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Sunday · 147 answers · 7 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    EMO

    50A "Music's most maligned genre," per critic Tom Connick

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    SEA

    51A Word with level or lion

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    SNL

    49D Show with over 1,000 handwritten cue cards each week, for short

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    USA

    28D Leading medal winner at the Tokyo Olympics

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    ARI

    76A "Midsommar" director Aster

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    378
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    IRS

    44A They await your return, in brief

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    NTH

    65D High degree

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    NEE

    89A By birth

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    ODES

    123A "To ..." things

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    EYES

    111D Where the lacrimal glands can be found

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    EPIC

    14D ___ Games, company behind Fortnite

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    ERRS

    69D Messes up

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    ROT

    64A Hogwash

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    SOB

    45A Have a good cry

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    RARE

    40D Half-baked?

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    SMOG

    51D City hazard

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    NED

    93A ___ Ryerson, insurance salesman in "Groundhog Day"

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    NASA

    6D Org. that flew a helicopter on Mars in 2021

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    ORSO

    114D Not exactly

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    PAN

    85A Give zero stars

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    OMIT

    7D Fail to mention

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    HEN

    54A Farm female

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    WOE

    13D What "vey" of "Oy, vey!" translates to

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    SPF

    78D Burn prevention meas.

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    MOI

    94A French pronoun

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    RAGU

    112D Pasta topper

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    NOM

    65A Munch, in modern slang

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    ATONE

    105D Make restitution

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    HAM

    63A It may be smoked

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    LEG

    73A Table part

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    REESE

    59A One of the brothers on "Malcolm in the Middle"

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    MEL

    48D Voice actor Blanc

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    ONAIR

    117A "We're live!" studio sign

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    AGILE

    103D Acrobatic

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    ANODE

    19A Cell component

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    ISAY

    52D "My word!"

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    MELEE

    71D Chaotic skirmish

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    AMIGO

    20A Pal, in Peru

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    ERATO

    125A Muse of love poetry

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    HAL

    79D The future Henry V, to Falstaff

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    RIDE

    22A Tilt-a-Whirl, e.g.

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    114
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    TILE

    119A Domino, e.g.

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    114
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    SALEM

    56D City whose police cars are adorned with a witch logo

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    PESTO

    101D Pasta topper

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    PHIL

    15A Singer/drummer Collins

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    BIOS

    83D Bits on book jackets

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    NESTS

    33A Fits together

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    ESTER

    72D Fragrant compound

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    PALEO

    38D Ancient: Prefix

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    NOONE

    3D "... said ___ ever"

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    EDGAR

    120A Martinez with a statue outside the Seattle Mariners' stadium

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    BAG

    62D Purse

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    NEARS

    109D Approaches

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    MELT

    84A Die like the Wicked Witch of the West

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    AFTER

    95A Quarter ___ (when the big hand is at three)

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    IMOUT

    42D "See ya"

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    IONIA

    118A Ancient land in Asia Minor

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    EIEIO

    35D Farm refrain

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    HALL

    60A Room in Clue

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    FDA

    116D Vaccine-approving agcy.

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    ACC

    100D Duke's org.

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    IVS

    88A E.R. inserts

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    TINGE

    107D Faint color

    5
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    SIDLE

    24A Move obliquely

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    TREBLE

    82A Amp knob

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    IDIOT

    17D "Einstein," sarcastically

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    AXES

    70D x, y and z

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    GRAM

    36D Weight of a paper clip, roughly

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    SHIM

    78A Carpenter's wedge

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    HATED

    68D Not at all popular

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    IGLOOS

    9D Rounded quarters

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    ASIAM

    108D "Take me ___"

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    SNOOP

    21A Put one's nose where it doesn't belong

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    ATHOME

    70A Where charity begins, in a phrase

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    FELLA

    87D Roc-A-___ Records

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    MOONS

    74D Saturn has more than 80 of them

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    MIMOSA

    57A Brunch beverage

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    STEMS

    126A Arises (from)

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    CLAW

    80D Fight tooth and nail

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    SUGAR

    122A Domino, e.g.

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    EUGENE

    110A University of Oregon site

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    ELVIS

    77D He performed 636 consecutive sold-out shows in Vegas from 1969 to '76

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    INPUT

    2D Suggestions

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    NODICE

    32A "Sorry, Charlie!"

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    WASPS

    1D Eastern cicada killers, e.g.

    2
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    HOHUM

    60D Boring

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    NOTIN

    6A Away

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    HUMID

    102D Like the dog days of summer

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    STEALS

    31A Incredible bargains

    2
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    WINES

    1A They come with bouquets

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    MASCARA

    94D It may run from an emotional situation

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    VERBS

    41D Duck and goose, at times

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    AHAMOMENT

    47D Epiphany

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    MME

    74A Title for Tussaud: Abbr.

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    STAMP

    45D 77-Down is on the most collected one in U.S. history

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    NOEND

    10D Without stopping

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    BEENE

    92D Fashion designer Geoffrey

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    LIFT

    113D Pump some weights

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    LEANS

    18D Puts pressure (on)

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    EDUCATE

    4D School

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    RONS

    55A "___ Gone Wrong" (2021 film)

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    FORK

    12D It's often left on the table

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    DONOT

    26D "___ pass Go ..."

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    VICES

    41A Smoking and swearing, e.g.

    1
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    PROTEGE

    15D Rey, to Luke Skywalker

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    COTTON

    30A Gin product

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    SPACEBAR

    21D What can make men swear from menswear?

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    AIRKISS

    95D [Mwah!]

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    INAREA

    11D How Alaska ranks first among the states

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    NERFS

    121A Makes less powerful, in video game slang

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    SPOUT

    23A One arm held up with bent elbow and wrist, in a children's song

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    SMILEYFACE

    115A What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle

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    HYPHEN

    67A One of two in a jack-o'-lantern?

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    AAATEAMS debut

    46A Syracuse Mets and Worcester Red Sox, for two

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    ITSABLUR debut

    52A "Everything happened so fast!"

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    ROTATECLOCKWISE debut

    112A How to see the image formed by this puzzle's circled letters

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    SINEATER debut

    81D One who consumes a ritual meal to absolve the souls of the dead

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    STALAG

    66A "___ 17" (W.W. II film)

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    CALAIS

    104A French port on the English Channel

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    COOLS

    80A Does gentle stretching post-exercise, with "down"

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    HILTS

    16D Sword handles

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    SETTLES

    5D Resolves out of court

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    ECOCAR

    98D Green vehicle

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    MOWER

    75D Golf course machine

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    WIENER

    99D Frank

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    CRETAN

    106A Like the Minotaur legend

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    FAUST

    39D Soul-seller of legend

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    SAUR

    124A Dino's tail?

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    WASSAIL

    99A Hot, mulled punch traditionally drunk around Christmas

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    BERNIE

    53D Pol in the "I am once again asking ..." meme

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    MILOS

    29D Forman who directed "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

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    NEWSREEL

    97A No-longer-current source for current events

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    BUGABOO

    61A Cause of undue anxiety

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    LEAPFROG

    37A Jump over

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    LOWLIFES

    86A Ne'er-do-wells

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    IFWE

    11A "___ put our heads together ..."

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    OHHELL

    58D Card game with a PG-rated name

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    TIDINGS

    8D Information, old-style

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    EXHUMES

    77A Digs up

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    FLEABANE

    90A Plant said to repel bugs

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    PHAGE

    101A Bacteria destroyer

    0
    3
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    PUNCTUATIONMARK

    27A Any of the groupings of circled letters in this puzzle

    0
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    ANGELES debut

    91D Part of U.C.L.A.

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    2
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    CONGALINE

    43D Group dance popularized in the U.S. by Desi Arnaz

    0
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    FLEWOUT

    96D Departed by plane

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    PAREIDOLIA debut

    25A Phenomenon such as the tendency to see human forms in inanimate objects

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    TEAEGGS debut

    34A Savory Chinese snacks

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