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Sunday · 140 answers · 11 debuts

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

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    ETA

    64D Symbol for viscosity, in chemistry

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    ALE

    43D Something North Carolina's Alcohol Law Enforcement regulates, aptly

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    ODE

    118D Something that might accompany a dedication

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    ACE

    5D Nail

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    OLE

    14D Cry with an accent

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    525
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    EEL

    21A Sushi fish that's never served raw

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    IRE

    36A Spleen

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    AHA

    81A "There it is!"

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    NSA

    61D Secretive org.

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    IRS

    60D Fed. agency that helped take down Al Capone

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    TIE

    117D 1-1, for one

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    IDLE

    49D Indolent

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    LEI

    120A Hawaiian word that's also a common Chinese surname

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    ITEM

    36D Article

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    ELLA

    76D "___ Minnow Pea," 2001 novel with an alphabetically punny title

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    UCLA

    22A School with its own ZIP code - 90095

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    MRS

    124A Lead-in to Brown or Robinson in #1 song titles

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    ALAMO

    17D Thrifty competitor

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    NOD

    93D Go-ahead

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    ADDS

    81D Uses sigma notation, in calculus

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    PAT

    39A Rehearsed

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    NEMO

    35A Captain of science fiction

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    IBET

    123A "Like that'll ever happen"

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    REAR

    32D What scared horses do

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    IAGO

    70D Shakespearean schemer

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    EVES

    56A Times before the present?

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    ASAHI

    103D Japan's largest brewer

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    ROAR

    26A 33-Across's sound

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    ACLU

    115A Rights-defending org.

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    DIP

    65D Short swim

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    ASL

    100A In which a single raised pinkie is an "i": Abbr.

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    AVOW

    51D Maintain

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    AQUA

    40D ___ fortis (another name for nitric acid)

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    SNOW

    69D Word before cap or shoe

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    OLLIE

    105D Skateboard jump

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    YEAR

    52D Reading on the dashboard of the DeLorean in "Back to the Future"

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    DEW

    66A It's condensed

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    EDGY

    8D Pushing the envelope

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    SKIT

    57D Improv offering

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    CVS

    63D Walgreens rival

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    TOTO

    58A Revealer of the Wizard

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    AIRS

    68D What phonies put on

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    PSAT

    39D Exam for the college-bound

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    SEAS

    15A Freedom of the ___

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    RODS

    37D 40 make up a furlong

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    DODO

    77D Dummy

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    HEEL

    91D Command to a dog

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    AWW

    34D "That's so sweet!"

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    HMO

    12A Medical insurance grp.

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    ECOLI

    16D Food inspectors test for it

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    HAIR

    119A What locks are made of

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    SARAN

    18D Sticky roll

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    CHAI

    73D Kind of tea

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    WEAN

    113A Detach slowly (from)

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    EDITED

    122A Ready for publication, say

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    ADOBE

    20A Brick material

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    BITE

    46D Ask the obvious question, so to speak

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    SNAIL

    30D One leaving a trail

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    UHUH

    78A "No way, José!"

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    NUTS

    27A "Dang!"

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    HAUL

    82D Tow

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    LOEW

    99D Big name in theaters

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    COTTA

    108D Terra ___

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    FROG

    80A Fairy tale prince, perhaps

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    MOANA

    1D Disney heroine of 2016

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    EMS

    55A Letters on an ambulance

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    WERE

    50D "___ here!"

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    SELMA

    30A 2014 film with the tagline "One dream can change the world"

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    TOWEL

    109D Dry (off)

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    ROM

    9D Letters after CD

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    HURL

    25D Let fly

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    EGGY

    28A Like a soufflé

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    NEHI

    71D Classic pop brand

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    SOLOS

    111A Pilots' flights just after training is finished

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    ATEIT

    112A Face-planted

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    DECAF

    11D Insomniac's order

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    RESALE

    126A Not for ___ (sign)

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    WHEE

    113D "This is fun!"

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    HEROD

    7A Judean king, in Matthew

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    DEIST

    107D Many a founding father, religiously

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    ONEACT

    19A Like a short play

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    YEOW

    47D "Ouch!"

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    LISPS

    106D Imitates Daffy Duck, in a way

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    ZESTS

    3D Cocktail garnishes

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    SKEET

    125A Sport on a range

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    ANC

    83D Nelson Mandela's org.

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    AULD

    54A "___ Lang Syne"

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    SILAS

    86D George Eliot's "___ Marner"

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    IGNORE

    24D Snub

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    BOOP

    114A Hit playfully on the nose, slangily

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    HANGS

    7D Puts up

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    VOCAB

    104D English class quiz subject, informally

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    LOOIE

    53A Whom a warrant officer might report to, informally

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    FAO

    96A ___ Schwarz (toy company)

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    DEBRIS

    102D Flotsam and jetsam

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    PUGS

    72D Flat-faced dogs

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    MRED

    101A Wilbur's partner in an old sitcom

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    GALAS

    85A Events for socialites

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    ANNUL

    2D Invalidate

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    KLM

    116D Airline with a crown in its logo

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    PLIES

    121A Layers

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    AERATOR

    42A Device that keeps fish alive

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    EDUCATE

    95A School

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    MAUNA

    29A ___ Kea

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    PCB

    72A Banned pollutant, for short

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    HEINIE

    12D Tush

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    LEEWAY

    38A Wiggle room

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    SALINAS

    74A West Coast birthplace of John Steinbeck

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    TAPERED

    75A Like some candles

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    ARTOIS

    98D Stella ___ (imported beer)

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    TULIPBULB debut

    41D Noted export from Holland

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    HILO

    84A Big Island city

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    ALSORANS

    31A Losers

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    SPODE

    110D Fine china

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    MENACES

    13D Poses a danger to

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    STREAMER

    6D Bit of party decoration

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    GULF

    62D Wide gap

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    FLORAL

    97A Like some wallpaper patterns

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    GROANER

    94D Many a dad joke

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    OBAMAERA

    10D Most of the 2010s

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    DAWSON

    4D ___ City, Yukon Territory

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    DIALECTS

    107A Cockney and others

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    GOODGRIEF

    45D Charlie Brown catchphrase

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    REALTALK

    88D It's no bull

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    STRANGER

    90D Outlander

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    AFRICANLION

    33A Safari sighting [Golden State]

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    2
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    AVOCADOROLL

    103A Sushi bar offering [Centennial State]

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    CROAKED

    63A Gave up the ghost

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    DAMIAN

    89D Musician Marley, son of Bob

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    2
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    TAILING

    59A Following, as a detective might

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    ANSWERINGMACHINE debut

    23A Voice box? [Wolverine State]

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    1
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    HALFCOURT debut

    79D Setting for some pickup basketball

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    1
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    KNOWSATHINGORTWO debut

    116A Has been around the block [Evergreen State]

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    1
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    MAZDAS debut

    1A Some Japanese cars

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    1
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    PERSUASIVEWRITING debut

    67A Editorialist's skill [Mountain State]

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    1
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    SIBLING debut

    92A Brother or sister

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    1
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    SQUIRRELEDAWAY debut

    48A Stashed for later [Blue Hen State]

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    1
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    SURELYNOT debut

    15D Emphatic rejection

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    1
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    SWINGBY debut

    44A Pay a brief visit

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    1
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    SWORDANDSHIELD debut

    87A Knight's accouterments [Ocean State]

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