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Sunday · 140 answers · 10 debuts

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

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    ERR

    22A Drop the ball

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    SEE

    40D Bishop's jurisdiction

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    TRI

    13D Three-sport event, for short

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    SEA

    26A Setting for most of "Life of Pi"

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    SNL

    65A Popular 90-min. show

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    EPA

    54D Org. that takes the lead on lead?

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    ESP

    87D Alternative explanation for a lucky guess, in brief

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    BRA

    19D Item said to have been burned in protest, once

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    TAN

    117D Brown shade

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    ISH

    102A "Kinda sorta"

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    INN

    123A Place full of guests

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    HER

    114D ___ Majesty

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    HOE

    120A Hit the weed?

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    TMI

    4D "OK, you can stop the story right there"

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    ORS

    115D Hosp. areas

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    ICEE

    50D Drink similar to a slushie

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    ENE

    29D Memphis-to-Nashville dir.

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    SRO

    33A Good sign for an angel

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    IAN

    90A Actor Somerhalder

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    ETTA

    108D Singer James

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    ATT

    61D Football stat: Abbr.

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    EURO

    69D Coin with 12 stars

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    NAS

    94D "Stillmatic" rapper

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    AAA

    10D Letters on many towers

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    ROT

    12D Go bad

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    NOD

    111A Drop off

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    REEL

    86D Scottish folk dance

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    NIT

    119D Picky person's pick?

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    AFRO

    24D Musical prefix with beat

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    ACID

    84A Bitter

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    LYE

    62D NaOH

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    OATH

    6D One might speak under it

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    IOWA

    79D ___ Writers' Workshop

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    PDA

    25A What a third wheel might see, in brief

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    EVES

    9D Times for some vigils

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    EDGES

    106D Narrowly beats (out)

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    APR

    11D Busy mo. for C.P.A.s

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    CHI

    112D Life force, in China

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    AONE

    43D Top-notch

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    MEL

    70A Man's name that coincidentally is Latin for "honey"

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    FOE

    41D Antagonist

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    ROB

    17A Knock over, so to speak

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    SALSA

    32D Lively dance genre

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    UTA

    116D The Jazz, on scoreboards

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    HEP

    5D Old-fashioned "cool"

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    SALE

    75A What may result in a handshake

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    UNE

    48A A as in Arles

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    FED

    73D Like pets and parking meters

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    FBI

    89D Letters on some badges

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    POSSE

    1D Entourage

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    KIT

    58D Baby fox

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    POLO

    59A Sport played at British boarding schools

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    TOR

    82A The Blue Jays, on scoreboards

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    COP

    112A Admit (to)

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    COE

    56A Runner Sebastian who once held the world record for the mile

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    OATES

    2D Hall's partner in pop

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    TAPAS

    53D ___ bar

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    ROOT

    68D Two, for four

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    YSL

    101A French fashion inits.

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    STRAP

    3D Part of a thong

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    FRY

    73A Word with small or fish

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    ECCE

    54A "___ Agnus Dei" (Mass phrase)

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    HASP

    14D A chest often has a large one

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    ESPYS

    30A Oscars of the sporting world

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    NORM

    51D About 460 inches of rain per year, on Kauai's Mt. Waialeale

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    WANE

    110D A full moon will do this

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    TVS

    42D Hotel room staples

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    SERENA

    75D ___ Slam (tennis feat)

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    VEEP

    52D HBO satire starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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    NRA

    66D Legislation that was part of F.D.R.'s New Deal

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    TONER

    105D HP product

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    LEERY

    72D Guarded

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    ISPY

    98D Kids' observation game

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    OGDEN

    36D Beehive State city

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    SLEEK

    38D Aerodynamic

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    MAZDA

    70D "Zoom-Zoom" sloganeer

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    OTO

    88D Ear: Prefix

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    SOLOS

    83D Arias, typically

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    SAUTE

    103A Pan-cook, in a way

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    RASSLE

    44A Grapple, in dialect

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    SIENNA

    97D Brown shade

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    UNITE

    104D Yoke

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    PIA

    64A ___ mater, membrane surrounding the brain

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    ANTON

    45D Playwright Chekhov

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    STN

    63D Radio broadcaster: Abbr.

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    LAIT

    109D Drink for un bébé

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    RVS

    118D Things for happy campers?

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    WHET

    34D Hone

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    TERMS

    35D Contract details

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    OVERDO

    47A Exercise too much, say

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    DEARSANTA

    124A Start of a seasonal request

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    RESTUP

    16D Recharge

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    HUTU

    67D Ethnic group of Rwanda and Burundi

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    YESIDO

    31D Emphatic assent

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    GAIUS

    76D Julius Caesar's first name

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    ELMER

    71D Hollywood composer Bernstein with 14 Oscar nominations

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    CLEESE

    7D Co-star of Kline in "A Fish Called Wanda"

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    MTIDA

    55A Peak in Turkey mentioned in both the "Iliad" and the "Aeneid"

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    OATMEAL

    20A Quaker fare

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    INLINE

    96D Kind of skate

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    STRAIN

    100A Go all out

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    UTTERS

    15D States

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    CEREALS

    60A Post production?

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    COYLY

    60D How a flirt may act

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    ENTERTAIN

    121A Have guests over

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    RUMPS

    44D Booties

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    SWILL

    46D Garbage

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    ICANTGOON

    77D Words of hopelessness

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    TAILS

    81D One side of the coin

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    PETERI

    28A One of the Greats?

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    LEPEW

    109A Pepé ___ (cartoon skunk)

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    WTO

    34A Intl. org. headquartered in Geneva

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    GISELE

    107A Supermodel Bündchen

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    BLEARY

    92A Unfocused

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    HEFTS

    27A Tests the weight of

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    BEAARTHUR

    8A Co-star of "Golden Girls"

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    BESTOF

    8D Start of a compilation heading

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    INVITEE

    122A Guest, e.g.

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    TENUOUS

    74A Weak

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    VIEWED

    95D Seen

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    EVAPORATE

    21A Go poof

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    FURBY

    80D Electronic Hasbro toy

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    SEZME

    83A Comeback to a challenge of authority

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    THEWIZ

    99D Hit musical with an "Emerald City Sequence"

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    REPRODUCE

    17D Photocopy, e.g.

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    RUNONS

    37A Some bad sentences

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    SNEAKPEEK

    57A What you might get from a trailer

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    VINERIPEN

    78D Mature naturally, in a way

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    WRIEST

    91A Most in the style of comedian Steven Wright

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    ZESTERS

    125A Some kitchen utensils

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    EASEOFFTHEGASPEDAL debut

    39A ACC_L_RATOR

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    GIVEALIFT debut

    76A Help to one's destination

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    NOEMPTYTHREAT debut

    66A ENDANGER_EN_

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    ORDINANCE debut

    18D It's the law!

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    POSTHOC debut

    1A After the fact, as a justification

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    STRIPTEASEARTISTS debut

    23A ILLUS_RA_ORS

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    UNENVIABLEPOSITION debut

    93A POI_T OF _IEW

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    UNWISEINVESTMENT debut

    49A LUXUR_ _ACHT

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    WITHOUTANYWARNING debut

    113A _OTIC_

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    YOUAREOUTOFORDER debut

    85A CONFIG_ _ATION

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