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Sunday · 142 answers · 15 debuts

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

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    ERA

    62A Time of one's life

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    ALA

    43D In the style of

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    ANTE

    110D Poker action

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    461
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    EGO

    84D Source of confidence

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    393
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    LEO

    95A Obvious name for a pet lion

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    268
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    ISEE

    111A "Got it"

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    360
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    OSLO

    108D Where the Nobel Peace Prize is presented

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    324
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    AND

    119A Sassy retort

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    239
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    ACHE

    67D Long

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    282
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    TMI

    5D Response to hearing all the gory details

    27
    122
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    ABS

    67A Core components

    25
    214
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    RAM

    66D Zodiac animal that spells another if you change its last letter to "t"

    25
    166
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    ACER

    93A Taiwanese tech company

    23
    137
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    ITO

    52D Figure skater Midori

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    240
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    EERIE

    35D Haunting

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    260
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    REEL

    41A Film unit

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    184
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    ESPN

    103D "Sunday NFL Countdown" airer

    19
    154
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    DESI

    44D South Asian

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    139
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    TKO

    85A Ring call, for short

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    123
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    DIE

    37D German article

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    168
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    AMASS

    11D Hoard

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    135
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    ARO

    47A Preferring platonic relationships, informally

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    19
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    OTTER

    54D Pride : lion :: raft : ___

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    165
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    NADA

    46D Zip

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    145
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    OMANI

    20A Emirati's neighbor

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    122
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    SHH

    9D "This is a library!"

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    100
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    PEP

    31D Zip

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    126
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    TRAM

    34D Public transportation option around Hong Kong

    14
    113
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    DEAL

    55D Poker action

    14
    104
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    SORE

    122A Miffed

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    157
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    AMIE

    87D Certain camarade

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    170
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    TUT

    106A When doubled, a rebuke

    12
    120
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    THOU

    106D 10 hundos

    12
    72
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    HERO

    97D Sub

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    159
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    GEESE

    49D V-six or V-twelve?

    11
    130
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    TSARS

    120A Rulers used to make many crosswords?

    11
    117
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    READ

    104D Assessment of a situation

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    115
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    RELY

    2D Depend

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    114
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    HORN

    82A Cornucopia, essentially

    11
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    VISA

    102D A tourist may have one

    11
    60
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    SPAR

    115A Box

    10
    188
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    NILE

    98A River in a classic dad joke

    10
    163
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    ARMS

    25A Octopus's octet

    10
    95
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    OASES

    56A Sandy springs

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    66
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    ESTATE

    59A Real ___

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    125
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    OPUS

    8D Composer's numbered piece

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    96
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    SITAR

    40D Long-necked instrument

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    73
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    MATS

    32A Preps for framing, as a photo

    9
    57
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    RAMEN

    101A Quick-cooking noodles

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    43
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    TANS

    12D Black and ___ (beer cocktails)

    8
    81
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    SUM

    92D Total

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    80
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    TAEBO

    58D 1990s fitness craze

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    47
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    LUAU

    21A Feast often concluded with haupia (coconut pudding)

    7
    89
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    WOOD

    33A Where fairy tale creatures often live

    7
    42
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    ALIKE

    79A The same

    7
    40
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    BRB

    15A "I'll return shortly," in shorthand

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    19
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    IONIA

    117A Ancient region bordering the Aegean Sea

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    94
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    RAISE

    39D Poker action

    6
    93
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    AEON

    3D Immeasurably long time

    6
    89
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    CHAD

    99A Landlocked African country

    6
    58
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    COS

    27A Graphing calculator button

    5
    100
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    NEONS

    36D Eye-catching shades

    5
    56
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    DUD

    37A Bust

    5
    53
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    GLUT

    118A Excess

    5
    32
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    INLAY

    57D Cloisonné technique

    5
    26
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    BFFS

    1D Two halves of a platonic whole

    5
    22
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    TYPOS

    30A "Human beef" and "Chicken pox pie" on a menu, one hopes

    5
    17
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    GORE

    81D Reason for an R rating

    4
    81
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    KAY

    114D Elided agreement

    4
    53
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    WIG

    113D Freak (out)

    4
    53
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    BRAG

    1A Say "Another great thing about me …," say

    4
    49
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    SAUDI

    53D Like Mecca and Medina

    4
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    RUINS

    101D What's left of the Colosseum

    4
    28
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    ONKEY

    76D Harmonious, in a way

    4
    25
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    MORPH

    19A Shapeshift

    4
    17
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    RAMP

    16D Way up

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    NASH

    61D Poet who wrote "Behold the duck / It does not cluck"

    3
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    CEDAR

    99D Chest material

    3
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    SHRED

    69D What surfers and guitarists can do, in slang

    3
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    TATAR

    10A Turkic tongue

    3
    45
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    BEADS

    112A What a glass of cold water forms on a hot day

    3
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    FEEL

    18A Experience

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    WISH

    71D Genie's gift

    3
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    CLARET

    64D Bordeaux red

    3
    25
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    STALER

    65A Like yesterday's bread, compared with today's

    3
    22
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    WANTS

    24A Desires

    3
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    ITSSAD

    57A "What a pity"

    3
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    USMAP

    116A Inspiration for the jokes in this puzzle's theme

    3
    7
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    WAH

    80D Sad trombone sound

    2
    51
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    DITCH

    75D Leave behind

    2
    28
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    TOWIT

    10D Specifically

    2
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    BURP

    15D Frowned-upon sound

    2
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    RHYS

    23D Actor Matthew of "The Americans"

    2
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    RIOJA

    107A Spanish wine region

    2
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    HASPS

    100D Padlock parts

    2
    14
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    ANTIWAR

    13D Like Gandhi

    2
    12
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    ERDOS

    7D Paul ___, Hungarian mathematician with over 1,500 published papers

    2
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    BOOYA

    68D Gloating winner's exclamation

    2
    6
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    ENDANGER

    78D Put in harm's way

    2
    6
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    JOUR

    109D "Belle de ___," 1967 Catherine Deneuve film

    2
    6
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    LETMEGO

    48A Words after "Mamma mia!" in "Bohemian Rhapsody"

    2
    5
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    GUSTY

    121A Like a good day for kite-flying

    2
    4
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    OUTACT

    63A Perform better than

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    BALLERS

    38A Ones living a lavish lifestyle, in slang

    2
    3
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    HALIBUT

    88D Fish whose left eye migrates to its right side as it ages (!?)

    2
    3
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    ITALO

    60D "Invisible Cities" author Calvino

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    ZOLA

    29D Author Émile

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    ADAMANT

    94A Unswayable

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    BUSY

    17D Word with body or work

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    ONENESS

    89D Unity

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    THATSIT

    91D "Eureka!"

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    COHEIR

    77A One of several named in a will

    1
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    RETIED

    73D Double-knotted, say

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    6
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    ROSETEA

    83A Floral brew

    1
    6
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    THEOS

    5A Baltimore squad, casually

    1
    5
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    AWNINGS

    93D They may be striped at ice cream shops

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    GITA

    50A Bhagavad ___ (Hindu scripture)

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    4
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    PLAITED

    42A Like braids and some breads

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    SYNTH

    26A Staple of '80s pop

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    MUTTON

    32D Sheep product

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    RISSOLE

    14D Meat-filled puff

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    3
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    AKEELAH

    72D "___ and the Bee" (2006 film)

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    2
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    HEIGHTS

    90A Subject of a common phobia

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    2
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    MADEMAD

    28D Ticked off

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    SABADO

    74A Day before domingo

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    WHYOMING

    80A *"You realize this is a silent meditation, right?"

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    2
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    YAMA

    105D Hindu god of death

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    2
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    BOOSAT debut

    38D Heckles, in a way

    1
    1
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    DELLAWARE debut

    70A *PC-sensitive, in a way?

    1
    1
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    EYEDAHOE debut

    86A *Considered buying that garden tool?

    1
    1
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    FLOORITDUH debut

    22A *Getaway driver's plan, obviously?

    1
    1
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    GLOTTAL debut

    4D Like the "h" in "hat," to a linguist

    1
    1
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    HOTCOAL debut

    6D Campfire remnant

    1
    1
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    HUHWHYE debut

    96A *"Wait ... can we not play this in F sharp instead?"

    1
    1
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    INDIEANNA debut

    60A *Actress Kendrick, when appearing in smaller films?

    1
    1
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    LAIDEGGS debut

    21D Successfully nested, say

    1
    1
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    MINISODA debut

    51A *Coke-ette?

    1
    1
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    MISSISZIPPY debut

    28A *"She sure runs fast!"?

    1
    1
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    OREAGAIN debut

    45A *Jaded miner's remark?

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    1
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    TENASEA debut

    34A *Captain and nine crew members?

    1
    1
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    VERGEINYEAH debut

    102A *"Mm-hmm, get a little nearer"?

    1
    1
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    WHISKONSON debut

    113A *Parent's encouragement to a budding chef?

    1
    1