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Sunday · 136 answers · 13 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ONE

    30A Small square

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    EAR

    7D Popular piercing site

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    485
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    EEL

    34A Cave dweller

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    487
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    ERE

    82A "___ the bonnie boat was won / As we sailed into the mystic" (Van Morrison lyric)

    43
    602
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    LSD

    64A Drug whose therapeutic value to alcoholics was advocated by A.A. co-founder Bill W.

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    245
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    EASE

    73A No trouble

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    334
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    ARIA

    69D Diva's time to shine

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    DOT

    99A On the ___

    25
    178
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    SRO

    33D Sign of a hit

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    251
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    STP

    36A Longtime NASCAR sponsor

    23
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    ESS

    120D Thi_ clue'_ mi_ _ing letter

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    DEE

    63D Land's end?

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    182
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    SNIT

    81D Cranky mood

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    GEE

    28D "Well, I'll be!"

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    200
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    EDAM

    32D Wax-coated cheese

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    AER

    75A ___ Lingus

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    APP

    100A Small-screen release?

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    APED

    65A Made like

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    103
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    IDS

    91A Points out

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    181
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    LIP

    67A Popular piercing site

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    136
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    DEA

    41D Antitraffic org.

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    124
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    ALPO

    40D Brand for Buddy

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    TOP

    104A Part of an outfit

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    OPINE

    107D Put forward

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    RIAN

    113A Director Johnson

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    18
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    IDA

    38A Investigative journalist Tarbell

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    SHED

    35A Spot for a rake

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    OOF

    108A "That had to hurt!"

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    RAG

    57A Old T-shirt, maybe

    11
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    ASSES

    43D Beasts of burden

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    ENS

    15D Nav. rank

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    REBA

    76A First name in country music

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    SLAY

    112D Totally crush it

    10
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    INE

    86D Mozart's "Adagio ___ for Violin and Orchestra"

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    MOW

    96D No ___ May (pollinator-friendly movement)

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    HYENA

    90A One might be spotted in the Serengeti

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    45
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    IRL

    119D Not online, online

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    POL

    45A D.C. insider

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    ALB

    110A Country whose flag features the silhouette of a double-headed eagle: Abbr.

    8
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    UPDO

    62A High style?

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    SAFARI

    42A Where to watch the big game?

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    NOG

    79A Seasonal quaff

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    87
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    NIX

    55A Scrub

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    DIG

    92D Really enjoy

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    IMON

    88D "My time to shine!"

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    TEEUP

    61D Prepare

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    CARAT

    70D 200 milligrams, to a jeweler

    6
    70
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    WEPT

    26A Broke down

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    ZANY

    14D Madcap

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    FASTS

    109D Observes Yom Kippur

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    24
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    NEOPET

    9D Virtual animal companion

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    10
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    ATILT

    5D Leaning

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    KISS

    111D Foil-wrapped treat

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    TUBE

    115D Lipstick container

    5
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    SEASON

    20A Part of a series

    5
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    WATTS

    106D Light units

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    ADASTRA

    19A 2019 sci-fi film whose title means "to the stars"

    5
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    ASI

    11D "___ said ..."

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    SOUSA

    56A "The Liberty Bell" composer

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    50
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    MIATA

    78D Sporty Mazda model

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    49
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    SENORA

    35D Spanish title

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    CACAO

    1D Chocolate source

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    BINGE

    84A Watch for hours, say

    4
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    UNSEAL

    24A Open, as an envelope

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    POMELO

    102D Largest of the citrus fruits

    4
    15
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    FREEWIFI

    6D Library amenity

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    CENTS

    46A Two for an opinion

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    ARGYLE

    25A Diamond pattern

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    ADORNS

    2D Decks out

    3
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    ZESTS

    14A Some drink garnishes

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    KEL

    117D Kenan's co-star on '90s TV

    3
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    OPTIMA

    114A Most favorable conditions

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    ILIUM

    44D Latin name for ancient Troy

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    PANERA

    21A Fast-casual bakery chain

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    IONIAN

    48D Sea between Italy and Greece

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    CATCAFE

    1A Establishment where you might eat a muffin while petting a ragamuffin

    3
    5
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    GOER

    12D Movie ending?

    2
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    EGRETS

    74D Everglades denizens

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    WHALE

    47D Splashy gambler, in lingo

    2
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    HULL

    52D Ship's body

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    HOHOS

    54A Yodel alternatives

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    POO

    72A Ending of many designer dog breed names

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    SPEEDOS

    126A Tight-fitting suits

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    HUNS

    103A "Mulan" adversaries

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    KIWIS

    111A Fuzzy fruits

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    WHATIF

    95D Hypothetical

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    USTEN

    8D Hwy. that includes a Lake Michigan ferry crossing

    2
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    ANAPEST

    59A Poetic foot with a "dun-dun-DUN" rhythm

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    ENSUED

    13D Followed

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    SORBET

    56D Fruity dessert

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    EPIPEN

    97D Source of a lifesaving shot

    2
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    SERRANO

    93D Jalapeño's hotter cousin

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    EARNIT

    122A Acquire something through hard work

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    RUGBY

    27A Sport with "union" and "league" varieties

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    PSYOP

    37D Campaign of mind games, in brief

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    TUMULT

    94A Disorderly agitation

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    ASSAD

    53D Comparatively low

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    DOSES

    66D Script specifications

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    PHARAOH

    51A Exodus figure

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    SALADS

    18D Menu items that McDonald's no longer offers in America, as of 2020

    1
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    GEORGE

    58D "Seinfeld" curmudgeon

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    FEELS

    124A Believes

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    REININ

    98D Control

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    TARGET

    3D Clay pigeon, for one

    1
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    MOBIL

    71D Gas brand

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    GUISE

    80A Facade

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    IGUESS

    121A "If you say so"

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    WVA

    29A Morgantown's state: Abbr.

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    EXPIRE

    50D Go bad

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    NYLONS

    125A Hose

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    SUNBELT

    123A Home to eight of the 10 fastest-growing cities in the U.S.

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    TALKIE

    116A Silent movie successor

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    POISED

    101D Cool, calm and collected

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    SWEARIN

    23D Prepare for the stand

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    CARTRIP

    10D On which you might play I Spy

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    CSNY

    4D Supergroup that performed at Woodstock, familiarly

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    UNCAGE

    8A Let loose

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    GREWINTO

    105A Became

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    RHAPSODYINBLUE

    49D Gershwin composition that opens with a famous clarinet glissando

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    BUTTONUP

    89D Complete in a tidy manner

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    HAULAGE

    90D Commercial transport of goods

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    TRAVELS

    17D Goes places

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    TWEENERS

    31A Players who straddle two positions, in hoops lingo

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    2
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    CORNIERSTORIES debut

    22A Anecdotes that are more likely to elicit eye rolls?

    1
    1
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    DOOMERS debut

    77A Extreme pessimists

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    1
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    DRIPPAN debut

    85A Oil catcher in the kitchen

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    1
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    EXUDING debut

    83D Giving off

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    1
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    PLIANTGENIUSES debut

    118A Ones with flexible minds and bodies?

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    1
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    PUBLICRADIO debut

    21D Popular news source

    1
    1
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    SEEWHATHAPPENS debut

    16D Let the situation play out

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    STAGPARTIES debut

    60D Certain premarital festivities

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    1
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    STEAMIERCLAIM debut

    68A More risqué assertion?

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    TAXIBIASES debut

    87A Reasons that commuters might prefer Uber?

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    TIRADEIDEALS debut

    39A Qualities of the perfect rant?

    1
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    WAITERMETIER debut

    95A In-depth knowledge of the menu, perhaps?

    1
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    WIRYSIMILE debut

    47A "Skinny as a beanpole" or "thin as a rail"?

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