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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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    ALE

    69A Cakes and ___ (simple material pleasures)

    59
    570
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    ASS

    83D Pompous sort

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    409
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    ERR

    100A Go off

    54
    522
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    EEL

    77A Elusive sort

    53
    487
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    ISEE

    8D "Mm-hmm"

    36
    360
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    OAR

    16A Dugout propeller

    36
    331
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    SIR

    15D "Kind ___" (term of politeness)

    35
    271
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    STAN

    60D Hall-of-Famer Musial

    31
    228
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    ADD

    87D Throw in

    27
    224
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    OPT

    30D Make a decision

    27
    211
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    ALAS

    99A "Sad to say ..."

    26
    321
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    ERASE

    100D Make blank

    24
    295
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    SRO

    36D Hit sign

    24
    251
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    YETI

    104D Legendary humanoid

    22
    127
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    TIA

    56A ___ Maria (coffee liqueur)

    20
    144
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    BRO

    22A ___ hug

    18
    147
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    ELO

    93D "Xanadu" band, briefly

    17
    250
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    IMP

    59A Small pain

    17
    166
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    ORO

    41A ___ y Plata (Montana's motto)

    16
    231
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    TADA

    50A "Look at me - I did it!"

    16
    138
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    OHO

    40D "Look what I found!"

    15
    148
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    CHE

    9D Narrator of "Evita"

    14
    162
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    HANOI

    21A Site of a 2019 Trump/Kim meeting

    14
    120
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    TUB

    89A Unwieldy boat

    12
    81
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    SNEER

    24A Not a nice look

    11
    139
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    ELKS

    5D ___ Lodge

    11
    103
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    RIB

    116A Barbecue bone

    10
    113
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    TAOS

    34D New Mexico county or its seat

    10
    103
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    ONICE

    6A Chilling

    10
    91
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    ESO

    112A "___ Beso" (Paul Anka hit)

    9
    141
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    TUNE

    31A A singer can carry one

    9
    84
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    NIN

    74A Rock band with the 1994 4x platinum album "The Downward Spiral," for short

    8
    117
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    STUD

    60A Upright building support

    8
    84
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    ARENAS

    72A Hockey venues

    8
    82
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    TAPE

    34A Tailor's tool

    7
    124
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    LPS

    65A "Flowers" and "Sticky Fingers" for the Stones

    7
    101
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    RAGS

    88A Symbol of poverty

    7
    60
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    VEER

    67D Turn sharply

    7
    59
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    HASP

    12D Trunk fastener

    6
    73
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    LEPER

    98D Outcast

    6
    34
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    IVES

    55A Saint in a children's rhyme

    5
    96
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    AWARD

    81A Bestow

    5
    57
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    AKRON

    111A Where the Firestone tire company was founded

    5
    56
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    ARTSY

    119A Like the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan

    5
    52
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    AUG

    85D 8/

    5
    46
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    ARARAT

    95D Peak in Genesis

    4
    87
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    OILY

    78A Smooth-talking

    4
    79
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    LOOM

    42A Aid in tapestry-making

    4
    70
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    PRY

    33A Ask too-personal questions

    4
    68
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    MOOSE

    114A Bull ___

    4
    50
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    TONAL

    56D Related to pitches

    4
    49
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    YIELD

    63D Farmer's concern

    4
    46
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    EBBED

    118A Went back, as a tide

    4
    37
  54. 54
    COTS

    39D Hotel rollouts

    4
    35
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    LOTTA

    70A Buncha

    4
    26
  56. 56
    KRONA

    48A Stockholm stock unit

    4
    24
  57. 57
    OREL

    101A Dodgers broadcaster Hershiser

    3
    115
  58. 58
    RAVE

    49D High praise

    3
    115
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    RAMP

    58D Intensify, with "up"

    3
    80
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    ELLS

    32A Some plumbing joints

    3
    76
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    NOB

    110D Head, in slang

    3
    59
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    ATLANTA

    51D Home of Spelman College

    3
    50
  63. 63
    SALA

    106D Hacienda room

    3
    47
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    FATS

    84D Domino, familiarly

    3
    42
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    DEPP

    73A Wonka portrayer

    3
    39
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    ORGS

    78D List for charitable givers, for short

    3
    37
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    GLOB

    105D Shapeless mass

    3
    30
  68. 68
    OKSURE

    6D "All right, why not"

    3
    10
  69. 69
    ACUTE

    113A Sharp

    2
    83
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    TOAT

    54A Precisely

    2
    55
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    ARENOT

    17D Playground comeback

    2
    25
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    ROSEN

    18D Nevada senator Jacky

    2
    23
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    FETID

    117A Awful-smelling

    2
    18
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    CHASER

    11D Drink after drink?

    2
    15
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    PARSED

    92D Analyzed

    2
    9
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    ELHI

    102A K-12

    1
    86
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    UTNE

    79A ___ Reader (quarterly magazine)

    1
    80
  78. 78
    ADLAI

    64A Big name in 1950s politics

    1
    64
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    UVULA

    47D Something seen with a tiny flashlight

    1
    34
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    PELOSI

    90D See 7-Down

    1
    23
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    OBTUSE

    16D Thickheaded

    1
    20
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    GRETEL

    57A Sister in a children's story

    1
    18
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    OLDIES

    62D Popular radio format

    1
    18
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    ALLELE

    2D Variant of a gene

    1
    17
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    MAUDE

    1A Top 10-rated sitcom each season from 1972 to 1976

    1
    17
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    SACHS

    86A Goldman's partner in banking

    1
    15
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    MESMER

    1D Physician Franz who coined the term "animal magnetism"

    1
    14
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    MELONS

    96D They have thick skins

    1
    13
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    RESHAPE

    37A Mold into something new

    1
    13
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    NANCY

    7D With 90-Down, first woman to lead a major party in Congress

    1
    11
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    RESTSON

    35A Uses as a perch

    1
    10
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    PLENTY

    97D Good supply

    1
    8
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    RCADOME

    88D Former Indianapolis sports venue

    1
    8
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    FRAYED

    94D Loose around the edges

    1
    7
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    EARGASM debut

    10D Tremendous auditory pleasure, in slang

    1
    5
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    LETSDIE

    98A Doesn't bring up again, say

    1
    5
  97. 97
    DEALING

    52D Business transaction

    1
    4
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    GRAYSCALE

    105A Colorless mode at a copy shop

    1
    3
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    ARB

    38D Wall St. professional

    0
    38
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    PERI

    80A Prefix with scope

    0
    35
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    ALIENEE

    53D Property recipient, legally

    0
    34
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    LEANT

    115A Tilted, in Stilton

    0
    20
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    CANED

    61D Like some porch chairs

    0
    19
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    CHITS

    11A Payment vouchers

    0
    15
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    ELSOL

    19A Mexico City daily

    0
    14
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    GOSPEL

    29A Absolute truth

    0
    14
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    HOBOS

    43A Itinerant sorts

    0
    14
  108. 108
    WAF

    108D Mil. program discontinued in 1976

    0
    10
  109. 109
    LIEDER

    42D Schubert compositions

    0
    9
  110. 110
    ONLAY

    109A Bit of dental work

    0
    9
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    RAPSTAR

    46D Drake, for one

    0
    8
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    USUALS

    3D Unsurprising people to show up

    0
    8
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    FLYROD

    103A Casting choice

    0
    7
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    KINGS

    48D What cowboys are, in poker lingo

    0
    7
  115. 115
    SLUNK

    23A Moved stealthily, colloquially

    0
    6
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    ATHROB

    91D Pulsating

    0
    5
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    ATTESTED

    26D Sworn (to)

    0
    5
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    COMPOTE

    45D Dessert with a sugary syrup

    0
    4
  119. 119
    KASHA

    20A Dish of cooked buckwheat

    0
    4
  120. 120
    SPYSTORY

    68D John le Carré specialty

    0
    4
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    INPERSON

    13D Not remotely

    0
    3
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    PORTWINES

    107A Strong servings with dessert

    0
    3
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    STILLUP

    44D Burning the midnight oil

    0
    3
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    THISISIT

    71D "No turning back now"

    0
    3
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    UTAHNS

    75A Many Jazz fans

    0
    3
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    DONTSHOUT

    4D "Inside voices, please"

    0
    2
  127. 127
    FOGLAMP

    94A Bright light in inclement conditions

    0
    2
  128. 128
    MEATSAUCE debut

    27A Hearty pasta topping

    0
    2
  129. 129
    TOILETBAG debut

    14D Traveler's holder of bathroom supplies

    0
    2
  130. 130
    APPOSITE debut

    28D Fitting

    0
    1
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    ASPIRATES debut

    25A Pronounces breathily

    0
    1
  132. 132
    CASTROSTREET debut

    39A Historic San Francisco thoroughfare

    0
    1
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    CONVOY debut

    61A Travel group

    0
    1
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    FREDSAVAGE debut

    84A "The Wonder Years" star

    0
    1
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    PAIDRESPECTS debut

    90A Visited out of deference (to)

    0
    1
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    SACRIFICE debut

    76D [See note]

    0
    1
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    SCRUBSUITS debut

    44A Outfits in the operating room

    0
    1
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    TELEVANGELISM debut

    66A Some Sunday broadcasting

    0
    1
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    UVBLOCKER debut

    79D Sunscreen ingredient

    0
    1
  140. 140
    WHEELNUT debut

    82D Something removed when changing a tire

    0
    1