← Fill Atlas

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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    ATE

    5D Loved, loved, loved, with "up"

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    EEL

    47A Slithering swimmer

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    YES

    102A "Y" on a form

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    365
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    TEE

    101A Half a giggle

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    AREA

    79D Square's length squared

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    USA

    37D Country with no official language

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    NSA

    75D U.S. intelligence org.

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    ORA

    115D Italian unit of time

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    EVE

    39D Night before

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    ANA

    46A De Armas who name-checked the New York Times crossword on "S.N.L."

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    367
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    TEA

    87D Oolong or Darjeeling

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    ONES

    123A Small tips, maybe

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    ARM

    20D Set, as a security system

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    UTE

    86A Sport-___ (vehicle)

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    ETRE

    48A Raison d'___

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    RBI

    49A One of a record 2,297 for Hank Aaron

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    AHEM

    104D [Excuse me]

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    YETI

    24D Himalayan sight ... or maybe not

    22
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    RYE

    109A Kvass grain

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    ACME

    1D Fictional supplier of Jet-Propelled Pogo Sticks and Dehydrated Boulders

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    TAT

    84A Counterpart of 76-Down

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    EMMA

    122A Titular Austen heroine

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    NAE

    93D Dundee denial

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    ESTEE

    34A Lauder in the cosmetics aisle

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    SEER

    83A Soothsayer

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    170
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    WEE

    38D Bitty

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    165
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    EPI

    90A Lead-in to Pen

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    MOO

    15D Pasture sound

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    BAM

    50D Comic book sound effect

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    ATTIC

    112A Story that goes over one's head?

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    108
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    IBM

    10D "Nobody ever got fired for buying ___" (old business saying)

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    TSO

    45A "General" with a spicy recipe

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    ISSA

    10A Rae of "Vengeance"

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    AQUA

    7D Shade of blue

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    LAD

    82A Boyo

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    SAGE

    12D Learned

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    SOP

    108D Soak (up)

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    USERS

    55D Employers

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    WAD

    116D Big roll

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    DEAR

    70A Cherished

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    118
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    BEAU

    21A Boyfriend

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    CLOT

    65A Formation involving fibrin

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    SATON

    60A Suppressed, as a story

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    EYED

    111D Word with eagle or green

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    REX

    49D Kind of cat with short, curly fur

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    STEAK

    54D Rare treat, maybe

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    RTES

    107D GPS suggestions: Abbr.

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    IRK

    89D Annoy

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    OSU

    53A Columbus sch.

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    BAG

    30A Catch

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    HASH

    66A Jumbled mess

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    CUT

    4D Director's shout

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    LEAR

    119A King who said "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!"

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    TIT

    76D Counterpart of 84-Across

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    ANIL

    81D Kapoor of "Slumdog Millionaire"

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    EDY

    88D Ice cream entrepreneur Joseph

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    ASPCA

    1A Org. that sells "Speaking up for those who can't" T-shirts

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    LETGO

    28A "Hands off!"

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    TOTED

    62D Hauled

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    ISR

    89A Home to Masada National Park: Abbr.

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    ALPHA

    61D ___ Centauri

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    ENTIRE

    35D Whole

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    TORN

    43D Of two minds

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    OFTEN

    53D Habitually

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    FOB

    31A Key item

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    SNAGS

    18D Catches

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    SCOWL

    60D Curmudgeon's countenance

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    RUNE

    51A Bit of Old Norse

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    NOLAN

    22A Christopher ___, director of "Oppenheimer" (2023)

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    TAMALE

    17D Leaf-wrapped Mexican dish

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    LURK

    41D Wait in the shadows

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    UGGS

    52D Fleece-lined boots

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    ARR

    117D Pirate's exclamation

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    INUIT

    58D Nunavut people

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    SEWN

    97D Stitched

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    TERRE

    121A ___ Haute, Ind.

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    MEANIE

    27A Jerkface

    3
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    YADA

    110D When tripled, "Blah, blah, blah"

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    THEEU

    118A What was exited during Brexit

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    ESSE

    106D Latin 101 infinitive

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    EMITS

    14A Gives off

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    CARB

    6A Bread or pasta, informally

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    DKNY

    85A Big Apple fashion inits.

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    TEETHE

    94D Reach a dental milestone

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    BATE

    40D Restrain, as breath

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    WYATT

    99D Comedian Cenac

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    SEALEGS

    11D With these, one can surely walk on water

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    DOLMA

    25A Leaf-wrapped Turkish dish

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    IER

    113D Occupational suffix

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    SHIV

    2D Makeshift knife

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    CUBE

    6D Die, e.g.

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    ALPE

    67D Mont Blanc, par exemple

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    BAHAI

    57D Faith that preaches religious unity

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    ODEUM

    100A Roman theater

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    BANISH

    9D Cast out

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    INDUS

    59D Himalayan river

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    ORL

    32D The Magic, on scoreboards

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    DRYAD

    124A Forest nymph

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    OPTIMAL

    71A Best

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    BALEEN

    33D Kind of whale with two blowholes

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    ENDOFANERA

    14D What might prompt nostalgia

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    ILLBET

    16D "Uh-huh, sure"

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    EVS

    26A Chargeable cars, for short

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    GETANGRY

    29D Start to see red

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    PROGRAM

    91D Play thing?

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    ROSEPARADE

    120A Annual New Year's celebration in Pasadena

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    OKLA

    80D Choctaw word for "people," as seen in a U.S. state name

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    EGESTS

    42D Expels

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    AUNTIE

    73A Family nickname

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    UNTIED

    74D Loose, as laces

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    ADRAG

    103A "What ___" ("Bummer!")

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    GOTIN

    56D Was accepted

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    UPSY

    68A "___-daisy!"

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    MYRTLE

    96D Periwinkle, by another name

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    HESTER

    95D Prynne of "The Scarlet Letter"

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    PERDUE

    69D Big name in chicken

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    PASSFAIL

    3D Grading option

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    DRYEST

    77D Least sweet, maybe

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    REFUELS

    36A Grabs a snack, say

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    UNDERWAY

    86D Happening

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    DUNKS

    77A Publicly makes fun of, slangily, with "on"

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    WIPERS

    105A Rain checks?

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    AUSTRO

    13D ___-Hungarian Empire

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    CHAUTAUQUA

    19A Social movement that Teddy Roosevelt proclaimed "the most American thing in America"

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    GRANTEE

    64A Academic with funding, say

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    HATEREAD debut

    66D Enjoy, as an article, even though it makes your blood boil

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    2
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    JUMPSON

    92D Eagerly accepts

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    QUIERO

    98D "I want," in Oaxaca

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    EVILLAUGH debut

    44A "Mwa-ha-ha-ha" is one

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    GEEKSBEARINGGRIFTS debut

    56A "Do you really trust these Bitcoiners? Beware ..."

    0
    1
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    JULIENNED debut

    92A Sliced into thin strips, as carrots

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    MISSEDACUE debut

    72D Didn't pick up what someone was putting down

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    MISTERBUNNYMAGS debut

    23A "Hugh Hefner was quite the media mogul. They called him ..."

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    RUNNETH debut

    8D Verb for a biblical cup

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    TAXMEN debut

    63A Dreaded collectors

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    THREEMARESQUEALSADAY debut

    94A "Enjoy your stay on our horse farm. Hope it's not too noisy. You can expect ..."

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    THRONESSTOWAWAY debut

    114A "Can you believe I sneaked into Buckingham Palace in a trunk and saw the king? I was a ..."

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    WEARABLETHINGTOTASTE debut

    38A "I know they've had them on all day, but let the kids eat their candy. After all, a Ring Pop is a ..."

    0
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    WEEKDAY debut

    99A One of five every seven

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    WHENITPAINSITROARS debut

    78A "That poor lion has a mighty toothache. Boy, ..."

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