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Sunday · 138 answers · 7 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

    82D Chapter of history

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    SPA

    64D Business that offers microdermabrasion

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    EEL

    41A Creature whose mating habitats are a scientific mystery

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    ALOE

    72A Source of a natural gel

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    TNT

    115D What takes this puzzle out with a bang?

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    ETS

    111A Org. that administers the G.R.E.

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    319
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    ETNA

    92A Occasional disruptor of activity at Sicily's Vincenzo Bellini Airport

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    SOS

    64A Lost-at-sea plea

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    NTH

    38D High degree

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    GAS

    14A Butter (up)

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    UTE

    116A Four Corners native

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    SPY

    56D Bad person to confide in

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    STEM

    94A Spot for a wineglass charm

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    MET

    9D Bumped into

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    OHIO

    23A Home to Cedar Point

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    RBI

    114D Slugger's stat

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    NES

    11A Platform for Mega Man, for short

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    IRAN

    33D It's opposite Oman on the Gulf of Oman

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    OTTO

    117A Kristin ___, first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic games

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    ERRS

    36A Goofs up

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    APSE

    95A Where the chair of St. Peter sits in St. Peter's Basilica

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    EGG

    79D A Tyrannosaurus rex's was nearly 17 inches long

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    EVA

    25A ___ Air (carrier to Taiwan)

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    LIL

    60D Rapper ___ Baby

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    DARE

    112A Chugging a bottle of hot sauce, perhaps

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    SKY

    69A Most of van Gogh's "The Starry Night"

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    NEMO

    86D Film character who becomes trapped in a dentist's office

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    ORATE

    98D Give an address

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    EWES

    90A Lambs' moms

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    NCAA

    38A Group of conferences, for short

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    FOR

    113D Word in many greeting card categories

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    PAD

    120A Always product

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    REEF

    32D Natural barrier

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    SMEAR

    104D Bad-mouth

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    RISES

    122A Climbs

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    SEN

    109D Title for Sanders: Abbr.

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    MRI

    110A Diagnostic tool, in brief

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    GOO

    91A Sticky substance

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    GEAR

    43A Pack 'N Play and stroller, for a traveling parent

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    IBIS

    76A Sebastian the ___, University of Miami mascot

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    HUT

    20A Humble dwelling

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    PSY

    10D Liberal arts major: Abbr.

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    LTE

    42D Cell service inits.

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    TDS

    18D Rare punt return outcomes, for short

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    ERICA

    105D Writer Jong

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    USERS

    37A FAQ consulters

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    ACHES

    1D Back issues

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    ERATO

    47D Lyre-plucking Muse

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    ERNIE

    101D Hudson of the "Ghostbusters" movies

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    ENACT

    119A Pass

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    TEED

    51A Placed on a peg

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    WHOA

    80D "Hold your horses!"

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    SITAR

    44D Instrument with as many as 21 strings

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    EWER

    85D Decorative pitcher

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    ROLL

    19A Turn in some board games

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    ICIER

    8D Less friendly

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    DREW

    78A Picked a card

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    NEARS

    100D Approaches

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    ADLIB

    1A "Here's looking at you, kid" or "You can't handle the truth!," famously

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    ELIDE

    12D Skip over, as a sound

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    TIPS

    53A Nail salon extensions

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    TEARY

    63D In a flow state?

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    TILT

    49D Pinball game ender

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    ICH

    4D I, to Einstein

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    SEETHE

    77D See red

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    LEMON

    93A Bad buy

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    ONSALE

    26A Marked with a tag, maybe

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    EMBER

    66D Glowing remnant

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    STRAY

    123A Cheat, so to speak

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    STLEO

    94D "The Great" pope

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    CODAS

    57A Musical finales

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    OSE

    24A Sugar ending

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    BELT

    35D Waist product?

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    HERB

    34A Apt name for a gardener

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    ERASES

    108A Makes blank

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    HITS

    52A Bops (in two senses)

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    HEMI

    48D Lead-in to sphere

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    GAIT

    67D Manner of walking

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    NOHOW

    11D "Ain't happening!"

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    MILA

    59A Kunis of "Black Swan"

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    ROOMS

    19D Stays (with)

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    SASSES

    96D Addresses impudently

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    LACEUP

    93D Get ready to skate

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    STEERS

    16D Takes the helm

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    AEROSOL

    40D Nebulizer's output

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    GERI

    68D Halliwell of the Spice Girls

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    ASSISTS

    28D Column in a hockey box score

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    STRIDE

    44A Walk with confidence

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    TOPTEN

    87D Many a critic's year-end list

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    TOSSED

    45D Thrown out

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    TRACES

    18A Scintillae

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    CREAM

    6D Mix, as butter and sugar

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    ROLFE

    81A John who married Pocahontas

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    HALLE

    7D Bailey of 2023's "The Little Mermaid"

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    ANODES

    61D Some poles

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    DRIVE

    2D Determination

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    LOGAN

    3D 2017 film about Wolverine

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    HIRER

    50A Talent finder

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    REGATTA

    88D Crew meet

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    SAKES

    102D Listings on a Japanese menu, maybe

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    SENTRA

    29A Altima alternative

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    AYLA

    75A "The Clan of the Cave Bear" heroine

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    CROCE

    17A Jim who sang "Time in a Bottle"

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    RADNER

    88A Member of the original "S.N.L." cast

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    BEFORE

    5D Caption under the first half of a makeup ad

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    DANAE

    73A Mother of Perseus

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    CHIMP

    6A Jane Goodall subject

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    FORTH

    99D Onward

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    FARRAH

    27D Fawcett who played one of Charlie's Angels

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    GHOSTED

    14D Suddenly stopped texting

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    CASSEROLE

    107A Potluck dish

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    TASSEL

    103A Curtain adornment

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    SHRINE

    58D Pilgrim's destination, maybe

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    OBRIEN

    118A Late-night host who once wrote for "The Simpsons"

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    FEH

    121A Dismissive cry

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    LINTY

    106D Like a dryer trap

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    AMASSED

    89D Stockpiled

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    AUSTERE

    15D Like monastery life

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    GODIVA

    43D Big name in chocolate

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    INAREA

    22D Covered by one's network

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    NOFEES

    74D Credit card lure

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    THAWED

    30D Sat on the kitchen counter, perhaps

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    ITSALOT

    54D "I'm overwhelmed by all this"

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    PROFORMA

    70A Perfunctory

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    LASTSTOP

    62A Conductor's announcement

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    SLOWBURN

    13D Gradual buildup

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    AGAMEOFTHRONES

    97A Rule book?

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    FRANKENSTEIN

    113A Scrapbook?

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    INNEEDOF

    84D Requiring

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    MERRIAMWEBSTER

    31A Spell book?

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    NINETEENEIGHTYFOUR

    83A Yearbook?

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    CHICORY debut

    39D Plant also known as coffeeweed

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    FANDOMS debut

    71D The Beyhive and the Swifties, for two

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    FOODWASTE debut

    27A Composted material

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    HIGHFIDELITY debut

    21A Record book?

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    POKEFUN debut

    55D Tease

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    THEGIVINGTREE debut

    65A Logbook?

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    THEWEALTHOFNATIONS debut

    46A Green book?

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