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Sunday · 141 answers · 8 debuts

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

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    TRI

    40D Prefix with angular

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    ACRE

    38D Lot unit

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    ANI

    30A Darth Vader's childhood nickname

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    ORCA

    81D Black-and-white hunter

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    EDIT

    34A Have away with words?

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    EMIT

    118D Release

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    ENO

    93D Brian who co-founded the Long Now Foundation

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    ALT

    15D ___-right (political category)

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    SRI

    112A Hindu honorific

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    REN

    48D Stimpy's TV pal

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    SSNS

    46D Identity thief's acquisitions, in brief

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    STEP

    83D Part of a flight

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    ION

    128D Bit of plasma

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    SLR

    6D Canon option, in brief

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    EMT

    129D One whose uniform bears the Star of Life, for short

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    SODA

    84A Drink mixed in mixed drinks

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    IFS

    98A Basic BASIC statements

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    SAGA

    44D Whale of a tale

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    EIRE

    124D The Emerald Isle

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    DESI

    119D He loved Lucy

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    OKRA

    91D Slimy veggie

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    ORSO

    81A +/-

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    LEAST

    77D Slightest

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    ARID

    85D Bone-dry

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    ERODE

    109D Lose ground?

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    DATA

    33D Word with mine or dump

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    TEAS

    7D They may be Thai or chai

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    OMG

    58D Texter's gasp

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    MER

    64D ___ de Glace (glacier in the French Alps)

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    SAL

    127D Seasoning for una margarita

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    ANG

    10D Director Lee

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    ENOLA

    57A Sherlock's sister on TV

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    RETRO

    90A Back in, in a way

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    NINA

    12D Columbian caravel

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    MTV

    70D Channel that popularized video jockeys

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    AGOG

    94D In awe

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    EMUS

    121D Nesting pair in the Outback

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    TACO

    35D ___ the Town (punny fast-food restaurant name)

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    LEAH

    95A Older sister of Rachel, in Genesis

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    AMIS

    96D Chums, in Chamonix

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    USEME

    13D "I'm your guy"

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    ITOO

    31D Langston Hughes poem that begins "___, sing America"

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    AMOK

    17D Out of control

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    BRAT

    123D Army ___

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    TOTEM

    108D Sacred object

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    UTILE

    86A Handy

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    SKIS

    29A Cross-country conveyances

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    SPARE

    111D Slash on a scoresheet

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    RODS

    125D Photosensitive cells

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    ASAMI

    15A "Same with me"

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    RAMEN

    28A Dorm room staple food

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    TAI

    74D Mai ___

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    ETAT

    45D Géorgie, par exemple

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    CATS

    62A Much-maligned 2019 movie about which one review said "It's 'Battlefield Earth' with whiskers"

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    MAHI

    114D When repeated, a tropical fish

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    LLC

    87D Business entity inits.

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    OSU

    51A Columbus sch.

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    LUAU

    59D Feast with kalua pig

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    ORGAN

    54A One with a set of pipes

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    IMON

    3D "That's my cue"

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    MANI

    18D Nail salon request, familiarly

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    RAMA

    89A Avatar of Vishnu

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    SWAG

    60A ___ bag

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    SEIS

    16D Twice tres

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    HEFT

    68D Weight

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    FENCE

    26A Picket line?

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    LOOFA

    72D Shower scrubber

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    OSTER

    8D Cuisinart competitor

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    ATMFEE

    76D Money for your money

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    ELAINE

    75D TV friend of Jerry, George and Kramer

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    GORE

    52A Carnage

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    GOES

    61D Skedaddles

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    ENDIT

    73D Split

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    INXS

    19D 1980s band among Australia's all-time best-selling groups

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    NIGHT

    25D When doubled, "Sleep well"

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    RIGID

    32A Inflexible

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    OCULAR

    37D Visionary?

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    RVER

    11D Traveler in no need of hotels, for short

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    SASSES

    42A Gives lip

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    CHEF

    1D One always cooking up new ideas?

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    AMPERE

    104A Contemporary of Gauss and Faraday

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    MIMI

    116D Apt name for a narcissist?

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    MOLT

    55A Come out of one's shell

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    SVELTE

    80A Lithe

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    MIRED

    14D Bogged down

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    CRAIG

    50D Bond's man?

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    USOFA

    79A Uncle Sam's land, informally

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    BIOME

    69A Tundra or taiga

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    SILICA

    21D Quartz compound

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    MULCH

    66A Landscaper's supply

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    CHEATS

    39A Knows just when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, maybe

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    NEWBS

    49D Rookies

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    AMTS

    113D Qtys.

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    LUXE

    2D Ritzy

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    SELIG

    27A Bud in Cooperstown

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    EEKS

    88D Shrill cries

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    SNAPE

    120A Hogwarts's "Half-Blood Prince"

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    FREON

    78A Trademarked refrigerant

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    HAUNT

    101D Stomping ground

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    AMPM

    113A Clock toggle

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    UMBER

    122A Burnt pigment

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    CORED

    117A Hollowed out, as an apple

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    MECCAS

    100D Nashville and New Orleans, for musicians

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    TOMBS

    47D The pyramids, essentially

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    PROG

    115D ___ rock (genre for Pink Floyd and Dream Theater, familiarly)

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    CLINGSTO

    1A Maintains, as a superstition

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    STES

    65D Fr. holy women

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    ACTE

    107A Part of une pièce de théâtre

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    SENS

    41D D.C. 100: Abbr.

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    RESORT

    36D Vacation package offerer, perhaps

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    BANISH

    23D Cast out

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    ROSITA

    36A Muppet of Mexican descent

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    SORCERER

    43D Mickey Mouse's boss in "Fantasia"

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    SIRREE

    106A "No ___, Bob"

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    GRIMACE

    103D [Yuck!]

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    BARNUM

    9A Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman"

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    METING

    133A Dispensing, with "out"

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    BRAHMS

    63A One of classical music's Three B's

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    ESTHETES

    134A Art lovers

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    MAINER

    53A Down Easter

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    GAULS

    110A Plunderers of Rome

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    THEFORCE

    56D Skill taught to Luke Skywalker

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    DOOHAN

    105A James who played Scotty on "Star Trek"

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    FIREAT

    92A Try to hit in laser tag

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    HARRUMPH

    97D "Bah, humbug!"

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    REHM

    82D Longtime NPR host Diane

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    SIGIL

    132A Magical symbol

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    BIGGIESMALLS

    9D Noted rapper with an oxymoronic name

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    GREENING

    5D Revegetation, e.g.

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    INLAST

    102D Bringing up the rear

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    INVISIBLEMAN

    22A Ralph Ellison novel about a nameless protagonist's journey in racist America

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    THOMASEDISON

    130A DC power player in the late 1800s?

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    TRUMPCARD

    131A Good thing to play in a trick-taking game

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    CHECKMATINGCHICKMAGNET debut

    99A Real chess playa?

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    CLOUTCHASING debut

    67D Desperate pursuit of fame, in modern lingo

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    EXONERATINGGENERATIONX debut

    24A Forgiving middle-aged dads for their dad jokes, say?

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    HUMORLESS debut

    20A Not funny

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    MARISATOMEIITSAMEMARIO debut

    126A Greeting from a famous Italian character to a famous Italian American actress?

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    NONCASH debut

    4D ___ compensation (stock options, for instance)

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    STREETLEGALLETSGETREAL debut

    71A "You think that hunk of junk'll pass inspection? Please!"?

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    TECHNOCRATSTRENCHCOATS debut

    47A Attire for Larry Page and Sergey Brin when visiting Google incognito?

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