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Sunday · 140 answers · 16 debuts

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

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    ARE

    104A "___ you decent?"

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    533
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    ALOE

    99D Ingredient in healing gel

    46
    497
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    OREO

    28A Ingredient in a McDonald's McFlurry

    45
    408
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    NSA

    30D Org. with an annual Codebreaker Challenge

    38
    233
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    ESP

    96D Olympics symbol for Madrid's country

    35
    344
  6. 6
    ORA

    6D Singer Rita

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    227
  7. 7
    ESC

    125A Panic button, of a sort

    30
    209
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    ELS

    10D Two in a million?

    29
    333
  9. 9
    LEI

    121A Fragrant ring

    29
    310
  10. 10
    ENDS

    83A Trimmed parts of green beans

    27
    303
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    ASA

    18A Simile center

    27
    230
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    TAR

    116D Describe in a negative way

    26
    351
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    SIS

    35A Fam girl

    26
    210
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    ELLE

    20A Magazine co-founded in 1945 by Hélène Gordon Lazareff

    25
    221
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    ELLA

    47D Civil rights activist Baker

    23
    262
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    NESS

    72D Noun-making suffix

    23
    202
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    TAO

    5D Confucian philosophy

    21
    223
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    SODA

    67D Pop in the fridge

    21
    163
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    ITCH

    34D Restless desire

    21
    135
  20. 20
    ACME

    31A Fictional brand of rocket-powered roller skates

    19
    210
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    CPA

    43A Tax pro, for short

    19
    189
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    EEK

    9A "A mouse!"

    19
    163
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    LAS

    1A Syllables when you forget the words

    17
    173
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    CHER

    24D "Clueless" protagonist

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    104
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    TAD

    123A Skosh

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    169
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    AMA

    77A Sesh on Reddit

    15
    262
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    CEO

    53D ___ compensation (subject of modern debate)

    15
    177
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    OFT

    110D Frequently, quaintly

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    113
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    AORTA

    124A Main artery

    14
    144
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    RANT

    70D Diatribe

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    133
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    NONE

    63A "___ for me, thanks"

    14
    132
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    TIME

    119A Denominator in the velocity formula

    14
    92
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    ALS

    105A ___ Toy Barn ("Toy Story 2" locale)

    13
    134
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    ASHY

    4D Flue-like

    12
    97
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    SMS

    17D Texting tech, briefly

    12
    20
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    UNTO

    89A Golden rule word

    11
    143
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    GOO

    85D Caramel or hot fudge, basically

    11
    121
  38. 38
    LEAP

    25D Accept eagerly, with "at"

    11
    103
  39. 39
    HIT

    117D Toke

    10
    101
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    SHES

    109D "___ All That" (1999 film)

    10
    92
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    LOAN

    48D It may be forgiven

    10
    89
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    SKOR

    68D Hershey's chocolate-and-toffee bar

    10
    28
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    LEN

    41D Spy novelist Deighton

    9
    170
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    ESO

    21D "___ es!" ("That's right!": Sp.)

    9
    141
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    OLDE

    71D Quaint sign word

    8
    106
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    ALOU

    55A Baseball family name much seen in crosswords

    7
    153
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    SARAH

    19A ___ Lawrence College

    7
    76
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    SORES

    65D Tender areas

    7
    50
  49. 49
    EEYORE

    9D Donkey with a pinned-on tail

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    46
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    SCENE

    33D Embarrassing public episode

    6
    122
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    OKIE

    75A 1930s migrant to California

    6
    101
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    REESES

    122A Candy with the slogan "Not sorry"

    6
    51
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    INERTIA

    91D Reason the physicist stayed in bed?

    6
    42
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    ADOBO

    54D Spanish marinade

    6
    12
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    UNLIT

    106D Like a birthday cake, pre-party

    5
    51
  56. 56
    INSOLE

    101D Arch support

    5
    44
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    IDIOT

    91A Dostoyevsky's Prince Myshkin, so the book title declares

    4
    84
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    ATOMS

    4A The universe has an estimated 10^82 of them

    4
    61
  59. 59
    BASTE

    112A Get the juices flowing?

    4
    52
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    RADAR

    80A Speed reader?

    3
    75
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    EDDA

    45A Ancient work that describes the sacred tree Yggdrasil

    3
    72
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    EHS

    36A Sounds of doubt

    3
    64
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    GAR

    113D Fish with an elongated jaw

    3
    62
  64. 64
    HAW

    74D Fumble for words

    3
    62
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    ATHOME

    73A Perfectly comfortable

    3
    42
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    FOAM

    100D Latte art medium

    3
    30
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    DOJO

    14D Place to develop one's chops

    3
    25
  68. 68
    MEANIE

    56A Jerkface

    3
    25
  69. 69
    SEENOTE

    51D [more info below]

    3
    15
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    SAYSME

    3D Exasperated parent's retort

    3
    11
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    BELA

    112D Lugosi of horror films

    2
    77
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    YMA

    115D Singer Sumac

    2
    71
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    ONED

    107A Breakout band for Harry Styles and Zayn Malik, familiarly

    2
    49
  74. 74
    TOILE

    82D French fabric

    2
    43
  75. 75
    OYE

    90A Spanish "Listen!"

    2
    32
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    MORT

    111A Mad magazine cartoonist Drucker

    2
    27
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    OUIJA

    49D Mystic's board

    2
    23
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    HECK

    86D Euphemistic exclamation

    2
    22
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    PACK

    46D Get ready for vacation

    2
    20
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    IDIOMS

    32D Double-crossed and half-baked

    2
    18
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    LADIES

    12A Beyoncé chart-topper "Single ___ (Put a Ring on It)"

    2
    15
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    MITRE

    62D Cardinal's hat, in Britain

    2
    15
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    EPT

    39D Product for one who wonders "Am I expecting?"

    2
    13
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    MORONS

    76D Dodos

    2
    9
  85. 85
    IRAIL

    120A Beam for train tracks

    2
    7
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    SIMONSAYS

    67A The Imitation Game

    2
    5
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    ETO

    88D Ike's domain in W.W. II

    1
    140
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    PIERS

    42A Some tourist spots in San Francisco

    1
    24
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    BORON

    69A The Fifth Element

    1
    21
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    ALLELE

    118A Gene variant

    1
    17
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    SWANK

    37D Luxurious

    1
    15
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    TUBS

    52D Ice cream containers

    1
    12
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    GIJOES

    26A Guys and Dolls

    1
    11
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    CLAIMS

    61A Insurance department

    1
    8
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    LAPCAT

    1D Pet that should come with a lint roller?

    1
    7
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    EYESHADOW

    16D Part of a makeup test?

    1
    6
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    HUMMED

    98D Sang along when you forgot the words

    1
    5
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    NOMERCY

    58D Cutthroat mentality

    1
    5
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    DELTORO

    92D "The Shape of Water" director

    1
    3
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    ISWEARIT debut

    32A "Cross my heart!"

    1
    2
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    PELOTON debut

    46A Trendy home gym purchase

    1
    2
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    TSHIRTCANNON debut

    50A Top Gun

    1
    2
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    TINO

    50D 4x World Series winner Martinez

    0
    31
  104. 104
    MORALE

    76A Spirits

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    27
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    ORESTES

    87A Matricidal figure of Greek myth

    0
    25
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    ARIOSE

    13D Melodious

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    20
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    EDENIC

    103D Utopian

    0
    18
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    TABOOS

    64A Big no-nos

    0
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    ASSUCH

    2D Given that

    0
    11
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    GOTHAM

    113A Wayne's World

    0
    11
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    AWK

    60A Parrot's sound

    0
    9
  112. 112
    CUSHY

    27A Lucrative and undemanding

    0
    8
  113. 113
    GLUED

    59A Tightly affixed

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    8
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    MANOWAR

    7D "Floating terror" of the sea

    0
    8
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    VETOES

    102D Bill killers

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    7
  116. 116
    ANIMATOR

    57D Drawer of shorts, e.g.

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    6
  117. 117
    SHARERS

    8D Many social media users

    0
    6
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    UKULELES

    106A Small things that you pluck

    0
    5
  119. 119
    FATALE

    94D Natasha ___, Boris's partner against Rocky and Bullwinkle

    0
    4
  120. 120
    KANJI

    66A Letters From Iwo Jima

    0
    4
  121. 121
    TOLDTO

    81A Gave, as gossip

    0
    4
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    ABUJA

    77D City that replaced Lagos as Nigeria's capital

    0
    3
  123. 123
    FLYMETOTHEMOON

    114A Space Jam

    0
    2
  124. 124
    KLIMT

    11D "The Kiss" painter

    0
    2
  125. 125
    MONSOONS

    29A Seasonal winds

    0
    2
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    PANELSAW

    40A Woodworker's tool

    0
    2
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    PIGTAIL debut

    44D Weave off the shoulder?

    0
    2
  128. 128
    PSYCHOANALYSIS

    23A Field of Dreams

    0
    2
  129. 129
    ANTBEETLE debut

    79D Predatory insect living in woodpiles

    0
    1
  130. 130
    BINGEWATCHER debut

    84A A Man for All Seasons

    0
    1
  131. 131
    CHANELNOFIVE debut

    97A Scent of a Woman

    0
    1
  132. 132
    FLUMES debut

    95D Some water park rides

    0
    1
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    INONESDNA debut

    15D Innate

    0
    1
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    JOBOFFER debut

    93A Cause for switching positions

    0
    1
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    LOGSIN debut

    12D Successfully uses a password

    0
    1
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    MINORROLE debut

    78D Cameo

    0
    1
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    ORONYM debut

    22A Similar-sounding phrase, such as "I scream" for "ice cream"

    0
    1
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    PARLAYED debut

    40D Increased into something much more valuable

    0
    1
  139. 139
    RESTUPON debut

    108A Overlie

    0
    1
  140. 140
    THEREDCARPET debut

    38A Star Trek

    0
    1