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Sunday · 132 answers · 25 debuts

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

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    ERASE

    40A Take off the board

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    DEE

    88A Ruby of "The Jackie Robinson Story"

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    182
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    APSE

    31A Semicircular recess

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    243
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    TRY

    14D Don't give up

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    181
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    NAE

    103D Scottish negative

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    171
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    LIAR

    100A "A warehouse of facts, with poet and ___ in joint ownership" ("The Devil's Dictionary" definition for "imagination")

    18
    177
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    AFRO

    98D Prefix with futurism

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    170
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    RON

    71D 1980s White House nickname

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    169
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    SETH

    77A Eve's third son

    15
    142
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    SRS

    101D Grads-to-be: Abbr.

    14
    209
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    ILLS

    30A Misfortunes

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    117
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    NUT

    34A Wackadoodle

    14
    112
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    SWAN

    15A Graceful bird

    13
    78
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    NEATO

    91D "Swell!"

    12
    127
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    TESTS

    73D Battery parts?

    12
    94
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    ARCO

    98A Taking a bow at the symphony?

    11
    114
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    OTC

    102D Not prescription, in brief

    11
    92
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    HEIR

    25A Eligible receiver?

    11
    91
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    TEAR

    47A Spree

    10
    149
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    ROOF

    69A It's probably over your head

    10
    56
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    SALEM

    89D "The Crucible" setting

    9
    107
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    PANE

    95A Dormer section

    9
    90
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    TUNE

    63D Word with fine or signature

    9
    84
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    AIDS

    27A Helps

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    46
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    TEAT

    55A Milk source

    9
    42
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    PST

    6D SFO setting: Abbr.

    8
    82
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    AVERT

    96A Turn aside

    8
    65
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    PASTA

    95D Dish made from durum, say

    7
    89
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    TRU

    10D Capote nickname

    7
    83
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    NEARS

    56A Impends

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    78
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    MEOW

    107A Bit of "kit chat"

    7
    76
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    PILOT

    11D ___ light

    7
    47
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    ALOFT

    75D Up in the air

    6
    65
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    SEEDS

    35D Parts of some brackets

    6
    62
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    SEL

    41D Partner of poivre

    5
    71
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    STARE

    29D Fixed look

    4
    81
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    NEAL

    37A Beat poet Cassady

    4
    70
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    HAVE

    59A Order, in a way

    4
    68
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    NERDS

    18D Candy with two flavors in one box

    4
    65
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    MOST

    84A A majority

    4
    54
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    EPICS

    12D Sweeping works

    4
    48
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    CECE

    22A ___ Winans, 12-time Grammy-winning gospel singer

    4
    35
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    COGS

    109A Bits of machinery

    4
    25
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    MITTS

    68D Hands, in slang

    4
    24
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    KAMA

    54D Word meaning "desire" in a classic Sanskrit text

    4
    23
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    TAZ

    58A Whirling toon, familiarly

    4
    23
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    PEET

    97A Actress Amanda

    4
    17
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    PELT

    11A Attack with snowballs, say

    3
    69
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    ORK

    66A Sitcom planet of the '70s and '80s

    3
    42
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    DOCS

    60A Nonfiction films, informally

    3
    39
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    ACROSS

    19A Crossword header

    3
    38
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    RARA

    57D ___ avis

    2
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    OVINE

    90D Sheepish?

    2
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    ANDRE

    79A ___ 3000, half of the hip-hop duo Outkast

    2
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    OLEOLE

    78A Soccer chant

    2
    35
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    TOOLS

    4D Sledge, wedge, etc.

    2
    23
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    LETSON

    13D Reveals

    2
    15
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    UNDERGO

    50D Experience

    2
    14
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    EARTAG

    87D Cattle ranch identifier

    2
    10
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    PRAISED

    7D Sang hosannas to

    2
    7
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    READY

    92D "I can do this. Hit me"

    1
    42
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    BEND

    48D Curve

    1
    31
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    PFFT

    7A "... and it flopped"

    1
    31
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    ONIN

    64A "Come ___!"

    1
    30
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    ACING

    17D Performing well on

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    AURAE

    31D Enveloping atmospheres

    1
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    SPYS

    108A 1974 spoof with the tagline "Would you buy a used secret from these men?"

    1
    21
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    FAUNA

    67A Animal life

    1
    20
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    GENX

    99D Kids of boomers

    1
    16
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    ZETAS

    93D Some 10-pointers in Greek Scrabble

    1
    16
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    CLEANSE

    44D Juice regimen

    1
    15
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    RAPPER

    24D Kid Cudi or Lil Baby, e.g.

    1
    14
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    LENIENT

    82D Forgiving

    1
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    GAMIN

    99A Waif

    1
    7
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    LIFTUP

    1A Hearten

    1
    7
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    TAPTAP

    85D Mic check noise

    1
    7
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    NODULE

    76A Little bump

    1
    6
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    SAURON

    77D Maker of the Ring in "The Lord of the Rings"

    1
    5
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    UNLADE

    50A Remove cargo from

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    4
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    KEENEYE debut

    83D Talent for discernment

    1
    2
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    NEOSOUL debut

    51D Music genre for Erykah Badu and D'Angelo

    1
    2
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    ESTO

    65A This: Sp.

    0
    64
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    ENTO

    104A Opposite of exo-

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    ROCS

    28A Flying terrors of myth

    0
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    ANTONY

    106A ___ Blinken, Biden's secretary of state

    0
    22
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    SOUND

    29A With 42-Down, Oscars category from 1963 to 2019

    0
    20
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    FAQS

    9D Heading for commonly sought info

    0
    19
  88. 88
    TBILL

    26A Quickly maturing security, for short

    0
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  89. 89
    MUSED

    68A Pondered

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    17
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    ARRS

    94A Talk Like a Pirate Day outbursts

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    15
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    TIGERS

    73A Relentless go-getters

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    EDITING

    42D See 29-Across

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    EXTENDS

    46D Stretches out

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    9
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    VERSES

    36D "Yankee Doodle" has 16 of them

    0
    9
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    REFLEX

    49A Knee-jerk response

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    LACTOSE

    52D Many people find it intolerable

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    7
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    USFL

    5D Sports org. with the Pittsburgh Maulers and Philadelphia Stars

    0
    7
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    FENDER

    8D Car part the Brits call a "wing"

    0
    5
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    FORCEPS

    80D Surgical instrument with thumbholes

    0
    5
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    ICEBLUE

    2D Cool shade

    0
    5
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    LASTING

    1D Having legs

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    ADDWATER

    72D Dilute something, in a way

    0
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    FAILED

    62D Went under

    0
    3
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    FEBREZE

    33D Odor-fighting spray brand

    0
    3
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    JUNKDNA

    53D About 98% of the human genome

    0
    3
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    ADAMSON

    81D Joy who wrote "Born Free"

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    2
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    FASTTALK

    80A Persuade with patter

    0
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    FRAILTY

    3D Weakness

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    2
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    SCHOOLOFTHOUGHT

    15D Intellectual movement

    0
    2
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    BADRATING debut

    70A One star, typically

    0
    1
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    BROCHE debut

    43A À la ___ (spit-roasted)

    0
    1
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    BROWED debut

    48A Black-___ albatross

    0
    1
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    EXANTE debut

    110A Latin phrase meaning "based on forecasts"

    0
    1
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    GEYSERED debut

    38A Spewed forcefully

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    1
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    GUSTAF debut

    74A Carl XVI ___ (king of Sweden beginning in 1973)

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    1
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    HEAVIER debut

    45D Like épées vis-à-vis foils

    0
    1
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    JESUSLIKE debut

    53A Describing the 32-Down's image

    0
    1
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    RADARTRAP debut

    105A Woe for a speeder

    0
    1
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    REARWIPER debut

    20A Clearer in hindsight?

    0
    1
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    RUNED debut

    57A Inscribed with some ancient characters

    0
    1
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    SANDSOFTIME debut

    61A Metaphor from an hourglass

    0
    1
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    SEAOFTRANQUILITY debut

    23A Apollo 11 landing spot

    0
    1
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    SETSOFTONGS debut

    32A Items used by barkeepers, barbecuers and blacksmiths

    0
    1
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    SHROUDOFTURIN debut

    32D Pope Pius XII called it "a holy thing perhaps like nothing else"

    0
    1
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    SOBFEST debut

    61D Big tear-jerker

    0
    1
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    SONOFTARZAN debut

    89A Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, with "The"

    0
    1
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    STARSOFTOMORROW debut

    39D Entertainers with bright futures

    0
    1
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    STATEOFTENNESSEE debut

    101A Its motto is "Agriculture and Commerce"

    0
    1
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    SUPERVHS debut

    35A Enhanced tape format released in 1987

    0
    1
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    WEEUN debut

    16D Tyke

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    1
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    WIDEOUTS debut

    86A Offensive football positions

    0
    1
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    WIRESAWS debut

    21D Flexible cutters

    0
    1