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Sunday · 140 answers · 14 debuts

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

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    EAR

    87D Organ in the leg of a katydid, bizarrely

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    485
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    ERR

    52D Go wrong

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    522
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    YES

    68A "What is it?"

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    365
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    ECO

    20A "Foucault's Pendulum" author, 1988

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    370
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    NSA

    39D Govt. org. based in Ft. Meade, Md.

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    233
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    ISEE

    46D Stereotypical therapist's response

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    360
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    OAR

    81A What's used to row, row, row your boat

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    331
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    ENO

    67A Obie-winning playwright Will

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    285
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    SASS

    1D What "Talk to the hand!" is an example of

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    202
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    ALL

    40D Word before right or rise

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    299
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    ATTA

    109A Lead-in to boy or girl

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    156
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    ITEM

    27A Couple

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    274
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    ALTO

    113D Prefix with stratus

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    290
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    DOT

    119A Apt name for a Braille instructor

    25
    178
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    RBI

    44A One of four in a grand slam

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    190
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    DRE

    5D Beats by ___ (headphones brand)

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    175
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    AAA

    53A Like baseball's Durham Bulls

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    ROD

    43A Hot ___

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    157
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    ESTEE

    118A Businesswoman Lauder

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    185
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    THE

    89A Italian "il" or French "le"

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    175
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    INA

    123A ___ bit

    17
    178
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    URL

    116D It's used to cite a site

    17
    148
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    ELATE

    124A Overjoy

    16
    182
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    TRUE

    2D Unswerving

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    150
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    OATH

    71D Vow

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    143
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    LAOS

    79A Neighbor of China

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    121
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    SUN

    66A Brightly colored blazer

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    101
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    SENT

    26A Word of confirmation on a messaging app

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    190
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    RAH

    82D Cry of school spirit

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    215
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    DRY

    98A Like sauvignon blanc

    13
    115
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    BED

    11A Word that looks like its meaning when written in lowercase

    13
    113
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    IBM

    36D Watson's company

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    106
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    GLEE

    112D TV show set in William McKinley High School

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    112
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    AQUA

    109D Bluish-green

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    ELKS

    55D Wapitis

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    SALSA

    101D Popular dip

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    98
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    NUN

    9D Sister

    11
    95
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    ROIL

    41D Move turbulently

    11
    88
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    YAK

    90A Prattle

    10
    88
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    ARMOR

    18A Strong suit?

    10
    76
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    NERF

    14A Harmless weapons maker

    10
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    AMAZE

    96D Wow

    9
    70
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    WIN

    35A Triumph

    8
    96
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    SOLAR

    21A Like the Gregorian calendar

    8
    78
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    DUO

    117D Bonnie and Clyde, e.g.

    7
    105
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    ELISE

    15D Stefanik who is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress

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    DORM

    13D College student's assignment

    7
    59
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    BAND

    45D Wedding need ... or booking

    7
    47
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    PRINT

    74A Not use cursive

    7
    32
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    ALGA

    111A Simple plant

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    92
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    STAND

    1A Group of trees

    6
    69
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    LOCAL

    34D Suitable for a dieter, informally

    6
    63
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    STOOD

    32A Wasn't struck down

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    ANGEL

    100D Brat's opposite

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    47
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    YDS

    69D Football units: Abbr.

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    LOA

    94D Mauna ___

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    AHME

    7D "Alas!"

    5
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    RACER

    16D Fast one

    5
    51
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    FRERE

    17D "___ Jacques"

    5
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    DRANO

    49D Pipe cleaner

    5
    38
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    BSIDE

    29D Under half of 45?

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    IDRIS

    56A Actor Elba

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    13
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    LOIRE

    34A Tours can be seen on it

    4
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    JEDI

    108D Some saber wielders

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    48
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    OWNER

    58A One of the o's in "o/o"

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    STOPS

    21D Conductors' announcements

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    33
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    SHOOT

    10D "Try me"

    4
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    ALII

    73D Et ___

    3
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    UPSET

    121A Knock over

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    TIO

    24D Uncle, in Argentina

    3
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    SNUB

    32D Surprising lack of Oscar recognition

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    CELT

    54A Speaker of Welsh or Breton

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    ORK

    65A Mork's planet

    3
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    SPHERE

    33A Realm

    3
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    TROTS

    30A Quickened paces

    3
    30
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    PRAT

    70D Idiot, in Britspeak

    3
    27
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    WHIM

    8D Sudden impulse

    3
    26
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    LAHR

    122A Cowardly Lion portrayer

    2
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    ORI

    31D Brother of Dori and Nori in "The Hobbit"

    2
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    TWIT

    110D Ninny

    2
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    DRAKE

    77A University in Des Moines

    2
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    WORST

    38D Defeat

    2
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    SMALL

    106A Word with wonder or world

    2
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    LAMBS

    103A Some petting zoo animals

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    22
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    STINE

    106D Author of the "Fear Street" series for young readers

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    BRUIN

    120A TD Garden athlete

    2
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    TYPEB

    84D Laid-back

    2
    17
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    RHEAS

    72D Relatives of emus

    2
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    HOLLY

    99A Traditional Christmas decoration

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    KILOTON

    91D Unit of explosive power

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    ALG

    80D North African land: Abbr.

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    OSTEO

    125A Bone: Prefix

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    ASSUME

    100A Jump to conclusions

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    TWICE

    25A A couple of times

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    SMITH

    102D Skilled laborer

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    HAZEL

    78A Greenish-brown hue

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    DAKOTA

    97D Territory name until 1889

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    BRIBE

    105D Bit of corruption

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    PUTTS

    6D Short strokes

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    UHHUH

    19A "Continue"

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    ECUADOR

    12D Country named for its latitude

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    DVDS

    86D Data storage items on the decline

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    NOWISE

    37A Not in any way

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    KUDZU

    62D Rapidly spreading vine

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    NOSTRILS

    4D They're found under a bridge

    1
    5
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    LOVERS debut

    51D Enthusiasts

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    3
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    OCTA

    88A Geometric prefix

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    HYPO

    64D Prefix with allergenic

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    RELEASE

    50A Bit of P.R.

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    SATIATE

    83A Leave fulfilled

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    CORNEA

    54D Part of the eye

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    MEX

    104D Tex-___

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    PAWNS

    6A Potential queens

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    LTCOL

    59A Rank above maj.

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    OHMAN

    93D "That sounds awful"

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    AMENTOTHAT

    3D "I couldn't agree more!"

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    REDDER

    42D Increasingly ripe, say

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    GLITZ

    114A Ostentation

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    BEARON

    11D Be relevant to

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    TATTY

    76D Ragged

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    HITEM

    23D "___ where it hurts!"

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    SCHS

    47A Univs., e.g.

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    CAPSID

    95A Protein shell of a virus

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    COOKIECUTTER

    60D Undistinguished, as many a subdivision house

    0
    2
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    IRONLADY

    57D British Bulldog : Churchill :: ___ : Thatcher

    0
    2
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    OILLAMPS

    88D Frontier lights

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    UNBEND

    63D Get straight

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    2
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    UNIDEAL debut

    85A Less than perfect

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    2
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    WHITESEA debut

    35D Body of water connected by canal to the Baltic

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    2
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    DIVADGOLIATH debut

    92A Showdown in the Bible

    0
    1
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    EKULDARTHVADER debut

    61A Showdown in cinema

    0
    1
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    ETOXIUQWINDMILL debut

    115A Showdown in literature

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    1
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    LIMBOED debut

    48A Bent over backward, in a way

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    1
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    NAMTABJOKER debut

    107A Showdown in comic books

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    1
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    NOCALLLIST debut

    75D Numbers to avoid

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    1
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    NOTLIMAHBURR debut

    39A Showdown in American history

    0
    1
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    NOWWHEREWASI debut

    14D Words after an interruption

    0
    1
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    OIRAMBOWSER debut

    28A Showdown in classic video games

    0
    1
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    SUESEHTMINOTAUR debut

    22A Showdown in Greek mythology

    0
    1
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    YPOONSREDBARON debut

    69A Showdown in the funnies

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    1