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Sunday · 140 answers · 11 debuts

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

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    ALA

    82D In the manner of

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    IRE

    78A Extreme vexation

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    498
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    ANT

    28A Hill worker

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    EON

    83D Many millennia

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    ECO

    58D Green prefix

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    ETON

    15D Boarding school where tailcoats are part of the dress code

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    EKE

    94A Scratch (out)

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    236
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    SLED

    18D Item tossed into a fire at the end of "Citizen Kane"

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    204
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    RBI

    106A Metric for a Met, for short

    23
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    STP

    74D Noted speedway sponsor

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    172
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    ESS

    40D The start of something?

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    413
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    INON

    104D Privy to

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    BTS

    98A Seoul singers?

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    38
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    RYE

    39D Bourbon alternative

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    212
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    MENU

    30D Set of options

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    184
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    REEL

    26A Something you might use just for the halibut?

    19
    184
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    TRY

    85D "Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you ___!": Dr. Seuss

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    PAL

    19D Buddy

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    MAE

    34D West of Hollywood

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    181
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    ENG

    92A Part of E.S.L.: Abbr.

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    160
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    DES

    27A ___ Plaines, Ill.

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    154
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    AAH

    64A "That hits the spot!"

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    152
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    TLC

    54A Affectionate attention, for short

    16
    146
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    MEH

    34A "I'm not impressed"

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    80
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    NINE

    9D ___-Down (what this is)

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    155
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    CGI

    35A Some sci-fi effects

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    55
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    SENT

    16D On its way

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    VAN

    68A U-Haul offering

    13
    107
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    MCS

    30A Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall and Amy Schumer, for the 2022 Oscars

    13
    79
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    REA

    49D Stephen of "The Crying Game"

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    201
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    OLA

    13D Portuguese greeting

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    175
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    STEER

    69A One rounded up in a roundup

    12
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    STYLE

    119A Do some barbering on

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    80
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    SEEM

    90A Appear

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    100
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    SIM

    103A Kind of card sold in many international airports

    9
    58
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    FAD

    81D Furbys or fidget spinners, e.g.

    8
    87
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    MAPS

    1A Visitor center handouts

    8
    61
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    AEIOU

    2D Series of trade discounts?

    8
    60
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    MAV

    111D Dallas hoopster, for short

    8
    51
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    NAY

    93A Voice of dissent

    7
    119
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    MIL

    113D Lotta money

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    77
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    GEN

    88D Lead-in to X, Y or Z

    7
    74
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    SARAN

    96A Film brand

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    65
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    ZIT

    31D Acne spot, informally

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    60
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    ERSE

    120A Language of the Emerald Isle

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    160
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    SIRS

    103D Knights and noblemen

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    80
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    ADIOS

    21A Relative of "ciao"

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    78
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    BEAR

    5D Image on a postcard from Yellowstone

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    70
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    LAN

    67D Office PC setup

    6
    67
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    RAMA

    99D Hindu embodiment of virtue

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    61
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    IOUS

    108D Chits

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    54
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    GRAS

    102D Mardi ___

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    39
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    HEFT

    89D Substance

    6
    35
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    AAAS

    84D Small batteries

    6
    29
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    MAYI

    105D Request for permission

    6
    19
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    GUS

    36D ___ Goose, cousin of Donald Duck

    5
    59
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    MAYA

    14D "S.N.L." alumna Rudolph

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    COPE

    109D Manage

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    38
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    ELITES

    70D One-percenters

    5
    36
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    IHEAR

    48A "They tell me …"

    5
    34
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    KARMA

    114A "Your ___ ran over my dogma" (classic dad joke)

    5
    29
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    EPILOG

    66D Closing words

    5
    21
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    MITES

    117A Tiny arachnids

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    OHNEAT

    42D "Wow, super!"

    5
    7
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    OAS

    6D Western Hemisphere treaty grp.

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    AIMEE

    101D Mann of music

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    OSO

    33A 5-Down, in Spanish

    4
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    LCD

    107D TV screen option, for short

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    GAR

    60D Fish with a long snout

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    DAVE

    55D "I'm sorry, ___, I'm afraid I can't do that" (line from HAL in "2001")

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    PAULA

    86A Singer Abdul

    3
    31
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    TROPE

    72A A car that won't start is a common one in horror films

    3
    28
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    RIGAMAROLE

    71D Frustrating process

    3
    5
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    AIDES

    97D Hill workers

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    44
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    SUGAR

    59A Word with cane or cone

    2
    43
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    URGES

    8D Exhorts

    2
    43
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    LILA

    107A Diane Sawyer's real first name

    2
    34
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    TARTS

    100D Stolen treats in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

    2
    31
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    LASAGNA

    22A "I never met a ___ I didn't like": Garfield

    2
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    DAREME

    91A "Is that a challenge?!"

    2
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    SENORES

    51A Spanish gentlemen

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    14
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    ROYALWE

    115A Sovereign's singular

    2
    13
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    RBS

    53D N.F.L. positions that sound like a fast-food chain

    2
    12
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    ALETAP

    87A Keg attachment

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    DOESOK

    55A Neither blows it nor crushes it

    2
    11
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    ENTENTE

    80A Alliance

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    ISOLATE

    20A Set apart

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    ELEVATE

    83A Take up a notch

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    INSEAM

    63D Something made off the cuff?

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    MISDO

    10D Botch

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    SALOON

    32D Brawl site in old westerns

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    ZONES

    31A Divides into sectors

    1
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    BEERY

    17A Like a pub crawler's breath, perhaps

    1
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    BODS

    41A Small figures?

    1
    14
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    ONTIPTOE

    45D How a parent serving as the tooth fairy might walk

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    ALISON

    76A Pulitzer-winning novelist Lurie

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    CONCUR

    35D Agree

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    FATIGUE

    81A Symptom of burnout

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    NEURONS

    50A Impulsive sorts?

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    CATCHAIR

    109A *Rest spot for a tabby?

    1
    3
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    MAHOMES

    10A QB Patrick who was 2018's N.F.L. M.V.P.

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    3
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    TSAPRE debut

    37A Fast line at the airport, informally

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    3
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    ASPENTREE debut

    11D *Main course featuring Egyptian snake meat?

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    BLOAT

    98D Swell

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    19
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    BALK

    17D Show some reluctance

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    MEDOC

    1D French wine region

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    MANTLE

    62D Layer beneath the earth's crust

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    ONALERT

    52A Standing at the ready

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    BOSUN

    5A Crew supervisor on a merchant ship

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    ENAMI

    61A As a friend, in French

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    13
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    RELAYS

    47A Some track-and-field races

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    TARN

    57D Mountain lake

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    HORSESENSE

    12D Street smarts

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    SYSOPS

    4D Website overseers, in brief

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    8
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    INAMOOD

    110A Angry and impatient

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    VOOM

    25D "Va-va-___!"

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    6
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    SEATRIP

    18A *Embarrassing pants mishap?

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    5
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    SUPERBOWL

    77D *Terrific messenger at Hogwarts?

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    5
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    DUALIPA

    116A *Brew that's both bitter and fruity?

    0
    4
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    BIOGAS

    41D Byproduct of composting

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    3
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    PARKAVENUE

    38D *Iditarod, for one?

    0
    3
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    SNIVELS

    118A Cries feebly

    0
    3
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    COOLMOM

    112A Parent who's fluent in emojis and modern slang, maybe

    0
    2
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    GETSABITE

    56A Grabs lunch, say

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    2
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    KICKME

    95D Sign unlikely to have been written by the person it is attached to

    0
    2
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    LOOMOVER

    24A *Shipper of British toilets?

    0
    2
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    MOANABOUT

    44A *Big fight for a Disney heroine from Polynesia?

    0
    2
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    REFASTENS

    73A Ties again

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    2
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    SPACETRAVEL

    65A Voyage by rocket … or a feature of the answers to the 12 starred clues?

    0
    2
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    STARCHART

    7D *Painting of potatoes, e.g.?

    0
    2
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    TEASEDHAIR

    75D What a beehive is made of

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    2
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    BOLSTERED debut

    46D Supported

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    1
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    DEATHEATER debut

    43D *Staging of a narc sting?

    0
    1
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    EVENTALLY debut

    79D *Friend in a competition?

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    1
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    GOODEARTH debut

    88A *Shortage of slime?

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    1
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    KCUPPOD debut

    29A Modern-day groundskeeper?

    0
    1
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    PROMPOSALS debut

    3D Portmanteau invitations

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    1
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    RFIDTAG debut

    99A Component of some high-tech dog collars

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    1
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    SOREFEET debut

    51D Anguish following a dance marathon

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    SPRAYON debut

    23A Like some tans

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