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Sunday · 142 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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    END

    34D Purpose

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    USE

    48A Application

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    SSN

    111D Tax ID

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    ORAL

    45D ___-B

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    ORA

    30A Singer Rita

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    ROE

    96A Fish of the future

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    RNA

    78D Vaccine molecule

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    SRI

    4D Title of respect

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    SPOT

    105D Give as a handicap, as points

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    SLED

    75D Toy that may have a rope

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    ACER

    66A Big name in laptops

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    DEN

    122A Haven

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    NAS

    12D "Stillmatic" rapper

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    SIRI

    83D One who's always on the phone?

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    ROO

    112D Pooh's rhyming friend

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    PESO

    118A Currency of the Philippines

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    EARL

    81A Name that becomes an adjective when "-y" is added

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    ALOHA

    21A Polynesian love

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    EMAIL

    100D Where @ is at?

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    MAE

    84A Actress Whitman of "Parenthood"

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    PLEA

    18A Court entrance?

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    HOT

    107A Trendy

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    TOO

    36A Word that can be represented by a number

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    URL

    46D Certain link

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    HEN

    86A Industrious animal in a classic fable

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    SCAM

    51A Bamboozle

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    ABU

    49A "Father of," in Arabic

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    OFT

    1A With frequency

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    RAGU

    20A Meaty sauce

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    AORTA

    53A Passage straight from the heart

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    ASKS

    17D Consults

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    BAN

    87D Something that might be put on plastic bags

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    FOR

    85A Word that can be represented by a number

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    SOME

    108A Not just a couple

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    GEAR

    72D Boots, tent, mosquito spray, etc.

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    AGAIN

    6D Over

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    STENO

    116A Closed captioner's machine

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    DEAN

    71D School honcho

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    EMTS

    88D Many front-line workers, in brief

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    PEAR

    40D Oviform : egg :: pyriform : ___

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    MATE

    47D Chum

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    SPAT

    4A Little disagreement

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    LIMO

    38D It might be a stretch

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    AWARE

    64A Self-___

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    MID

    47A Lead-in to air or Atlantic

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    SLIT

    121A Shape of a fox's pupil

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    KAT

    114D Krazy ___ of cartoons

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    ASTOR

    39D Family name synonymous with wealth in early America

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    EWAN

    74D Actor McGregor

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    AIDA

    117A 101-Down opera

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    TINT

    28A Window treatment

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    RUSE

    43D Stratagem

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    TERRA

    3D Earth

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    VEER

    77D Swerve

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    COLD

    35A Like many burns, paradoxically

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    HESSE

    86D "Steppenwolf" author

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    ENRON

    104D Subject of a 2001 bankruptcy

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    SOAK

    33D Water down, say

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    THIN

    29D Water down, say

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    ARCED

    26D Rainbow-esque

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    SODAS

    99D Pops

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    BARON

    8A Rank for Porthos of "The Three Musketeers"

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    BFFS

    76D They might have matching half-heart necklaces, in brief

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    INST

    37A Part of M.I.T.: Abbr.

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    ELAPSE

    56D March on, so to speak

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    KERR

    50A Deborah of "The Innocents," 1961

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    REFER

    44D Cite, with "to"

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    LOEB

    68A Lisa with the 1994 #1 hit "Stay (I Missed You)"

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    VENI

    63D Start of a boast by Julius Caesar

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    CSPAN

    69A Where to see party people out on the floor?

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    JADE

    41D Relative of lime and mint

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    PHOTO

    98D Passport requirement

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    MUNI

    106D Local bond, informally

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    GLAM

    94A Queen's onetime rock style

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    NODTO

    120A Acknowledge wordlessly

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    CAMI

    73D Spaghetti-strapped top, informally

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    LOCS debut

    97A Twisted do

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    PATTI

    5D R&B's LaBelle

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    ONEIL

    115A Buck who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022

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    APLUS

    22A High grade

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    NAMED

    102D Picked

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    CHOSE

    103D Picked

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    SWOON

    60D Require smelling salts, say

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    DOSED

    55A Gave medicine

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    TURNT

    7D Amped (up), slangily

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    AIRGUITAR

    23A Instrument anyone can play

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    LAHR

    67D Bert of Cowardly Lion fame

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    FLOP

    61D Dud

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    TIDES

    119A Diurnal phenomena

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    LATENT

    95D Unexpressed

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    CURD

    52D Lemon ___

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    FLIRT

    2D Make goo-goo eyes

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    UTAHN

    109A Many a Mormon

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    VERDI

    101D Composer Giuseppe

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    HABLA

    13A Speak in Spanish

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    APRILS

    14D Taxing times?

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    LWORD

    67A Euphemistic term for love

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    EBOY

    42D TikTok persona typified by floppy hair and grunge clothing

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    HATEON

    13D Talk smack about

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    HRREP

    27A W-4 collector, for short

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    LITER

    65A 20,000 drops, pharmaceutically

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    NAES

    82A Scottish refusals

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    LODES

    68D Rock veins

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    FREES

    80A Lets out

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    SOARED

    51D Went way, way up

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    BAP

    8D Korean word for cooked rice

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    MEETUP

    90D Come together

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    ALLOWS

    9D Permits

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    GOPLACES

    72A Really succeed

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    AGENTK

    19D "Men in Black" role

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    PLANTSEVIDENCE debut

    98A "Careful, the shrub may have fingerprints on it!"

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    DAFOE

    71A Actor Willem

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    UPDOS

    24D Braided buns, e.g.

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    CARON

    69D Leslie of "Gigi" and "Lili"

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    LUCK

    16D "Diligence is the mother of good ___": Benjamin Franklin

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    NODUH

    89D "Thanks, Captain Obvious"

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    ROARAT

    10D Find hilarious

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    DRAWL

    79A Talk like Foghorn Leghorn

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    LENSCAP

    38A Accidental "subject" of certain snapshots

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    AFIELD

    53D Away from home

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    DECAFS

    57D Gentle roasts

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    LAWFUL

    59D By the book

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    OATBAR

    54D Hiker's snack, perhaps

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    TCELLS

    93D Immune system components

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    DARKHUMOR

    113A Staple of Coen brothers films

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    OPAHS

    1D Brightly colored food fish

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    EYELEVEL

    62A Where artwork is often hung

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    OHYAY

    11D "Well, that's awesome!"

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    SNIFTER

    91A Brandy container

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    GLOVED

    94D Ready to play catch, say

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    REINKS

    31A Touches up, as a tattoo

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    BATSFIVEHUNDRED debut

    76A "Dracula has lived half a millennium!"

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    BEARSINMIND debut

    87A "I'm thinking of a grizzly!"

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    BLINDCURVE debut

    15D Something you shouldn't pass on

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    FALLSOUTOFFAVOR debut

    58A "Everyone dislikes autumn now!"

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    FOZZIE debut

    92D Muppet bear

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    JERKSAROUND debut

    41A "Watch out for that bully!"

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    PLAYSATRICK debut

    25A "Oh, now I understand the significance of the troupe's performance in 'Hamlet'!"

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    PUZZLESOVER debut

    110A "I finished this crossword!"

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    SMIZES debut

    105A Portmanteau expressions popularized by Tyra Banks

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    STANDSINTHEWAY debut

    32A "I can't get past this witness box!"

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    STERILIZED debut

    70D Disinfected

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