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Sunday · 138 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

    35A It may be bitter

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    EEL

    94A Serpentine swimmer

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    487
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    USE

    3D Deploy

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    356
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    NET

    63A Basketball champions' "trophy"

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    376
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    SAT

    75A High school hurdle whose first two letters, phonetically, sound like one of its former components

    35
    284
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    IDO

    28D Words at an unveiling?

    33
    336
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    ARTS

    2D Part of B.A.

    31
    222
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    ADA

    81A Programming pioneer Lovelace

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    270
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    HOE

    39A Clear weeds, in a way

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    173
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    ELLE

    109D International fashion magazine

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    221
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    EYES

    107D What most spiders have eight of

    24
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    SIRI

    87D One with a phony personality?

    22
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    ACTS

    12D ___ of Parliament

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    OTIS

    105D Big elevator maker

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    251
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    AAA

    70D Iowa Cubs baseball classification

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    PER

    40A Part "missing" from p.s.i.

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    270
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    REM

    66D Sleep stage

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    TIER

    7D Rank

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    HUE

    77D Rose or lilac

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    LEAST

    53D Part of L.C.D.

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    ELATE

    100D Cheer

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    TENET

    121A You can believe it

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    147
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    ARF

    80D Pound sound

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    153
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    EWES

    115A Suppliers of the milk for Roquefort cheese

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    134
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    LEIA

    111A Princess who says "Why, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!"

    14
    116
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    ALDA

    36D Portrayer of Senator Vinick on "The West Wing"

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    160
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    SESH

    119A Rehearsal, e.g., in slang

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    TENSE

    103D It may be perfect or simple, but not both

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    114
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    ENS

    47A Lt.'s inferior

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    270
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    COO

    62A Pigeon English?

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    144
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    NEIL

    79D Novelist Gaiman

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    115
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    LEN

    41A Mystery writer Deighton

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    170
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    ASHEN

    70A Pallid

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    OLIN

    114A Actress Lena

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    112
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    SAME

    122A "Likewise"

    9
    107
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    TGIF

    89A Title letters chanted in a 2011 Katy Perry hit

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    98
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    WREN

    85A Tomtit is another name for it

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    98
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    HAH

    61A "That'll teach you!"

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    86
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    DOHA

    50D Capital of Qatar

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    38
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    YESES

    120A Approvals

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    SHALE

    99D One source of oil

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    MUG

    95A Root beer brand

    8
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    SETI

    34A Space-scanning org.

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    ETES

    82A Seasons in Québec

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    TOOL

    38D Level or bevel

    7
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    WAGE

    106D $15/hour, e.g.

    7
    50
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    EMILE

    17A ___ Berliner, pioneer in phonograph records

    6
    85
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    SPEAR

    23A Bit of asparagus

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    USHER

    65A Leader of the house?

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    TWAS

    10A First word of "A Visit From St. Nicholas"

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    65
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    WRY

    11D Sardonic

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    57
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    HOLLA

    101D Shout, informally

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    11
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    ATRA

    64A Gillette brand

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    FDA

    74D Federal regulatory org.

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    STEEP

    29A Pricey

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    NRA

    27D Advocacy grp. that filed for bankruptcy in 2021

    4
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    ORANGE

    69D "Very high," on a fire danger scale

    4
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    CURE

    90D Snake oil, purportedly

    4
    52
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    SELLS

    86A Talks up

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    NATS

    30A M.L.B. team with a big "W" in its logo

    4
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    SIDEB

    32A "Revolution," to "Hey Jude"

    4
    29
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    ONETON

    20D Approximate weight of the Liberty Bell

    4
    26
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    SATAY

    112A Dish served on a skewer

    4
    13
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    LAC

    51A Québec's ___ St.-Jean

    3
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    EDDA

    88A Classical Icelandic literary work

    3
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    PLUS

    118A Not only that

    3
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    SCRIP

    31A Rx order

    3
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    BAUM

    1A Writer who created Oz

    3
    24
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    EREADER

    58D Novel convenience?

    3
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    OHSNAP

    14D "Nice burn!"

    3
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    GETEM

    42A Words cried after "Go"

    3
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    ETH

    56A Biblical verb ending

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    SHIN

    110D Climb, as a rope

    2
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    OGLES

    96D Leers at

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    AIG

    91A Financial org. once deemed "too big to fail"

    2
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    SYNCS

    25A Lines up

    2
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    MAINST

    95D Central route thru town

    2
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    SHUTS

    13D Stops talking, with "up"

    2
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    SOHOT

    37A Not ___ (mediocre)

    2
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    UPENDS

    68D Overturns

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    OPEL

    60A German auto since 1899

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    APIAN

    36A Like bees

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    LOEWE

    97D Frederick who composed "Camelot"

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    OPIUM

    102D ___ Wars, conflicts of 1839-42 and 1856-60

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    LIFT

    108D Hitchhiker's need

    1
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    RUNG

    52D Like bells in carillons

    1
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    PRIOR

    73A Something that might lengthen a sentence?

    1
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    ESPIES

    21D Spots

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    DRIES

    98D Helps a dish washer, say

    1
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    STORES

    71A Outlets, e.g.

    1
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    FATCAT

    74A Moneybags

    1
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    RCCOLA

    52A Soft drink since 1905

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    SEQ

    72D Et ___ (footnote abbr.)

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    CIERA

    90A Oldsmobile Cutlass model

    1
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    DIDI

    78D "Where ___ go wrong?"

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    INDEED

    48A Decidedly

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    SLAPDASH

    83D Thrown together

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    BOSCS

    1D Pears with a sweet-spiced flavor

    1
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    CLAMS

    8D Stops talking, with "up"

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    BLIGE

    116A Singer Mary J. ___

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    AMPUP

    6D Excite

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    ROYALE

    15D Battle ___

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    ECHOLOCATE

    45D Be batty, in a way?

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    ILHAN debut

    113A Congresswoman Omar

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    TATOOINE

    44D Desert planet of "Star Wars"

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    OBO debut

    46A Abbr. after a price in a Craigslist ad

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    BOBCUT debut

    33D Woman's short hairstyle

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    ISL

    93A Newfoundland, e.g.: Abbr.

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    SPEECH

    31D Cry after an award is announced

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    FLITS

    117A Moves quickly and lightly

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    NATCH

    5A "Obviously," in slang

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    SANTANA

    59D Band whose 1999 hit "Smooth" spent 12 weeks at #1

    0
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    NHLER

    49D Canuck, e.g., for short

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    UPSTATE

    55D Like Rochester and Syracuse, but not New York City

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    EARSHOT

    100A Range within which you can answer the question "Can you hear me now?"

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    HEROISM

    9D Mettle that may merit a medal

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    OLDPROS

    96A Veterans

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    UKULELES

    57A Instruments for Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

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    HOISTED

    22A Raised

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    MOUSSES

    54D Some salon supplies

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    NESTING

    5D Like some birds or dolls

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    ORWORSE

    14A "... with possibly direr consequences"

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    BYTURNS

    24A Alternately

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    ELECTRICAL

    43D Like some outlets

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    MEDICINEHAT

    4D Alberta city named for an eagle-feather headdress

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    3
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    MUCHACHO

    54A Young hombre

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    TAUTOLOGY

    67A "Love is love," e.g.

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    GOESBY

    92D Passes

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    QUINCEANERA

    84A 15th birthday celebration

    0
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    ARCHFOE debut

    18A Lex Luthor, to Superman

    0
    1
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    FREEHEALTHCARE debut

    19D Program introduced by the Trudeau government in 1984, colloquially

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    GORDIEHOWE debut

    104A Six-time winner of the N.H.L.'s Art Ross Trophy, born in Saskatchewan

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    INTURMOIL debut

    26A Agitated

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    LESLIEHOPE debut

    108A "24" and "Suits" actress, born in Halifax

    0
    1
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    MEHDEINCANADA debut

    76A Like all the answers with pairs of circled letters, punnily

    0
    1
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    TABLEHOCKEY debut

    10D Two-player game invented in Toronto

    0
    1
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    WIGSHOPS debut

    85D They might help with changing your locks

    0
    1
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    WINTERICEHOTEL debut

    16D Seasonal destination near Quebec City

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    1