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Sunday · 140 answers · 39 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

    40A Shocker, at times

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    ORAL

    105D Kind of cavity

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    ARI

    34A Name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet

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    EPA

    114D Org. with lots of money to waste?

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    IRS

    11D Auditing org.

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    SIR

    68A "My dear man"

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    IDLE

    42D Just hanging out

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    YET

    98A "Ain't dead ___!"

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    201
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    ALTO

    30A Countertenor

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    PAR

    66A Nice round number?

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    APSE

    123A Recess for prayer

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    SODA

    50A Float component

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    AIDE

    86A Supporting role

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    RUE

    10D Recall regretfully

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    DYE

    64A Turn red, say

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    NAP

    63D Quick refresher

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    BRIE

    71D Gooey spread

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    ETTU

    16D "You, too?!," playfully

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    SCAM

    102A Hoodwink

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    SOAP

    109D Telenovela, e.g.

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    RAH

    92A Encouraging cry

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    OOH

    116D "Ver-r-ry interesting!"

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    EASY

    80A Not a problem

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    DRY

    91A Uninteresting

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    115
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    POEM

    1A Muhammad Ali's "Me! Whee!," e.g.

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    RAW

    107A Lacking experience

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    NUN

    115D Order member

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    ABIDE

    57A Withstand

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    CHIC

    17D Smart

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    ARGO

    90A Vessel protected by Hera

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    SELL

    58A Fly off the shelves

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    LIMO

    106D Hard vehicle to park

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    OPUS

    118A Major piece

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    96
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    RAID

    74D Enter unannounced, in a way

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    95
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    HULA

    24D Do a waving motion by the ocean, say

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    KOREA

    38D Region with a Unification Flag for sporting events

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    PHIL

    5A "S.N.L." alum Hartman

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    URNS

    110D Some drink dispensers

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    DODO

    45D Knucklehead

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    POKE

    111D Extend (out)

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    HAIR

    78D Beehive material

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    HUH

    27A "Ya don't say!"

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    INDY

    79D Annual May race, informally

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    60
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    URALS

    20D Mountain chain that stretches from Kazakhstan to the Arctic

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    TUX

    65A Certain formal duds

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    ARYA

    76D Name of the girl on "Game of Thrones" who said "A girl has no name"

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    ALEX

    39A "Roots" author Haley

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    ORIENT

    112A Set straight

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    GALE

    43D It really blows

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    BOAR

    41D Pen pa?

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    RODE

    104D Teased incessantly

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    TEAK

    18D Wood that's resistant to warping

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    PLEAS

    12D Courtroom statements

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    ENCODE

    51A Act as a blueprint for, as DNA for proteins

    5
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    NOOB

    46A Gaming novice, slangily

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    TRIP

    9A Start off on the wrong foot, maybe?

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    HAND

    44A See 41-Across

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    SHOW

    122A Make an appearance

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    HURL

    21A Throw with power

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    MOOLA

    4D Buckaroos

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    CHEW

    87D Consider, with "on"

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    YANK

    121A Quite a jerk

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    BUTT

    94A Bottom

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    DOME

    88A There's a famous "half" one in Yosemite National Park

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    TVAD

    77D Spot between programs, e.g.

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    SILK

    37A Epitome of smoothness

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    IMEANIT

    83A "Dead serious!"

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    SOOTHE

    22A Alleviate

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    SWIMS

    101D Begins a triathlon

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    ICEAGE

    69D Cold that just won't go away?

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    IGO

    7D "Here ___ again"

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    BIG

    41A With 44-Across, it goes around every hour

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    FSTOP

    75D Photog's setting

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    LACED

    48A Secured skates, with "up"

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    ELOPED

    120A Were running mates?

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    POBOY

    100D Sandwich supposedly named after low-income New Orleans workers

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    PUTS

    96A Saves, with "away"

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    LECHE

    8D Milk for un café

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    SNEERY

    68D Visibly scornful

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    INLIMBO

    56D Pending

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    REDHOT

    70D Super-popular

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    DAMAGE

    117A Price to pay, informally

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    COEDS

    87A New students at Princeton or Yale in 1969

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    ASTERISK

    84D One of three characters in "M*A*S*H"

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    SYFY

    50D Cable network with movies like "Sharktopus" and "Mansquito"

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    PECLASS

    26A Course taken in shorts, often

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    GLUTENFREE

    59A Like bread made from almond flour

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    HIYALL

    55A "Howdy, everybody!"

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    RASSLED

    53A Brawled, in the backwoods

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    TRAC

    95D Gillette razor name

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    BREED

    81A Kennel club category

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    HANSOLO

    6D Fictional pilot with the line "You like me because I'm a scoundrel"

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    SCOTIA

    25A Classic name for the land north of England

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    RAI

    67A Bollywood megastar Aishwarya ___

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    BALK

    47D Flinch (at)

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    RUSTY

    62D Out of practice

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    INCISE

    36D Cut into

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    ENTOURAGE

    19A What may be in a star's orbit

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    DEFTEST

    52D Least klutzy

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    PRISTINE

    5D Mint

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    THIRSTTRAP debut

    77A Racy selfie posted for likes on social media, in modern lingo

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    VANITY

    82A Makeup table

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    SOYEAH debut

    85A "And, uh, that about covers it"

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    AAMEBA debut

    73D One-celled organism

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    ABSOFREAKINGLUTELY debut

    61A "Oh, hell yes!"

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    AHEAAD debut

    34D Positioned to win

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    AQUADUCK debut

    28A 765-foot-long "water coaster" on Disney cruises

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    ATTTED debut

    93D Directly criticized on Twitter with an "@"

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    BENICIODELTORO debut

    113A Oscar winner for his role as a Mexican narc in "Traffic"

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    BESTRAPPERFORMANCE debut

    71A Grammy category won multiple times by Kendrick Lamar

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    1
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    EDUU debut

    49D Ending for a dean's address

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    ELITESQUAD debut

    31A SWAT team or Navy SEAL group, e.g.

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    ETCC debut

    3D "That kinda stuff": Abbr.

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    EXCELL debut

    33D Distinguish oneself

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    FOODD debut

    15D Word after soul or solid

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    HEEAR debut

    55D "I won't ___ it!"

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    INFECT debut

    13A Contaminate

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    ISSUUE debut

    13D Bone to pick

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    LATEPAPERS debut

    99A They often come to professors with excuses

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    LLEAP debut

    99D Bit of faulty logic

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    METTA debut

    103D Like the clue for 103-Down?

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    MODELTANK debut

    119A Miniature for a World War II buff

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    MUSTDDO debut

    89D High-priority item

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    NOCAAL debut

    14D Lighter than lite

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    ONEE debut

    2D It's 50/50

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    PECORINOCHEESE debut

    23A Sheep's milk product that's often grated

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    PEPP debut

    1D Verve

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    QQED debut

    29D "That proves it"

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    RAANGE debut

    92D Vocalist's asset

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    RANBBY debut

    35D Shared with for quick feedback

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    ROLLATWO debut

    104A Get snake eyes, say

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    RRIO debut

    72D Where gymnast Simone Biles won four golds

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    SAULL debut

    97D Literature Nobelist Bellow

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    SETCREEW debut

    85D Ones behind the scenes

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    SEXTT debut

    58D Risqué communiqué

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    SLIPPPEDUP debut

    54D Made a boo-boo

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    TEALGGREEN debut

    32D Shade similar to verdigris

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    THEHILLS debut

    9D Onetime MTV reality series filmed near Hollywood

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    1
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    TRUESUP debut

    108A Aligns, in a wood shop

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    TTROY debut

    60D Ancient home to Priam's Treasure

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    1