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Sunday · 145 answers · 13 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

    116A Consideration for Cy Young Award voters, for short

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    SPA

    59A Hands-on business

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    EEL

    135A Jellied fish in an English dish

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    IRA

    131A Portfolio piece, for short

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    ODOR

    40A It smells

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    ETNA

    119D Where the giant Enceladus is buried, in myth

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    ACNE

    94A Laser therapy target

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    UNO

    20A Game with a Reverse card

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    AND

    11D "... so?"

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    OIL

    54D Frying need

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    NIL

    46A Zippo

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    SAP

    100A Drain

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    IAN

    126D Actor Somerhalder

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    ITS

    24A "___ all good"

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    OPAL

    121D Gem sometimes confused with a moonstone

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    EGOS

    74D Big heads

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    ODDS

    70D They're short for a favorite

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    ESS

    123D Twisty curve

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    SAGA

    75D Long tale

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    HAD

    89A "You ___ me at hello"

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    INANE

    130A Wildly silly

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    TEL

    124D Abbr. on a business card

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    ODIN

    51D One-eyed Norse god

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    TALON

    37D It's quite gripping

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    ARO

    6D Certain queer identity, for short

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    NOSE

    58D Prominent feature of 17-Down

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    RIP

    1A Van Winkle of folklore

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    ARF

    66D Pound sound

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    OPED

    110A Kind of column

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    ORBS

    40D Globes

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    HAM

    31A ___-fisted

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    RATS

    117D "Dagnabbit!"

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    ENSUE

    86D Come after

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    ASADA

    95A Roasted or grilled, in Spanish

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    IDA

    125D Rocky Mountain state: Abbr.

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    ERRED

    99D Got it wrong

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    SNEER

    92A Ugly expression

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    DEED

    91D It is done

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    CDC

    80D Public health org.

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    ASIDE

    61D One might start "Incidentally …"

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    DOC

    79A Common file extension

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    RUIN

    1D Wreck

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    AMIGO

    36D Bud

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    WEDS

    26D Unites

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    OTRA

    14D ___ vez (again, in Spanish)

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    ARRAY

    21A Impressive display

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    EMOTE

    27D Play for the camera, say

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    OLDE

    115A Word on some Renaissance Faire signage

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    GAPS

    65A Divides

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    GAMER

    88D One trying to level up, often

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    HMO

    64A Med. benefit option, in brief

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    AMPS

    57D Music boxes?

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    SUET

    98A Food for a woodpecker

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    DIG

    84A Like, in slang

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    BATS

    50D They hang around a lot

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    SPEND

    34D Go on a spree

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    CENA

    108D Wrestler-turned-actor John

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    ADAMS

    42D ___ apple

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    PUP

    127A Young boxer, say

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    ASWAN

    55A Dam near the Philae Temple of Isis

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    LOEW

    83A MGM founder Marcus

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    TOMATO

    72D Common salad add-in

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    RTS

    12D Offensive linemen, for short

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    ABODE

    96A Liver spot?

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    DEAF

    78A Like Tommy in the Who's 1969 rock opera

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    OPINES

    33A Thinks out loud

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    STEWS

    30A Frets

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    MEARA

    87D Anne of classic comedy

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    NADIR

    82D Low point

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    STILT

    67A Leggy shorebird

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    POPS

    69A Really stands out

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    SPARS

    4A Engages in playful fisticuffs

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    GOON

    53A Mob enforcer

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    PAEAN

    39D Song of thanksgiving

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    SBARRO

    9A Italian restaurant frequently seen in food courts

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    SALARY

    133A Subject of a negotiation

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    FIRES

    29D Gives the (pink) slip

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    OMELET

    18D Serving at a breakfast buffet

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    WEED

    47A Creeping Charlie, e.g.

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    LUC

    68A Captain Jean-___ Picard

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    OPENER

    38A First game of the season

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    SYSTEM

    8D Way

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    NABOB

    49A Honcho

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    RADS

    7D X-ray doses

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    BACON

    15A Strip for breakfast

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    VEIN

    71D Blood line

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    BETSY

    48A ___ Ross House (Philadelphia landmark)

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    EXECS

    132A C-suite figures

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    BLOOM

    97D Nursery sight

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    TRYME

    23A "I might surprise you"

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    IMINLOVE

    102A Smitten person's declaration

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    SHANTY

    107D "Drunken Sailor," e.g.

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    NEWER

    19D More up-to-the-minute

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    JONES

    114D Hanker (for)

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    LANDS

    134A Territories

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    HINTAT

    22A Suggest

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    ESOTERIC

    93D Like much tax law or ancient philosophy

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    WALE

    32A Corduroy fabric feature

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    BEGAN

    81A Set off

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    SNORES

    73A Sound-asleep sounds

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    DANAE

    118A Mother of Perseus

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    LORDE

    111D Singer with the 2021 hit album "Solar Power"

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    RIDDLE

    105D Brain twister

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    CYRANO

    17D Title protagonist of an 1897 Edmond Rostand play

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    INTOODEEP

    2D Past the point of no return

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    OWNSUP

    43D Cops (to)

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    NYMPH

    45D Juvenile locust

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    OCULO

    63D Eye: Prefix

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    PROTEST

    5D Stand against

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    RACHEL

    13D Friend on "Friends"

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    ISECOND

    103D Support line?

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    SHOWUP

    9D Make an appearance

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    THEDOT

    129A What very punctual people arrive on

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    PETDOOR

    101D Little flap, maybe

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    ROGAN debut

    77D "Fear Factor" host Joe

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    BTW

    15D Start of a tangent, in a text

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    EDUCATE

    35A Train

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    LOITER

    111A Hang around

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    SAWIN

    4D Welcomed at the door

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    COMETO

    120A Recover from fainting

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    CHACHA

    106D Cuban dance style

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    DALIS

    128A Some Surrealist paintings

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    POLEAX

    104D Weapon similar to a halberd

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    REJOIN

    113A Sign up for again

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    HEATHER

    112A Plant that was a top-five girl's name in the 1970s

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    PURPOSE

    76A Objective

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    RESENTED

    44A Begrudged

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    OVERHIT

    70A Go beyond the opponent's baseline, in tennis

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    PPE

    69D Safety goggles, masks, etc., in brief

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    URACIL

    109D RNA base

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    DRUPE

    85D Peach or plum, botanically

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    PROPROCURESCURES

    104A Pharmacist comes through for customers?

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    STREGA

    62D "___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale)

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    ADVENTURE debut

    90D Thrill-seeker's pursuit

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    ARCWELDS debut

    16D Makeup of some metallic bonds

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    BILOBA debut

    52D Ginkgo ___ (tree species)

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    BIOSCAN debut

    10D Analysis performed with electrodermal stimulation

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    DEMDEMAGOGAGOG debut

    85A Hotheaded liberal politico who's eager to hear?

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    MADMADISONISON debut

    60A Angry early president can be seen now in TV footage?

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    NOTFIT debut

    28A Out of shape

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    POSTPOSTAGEAGE debut

    3D Email era?

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    REDREDACTIONACTION debut

    122A Editor's strike?

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    SPAMSPAMALOTALOT debut

    41A Send fan mail en masse to a Monty Python production?

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    WHOOWHOOPIEPIE debut

    56D "Suh-weet! I love this sandwich cookie!"?

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    WOODSWOODSCREWCREW debut

    25A Group that Tiger hires to install wall art?

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