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Sunday · 136 answers · 13 debuts

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

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    EEL

    78A One of the fish in Italy's Feast of the Seven Fishes

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    ANTE

    44D Up the ___

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    ETSY

    115A Website for handmade items

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    RNA

    69A Cell material

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    APE

    31D Parrot

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    RAE

    57D Issa who wrote "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl"

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    ADA

    11D ___-compliant

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    ODES

    67D Poems of admiration

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    ASEA

    25A Going coast to coast, maybe

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    APSE

    11A Part of a chapel

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    SAGA

    41A The "Odyssey," for one

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    CHER

    28A Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award winner

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    ORO

    46D ___ Valley, Ariz.

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    STS

    65D Duane and Reade, in N.Y.C.

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    REDS

    111A Ohio nine

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    IDES

    35A February 13, e.g.

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    LAT

    61A Major California paper, for short

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    PSY

    107D "Gangnam Style" rapper

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    ENID

    103A Geraint's love in "Idylls of the King"

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    AREAS

    55A Provinces

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    OOHS

    37D Thrilled cries

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    REEK

    68D Stink

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    EMOTE

    20A Act over the top

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    PEAS

    6D Subject of early genetics research

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    SHAG

    34D Thick rug style

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    ECOL

    22A Natl. Audubon Society concern

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    STARR

    5D Fab Four name

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    ICIER

    16D More aloof

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    DETER

    10D Frighten (from)

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    STASH

    90A Secret store

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    OPENS

    117A Blooms

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    ANOS

    66D Years, in Madrid

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    SOPS

    104D Concessions

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    HASAT

    19A Lays into

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    SSR

    87D Georgia, once: Abbr.

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    DOER

    21A Executor

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    ANIME

    77A Cartoon style

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    BON

    54A When doubled, a dessert

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    NOLIE

    49D "Honest!"

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    SEETHE

    13D Boil

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    SLYLY

    18D How cheaters deal cards

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    CATE

    92A Actress Blanchett

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    ASTIR

    60D Moving about

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    ERASER

    14D Occasional aid in crossword solving

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    ASTUTE

    3D Sharp-minded

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    FRANC

    62D Money in Geneva

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    SINK

    114A What hearts do when things look bad

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    SKYS

    82A "The ___ in love with you" (misheard lyric in a Herb Alpert hit)

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    STUMP

    112A Place for a candidate to speak

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    LOAD

    40A Laundry basketful

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    DOOM

    39A Make toast?

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    ENTERS

    95D Writes in

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    HINDI

    97D Language from which "dungarees" comes

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    NIBS

    15A Bits of roasted cocoa beans

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    RAINCOAT

    57A Sartorial choice for Lieutenant Columbo

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    ENNE

    85A Gendered suffix

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    HAG

    45D "Hansel and Gretel" character

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    BMI

    109D Royalty-focused grp.

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    MARX

    84A Influence on Castro and Mao

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    FDIC

    110A Banking org. since 1933

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    LIMOS

    52D Line at an awards show

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    GNASH

    99D Grind

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    SAYNO

    101D Turn down an offer

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    WOMAN

    33D Year of the ___ (2018)

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    ETCHES

    9D Draws on glass, say

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    BORAT

    17D Title film character with the catchphrase "Very nice!"

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    OEUVRE

    88D Work of a lifetime

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    PACED

    6A Measured with steps

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    VSOP

    106A Cognac letters

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    GMO

    71D Non-___ (food label)

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    SNOOTS

    56A Toffee-nosed sorts

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    TBONDS

    74A 30-year investments, informally

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    RRS

    79A Monopoly foursome: Abbr.

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    GOAD

    50D Provoke

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    DREAM

    75D Be unrealistic

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    SYNS

    76D Destiny and fate, e.g.: Abbr.

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    SHINTO

    90D Traditional religion of Japan

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    GARY

    51D SpongeBob's pet snail

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    HETERO

    32A Straight

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    SACHET

    48D Pouch at the bottom of an armoire

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    ESOBESO

    86A Classic song with the lyric "I love your kiss"

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    WIRY

    26A Like many a distance runner

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    AMF

    7D Letters on some bowling lanes

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    HOPIS

    116A Southwest tribe

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    CLAMS

    1A Moolah

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    INHAND

    81D Under control

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    CHICHI

    1D In style and letting everyone know it

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    WASI

    80D "So ___" (words of agreement)

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    COACHK

    8D Duke basketball legend, informally

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    SMIDGE

    70A Teensy bit

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    TIDYUP

    91D Unclutter

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    ASLOPE

    93D Not level

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    ARKIN

    98D Alan of "The In-Laws"

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    BASSET

    89D Kind of hound

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    NOPAR

    113A Stock valuation phrase

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    EADS

    64D ___ Bridge (historic span across the Mississippi)

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    ITSADEAL

    30A "Agreed!"

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    TOAMAN

    94D Unanimously

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    CARHOP

    92D Job at a drive-in joint

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    THRONE

    74D High chair?

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    TOOHOT

    24D One of Goldilocks's complaints

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    GOTCHA

    59A "O.K., I see"

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    INKA

    105A "___ Dinka Doo" (theme song of Jimmy Durante)

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    EEW

    72D "Yuck"

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    GOAS

    43D Dress like for a Halloween bash

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    LASHED

    2D Whipped

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    METHODS

    84D Techniques

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    ORIENTATE

    67A Get situated, in Britspeak

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    SNARLAT

    104A Menace with teeth exposed

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    HOOKS

    36A Some punches

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    INHUMANE

    53D Cruel

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    POSITED

    12D Not yet proven

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    WAIFS

    96D Homeless children

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    ABOUNDIN

    42D Teem with

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    ASASON

    100A How Vito Corleone treated Tom Hagen in "The Godfather"

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    GLI

    51A The, in Milan

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    CHEERED

    38A Yelled "S, P, I, R, I, T! - spirit!," say

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    CHURROS debut

    27A Spanish pastries often dipped in chocolate

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    COOING

    58D Talking to a baby, maybe

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    DISHONOR

    39D Shame

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    MAHRES

    4D Twins Phil and Steve who won gold and silver in Sarajevo

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    SETBACK

    83D Hinder

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    DELTOIDS

    73A Shoulder muscles

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    ISTHATAFACT

    23A Copy editor

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    NEWDADS debut

    15D Ones handing out cigars, stereotypically

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    RECONS debut

    29D Some drone missions, in short

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    AIRBRUSH debut

    102A Pretty up, as a photo

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    ANYBODYHOME debut

    108A Baseball scorekeeper

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    FARMHOUSE debut

    62A It may have corn on the side

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    HOWSITHANGING debut

    45A Museum curator

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    LITTERBOX debut

    40D Where to get the latest poop?

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    WETWILLY debut

    47D Moistened finger in another's ear

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    WHATSEATINGHIM debut

    96A Parasitologist

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    WHERESTHEPARTY debut

    33A Political strategist

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    WHOSCRYINGNOW debut

    80A Maternity room nurse

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    WHOSESIDEAREYOUON debut

    63A Football line judge

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