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Sunday · 140 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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    ALA

    73A In the vein of

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    TSA

    61A Org. that confiscates liquids

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    ECO

    58D Prefix with sphere

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    DNA

    15A ___ sequencing (lab technique)

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    ANN

    99D "Dear ___" (greeting in an old advice column)

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    ENO

    29A Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music"

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    RAT

    59A Word with pack or rug

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    EYE

    10D ___ candy

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    RAE

    120A Nickname for Rachel

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    OKS

    66D Blesses

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    ARLO

    47D Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant"

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    ENT

    52A Giant Middle-earth creature

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    ANEW

    11A From the beginning

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    RHO

    106A P, to Pericles

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    ASHE

    37D N.Y.C. stadium eponym

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    APSE

    53A Arched recess

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    EMT

    39D Vitals checker, in brief

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    ALAMO

    3D Home to a chapel with the Texas flag flying beside it

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    ELSA

    79D Olaf's creator in "Frozen"

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    EVEN

    13D With no one ahead or behind

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    ACED

    62A Knocked out of the park

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    KEN

    38D Doll of a guy?

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    RCA

    67A Former parent of NBC

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    AAH

    68D "That feels ama-a-azing!"

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    ECRU

    111D Shade lighter than cappuccino

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    AGAR

    109D Gelatinous thickener

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    MER

    55D Sea, to Seurat

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    WHO

    115D 50,000-watt clear-channel radio station in Iowa

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    ALARM

    40D Interrupter of dreams, maybe

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    ALDA

    70D Alan with six Emmys

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    OBIT

    60D Tribute in the Tribune, say

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    ALUM

    34A Michelle Obama, to Princeton

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    ADOS

    17D Clamors

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    NAPA

    110D ___ Valley

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    PBS

    82D Channel supported by pledge drives

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    SENOR

    19D Mexicali mister

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    PJS

    82A Clothes for a doze, in brief

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    AJAR

    102A Not fully open

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    ALOOF

    11D Chilly

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    LIME

    113D Mojito garnish

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    LIDS

    81D Tops

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    JLO

    83D "Jenny From the Block" singer, to fans

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    RAMEN

    106D Food traditionally eaten with chopsticks

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    OMENS

    122A Warning signs

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    SMASH

    1A Huge success

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    LUAU

    81A Hawaiian shindig

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    DSL

    32A Broadband inits.

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    YON

    27D Over there, poetically

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    LANAI

    7D Feature of a Hawaiian house

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    DENSE

    123A Tightly packed

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    RUSE

    97A Sneaky plot

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    APRIL

    40A National Arab American Heritage Month

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    ROFL

    31A "hahaha im DEAD!"

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    NATE

    16D Main antagonist on HBO's "Euphoria"

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    TRIM

    112D Decorative auto upgrade

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    SKIP

    4D Spotify button

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    EGOIST

    92A Self-admiring sort

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    RAYS

    57D They may be caught in the summer

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    CLOSE

    6A Seal, say

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    SPICE

    1D Food enlivener

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    IRAISE

    23A Poker declaration

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    UNTIE

    24A Remove, as a ribbon

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    SOUSA

    71D Composer who led the U.S. Marine Band

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    OSSIE

    108D Actor Davis who delivered Malcolm X's eulogy

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    SKID

    9D Go downhill fast, say

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    POPART

    41D Genre for Keith Haring

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    CRIT

    76D Artist's feedback session, informally

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    DARNS

    33A Fights back tears?

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    TUTS

    121A Verbally expresses disdain

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    OTO

    101A Ear-related prefix

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    FLO

    77A Rapper ___ Milli

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    DIME

    33D It's over a quarter of a quarter

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    CELT

    43D Saxon's foe

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    SYSTEM

    45A Oppressive political regime, so to speak, with "the"

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    RUSH

    31D Process for would-be Greeks

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    MORON

    2D Hardly a genius

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    RANIN

    105D Entered quickly

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    WRENS

    115A Brown songbirds

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    CLOSET

    43A Place to hang at home?

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    STEPIN

    78A Get involved

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    LANCET

    96D Surgical instrument

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    BLENDS

    89A Coffees that aren't single-origin

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    ONTRIAL

    8D Being prosecuted

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    CRONUT

    104A Hybrid pastry

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    TAKI

    72A Corn chip with a "Fuego" flavor

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    HITIT

    118A "Strike up the band!"

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    YEMENI

    119A Neighbor of a Saudi

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    REDTAPE

    48D Bureaucratic barriers

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    ROSTRA

    42D Political platforms?

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    SHREWD

    80A Perceptive

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    LENAPE

    85A Native of the Delaware Valley

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    ODESA

    94A Major Ukrainian seaport

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    SECRETE

    93D Hide

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    UPHERE

    56A "Hey!" from on high

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    PARTAKE

    36A Indulge (in)

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    HAJIS

    98A Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia

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    LOITERED

    88D Hung around idly

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    MRROBOTO

    65A Pop culture hit about dystopian technology

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    DROVEAT

    91D Tried to convey

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    NOPULP

    12D Orange juice preference

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    POUR

    86D Flow (out)

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    ANAGRAM

    74D Canniest, for instance

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    HOISTS

    98D Lifts with a pulley

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    NOTIME

    90D "Sorry, I'm unavailable!"

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    EFFUSE

    63D Flow out

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    OLDSTER

    60A Senior, informally

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    SORORAL

    95A Sisterly

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    HYMNS

    107D Songs on Sundays

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    JOADS

    103D "The Grapes of Wrath" family

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    HASABALL

    5D Loves, loves, loves the occasion

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    SHALLWE

    51D "Care to dance?"

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    DFLATS

    64D Keys above C's

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    GASOLINE

    49D Fuel source

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    BURSTS

    22D Ruptures

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    HANKY

    20A Alternative to a tissue, informally

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    POLKAS

    18A Lively Bohemian dances

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    ANTIVENOM

    109A Injection associated with a certain toxin

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    COMEOUT

    28D Openly reveal one's sexuality

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    OPENUPTO

    25A Share confidences with

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    PLAYOFFS

    69A Eliminators of some teams

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    WHOOSH

    50A Sound of a joke going over one's head

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    AACELLS

    75A Smallish batteries

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    APPEARED

    117A Turned up

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    COUNTRIES

    28A Divisions on a map

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    GAYMECCA

    114A Palm Springs or Puerto Vallarta, notably

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    IDEALISTS

    87A Pursuers of utopian goals

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    LOOMLARGE

    46A Have an ominous presence

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    BOOKII debut

    30A Second volume

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    CHUCKS debut

    6D Hurls

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    COMPANYCARD debut

    26A Business traveler's convenience

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    DEPILATE debut

    15D Remove hair from

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    GRIMMS debut

    116A Tale-telling brothers

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    JUDGY debut

    100D Overly fault-finding

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    LOVEBEAD debut

    21A Bit in a hippie's necklace

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    LOWERCASEIS debut

    35D Features of the names of many Apple products

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    REALME debut

    54A Person I truly am

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    SEROTYPE debut

    84D Immune cell variation

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    TOPSPEED debut

    44D Competitive athlete's goal, perhaps

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    TRAINDELAYS debut

    112A Annoyances for ticket holders

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    WENTDRY debut

    14D Lost all liquid resources

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