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Sunday · 134 answers · 19 debuts

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

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    ATE

    27A Corroded

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    598
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    ACE

    35A Standout

    57
    493
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    ANT

    95D Aesop's "The ___ and the Grasshopper"

    45
    401
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    EMO

    11D Full of broodiness, say

    43
    256
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    AHA

    21D "Of course!"

    40
    379
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    ETS

    6D Ewoks or Jawas, in brief

    37
    319
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    ERS

    91A Common filler words

    33
    284
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    ETAL

    73D List-ending abbr.

    32
    327
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    IRIS

    5D "Black ___," Georgia O'Keeffe painting at the Met

    26
    225
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    ATOM

    109A Small matter

    23
    266
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    IAN

    100A Novelist McEwan

    23
    260
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    SAG

    61A Show overuse, as a sofa

    22
    191
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    OED

    64D Classic work whose "shorter" version comes in two vols.

    22
    141
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    IFS

    68A Provisions

    21
    112
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    ROT

    108D Go bad

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    214
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    RARE

    39D Like albino alligators

    19
    257
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    EDNA

    73A ___ Mode, woman in "The Incredibles"

    19
    245
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    SAN

    99D ___ Marino

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    182
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    HAS

    56A Laughs and laughs

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    175
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    OLES

    96A Praise for a picador

    17
    130
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    DELI

    74D Scale site

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    152
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    NOM

    55D Actor's honor, informally

    14
    96
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    RAH

    12D Cheerleader's cheer

    13
    215
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    AUTO

    98D Taurus or Touareg

    13
    165
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    OSCAR

    88A One of 26 for Walt Disney

    13
    145
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    TOSS

    79D Turn's partner

    12
    139
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    RHEA

    49D Bird named for a Titan

    11
    133
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    IBIS

    17D One of the first birds released by Noah after the flood, in legend

    11
    100
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    MED

    70A ___ school

    11
    90
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    COO

    10D Aviary sound

    10
    144
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    NAB

    105D Catch

    10
    136
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    REBA

    22A Country's McEntire

    10
    132
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    RILE

    41D Work (up)

    10
    130
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    ARMOR

    48A Suit that's hard to get into

    10
    76
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    PORE

    112A Bead source

    10
    75
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    FAR

    75A Word repeated in the openings of "Star Wars" movies

    9
    110
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    TGIF

    15A End-of-week cry

    9
    98
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    KAT

    24D Krazy ___ of the comics

    8
    101
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    POL

    84D D.C. insider

    8
    99
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    AIMS

    48D Goals

    8
    73
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    FAST

    75D Fleet

    8
    69
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    GTOS

    67D Classic Pontiacs

    8
    65
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    TYKE

    34D Little 'un

    8
    53
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    YAP

    102D Go on and on

    7
    75
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    FIN

    107D Ominous sight at a beach

    7
    64
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    ECG

    31D Hosp. readout

    7
    28
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    GRU

    106D "Despicable Me" protagonist

    7
    20
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    INT

    9D It might result in a defensive TD

    6
    139
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    YEAS

    42D Things needed in passing?

    6
    71
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    RUES

    57A French city grid

    6
    53
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    UNIX

    25A Operating system developed at Bell Labs

    6
    43
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    POOH

    76D When doubled, dismiss out of hand

    4
    67
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    TSOS

    40D General ___ chicken

    4
    40
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    UMS

    92A Common filler words

    4
    34
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    ALOHAS

    81A Island greetings

    4
    32
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    YURI

    102A Cosmonaut Gagarin

    4
    31
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    ELAL

    30A Travel option for Birthright trips

    3
    197
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    EMAILS

    62A They may have attachments

    3
    30
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    NORMAL

    93A "If you are always trying to be ___, you will never know how amazing you can be": Maya Angelou

    3
    26
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    MAESTRO

    63D Whiz

    3
    23
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    POSEAS

    8D Impersonate

    3
    14
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    TOASTER

    79A Pop-up site

    3
    13
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    BEAKS

    46A Bills

    3
    12
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    TOG

    34A Dress (up)

    2
    53
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    BASSI

    78D Low voices

    2
    32
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    HAJ

    59A It's a trek

    2
    32
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    BUTTE

    1D Isolated hill

    2
    31
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    HADAT

    59D Attacked

    2
    29
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    ALIBIS

    89D Suspect statements?

    2
    27
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    MARES

    94D ___-nest

    2
    27
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    BOSE

    101D Big name in speakers

    2
    24
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    EREBUS

    33D Largest active Antarctic volcano

    2
    15
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    SELFIE

    47A Many a Snapchat posting

    2
    15
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    MAROON

    63A Strand

    2
    8
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    SEEMS

    97D Is for all intents and purposes

    1
    44
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    SCALD

    52D Spill coffee on, maybe

    1
    32
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    TENSES

    114A They vary from past to present

    1
    31
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    DAG

    65A Hammarskjöld once of the U.N.

    1
    26
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    SMITH

    7D One of academia's Seven Sisters

    1
    26
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    FAX

    18D Kind of number not much seen nowadays

    1
    24
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    OUTSET

    86D Get-go

    1
    17
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    COOPT

    82A Take over

    1
    14
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    ENHALO

    2D Surround with light

    1
    13
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    TESTBAN

    77A Antinuclear treaty topic

    1
    13
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    SEABEDS

    28A Sunken ship sites

    1
    9
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    BLIGE

    101A Grammy winner Mary J. ___

    1
    8
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    SLAPON

    71D Apply haphazardly

    1
    8
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    REGLUE

    90D Fix, as a model plane

    1
    3
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    LIFESTOOSHORT debut

    85A "No, that game would be over in a flash"

    1
    2
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    PLEASEDONTGO debut

    76A "I'm begging you, let's not play that game!"

    1
    2
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    SORRYNOTSORRY debut

    38A "My sincerest apologies, but that game is off the table"

    1
    2
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    IDI

    104D Tyrant Amin

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    ETHANE

    31A Natural gas component

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    TYPES

    83A Info in dating profiles

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    ANGE

    66D Image on the ceiling of la chapelle Sixtine

    0
    21
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    TRIODE

    87D Old vacuum tube

    0
    18
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    COROLLA

    53A What's plucked in "she loves me, she loves me not"

    0
    16
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    ISI

    60A "It ___" ("Who's there?" reply)

    0
    15
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    ONEBC

    36A Turning point in history

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    15
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    KEYES

    80A Daniel who wrote "Flowers for Algernon"

    0
    12
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    TAFTS

    26A Onetime White House family

    0
    9
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    BASER

    29D More villainous

    0
    8
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    LESABRE

    51A Old Buick

    0
    8
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    UNHURT

    19A O.K. to play, in a way

    0
    6
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    OSMIUM

    111A Densest natural element

    0
    5
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    DIGUP

    43A Unearth

    0
    4
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    FATHERTIME

    69D He's often pictured carrying an hourglass

    0
    4
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    THEFAN

    3D 1996 Robert De Niro/Wesley Snipes psychological thriller

    0
    4
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    ARTISTA

    98A Frida Kahlo, por ejemplo

    0
    3
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    BETTIE

    1A ___ Page, the Queen of Pinups

    0
    3
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    BIREMES

    37D Vessels seen in 2004's "Troy"

    0
    3
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    NEEDARIDE

    110A "Looking to go somewhere?"

    0
    3
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    TURTLEDOVE

    4D Bird in a holiday song

    0
    3
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    UNISONS

    13D Synchronized states

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    3
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    BIGEGO

    14D Narcissist's quality

    0
    2
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    COMAKER

    82D Secondary loan signer

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    2
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    MEREMORTALS

    58A People vis-à-vis gods

    0
    2
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    NOBALLS

    32D Penalties for illegal bowls in cricket

    0
    2
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    ASKINGFORTROUBLE debut

    103A "I've finally decided! I'm ..."

    0
    1
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    CAJOLERY debut

    53D Blandishment

    0
    1
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    GENDERFLUIDITY debut

    16D M->F->M, e.g.

    0
    1
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    HARDSET debut

    56D Rigid

    0
    1
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    IHAVENTACLUE debut

    54A "We can't play that game unless we borrow someone else's"

    0
    1
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    INJOKES debut

    60D They're shared among friends

    0
    1
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    MARGINSOFERROR debut

    50D Polling calculations

    0
    1
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    MONOMANIA debut

    20A Obsession with a single subject

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    1
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    ONESCOLUMN debut

    72D It comes just before a period

    0
    1
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    PEATIER debut

    45D More smoky, as Scotch

    0
    1
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    SADDLEJOINT debut

    71A Bone connection with convex and concave fittings

    0
    1
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    SPICERUB debut

    7A Flavorful meat coating

    0
    1
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    THERISKISTOOHIGH debut

    23A "We can't play that game - I can't reach it on our shelf!"

    0
    1
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    TRIBUNES debut

    113A Officials in ancient Rome

    0
    1
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    TRUECOLORS debut

    15D Who you really are

    0
    1
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    ULTRAMAN debut

    44D Supervillain in DC Comics

    0
    1