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Sunday · 140 answers · 12 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

    117D Middle-earth quaff

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    570
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    ERR

    48A Go wrong

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    522
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    EEL

    45A Cause of a shocking Amazon charge?

    53
    487
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    TSA

    110D Airport grp.

    52
    188
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    ORE

    11D Galena, e.g.

    48
    581
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    EON

    24D The Phanerozoic, e.g., in geology

    43
    343
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    AHA

    77A "I see it now"

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    379
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    TNT

    13D Purchase for Wile E. Coyote

    38
    338
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    EAT

    107D Down

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    399
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    NOR

    12D "... ___ a lender be"

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    332
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    ETON

    27A Alma mater of George Orwell and Henry Fielding

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    282
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    NTH

    99A Last in a series, perhaps

    30
    251
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    ENO

    91A Musician Brian

    29
    285
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    ARM

    95A Branch

    27
    264
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    HER

    59A "I saw ___ duck" (classic ambiguous sentence)

    27
    237
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    ETE

    41A Verano, across the Pyrénées

    24
    320
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    ETCH

    34D Mark indelibly

    23
    174
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    URSA

    124A ___ Minor

    22
    190
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    TIP

    4D Word of advice

    22
    126
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    REDO

    92A Option in an Edit menu

    20
    173
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    PER

    85A The second "p" in p.p.m.

    19
    270
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    USER

    122A End ___

    19
    246
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    EEK

    38A "Yikes!"

    19
    163
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    MAC

    116D The banker in the Beatles' "Penny Lane" never wears one in the pouring rain (very strange!)

    19
    133
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    SOLO

    88D Do a star turn

    18
    135
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    HUE

    119D Shade

    17
    121
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    EAU

    93A Loire filler

    16
    203
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    OARS

    113A Several of them could be used in a row

    16
    154
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    FIR

    121D Tree that starts fires?

    16
    101
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    HON

    114A Dear

    15
    121
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    DECO

    42A Art ___

    15
    97
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    WHO

    55A Lead-in to -ville in children's literature

    15
    89
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    SCAN

    83D Check out

    14
    149
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    SLEW

    6A Myriad

    14
    115
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    EAVE

    19A Roof part

    13
    164
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    SLO

    5D ___-mo

    12
    185
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    ICARE

    106D Words to a dejected friend

    12
    45
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    LEAP

    21A Vault

    11
    103
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    OLLIE

    37A Basic skate trick

    11
    96
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    ORDER

    44D See 43-Down

    11
    88
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    FEW

    23D Not many

    11
    61
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    ODIE

    54D Comics character often kicked off a table

    10
    153
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    AREAS

    109D Domains

    10
    147
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    AARON

    20A "___ Burr, Sir" ("Hamilton" song)

    10
    133
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    YEAR

    67D MIX, for one

    10
    126
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    WED

    9D Tie the knot

    10
    115
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    ISAY

    64A "My word!"

    10
    99
  48. 48
    LIST

    78A Lean

    10
    86
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    LGA

    112A Big Apple airport code

    10
    70
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    CTRL

    47A ___-V ("paste" on a PC)

    10
    43
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    SEETO

    80D Look after

    9
    86
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    SATAN

    76A Fire man?

    9
    81
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    JLO

    118D Eponymous 2001 #1 album

    9
    45
  54. 54
    DENY

    62A Refuse to admit

    8
    90
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    RTES

    90D GPS suggestions: Abbr.

    7
    128
  56. 56
    BEDS

    82A Garden plots

    7
    73
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    APRIL

    18A End of oyster season

    7
    66
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    ITALIA

    96A Central region of the Roman Empire

    7
    40
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    SIDE

    31D Faction

    6
    94
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    PARE

    57A Trim, with "down"

    6
    92
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    FRET

    52D Fuss

    6
    77
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    SHOD

    58A Protected, as feet

    6
    73
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    KNEW

    70D Had down

    6
    68
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    THETA

    49D Angle symbol in geometry

    6
    57
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    KEEP

    39D Not go bad

    6
    55
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    TENTS

    53D Rough housing

    6
    46
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    WONT

    10A Habit

    6
    40
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    TREKS

    60A Long hikes

    6
    29
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    WASABI

    10D Flavoring for snack peas

    6
    29
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    CEOS

    127A Co. heads

    5
    73
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    SETTO

    6D Quarrel

    5
    73
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    PERE

    126A Pops up in France?

    5
    62
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    ACHED

    66D Was sore

    5
    54
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    MAYA

    74A Architect Lin

    5
    46
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    SCUBA

    61D Diver's accouterments

    5
    31
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    COURT

    43D With 44-Down, judge's mandate

    5
    19
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    SIB

    26A Kim to Kourtney, or Kourtney to Khloé

    4
    69
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    SEEME

    101A Terse summons

    4
    54
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    NALA

    69D Voice role for Beyoncé in 2019's "The Lion King"

    4
    51
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    YEARN

    63D Thirst (for)

    4
    49
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    BINGE

    29A Quickly go through the seasons, say

    4
    25
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    IGLOOS

    97D Some brick houses

    4
    24
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    LUTES

    35D Old strings

    4
    21
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    RITUAL

    40A Brewing one's morning coffee, e.g.

    4
    20
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    ERGS

    14A Pieces of work?

    3
    84
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    ESTS

    128A Rough amts.

    3
    42
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    RAJA

    84A Indian title

    3
    41
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    ELFIN

    14D Diminutive

    3
    40
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    TIDAL

    81D ___ pool

    3
    39
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    SUDS

    56A Beer, slangily

    3
    34
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    WHIM

    55D Impulse

    3
    26
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    WREST

    129A Seize (from)

    3
    23
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    REINDEER

    15D Package deliverers of the present day?

    3
    14
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    ERNEST

    104D ___ Rutherford, a.k.a. the Father of Nuclear Physics

    2
    57
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    EPOCH

    111A The Oligocene, e.g., in geology

    2
    49
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    MARSH

    36D Habitat for a mallow

    2
    36
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    SNAPE

    65D Hogwarts potions professor

    2
    27
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    ASFOR

    20D Regarding

    2
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    LAHORE

    7D Capital of Punjab

    2
    21
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    FUND

    75A Bankroll

    2
    14
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    STACK

    71D Serving at a pancake house

    2
    13
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    ASKOF

    51D Request from

    2
    10
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    DEATHSTAR

    108A Massive weapon of sci-fi

    2
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    ANGRY

    98D On the warpath

    1
    31
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    CAJUN

    72D French dialect

    1
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    MAORIS

    103D Native New Zealanders

    1
    21
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    TRIBAL

    3D Like some customs

    1
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    PUTTS

    1A Short strokes

    1
    16
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    SPEEDER

    17D 75+ person?

    1
    10
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    IMRICH

    79D Shout from a lottery winner

    1
    8
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    FIDE

    25A Bona ___

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    ETHANE

    102D Simple hydrocarbon

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    43
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    OFA

    28A Friend ___ friend

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    DONA

    115A "___ nobis pacem" ("Grant us peace": Lat.)

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    ALLOY

    123A Alnico or chromel

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    HORSY

    50D Having a long face, say

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    MINIS

    125A 5x5 crosswords, e.g.

    0
    18
  118. 118
    HEARST

    100D Leader in yellow journalism and an inspiration for "Citizen Kane"

    0
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    PASSGO

    1D What one does not do when sent to jail

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    INARUSH

    73D Hastily

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    UMW

    120D Coal industry org.

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    EASEDUP

    91D Became less severe

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    KNUT

    94A Coin in the Potterverse

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    6
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    EVENKEEL

    8D State of stability

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    INREPOSE

    86D Resting

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    4
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    SEEMSTO

    32D Apparently does

    0
    4
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    UPHILL

    2D Kind of battle

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    4
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    OUTDOORS

    89D "Great" place to be

    0
    2
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    BILLTO debut

    29D Words on an invoice

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    1
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    COMMONER debut

    87D One without a title

    0
    1
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    GADGETRY debut

    16D Fancy gizmos

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    1
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    GLASSWORK debut

    30A Tiffany lampshade, e.g.

    0
    1
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    ICAMEISAWICONCURRED debut

    86A Summary of an easy negotiation?

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    1
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    ITSNOTROCKETTESCIENCE debut

    68A "Our lab studies regular dance moves rather than high-kicking"?

    0
    1
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    LOADEDDIE debut

    46D Imperfect cube

    0
    1
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    MAJORTHOREAUFARE debut

    116A The main food served at Walden Pond?

    0
    1
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    NOBELMINDED debut

    33A Like ambitious scientists?

    0
    1
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    SEMICOLOGNE debut

    105A What a truck driver puts on before a date?

    0
    1
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    SHIPOFTHEDESSERT debut

    22A Cruise that specializes in baked alaska, e.g.?

    0
    1
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    THEMORALEOFTHESTORY debut

    49A How everyone on this floor is feeling?

    0
    1