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Sunday · 140 answers · 7 debuts

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

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    USE

    120A Apply

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    356
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    TRI

    26D One "T" of TNT

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    237
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    ARI

    60A Shapiro of public radio

    36
    378
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    ISEE

    110D "Gotcha"

    36
    360
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    AXE

    13D Guitar, slangily

    34
    269
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    RNA

    75A Cell letters

    29
    322
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    EDU

    43A Ending with Butler or Bard

    28
    194
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    EMU

    111D Blue-necked bird

    27
    295
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    REN

    10D Kylo ___ of "Star Wars"

    27
    198
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    ASSET

    3D Plus

    25
    188
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    LSAT

    121A Hurdle for a J.D.-to-be

    25
    172
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    KNEE

    27A Prop for a proposal

    24
    264
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    ALEC

    51A Baldwin of "30 Rock"

    19
    279
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    AER

    93A ___ Lingus

    19
    148
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    MEN

    116A Chess pieces

    19
    145
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    LENT

    12D Advanced

    19
    129
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    DESI

    7D Arnaz of "I Love Lucy"

    18
    139
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    HAT

    5D Makeshift tip collector

    17
    183
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    TEL

    90D Part of AT&T: Abbr.

    17
    183
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    AGED

    108D Like some cheese

    16
    148
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    AROSE

    9D Came about

    14
    154
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    ATONE

    119A Do penance

    13
    172
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    SWAN

    6D Epitome of graceful beauty

    13
    78
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    EXIT

    21A Sign in a theater

    12
    151
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    OCEAN

    100D Setting for Cole Porter's "Anything Goes"

    12
    147
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    AFT

    29A Far from fore

    12
    144
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    ERMA

    117A Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End"

    11
    147
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    EVENT

    103D Discus throw at the Olympics, e.g.

    11
    102
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    SALSA

    62A Chips go-with

    11
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    INTEL

    98D Gathering of moles

    11
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    RAVI

    109A Sitar great Shankar

    11
    71
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    PALS

    61A Buds

    11
    62
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    TAOS

    55A New Mexico skiing locale

    10
    103
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    BUS

    97D Do a diner job

    10
    100
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    TASER

    49D Police weapon

    10
    55
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    ERECT

    64A Straight up

    9
    150
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    ETUDE

    36D Piano pupil's practice piece

    9
    87
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    GOB

    105A Dollop

    9
    51
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    SOBA

    86A Japanese noodle

    9
    28
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    BOTS

    74A Automatons, informally

    9
    19
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    GNAT

    105D Buzzing nuisance

    8
    132
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    LAME

    107D Glitzy fabric

    8
    86
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    CPAS

    81D Some summers, in brief

    8
    76
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    PABST

    56D Blue Ribbon brand

    8
    49
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    SEALS

    72A Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit myth

    8
    40
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    BEETS

    59D Borscht base

    8
    34
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    VEE

    114D Flock formation

    7
    113
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    STARR

    32A Fab Four drummer

    7
    87
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    REDD

    33D Foxx of 1970s TV

    7
    51
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    STOAT

    15D Cousin of a mink

    7
    51
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    GYM

    18D Indoor recess locale

    7
    49
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    WRY

    22A Droll

    6
    57
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    WATT

    84A Bit of power

    6
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    NASTY

    71D Downright mean

    6
    47
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    NOTRE

    101A ___ Dame

    6
    46
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    YENTE

    123A "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker

    6
    25
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    SPLIT

    69A Rent

    5
    57
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    MASTS

    54A Brig pair

    5
    51
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    PEGS

    80A Cribbage markers

    5
    49
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    GOTO

    87D Basic programming command

    5
    48
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    RANON

    102D Continued interminably

    5
    45
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    COLAS

    106A Pop group

    5
    24
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    TIG

    16A Comedian Notaro

    5
    9
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    ACTED

    50A Played a part

    4
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    PEARL

    73D Bit of wisdom

    4
    51
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    BLED

    53A Ran in the rain, perhaps

    4
    45
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    FATAL

    44D Like 45-Down's flaw

    4
    33
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    GREET

    87A Wave to, say

    4
    32
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    JAY

    115D Blue-winged bird

    4
    29
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    TWANG

    77D String-plucking sound

    4
    19
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    CUSPS

    52D Transition points

    4
    12
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    AISHA

    19A Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"

    4
    9
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    IMA

    112D "___ Believer"

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    TEM

    35D Judge pro ___

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    UNITS

    28A College credit hours

    3
    38
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    PARK

    1D Playground area, often

    3
    36
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    ETOILE

    46D Prima ballerina

    3
    33
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    LISPS

    63D Struggles with sibilant sounds

    3
    22
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    CAREER

    65D Law, but not order

    3
    20
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    ICARUS

    45D Mythical figure undone by hubris

    3
    20
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    PALACE

    61D Classic theater name

    3
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    EJECTS

    41A Boots out

    3
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    TURNT

    24D Super-excited, in slang

    3
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    LABEL

    68D Word with record or union

    2
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    LIONS

    2D Fearsome felines

    2
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    ROTATE

    70D Give a twist

    2
    33
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    LETME

    34A "I can handle that for you"

    2
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    TREATS

    95A Halloween haul

    2
    24
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    ENLACE

    94A Intertwine

    2
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    MILES

    40D Apt name for a distance runner?

    2
    19
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    EINSTEIN

    111A The Wiz

    2
    17
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    ORALLY

    39D How some medicines are taken

    2
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    EREBUS

    58A Personification of darkness, in Greek myth

    2
    15
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    PASTS

    73A Personal histories

    2
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    COSEC

    81A Sine's reciprocal, in trig

    2
    12
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    LAVS

    12A Baths in Bath

    2
    12
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    POUND

    104A Repeatedly hit hard

    2
    11
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    README

    118A File often installed with computer programs

    2
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    TENDERS

    89D Chicken pieces

    2
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    IRSAUDIT

    17D Dodger's comeuppance

    2
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    NEPOTISM

    25A How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    2
    4
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    BABUR

    74D Founder of the Mughal Empire

    2
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    ROOTWORDS

    79D Sources in etymology

    2
    2
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    SDCARD debut

    6A S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s

    2
    2
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    SOBBING

    96A In tears

    2
    2
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    SENSED

    122A Became aware of

    1
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    CIERA

    42D Oldsmobile Cutlass model

    1
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    GENOME

    38A Subject of some modern maps

    1
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    PLATH

    1A Poet with a 1982 posthumous Pulitzer

    1
    15
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    MALTS

    57D Ice cream parlor offerings

    1
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    DANSE

    92D Ballet or bourrée, in Bourgogne

    1
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    PUPS

    37D Short boxers, e.g.

    1
    9
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    SANTIAGO

    69D World capital near the Andean foothills

    1
    9
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    SPRATS

    78A Nursery rhyme couple

    1
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    BATTEN

    76A "___ down the hatches!"

    1
    6
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    PARTA

    31A Starting section

    1
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    TINGES

    66D Hints

    1
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    EATITUP

    36A Swallow something hook, line and sinker

    1
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    REFRAIN

    70A A Chorus Line

    1
    5
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    SMURFS

    48D Uses an alternate account to play against easier opponents, in gamer-speak

    1
    5
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    WEARER

    20A One sporting an article of apparel

    1
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    SORBONNE

    83D Université with a Pierre and Marie Curie campus

    1
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    FIELDTRIP

    44A A Class Act

    1
    3
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    GOLOW

    99A Eschew the high road, say

    1
    3
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    LULLABY

    67A A Little Night Music

    1
    3
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    OUTDOORSY

    91A Into the Woods

    1
    3
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    PLENUM

    56A Full legislative assembly

    1
    3
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    VIPPASS

    14D Front-of-the-line credential

    1
    3
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    DREAMJOB

    11D Gig of a lifetime

    1
    2
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    PROLETARIAT

    88A The Producers

    1
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    ROSETTASTONE

    23A Rock of Ages

    1
    2
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    TACOBARS

    85D Shell filling stations

    1
    2
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    THEEAGLES

    4D "One of These Nights" band

    1
    2
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    TWITTERS

    16D Cheep trills?

    1
    2
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    AVERAGEJANES debut

    113A Mean Girls

    1
    1
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    CATTLEPEN debut

    8D Certain stock holder

    1
    1
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    FEEBLEST debut

    30D Least hale

    1
    1
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    MOBIUSSTRIP debut

    47A A Strange Loop

    1
    1
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    OREOPIES debut

    82D Black-and-white desserts

    1
    1
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    PROSTRATE debut

    80D Prone

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    1