draws

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    ERNST

    118A Iowa senator elected in 2014

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    ABASE

    22A Humiliate

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    82
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    TORSO

    57D Trunk

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    74
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    CIO

    60A A.F.L. partner

    9
    51
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    ASAMI

    107A "Same with me"

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    45
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    NESTS

    122A Hives, e.g.

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    127
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    FAT

    105D Bacon runoff

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    116
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    NEAP

    41D Kind of tide

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    114
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    PENN

    7D Southernmost Ivy

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    79
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    DADS

    51A Root beer brand since 1937

    8
    64
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    TAPE

    5A "Police Line - Do Not Cross" material

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    124
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    STYX

    110D Boundary between the earth and the underworld, in myth

    7
    111
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    WEAR

    84A Sport

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    68
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    SIX

    35D Boxcars half

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    52
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    NAIF

    28A Wide-eyed type

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    31
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    RPG

    73D Dungeons & Dragons, e.g., for short

    7
    17
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    RULE

    85D Be absolutely awesome

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    100
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    PIANO

    123A Forte's opposite

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    88
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    KITE

    101A High flier

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    59
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    ALGORE

    97D Notable whose name is an anagram of GALORE

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    44
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    CCED

    37D Looped in, in a way

    5
    25
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    ERM

    24D "Uhh ..."

    5
    10
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    TRIP

    64D Orbitz booking

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    94
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    OCALA

    21A Florida city whose name ends with two state postal abbreviations

    4
    82
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    ORNOT

    119A "... but I could be wrong"

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    64
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    TACH

    19A R.p.m. indicator

    4
    37
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    CAPN

    38D Skipper, informally

    4
    35
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    CHOW

    65D Grub

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    28
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    DELTA

    87A Widening of the mouth?

    3
    91
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    NOME

    83D 1899 gold rush destination

    3
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    SERAPE

    18D It's a wrap

    3
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    PACER

    26A Hoosier hoopster

    3
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    RAISIN

    11D Trail mix bit

    3
    23
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    VOWEL

    113A Rarity in a Polish name?

    3
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    BPLUS

    14A Blemish for a straight-A student

    3
    10
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    RYAN

    120A Reynolds of "Deadpool"

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    HYPE

    66D Build up

    2
    51
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    NADER

    56D Politician inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame

    2
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    ELPASO

    12D Title city in a 1960 #1 song

    2
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    ELDEST

    102A Firstborn

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    ALOP

    108D Cockeyed

    2
    34
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    DENEB

    93D Supergiant in Cygnus

    2
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    STASIS

    34A Equilibrium

    2
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    CIGS

    38A Butts

    2
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    UPSANDDOWNS

    67D Fickleness of life

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    4
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    ELMER

    45A Bugs's cartoon pursuer

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    ROZ

    49D The New Yorker cartoonist Chast

    1
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    LLANO

    80D Treeless plain

    1
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    TRAMS

    40D Places for conductors

    1
    25
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    ACR

    10D Down's counterpart: Abbr.

    1
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    WEI

    76A Early Chinese dynasty

    1
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    MATURE

    100D Emotionally developed

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    XING

    86A RR ___

    1
    14
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    NUDIE

    89A Racy film

    1
    11
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    ENDASH

    8D Hyphen's longer cousin

    1
    9
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    SAYST

    29A "What ___ thou?"

    1
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    GRAZE

    69A Eat a little here, a little there

    1
    8
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    DIEZ

    52D Number between nueve and once

    1
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    HICCUP

    36A Minor setback

    1
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    NEWMOM

    32A One reading up on infant care, maybe

    1
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    ARB

    91D Wall St. worker

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    PAREE

    9A Gay ___

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    DRT

    68A Richard Gere title role

    0
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    PBA

    15D Kegler's org.

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    MICAH

    47A Book after Jonah

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    SITED

    25D Positioned

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    USESUP

    17D Depletes

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    ORIANA

    99D Journalist Fallaci

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    DEPORT

    27A Expatriate

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    11
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    HEAVEN

    96D A state of rapture

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    CHURL

    65A Mean-spirited sort

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    9
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    URBANA

    103A University of Illinois city

    0
    9
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    OAFISH

    104A Lumbering, say

    0
    8
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    SCAPEGOAT

    3D Fall guy

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    8
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    SHELLAC

    30D Lambaste

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    8
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    HUMERI

    98D Some arm bones

    0
    7
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    PRESUME

    72A Take for granted

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    7
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    BAPTISM

    14D Event for Jesus described in Matthew 3:13-17

    0
    6
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    TOTUP

    58D Tally, in Britain

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    6
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    SMALLOJ

    43D Breakfast order at a diner

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    5
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    AMETHYSTS

    82D February birthstones

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    4
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    DMX

    44A "Party Up (Up in Here)" rapper, 2000

    0
    4
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    LEGISLATE

    81D Put on an act?

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    4
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    MAACO

    33D Auto repair chain

    0
    4
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    DESALTS

    90D Makes potable, in a way

    0
    3
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    SALLYS

    111A Actresses Field and Hawkins

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    3
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    SEXISTS

    71D Demeaners of the #MeToo movement, say

    0
    3
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    THROWS

    4D Loses intentionally

    0
    3
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    CATHER

    63A Willa who wrote "My Ántonia"

    0
    2
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    EATENINTO

    2D Corroded

    0
    2
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    ISAPTTO

    92D Probably will

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    2
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    POTFARM debut

    9D Agricultural locale that's weed-friendly?

    0
    2
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    RAGEDAT

    59D Vituperated

    0
    2
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    SEAOOZE

    62A Ocean buildup

    0
    2
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    FATHERINONESCAPE debut

    39A Parent wearing your Superman costume?

    0
    1
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    HADLESSHORSEMANE debut

    96A Was harder for the bronco buster to hold on to?

    0
    1
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    HYPNOS debut

    70A Greek god of sleep

    0
    1
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    JETEPROPELLEDPLAN debut

    78A Ballet choreography?

    0
    1
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    KILLER debut

    101D ___ whale

    0
    1
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    LACUCARACHA debut

    16D Popular Mexican folk song

    0
    1
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    LEASTBUTNOTLAST debut

    115A Like the digit "0" in 2018?

    0
    1
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    NOTEAMOMENTTOSPAR debut

    54A Script suggestion about starting the fight scene?

    0
    1
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    STARESANDSTRIPS debut

    23A Makes eye contact before undressing?

    0
    1
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    TESTOFTIME debut

    5D What the classics stand

    0
    1
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    WETSEASONS debut

    76D Monsoons

    0
    1