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Sunday · 140 answers · 13 debuts

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

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    ONE

    11D United

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    TSA

    118D Wand-waving org.

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    189
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    IRE

    121D Seething state

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    498
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    ALI

    6D Actor Mahershala

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    518
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    TEE

    119D Merch table offering

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    SSN

    103A You might need just the "last four" of it: Abbr.

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    242
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    ERE

    122D Before, in poetry

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    602
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    ORAL

    91D Like some tradition

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    367
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    TEN

    86A What "X" might stand for

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    369
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    ONIT

    2D "Will do!"

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    147
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    ARM

    116D River offshoot

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    264
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    ODES

    110D Pope writings

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    226
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    ORS

    35D Surgery sites, in brief

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    161
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    TSK

    12D "You should know better!"

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    189
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    ROT

    93D Spoil

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    214
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    EERIE

    124A Spine-tingling

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    APP

    17D What some people use to solve a New York Times crossword

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    EGAD

    79A "Good heavens!"

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    203
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    UTAH

    45A Home to five U.S. national parks

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    238
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    OMAN

    85D The so-called "Pearl of Arabia"

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    201
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    NAP

    117D Power ___

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    192
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    PIE

    106D March 14 dessert, appropriately

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    183
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    LAS

    80A The "L" of L.V.

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    173
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    AGAR

    82A Vegan alternative to gelatin

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    172
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    ALMA

    96A ___ mater

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    130
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    CON

    42A Downside

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    123
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    IDES

    114D Two weeks after calends, approximately

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    ALIAS

    61A TV spy drama of the early 2000s

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    115
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    TOP

    56A Outdo

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    POR

    10D ___ favor

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    MORE

    60A "What's ___ …"

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    TUG

    39A Harbor boat

    12
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    GOO

    24D Slimy stuff

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    121
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    PEI

    115D Rock & Roll Hall of Fame architect

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    121
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    GEAR

    95A Campy stuff?

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    119
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    MED

    19D Rx request

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    90
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    GOT

    64D Understood

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    89
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    RIDS

    32D Clears (of)

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    ANODE

    76A One side of a battery

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    107
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    TOTO

    27A Revealer of the Wizard of Oz

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    113
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    GIST

    8D General idea

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    68
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    NORSE

    105D Like the goddess Hel

    8
    67
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    HUG

    59A What "O" might stand for

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    ALIBI

    48D Cover, of a sort

    7
    108
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    HEX

    120D Spell of bad luck?

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    69
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    IDIG

    90D "Groovy!"

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    PILOT

    106A Fly

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    FAVA

    89D ___ bean

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    AGORA

    55D Ancient marketplace

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    105
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    ANIL

    113D Kapoor of "Slumdog Millionaire"

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    ASPCA

    51A Org. that facilitates adoptions

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    ERASERS

    123A They might wipe the slate clean

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    28
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    AGEGAP

    73D It's 2.3 years for the average heterosexual American couple

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    SKATE

    71D Cousin of a stingray

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    74
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    GUS

    16D "Gloomy" guy

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    SPRIG

    4D Lavender unit

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    44
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    STAIN

    26A Treat, as wood

    5
    44
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    GSPOT

    8A Subject in sexology

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    19
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    GOBI

    30D Home to wild Bactrian camels

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    LAH

    101A "Well, ___-di-dah!"

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    ICONS

    21A Some religious artwork

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    TCELL

    57A Infection fighter

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    BINGE

    63A Watch all at once, say

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    HIKE

    112D Sharp increase

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    IDEM

    88D As above, in citations

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    ESCORT

    37D Usher

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    FOES

    28A Hostile parties

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    KMART

    69D Former retail giant

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    EXECS

    127A C-suite members

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    PICNIC

    5D Walk in the park … or sit in a park, maybe

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    TUFT

    39D Clump of hair

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    BANFF

    67D National park in the Canadian Rockies

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    PANINI

    74D Something made in a press

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    DEFIB

    49A E.M.T.'s apparatus, informally

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    BEAT

    47A Instruction in a meringue recipe

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    ENIAC

    65D Pioneering computer

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    SITU

    58A In ___ (as found)

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    DOIT

    109A "No chickening out!"

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    GAEA

    3D Greek earth goddess

    2
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    DOLLS

    77D Things a plangonologist collects

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    FRODO

    84A Literary character described as "a stout little fellow with red cheeks"

    2
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    PLAID

    53D Like many a lumberjack's shirt

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    GAVEL

    41D What may bring a meeting to order

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    STINK

    75A Big fuss

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    SCALE

    62D "Do"-to-"do" delivery

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    SIE

    18D German "you"

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    UTICA

    40D City at the foot of the Adirondacks

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    DIPS

    1D Ballroom dance moves

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    EDAMS

    78D Some semihard cheeses

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    CLOY

    108A Be overly sweet

    1
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    BAHAI

    111A Faith founded in Persia

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    IMPASSE

    126A Deadlock

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    ENGAGE

    70D Captivate

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    RAPTOR

    36D Toronto N.B.A. player

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    STODGY

    81D Stubbornly old-fashioned

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    HELIPAD

    46D Landing site

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    FINISH

    28D Lacquer, e.g.

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    PANTHER

    115A "Black" or "Pink" animal

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    VESSELS

    128A Pots and pans, e.g.

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    EARGASM

    13A Feeling of auditory bliss, in a modern coinage

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    STATIN

    43D Cholesterol-lowering drug

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    IDEO

    33D Lead-in to -logue

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    ARREST

    14D Stop the progress of

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    EGGON

    13D Encourage

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    BLURB

    50D Words for a cover

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    RANOUT

    97A Was completely depleted

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    PETERS

    72D Dwindles, with "out"

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    CEDRIC

    100D Comedy's ___ the Entertainer

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    SCHOOL

    9D Classy establishment?

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    TALKS

    107D "The birds and the bees" and others

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    THRASH

    44A Defeat decisively

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    ROBERTS

    66A Supreme Court surname

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    RUNGS

    54D Certain footholds

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    SHAPES

    38D Tot's geometry lesson, perhaps

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    TILERS

    98D Some bathroom contractors

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    INAPILE

    20A Stacked haphazardly

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    GROUPIE

    22A Band stan

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    MENORCA

    60D Spanish resort island, to locals

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    DEVICE

    99A Smartphone, e.g.

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    HOBBES

    102D Cartoon character who said "Van Gogh would've sold more than one painting if he'd put tigers in them"

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    5
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    REALITYTV

    83D "The museum of social decay," per Gary Oldman

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    5
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    GRASPED

    25A Understood

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    TREKKIE

    125A Klingon speaker, say

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    ROASTHAM

    15D Entree that might be prepared with a brown sugar glaze

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    SLIDON

    43A Had trouble with, as an icy road

    0
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    CLUTCHES

    87D Strapless accessories

    0
    2
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    DOGSPAS

    1A Businesses that might offer "pawdicures"

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    2
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    CERTIFICATEOFCLAM debut

    87A Prize in a chowder cook-off?

    0
    1
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    EGIRL debut

    92A Gen Zer who might be into faux freckles and anime

    0
    1
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    FIVEPILLARSOFSLAM debut

    52A Pentad for a poetry performance?

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    1
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    GIGIO debut

    29A Nickname for Luigi

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    1
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    GOFF debut

    34D N.F.L. quarterback Jared

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    1
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    ORIGINSTORES debut

    31A The Macy's in New York's Herald Square, and others?

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    PAPADAM debut

    72A Deep-fried appetizer often served with chutney

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    1
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    PICKINGONESBRAN debut

    68A Shopping for some cereal?

    0
    1
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    PIERCINGSHREK debut

    23A Preparing to put earrings in an ogre?

    0
    1
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    SENTINELS debut

    7D Lookouts

    0
    1
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    SPITTINGMAGE debut

    104A Old-timey wizard who needs to learn some manners?

    0
    1
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    THIRDEYEBLIND debut

    119A Band with the 1997 hit "Semi-Charmed Life" … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme

    0
    1
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    TODAD debut

    94A Start of many a Father's Day card

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    1