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Sunday · 140 answers · 9 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

    76D Busy time at a cafeteria

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    EEL

    89D Slippery sort

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    487
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    SSN

    72A Taxpayer's ID

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    242
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    AHA

    48A Cry stressed on its second syllable

    40
    379
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    ODOR

    2D Something typically found in a barnyard

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    344
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    ONCE

    115A Then

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    326
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    ESAU

    12D Early victim of identity theft?

    31
    245
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    SKA

    10D Reggae forerunner

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    163
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    ENO

    68D William Phelps ___, inventor of the stop sign and the crosswalk

    29
    285
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    OAT

    50D Bit of cereal

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    290
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    INS

    44D Access points

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    224
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    ADA

    17A Inits. associated with accessibility

    27
    270
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    OPEN

    37A Dentist's command

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    217
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    ATL

    113D Code of the world's busiest airport

    23
    171
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    ASHE

    9A ___ Stadium, venue with a cushioned acrylic surface that is the largest of its type in the world

    22
    275
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    OED

    84A Major ref.

    22
    141
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    MIA

    82A "O patria ___" (Verdi aria)

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    209
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    NOD

    35A What a sleepy head might do

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    158
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    SOB

    46D Express some intense emotion

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    149
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    TIA

    81D ___ Maria

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    144
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    PER

    62A A head

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    270
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    REEL

    36A Stagger

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    184
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    ADDS

    116A Puts together

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    179
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    ADAM

    106D Lambert or Levine of pop

    18
    265
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    REO

    51A Bygone auto inits.

    18
    196
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    DYE

    114D Stain, maybe

    18
    162
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    TALE

    24D Related thing

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    178
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    LYE

    122A Caustic cleaner

    17
    146
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    LOL

    1A Chat chuckle

    17
    132
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    LAB

    1D Titration station

    16
    144
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    UGH

    39A "That sucks"

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    128
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    EYRE

    107A Jane who says "I need not sell my soul to buy bliss"

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    150
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    LAVA

    28A It comes out on top

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    144
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    ERROR

    38D Diamond imperfection?

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    161
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    CDS

    111D Many '90s music purchases

    14
    147
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    LANE

    94A DETOUR #4

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    142
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    BAN

    93A Embargo

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    125
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    BIO

    97A Cells are covered in it, in brief

    13
    123
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    RIAN

    43A "Glass Onion" director Johnson

    13
    18
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    TKOS

    20A Some ring finishes, for short

    12
    73
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    MOE

    79D "Calvin and Hobbes" character based on "every jerk I've ever known," per Bill Watterson

    11
    149
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    ALTAR

    6D Meeting spot for a union

    11
    125
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    IBIS

    95A Bird embodied by the Egyptian god Thoth

    11
    100
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    MASS

    13A Wholesale

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    75
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    EPS

    57D Series segments, informally

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    54
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    AETNA

    34A Big name in health care

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    93
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    BORE

    96D Snoozefest

    9
    77
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    IDK

    87A Texted shrug

    9
    12
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    MESH

    120A Component of a beekeeper's suit

    8
    115
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    DADA

    71A Common first word for an infant

    8
    98
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    PTAS

    90A Grps. that liaise with superintendents

    8
    87
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    PATH

    74A DETOUR #3

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    62
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    ENVY

    109D Sin that sounds like two letters

    8
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    YEESH

    101D "Ooh, that's bad"

    8
    19
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    RIMS

    43D Parts of drinking or reading glasses

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    58
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    BMW

    53A Present-day auto inits.

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    NGOS

    119A N.A.A.C.P. and A.C.L.U., for two

    7
    11
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    ANIME

    98A Studio Ghibli genre

    6
    62
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    SOUP

    55D Make more powerful, with "up"

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    EMERY

    67A ___ cloth (sandpaper alternative)

    5
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    LABOR

    3D Lead-in to delivery

    5
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    GELS

    75D Some hair products

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    CAINE

    23D Michael who was knighted in 2000

    4
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    OUTER

    103D Peripheral

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    ATBAY

    9D In check

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    RISERS

    31A Parts of some choral arrangements?

    4
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    DOTH

    60A Shakespearean verb

    4
    24
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    NOB

    33D Noggin

    3
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    ETAIL

    104D Amazon's domain

    3
    57
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    XENON

    70A Gas whose name comes from the Greek word for "foreigner"

    3
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    MORES

    99D Conventions

    3
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    SHALOM

    77A Hebrew greeting

    3
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    APERTURE

    14D Photographer's setting

    3
    13
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    OPPO

    21A ___ research, source of "dirt" on a political rival

    3
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    ETH

    8D Neighbor of Djibouti: Abbr.

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    MIAMI

    83A Metropolis with a Little Havana neighborhood

    2
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    IVY

    118A Brown, for one

    2
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    BASRA

    102D Iraqi city near the Tigris and Euphrates

    2
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    EDIFY

    85D Enlighten

    2
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    DRIVE

    52A DETOUR #2

    2
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    EVENER

    47D Goal that sends a game into overtime

    2
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    VOCAB

    92D Flashcard words

    2
    20
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    RAMSESI

    54A Pharaoh who founded Egypt's 19th dynasty

    2
    5
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    SAWRED

    42D Seethed

    2
    4
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    IVOTENO debut

    80A "It's a thumbs down from me"

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    3
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    STREET

    117A DETOUR #5

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    VALUE

    29D Face ___

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    GHOSTS

    69D Henrik Ibsen play

    1
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    MOSHE

    13D Israel's Dayan

    1
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    RITEAID

    51D CVS competitor

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    12
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    SAMSA

    72D Literary character who transforms into an insect

    1
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    STANDIN

    26D Substitute

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    10
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    BRASIL

    59D Five-time winner of the Copa do Mundo

    1
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    HODGEPODGE

    11D Jumble

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    GOBROKE

    75A Lose one's balance?

    1
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    SLYFOX

    100A Trickster

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    KVASS

    91A Fermented drink from Russia

    1
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    BARBETS

    58A Things settled over drinks

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    BADASSERY debut

    25A Formidable-but-awesome behavior

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    2
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    POINT

    49A Purpose

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    EILEEN

    19D "Come On ___" (1982 hit)

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    ELAYNE

    32A Boosler who was the first woman to have an hour-long comedy special on cable TV

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    SNEAKS

    66D Running kicks?

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    MACYS

    7D Company that owns Bloomingdale's

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    NANS

    63A Mums' mums

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    LARDS

    121A Stuffs with bacon fat, say

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    12
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    HGTV

    61D "Love It or List It" airer

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    SILEX

    86A Mineral used in glass production

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    9
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    INLATE

    18A Submitted after the deadline

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    8
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    INTOTAL

    105A Wholesale

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    AUREATE

    108A Golden

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    SPRINGS

    15D Suddenly appears, with "up"

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    7
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    BGAME

    4A Less than one's best, in sports lingo

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    6
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    BOUNCE

    102A What some emails, checks and balls do

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    JABBED

    40D Vaccinated, to Brits

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    PIXELS

    90D Resolution units

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    BEGONE

    56A "Get out!"

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    5
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    HAMLETS

    78D Small towns

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    5
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    JOSEF

    40A Composer Strauss, the brother of Johann

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    5
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    BURIED

    97D Not easily accessed

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    4
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    SLIPNSLIDE

    73D Backyard toy that attaches to a hose

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    4
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    ELASTICBAND

    112A Feature of some sweatpants DETOUR: Well-known musical group with a place name

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    3
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    GNAWED

    5D Chewed (on)

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    3
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    GUTHRIE

    30A Family name in folk music

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    3
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    NOKIDS

    65D Restriction on some wedding invites

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    3
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    ROADWAY

    27A DETOUR #1

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    3
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    ANOMIA

    64D Inability to recall the names of everyday things

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    2
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    BIRDSOFPREY

    4D Hunt-and-peck types?

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    2
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    BOBCRATCHIT

    22A Dickens clerk DETOUR: Theatrical success

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    2
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    LIARSDICE

    110A Classic game of bluffing

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    2
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    OHMAMA

    41D "Wowza!"

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    2
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    RATEDM

    36D Containing graphic content, say

    0
    2
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    SOYEAH

    16D "And, uh, that's what happened"

    0
    2
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    BAILON debut

    93D Leave high and dry

    0
    1
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    EMUEGGS debut

    68A They're laid in Australia DETOUR: They feel your pain

    0
    1
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    FANNING debut

    88D Elle or Dakota of Hollywood

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    1
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    FILMSPEED debut

    88A Photographer's setting DETOUR: Come in handy

    0
    1
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    MINITACO debut

    83D Bite-size Tex-Mex snack

    0
    1
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    USBORDERS debut

    45A Homeland Security concerns DETOUR: Computer port inserts

    0
    1
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    XBOXKINECTS debut

    70D Motion-sensing Microsoft gaming devices

    0
    1