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Sunday · 138 answers · 10 debuts

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

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    OLE

    100A ___ Miss

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    ALI

    54A Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"

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    NEO

    117A Prefix with natal

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    EPA

    28A Pollution-fighting org.

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    EVE

    111D Part of N.Y.E.

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    TSAR

    56A Ruler before 1917

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    341
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    ACT

    110D Play a part, or part of a play

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    ENOS

    42A First chimpanzee to orbit Earth

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    ETAS

    106D Brief announcements from a pilot

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    GEL

    46A Hair-raising stuff

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    ALTO

    65D Amy Winehouse, e.g.

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    ORS

    7D Surgery sites, in brief

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    ETE

    55A Season to enjoy une glace

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    OSHA

    67A Plant watcher, for short

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    SLR

    68A Camera type, in brief

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    EMT

    73A 911 responder

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    IFS

    27A "No ___, ands or buts!"

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    ABC

    58A "Black-ish" airer

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    AVA

    13D Director DuVernay

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    ABEL

    38D The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?"

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    TRY

    80A "Don't give up!"

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    PLEA

    40D What might be made while clasping one's hands

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    154
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    KEN

    101A Doll that comes in multiple body types, skin tones, eye colors and hair colors

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    HOT

    109D Like hell!

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    RCA

    71A Longtime record label of Elvis Presley

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    ANAL

    70D Particularly particular

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    SORT

    53D Put into piles, perhaps

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    RAGU

    107D ___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce)

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    CEDE

    12D Relinquish

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    TOP

    6A Something fun to take out for a spin

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    LSU

    9A Shaquille O'Neal's alma mater, for short

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    AGENT

    114A Star pitcher?

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    AVOW

    54D Swear

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    MEME

    5D Internet ___

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    UNTO

    33A "Render ___ Caesar …"

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    TBA

    116A Letters for an unscheduled event

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    ERNIE

    78D He had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Rubber Duckie"

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    ARTY

    75D Like many indie films

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    ELLEN

    39A Astronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space

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    OTRA

    104D Other, to Octavio

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    TEENS

    76D Many characters in the 2007 comedy "Superbad"

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    ASSAM

    45D Kind of tea

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    STORM

    1A Marvel superhero who can manipulate weather patterns

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    HELLO

    48D Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times"

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    DWELL

    87A ___ on the past

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    VAPE

    64A Puff piece?

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    SHY

    68D Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe

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    ALEVE

    99A Brand name for naproxen

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    OPENS

    91D Commences

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    MIME

    102D Wordless entertainment

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    GMC

    46D Sierra automaker

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    COLD

    103A Frosty

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    LISA

    62A "The Simpsons" character who becomes obsessed with crossword puzzles

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    KENO

    59A It's a numbers game

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    MEAD

    102A Drink known also as "honey wine"

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    MALL

    69A Site of some Santa sightings

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    INERTIA

    105A Subject of Newton's first law

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    TAPA

    79D Tortilla de patatas, por ejemplo

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    YENTE

    115A "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker

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    UBERX

    50D Non-premium option in a rideshare app

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    CLAD

    97A Bundled up

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    ALIENS

    95D Sci-fi sequel of 1986

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    OUTS

    44D Ballpark figure

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    ELISHA

    42D Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years

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    PANSY

    23D Variety of violet

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    SPILT

    84A Like some milk, idiomatically

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    NOTIP

    88A Indication of bad service

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    RVLOT

    57D Parking space for an Airstream, say, in brief

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    NEAL

    83A Beat poet ___ Cassady

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    VENI

    35D Part of a legendary boast

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    PROSE

    98A Articles are written in this

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    USD

    11D Alternative to the euro, in brief

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    HATED

    32D Word used 10 times in Roger Ebert's review of "North" (1994)

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    LURK

    9D Be in a chat room but not chat

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    DINGO

    30D Australia's largest carnivorous mammal

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    ENEMY

    52D Ernst Stavro Blofeld, to James Bond

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    RHINE

    31A River that borders the Black Forest

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    BASES

    41A They turn red litmus paper blue

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    RAVEL

    20D "Gaspard de la Nuit" composer

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    REVERE

    20A Paul whose house is one of the 16 historic sites of Boston's Freedom Trail

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    CARDS

    12A Parts of a hand

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    FAVE

    26A #1 choice, in slang

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    SENSORS

    16D Parts of many robots in robot-sumo

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    PAINT

    19D Area inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang

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    YEASTY

    96D Like soft rolls

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    AXIOMS

    112A Fundamental rules of math

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    VESTS

    60A Clothing for SWAT teams

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    GALES

    92D Rough drafts?

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    DOTTED

    94D Like lowercase i's and j's

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    DRAFTEE

    15D Opposite of volunteer

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    IOWEYOUONE

    90A "Much obliged"

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    PRUDENT

    24A Sensible

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    MIKA

    25A TV host Brzezinski

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    TATTLED

    61D Did some school reporting?

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    IWANTIN

    86D "Sign me up!"

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    UNALIKE

    33D Dissimilar

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    WHATAHOOT

    74A "Hilarious!"

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    GOALNET

    43A Football blocker?

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    ELOPES

    36D Skips all the ceremony?

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    AIDAN

    29A "Game of Thrones" actor Gillen

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    FLESH

    47D Shylock's security

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    PACMAN

    8D Video game character with an endless appetite

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    FEWER

    66A Like the number of Oscars vis-à-vis the number of Emmys

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    ALDRIN

    93D Interview guest whom Ali G calls "my man Buzz Lightyear here"

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    CHAFE

    17A Irritate

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    THORPE

    2D Early track star Jim

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    FIRETRAP

    26D Urban safety hazard

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    SUDSY

    118A Like a bubble bath

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    GLEECLUB

    82D Where high schoolers work on their numbers?

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    POLEAXE

    85D Ren faire prop akin to a halberd

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    PETEY

    40A Nickname for Mark's unsevered best friend in "Severance"

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    SNARLSAT

    22D Addresses angrily

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    REWINDS

    14D Turns back the clock, maybe?

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    CANTEENS

    72D Cafeterias

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    ONVIDEO

    89D Like YouTube offerings

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    SCOPED

    1D Surveyed, with "out"

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    TWOTIME

    6D Cheat on, in a way

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    WRAPUPS

    18A Recaps

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    ALTEREDSTATES

    110A 1980 horror film starring William Hurt ... or what the shaded squares contain?

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    IRONWOOD

    63D Exceptionally hard timber

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    NEGATOR

    81A ¬ or ~, in logic

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    NOTEXACTLY

    77A "I mean, kind of ..."

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    CURSIVE

    113A Loopy writing

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    DURAG

    87D Hair-care item associated with Black culture

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    MARSLANDER

    37A Viking I or II

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    NEWELL

    51D Gaming mogul Gabe

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    RFID

    4D Touchless payment tech

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    SICKBAY

    84D Starship's medical facility

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    BATHING debut

    108A Enjoying a soak

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    DENVERMINT debut

    34A Major coin producer

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    DRUMLINES debut

    49A Marching band tempo setters

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    FACEID debut

    66D Thumbprint alternative on iPhones

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    FLIPAHOUSE debut

    47A Remodel and resell some real estate

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    GAINEDADAY debut

    92A Crossed the International Date Line from east to west, or west to east (depending on how you look at it)

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    OAHUAN debut

    3D Resident of Honolulu, e.g.

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    OOHIMSOSCARED debut

    21A False alarm announcement?

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    PADAWAN debut

    23A Jedi-in-training

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    SPEARMEN debut

    10D Soldiers with long arms

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