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Sunday · 145 answers · 10 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

    68D One might be named for a king or queen

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    ETA

    28A Bit of travel info, for short

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    ALA

    102A In the style of

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    SSN

    87D W-2 requirement, in brief

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    ERE

    7D Shakespearean conjunction

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    AHA

    44D "I knew it!"

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    ORA

    69A Pop singer Rita

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    AXE

    59A Sharp-edged tool

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    ESSO

    88A The official fuel of the N.H.L. in Canada

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    SPY

    83D Washington, D.C.'s International ___ Museum

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    ELLA

    112A Fashion designer Emhoff

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    IRAN

    118D Modern-day Persia

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    ITCH

    77A Craving

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    ABC

    10D Start of a song with the same tune as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

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    REM

    29A Dream stage

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    MEN

    98A "It's Raining ___" (gay anthem)

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    LENT

    97A Time to give up?

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    ACED

    72D Got just right

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    DESI

    89D Person from South Asia

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    DAS

    114A Govt. lawyers

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    HAD

    75A "I've been ___!"

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    STAB

    56D Wild guess

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    ODIN

    58A God who sacrificed an eye for wisdom

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    SLAP

    130A High-five, e.g.

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    OMIT

    119D Neglect to include

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    STS

    14D Lines on some grids: Abbr.

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    AWOL

    65A Nowhere to be found

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    LAIR

    128A Spot to plot

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    OLGA

    33D Actress Kurylenko of "Quantum of Solace"

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    DECO

    67A Radio City Music Hall style, informally

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    ELIE

    126A Nobel laureate Wiesel

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    ICES

    60D Treats, in a way, as a swelling

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    ILLS

    95D Woes

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    GAP

    43A Extra space

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    KIA

    123D Carnival maker

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    PEAT

    90D Whisky flavorer

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    THOR

    71D God who rides in a chariot pulled by two goats

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    ERRED

    124A Was mistaken

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    EATS

    53A Grub

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    ROSA

    1D Santa ___, city that's home to the Charles M. Schulz Museum

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    SHOE

    70D Pump, say

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    ARCO

    20A Score direction for some stringed instruments

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    BYE

    96A "Ciao!"

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    YESNO

    129A Binary question type

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    TAOS

    25D New Mexico county or its seat

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    EEO

    122D Abbr. in a job posting

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    ACHES

    8D Deep-seated desires

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    KIWI

    50D Smallest relative of an ostrich

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    RELO

    37D Move, in Realtor-speak

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    MOSS

    15A Carpet on the forest floor

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    DEET

    41A Spec

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    TEAT

    6A Milk source

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    ENOKI

    51D Kind of mushroom that comes in a bundle

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    SUS

    64D Pretty fishy

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    OBIE

    93A Cousin of a Tony

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    EARNS

    109D Clears, as profit

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    CROC

    48D Swamp critter

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    AXON

    2D One acting on impulse?

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    MAUI

    117D Home of the Road to Hana, whose 64-mile length contains more than 600 curves

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    YSL

    38A Designer who helped popularize the beatnik look, in brief

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    ANNIE

    125A Little redhead in a long-running Broadway show

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    ASSETS

    78A Listings in a bankruptcy filing

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    NOSH

    31A Quick bite

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    SALON

    22A Intellectual gathering

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    VOL

    40A Remote button

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    OJS

    81A Some pulpy drinks, for short

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    OLAV

    46A One of five Norwegian kings

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    JOB

    82D "You had one ___!"

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    WAY

    121D Route

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    AURORA

    99D Awe-inspiring light show

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    OREGON

    79A First state to implement a bottle deposit to fight littering

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    ASKIN

    110D Welcome at the door

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    BEEB

    84A "Doctor Who" and "Doctor Foster" airer, with "the"

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    CELL

    30D Neuron, e.g.

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    SHELL

    73D Souvenir from the seashore

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    SNARF

    18D Wolf (down)

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    STINT

    131A This won't last

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    AKIRA

    26A Director Kurosawa

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    LETBE

    66D Leave alone

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    OXIDE

    19A Rust, e.g.

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    NASH

    76A Mathematician John who won a Nobel in economic science in 1994

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    HEAL

    74D Improve

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    OATHS

    86A Solemn words

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    TIDAL

    42D Relating to some forces on Earth

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    JILT

    3D Split from suddenly, in a way

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    KOOK

    34D Eccentric sort

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    INSIDE

    24D Word with job or track

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    ANTOINE

    27A "The Little Prince" author ___ de Saint-Exupéry

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    ANKLES

    104D Joints shown by no-show socks

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    ADDONS

    4D Extras

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    BURNT

    21A Crispy, say

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    KAUAI

    127A Island where parts of "Jurassic Park" were filmed

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    WEDO

    52D "What can ___ to help?"

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    BATTED

    94D Stepped up to the plate

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    ANDALSO

    99A "Oh, there's more ..."

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    LAUD

    103D Extol

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    SPIRE

    57A Architectural feature above a belfry

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    RAJAH

    1A Counterpart of a rani

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    BABEL

    108D Biblical tower locale

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    ETALIA

    92D Catchall phrase from Latin

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    ANEMIC

    13D Needing iron supplements, say

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    VWS

    40D Some microbuses, in brief

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    AQUAS

    10A Water colors

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    BIEL

    85D Jessica of "The Better Sister"

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    OLIVES

    16D Oily fruits

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    URKEL

    12D Iconic nerd of 1990s TV

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    ARGOTS

    113A Specialized vocabularies

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    KOAN

    63D Riddle in Zen Buddhism

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    STOCKS

    62A Supplies

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    KRILL

    111D Something consumed by the ton by whales

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    HECKNO

    49D "Keep dreaming"

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    SOAPSTARS

    35D They shine during the day

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    BOISE

    120A State capital in the Treasure Valley

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    PAX

    45D Peaceful period

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    UKR

    115A Kyiv's country: Abbr.

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    SALADA

    22D Course in a Brazilian meal

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    SOREAT

    17D Irritated with

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    CLEVER

    30A Mentally nimble

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    KNEEDEEP

    91D Very involved (in)

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    LASHAT

    107D Light into

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    LOTSOF

    61D So many

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    SASSIER

    35A More likely to clap back

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    LEAFLET

    105A Folded handout

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    HELIOS

    5D Greek sun god

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    ILLBET

    60A "Oh, sure"

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    NIGIRI

    100D Sushi consisting of thin slices of fish over rice

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    TOOTHY

    9D Wide and uninhibited, as a grin

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    ABOUTTIME

    54D "What took so long?!"

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    QUARK

    11D Hadron component

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    ALTITUDES

    36D Great heights

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    COLDEST

    39A What Alaska is, among all the states

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    GOODLOSER

    80D Competitor who has manners

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    MAKELEVEL

    15D Get even?

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    TAKEHEED

    6D "Let this be a lesson!"

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    TERMSHEET

    55D Summary of a contract's details

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    BUILTLIKEATANK debut

    108A Prepared for some new pet fish, in Valleyspeak?

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    DIOSMIO debut

    116A Spanish "My God!"

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    DROPPEDLIKEFLIES debut

    89A Made some outfielder errors, in Valleyspeak?

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    FLOCKS debut

    106D Gathers (together)

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    OKDONE debut

    101D "Whew! Finished!"

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    SHOOKLIKEALEAF debut

    32A Fanned some Egyptian royalty, in Valleyspeak?

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    SOLDLIKEHOTCAKES debut

    23A Was an employee at IHOP, in Valleyspeak?

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    STUCKOUTLIKEASORETHUMB debut

    70A Hitchhiked with a hangnail, in Valleyspeak?

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    WATCHEDLIKEAHAWK debut

    47A Did some birding, in Valleyspeak?

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    WORKEDLIKEACHARM debut

    121A Performed some witchcraft, in Valleyspeak?

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