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Sunday · 136 answers · 18 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    IRA

    105D Plan for the future, in brief?

    46
    448
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    TSAR

    98A Ivan the Great, for one

    33
    341
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    ANTI

    56A Against

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    364
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    ETON

    45D Berkshire school since 1440

    32
    282
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    ARTS

    14A The "A" in STEAM, for educators

    31
    222
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    ONIT

    83A Eager assistant's declaration

    30
    147
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    ETAS

    73A Some announcements interrupting in-flight movies, for short

    26
    214
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    EPIC

    10A Really grand

    23
    235
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    SEC

    9D Jiffy

    23
    187
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    ACER

    18A Maker of the Aspire laptop

    23
    137
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    IRAN

    103A Home of the poet Forugh Farrokhzad

    22
    276
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    SNAP

    102D Onesie closure

    20
    204
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    ADAM

    25D First of all

    19
    265
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    ELSA

    111A Disney's Queen of Arendelle

    19
    220
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    DYE

    72A Holi powder

    18
    162
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    CEL

    13D What's still in cartoons?

    18
    141
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    EARN

    32A Make

    17
    185
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    REAP

    115A Collect from the fields

    17
    155
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    RENT

    79A "To Sontag, to Sondheim, to anything taboo" musical

    16
    190
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    MEH

    55A "Don't love it, don't hate it"

    16
    80
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    NINE

    108A Number of worlds in Norse myth

    15
    155
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    OCHO

    2D Eight, in Spanish

    15
    95
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    AINT

    113A "The Crown ___ Worth Much" (Hanif Abdurraqib collection)

    13
    136
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    ASL

    57A Communication method that may be written with Stokoe notation, in brief

    13
    90
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    AVER

    44A Assert confidently

    12
    195
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    AGOG

    42A Enthralled

    12
    143
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    RAW

    65D Unflinchingly candid

    12
    139
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    NBC

    106D "America's Got Talent" network

    12
    90
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    CHAR

    69A Blacken

    12
    89
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    APES

    95A Uncreatively draws from

    11
    153
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    LEAP

    22A Bound

    11
    103
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    OHHI

    26A "Huh, didn't expect to run into you here!"

    11
    44
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    NILE

    100D Memphis's river

    10
    163
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    LAST

    63D Booby prize winner's place

    10
    100
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    FBI

    74A Intelligence grp. featured on "Quantico"

    10
    75
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    IPOS

    12D Some business news topics, for short

    10
    51
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    TACT

    1D Arbitrator's asset

    8
    102
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    LILAC

    70A Pale purple

    8
    92
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    SUM

    54D Zero-___ game

    8
    80
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    GTOS

    112A Pontiac muscle cars

    8
    65
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    DADS

    47A Brand of "old-fashioned" root beer

    8
    64
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    DIOR

    31A Onetime Yves Saint Laurent employer

    7
    93
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    SEAM

    7D Ore locale

    7
    89
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    ALEVE

    19A Pain relief brand

    7
    65
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    PONE

    86A Corn ___

    7
    55
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    FERN

    3D Plant with no flowers or seeds

    7
    53
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    TADAS

    68A Drumroll followers

    7
    23
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    SIDE

    40D Heads or tails

    6
    94
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    MALL

    96A Busy locale in December

    6
    52
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    FLY

    107D Do the Wright thing?

    6
    46
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    HAMM

    67D Two-time Olympic gold medalist in soccer

    6
    41
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    TVS

    8D Electronics aisle array

    5
    67
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    FACE

    61D Part of a clock

    5
    46
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    TRIS

    53D Swimming/cycling/running competitions, informally

    5
    44
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    CLOSE

    66D Within a point or two, as scores

    5
    40
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    FRAME

    87A Art shop purchase

    5
    33
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    BLUE

    75D 77-Down's color

    4
    58
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    EDGED

    32D Moved cautiously

    4
    43
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    TAPES

    20A Recordings for oral historians

    4
    29
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    AGITA

    37D Aggravation

    4
    26
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    WISP

    48A Delicate bit of hair

    3
    51
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    BLINI

    110A Russian pancakes

    3
    34
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    FELLA

    87D Guy

    3
    31
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    DUES

    28A Club collections

    3
    30
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    LATKE

    41A Yiddish for "pancake"

    3
    27
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    REHIRE

    15D Bring back on board

    3
    15
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    RONAN

    58A Investigative journalist Farrow

    3
    10
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    POORME

    33A Words at a pity party

    3
    7
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    TSAI

    98D Director Ming-liang

    3
    7
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    KARMIC debut

    93D Like a deserved comeuppance

    3
    4
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    THAN

    84D Word after better or worse

    2
    66
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    SPIRE

    24D Skyscraper feature

    2
    42
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    ICING

    71D Medium for a birthday message

    2
    40
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    WARS

    48D Major conflicts

    2
    36
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    AERIAL

    43A Like some landscape photography

    2
    32
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    ASSORT

    34A Arrange by category

    2
    31
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    LAPIS

    77D 75-Down gemstone

    2
    24
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    ACTION

    29A Movie genre … or a shout on a movie set

    2
    23
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    FREON

    61A Trademarked refrigerant

    2
    22
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    AXING

    42D Getting rid of

    2
    13
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    OVERIT

    89D No longer obsessed

    2
    11
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    PATOOT

    5D Tuchus

    2
    6
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    ELMER

    6D Film composer Bernstein

    1
    72
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    PESTS

    5A Dennis the Menace types

    1
    54
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    GOIN

    99D Pass the threshold

    1
    27
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    TRAMS

    39D Trolleys

    1
    25
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    CYNIC

    114A One who questions people's motives

    1
    23
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    ROMANO

    90D Italian-style cheese

    1
    21
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    ALOTOF

    14D Many

    1
    15
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    TAOISM

    82A Philosophy influenced by the "I Ching"

    1
    14
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    SLAPDASH

    21D Done hurriedly and carelessly

    1
    13
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    EXILED

    45A Banned, in a way

    1
    11
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    CREMA

    64A Condiment drizzled on a taco

    1
    8
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    KEEPER

    93A Partner worth holding on to

    1
    8
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    TWINES

    91D Strong strings

    1
    4
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    DOSA debut

    101D Pancake served with sambar

    1
    2
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    MSPAINT debut

    85D Simple graphics editor, informally

    1
    2
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    TAHOMA debut

    16D Mount Rainier's ___ Glacier

    1
    2
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    OLLA

    80A Ceramic stewpot

    0
    88
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    KERN

    92D Adjust the spacing between, in typography

    0
    32
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    CILIA

    69D Flagella relatives

    0
    30
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    BRAIN

    109A Thought spot

    0
    23
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    SPINET

    17D Small piano

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    AVOWAL

    94A Open acknowledgment

    0
    14
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    SUBS

    59A Heroes that don't wear capes

    0
    12
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    DESERET

    46D Western settlement area led by Brigham Young

    0
    11
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    ALABASTER

    34D Soft white mineral

    0
    8
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    INEEDANAP

    49D Tired expression?

    0
    8
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    TRUISM

    84A "It is what it is," e.g.

    0
    8
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    ASSASSIN

    81D Charlotte Corday, to Jean-Paul Marat

    0
    6
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    TOFF

    1A British dandy

    0
    6
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    CHASERS

    66A Shot followers

    0
    5
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    ETRURIA

    10D Ancient Italian region

    0
    4
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    STEELYDAN

    36D Duo inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2001

    0
    4
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    BALLOON

    60D Grow to a huge size

    0
    3
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    MARNI

    96D Soprano Nixon

    0
    3
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    PINSETTER

    51D Bowling alley device

    0
    3
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    TONEPOEM

    27A Musical piece like Smetana's "Vltava"

    0
    3
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    COEL debut

    30D Screenwriter/actress Michaela

    0
    2
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    DOLUNCH

    38D Grab a midday meal with someone

    0
    2
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    FORELIMB

    74D Body part that a dog uses to shake, e.g.

    0
    2
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    GARLANDS

    99A Some holiday tree decorations

    0
    2
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    STYLING

    62A Kind of gel

    0
    2
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    ADDMITTSDEFEAT debut

    37A Update Wikipedia after the 2012 election?

    0
    1
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    BEEATTITUDES debut

    52A Subject of study for an insect psychologist?

    0
    1
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    CHRISTMASCARROLL debut

    23A Slow-driving holiday parade in December?

    0
    1
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    FARING debut

    88D Getting along

    0
    1
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    FORTHEEASSKING debut

    88A Words accompanying an offering to the ruler of the donkeys?

    0
    1
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    FRIEDOKRA debut

    4D Southern dish often made with buttermilk and cornmeal

    0
    1
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    MISSINNFORMATION debut

    104A Arrive too late to see a hotel being built?

    0
    1
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    MORELATER debut

    78D "To be continued …"

    0
    1
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    PARENTED debut

    11D Dealt with minor issues?

    0
    1
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    REMINI debut

    97A Leah who wrote "Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology"

    0
    1
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    SAVESTATE debut

    35D Snapshot of a gamer's progress

    0
    1
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    STORYTIME debut

    50D When to read aloud to kids

    0
    1
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    WELLCOMEMATT debut

    76A Promise from actor Damon's friends regarding his movie premiere?

    0
    1