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Sunday · 149 answers · 19 debuts

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

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    ORAL

    10D Like some traditions

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    OGRE

    5A Fairy tale monster

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    TSAR

    67D Title that comes from "Caesar"

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    EWE

    31D She-ep?

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    LIE

    86A Bit of fiction

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    EDU

    96A URL ending

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    TIN

    59A In Latin, it's "stannum"

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    ARLO

    21A Singer Guthrie

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    TIS

    66D Quaint contraction

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    RHO

    121D Sorority letter

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    OTTO

    128A Aptly named bus driver on "The Simpsons"

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    AURA

    2D Invisible energy field

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    OED

    63D It added "essential worker" in March of 2021: Abbr.

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    TRIO

    14D The Jonas Brothers, e.g.

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    OUR

    32A "Dancing With ___ Hands Tied" (Taylor Swift song)

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    SIN

    47D Planting more than one kind of seed in a field, per Deuteronomy

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    TEST

    70A A negative one might be positive

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    EEK

    122D "Yikes!"

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    AER

    108A Word on an Irish plane

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    OAHU

    111A Obama's birthplace

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    IDS

    87D "Real" ones were first issued in the 2010s

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    IDEAL

    83D Perfect

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    LOL

    46A Response to a texted joke

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    ORG

    41D URL ending

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    OMIT

    43D Leave off

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    UGH

    17D "What a mess!"

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    ELMO

    88D Muppet who hosts the "Not-Too-Late Show"

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    AID

    68D Assist

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    ORATE

    5D Give one's address

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    NONE

    24D Bar ___

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    ANG

    110A Oscar-winning director Lee

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    AUTO

    19A Lincoln or Ford

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    ANYA

    114D Actress Taylor-Joy of "The Queen's Gambit"

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    STET

    3D Proofreader's directive

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    EIN

    31A A, in Aachen

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    TODO

    52D Action item

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    ROAD

    20A Purchase in the board game Catan worth one wood and one brick

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    AMY

    68A The "gone girl" in "Gone Girl"

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    ONEG

    30A Universal donor's blood type, informally

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    AYN

    64D Author Rand

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    WAD

    123D Pile of cash

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    MAI

    101A ___ tai

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    ARMOR

    112D Mail, e.g.

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    ITD

    74A "___ be a real shame ..."

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    LASS

    1A Miss

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    RACE

    7D Candidate's focus

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    URNS

    129A Catering vessels

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    SHIA

    105D Branch of Islam

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    ICET

    127A "Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap" director

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    DREW

    71A Used colored pencils, say

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    DSL

    42D Alternative to fiber or satellite

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    ASSETS

    64A Portfolio listings

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    AMPLE

    85A Quite enough

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    VOL

    125D TV button: Abbr.

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    RPG

    100D World of Warcraft, e.g., for short

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    ERSE

    120D Gaelic tongue

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    STALE

    105A Like the bread ideal for bread pudding

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    OUNCE

    60A Pound part

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    BOAR

    9A Meat in ragù al cinghiale

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    HUN

    91D Fifth-century invader

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    EDY

    8D Ice cream surname

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    MFA

    49A Deg. for a creative type

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    ONT

    16D Toronto's prov.

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    ATRA

    118D Gillette razor

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    SELMA

    82D Home of the National Voting Rights Museum

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    INEZ

    116D Mother of Don Juan

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    BSIDE

    25D Queen's "We Will Rock You," e.g.

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    ESSIE

    84D Nail polish brand

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    UMPIRE

    103D One who's at home on the job?

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    FETA

    117D Cheese on a meze platter

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    ROSIE

    81A Figure in the iconic "We Can Do It!" poster

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    ALIGN

    39D Get on the same page, in corporate-speak

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    REMIT

    109D Send, as payment

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    ADT

    56A Big letters in home security

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    ALII

    11D Et ___ (and others)

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    MSDOS

    45D Early PC software

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    KATE

    133A Children's author DiCamillo with two Newbery Medals

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    RESETS

    78A Changes back to factory defaults, say

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    GLADE

    37A Scented plug-in brand

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    SUNDAE

    15D Dish named for a day of the week

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    TAZO

    131A Unilever tea brand

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    LAHR

    132A Bert who played the Cowardly Lion

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    KENT

    119D Daily Planet reporter

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    SYNOD

    61A Church council

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    TES

    18D Your: Fr.

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    NOMINEE

    34D Award hopeful

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    NAMEONE

    44A "Oh yeah? Give me an example!"

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    RONDO

    12D Sonata movement

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    AFR

    56D Home of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau: Abbr.

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    RICA

    115D Costa ___

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    GLENS

    37D Narrow valleys

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    EAN

    94D Suffix with Euclid

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    DAWG

    57D "Yo ___" (internet meme with rapper Xzibit)

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    TRIAGE

    58D Prioritization process

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    CONGO

    99D The "C" of D.R.C.

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    TENPM

    79D Prime-time slot

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    DRAPERY

    71D Curtains

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    NINTHS

    26A Final innings, usually

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    PATOOTIE

    27A Heinie

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    POOLNOODLE

    92A Simple flotation device

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    SEO debut

    95D Metric for online traffic, in brief

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    NEGRONI debut

    55A Cocktail made from gin, vermouth and Campari

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    STREETSMARTS debut

    47A Worldly wisdom

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    LAPP

    1D Nordic native

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    ANIN

    33A What well-connected people may have

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    ERY

    89A Suffix with quack and mock

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    TREF

    77D Like bacon and lobster, in Jewish law

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    GOFAR

    62A Succeed in life

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    GUY

    76D Fellow

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    OLEANDER

    93D Poisonous shrub

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    AQI

    48D Pollution stat

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    LOADED

    86D Like some nachos and questions

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    ONTOPOF

    104A Above

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    ESPOUSE

    73D Support, as a belief

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    NEATEST

    36D Like the winner of a handwriting contest

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    HEARYE

    126A Courtroom cry

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    REWIND

    121A Go back to the start, in a way

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    BARONET

    9D British nobleman

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    REMODEL

    72D Interior design job

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    YLEM

    107A Theoretical primordial substance

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    GAUDY

    80A Way too loud

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    GRUNGE

    22A Genre for Nirvana and Soundgarden

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    RESUMED

    102A Picked up

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    SOGOOD

    4D Words moaned while eating a cheeseburger, maybe

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    SOLIDFOOD

    28A What a baby might start eating at around six months

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    FUNRUN

    29D 2K, for one

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    HOWDEDO

    40A "Afternoon, pardner!"

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    ITSOUT

    13A "Everyone knows the secret now"

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    LIQUIDDIET

    53A Juice cleanse, essentially

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    STANDTO

    98D Get ready for action

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    THEFEDS

    90A National law enforcement, informally

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    LOVEY

    38D Very affectionate

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    OKDEAR debut

    130A "Whatever you say, sweetheart"

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    TUKTUK

    106D Thai taxi with a repetitive name

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    CROMWELL debut

    51D Historical subject of Hilary Mantel's 2009 novel "Wolf Hall"

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    DUSTSOFF debut

    54D Brings back to use

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    EVICTING debut

    50A Booting

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    FURIKAKE debut

    117A Japanese condiment sprinkled on rice

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    1
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    GASGIANTS debut

    75A Jovian planets, by another name

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    1
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    GONIGHTNIGHT debut

    6D Get ready to sleep, cutesily

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    IGNORATI debut

    13D The uninformed masses, colloquially

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    1
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    INFECTS debut

    35D Passes along to, in a way

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    MAYTHEFOURTH debut

    69D Day celebrated by "Star Wars" fans

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    MINDOVERMATTER debut

    124A Slogan about willpower ... or a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle

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    MOTHERWIT debut

    65A Common sense

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    1
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    PANDERING debut

    113A Playing to the crowd

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    PLASMASCREEN debut

    97A TV display option

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    PREGNANCYBRAIN debut

    23A Forgetfulness experienced by soon-to-be moms, informally

    0
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    SHUFFLES debut

    95A Arranges in random order

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    1