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Sunday · 140 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ACE

    70D One-pointer in cribbage

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    493
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    ERIE

    21A Lake that's largely fed by the Detroit River

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    510
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    IRA

    55D Long-term deposit, in brief

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    448
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    ANI

    36A T-E-A-M doesn't have one, so they say

    36
    238
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    ACT

    88D Make a scene

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    302
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    TEA

    11D Serving at a Chinese restaurant

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    374
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    ONIT

    38D "I'll get to work right now"

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    147
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    ENDS

    124A Wraps up

    27
    303
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    OPT

    56D Go (for)

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    211
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    ORS

    56A Choice words

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    161
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    ATAD

    78D Slightly

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    156
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    SON

    125A The Second vis-à-vis the First, say

    24
    213
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    ASK

    36D Query

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    204
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    ION

    89A ___ thruster (physics lab device)

    23
    258
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    SEC

    116D Instant

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    187
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    ASP

    53D Creature in the final scene of "Cleopatra"

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    265
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    INON

    85D Privy to

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    166
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    EDGE

    35D Leg up

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    293
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    ILL

    83A Poorly

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    260
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    ROT

    24D Waste away

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    214
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    BTS

    51D K-pop septet

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    38
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    EMMA

    90A Corrin of "Nosferatu"

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    173
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    IOU

    52D Short note?

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    160
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    CEL

    19A Image of Mickey, maybe

    18
    141
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    USSR

    60D It once shared a land border with 16 countries

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    171
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    TOT

    33A Wee one

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    200
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    MBA

    121A Degree held by only one U.S. president (George W. Bush)

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    122
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    ABU

    70A ___ Dhabi

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    86
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    WOE

    100A Trouble

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    119
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    SAL

    67D ___ soda

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    221
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    MAMA

    77D Call from a crib

    14
    115
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    IBM

    107D Tech giant whose initials are its N.Y.S.E. symbol

    13
    106
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    RIAN

    120A Filmmaker Johnson

    13
    18
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    IDA

    1A First lady McKinley

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    251
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    AVON

    47A Company once called the California Perfume Company

    12
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    SENOR

    59A "___ Mouse," Chick Corea jazz standard of 1972

    12
    90
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    AROMA

    75A Bouquet

    11
    191
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    GET

    48A Wrap one's head around

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    118
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    WIT

    98A "Biting" characteristic

    11
    88
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    LGBT

    8A Letters before Q

    10
    37
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    BAS

    71D Some undergrad degs.

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    96
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    AETNA

    99A Big name in health care

    9
    93
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    SLIP

    15D Lapse

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    84
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    IONE

    28D Actress Skye

    9
    73
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    RESIN

    34A Frankincense or myrrh

    8
    84
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    USC

    72D Trojans' sch.

    8
    62
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    POKE

    49A Popular Hawaiian dish

    8
    57
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    ALEXA

    3D Baby name whose popularity plummeted after 2015

    8
    44
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    YARD

    93D 48-oz. beer glass

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    62
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    VANE

    87A It's blowin' in the wind

    7
    58
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    VOL

    62A Geometry calculation: Abbr.

    7
    55
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    SAFE

    80D Umpire's ruling

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    107
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    ANTES

    32D Payments made at a table

    6
    92
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    ECCE

    119A Latin "Look"

    6
    84
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    ADIOS

    32A "Catch ya later!"

    6
    78
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    SLATE

    30A Schedule

    6
    73
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    AVOID

    82D Eschew

    6
    72
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    PEACE

    104D Informal goodbye

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    56
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    SUP

    63A "How ya doin'?"

    6
    55
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    OARED

    105D Made some waves?

    6
    52
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    LETGO

    8D Release

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    46
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    CHILI

    12D Carolina Reaper, for one

    6
    42
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    SCAD

    114D Whole bunch

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    36
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    AGLET

    102D Protective tip on a lace

    6
    32
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    GREED

    69D Monopolist's trait

    6
    30
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    CUED

    123A Signaled

    6
    29
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    EYELET

    61D Drawstring place

    6
    25
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    ADOBO

    109D Mexican marinade

    6
    12
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    LONER

    65D Hardly the social butterfly

    5
    53
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    OHME

    76D "Jeez, I can't catch a break"

    5
    23
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    ALCAPONE

    29A "Scarface"

    5
    15
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    LOTR

    112D Tolkien trilogy, for short

    5
    13
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    OAS

    73A Alliance since 1948, in brief

    4
    105
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    UNION

    45D The "U" of 60-Down

    4
    69
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    SNEAD

    74A Golf's Slammin' Sammy

    4
    66
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    ENDOW

    42D Fund, as a college

    4
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    NADIR

    26D Bottom

    4
    49
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    BITS

    10D Parts of comedy routines

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    44
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    ICONS

    1D Cher and Madonna, e.g.

    4
    43
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    DABS

    39D Dollops

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    42
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    EVIE

    40D ___ Woods, best-selling author of 2023's "The Lost Bookshop"

    4
    30
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    WORN

    41D Threadbare

    4
    30
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    PAESE

    103D Bel ___ cheese

    4
    24
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    ESCAPEE

    86A Breakout performer?

    4
    20
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    GAR

    68D Needlefish

    3
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    SHAD

    4A Common saltwater baitfish

    3
    56
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    HOAR

    5D Frost

    3
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    TVAD

    58D Certain spot

    3
    30
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    POEMS

    108D Some have meters

    3
    26
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    COSA

    20A ___ Nostra

    3
    24
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    SCENERY

    4D It might be chewed in a theater

    3
    14
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    SHOOS

    31A Drives off

    3
    13
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    PORCH

    104A Where people typically go to the mat?

    3
    11
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    STILETTOS

    57A Footwear for a sharp dresser?

    3
    8
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    MELTED

    97D Like the cheese in a grilled cheese

    3
    6
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    RIPAT

    106A Attempt to tear

    3
    4
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    PESETA

    18D Old Spanish coin

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    42
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    RAPID

    101A Fleet

    2
    38
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    DEVIL

    2D Old Scratch, with "the"

    2
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    OLMEC

    95A "The rubber people," in Nahuatl

    2
    22
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    LADED

    66D Stowed

    2
    18
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    ROCCO

    13D Good name for a geologist?

    2
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    APRILS

    43D They're known to open with some jokes

    2
    11
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    HOSTA

    37A Plantain lily, by another name

    2
    10
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    OWLISH

    95D Wise-appearing

    2
    10
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    HOTLINE

    22A "Red telephone," historically

    2
    9
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    FIREHAT

    84A Headwear that's stereotypically red

    2
    5
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    TWIGS

    92D They can support a nest egg

    2
    5
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    UNKNOT

    17D Pull some strings?

    2
    5
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    FORTHEWIN

    84D "Victory is mine!," in modern lingo

    2
    3
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    LOLLYGAG

    111A Fool around

    2
    3
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    HBCU

    113D Morehouse or Howard, in brief

    2
    2
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    GRINS

    9D Beams

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    13
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    IDECLARE

    89D "My heavens!"

    1
    13
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    MALLE

    46D "Damage" director Louis

    1
    13
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    TYNAN

    110D "The Seduction of Joe ___" (1979 Alan Alda film)

    1
    10
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    HYDRATE

    122A Drink after a race, say

    1
    7
  118. 118
    NAMIBIA

    50A Driest country in sub-Saharan Africa

    1
    7
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    ITSASHAME

    14D "How sad"

    1
    6
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    LOONEY

    96D ___ Tunes

    1
    6
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    SEETHES

    118A Boils

    1
    6
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    OVEREASY

    23A Breakfast order request

    1
    5
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    PARSONS

    94D Service providers?

    1
    5
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    BIRDIES

    54A They're below par

    1
    4
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    PINOTS

    16D Some red or white wines

    1
    4
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    TOSCANINI

    44D Longtime music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra

    1
    4
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    CASSANDRA

    79A Seer cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies would not be believed

    1
    3
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    TITANICSINKS

    25A [London Herald, 4/16/1912]

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    3
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    APOCRYPHA

    81D Writings of dubious authenticity

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    2
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    AWCOMEON

    117A "Jeez Louise!"

    1
    2
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    CRISPUP

    12A Become crunchy in the oven

    1
    2
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    NIXONRESIGNS

    27A [The New York Times, 8/9/1974]

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    2
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    UPICE

    60A Toward the opposing goal, in hockey

    1
    2
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    WALLSTLAYSANEGG

    64A [Variety, 10/30/1929]

    1
    2
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    ASSESSEES debut

    6D Taxpayers

    1
    1
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    DAYSHIFT debut

    7D 9 to 5, e.g.

    1
    1
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    DEWEYDEFEATSTRUMAN debut

    39A [Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948]

    1
    1
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    FORDTOCITYDROPDEAD debut

    91A [New York Daily News, 10/30/1975]

    1
    1
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    HEADLESSBODY debut

    113A With 115-Across, [New York Post, 4/15/1983]

    1
    1
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    INTOPLESSBAR debut

    115A See 113-Across

    1
    1