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Sunday · 138 answers · 9 debuts

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

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    ONE

    49D United

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    ASS

    86A Pack-bearing beast

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    END

    114A The Big Crunch, theoretically, for our universe

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    OREO

    15D Apt name for a tuxedo cat

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    ELSE

    17D Alternatively

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    EON

    45D Vast span

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    ORAL

    109A Kind of contraceptive

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    EVE

    6D Apple consumer

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    BRA

    21A Push-up, for example

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    RNA

    51D Cellular messenger

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    TIL

    48D "Open ___ midnight"

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    IMO

    70D Texter's qualifier

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    AMEN

    83A "You can say that again"

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    SIS

    63A Palindromic family member

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    ABS

    11A You might need to lose a few to get them

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    ABBA

    101D ___ Arena, concert venue in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

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    SON

    60A Prodigal ___

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    NESS

    39D Loch ___

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    OVEN

    38D Baker's necessity

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    ENYA

    1A One-named singer from County Donegal

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    YETI

    3D Himalayan menace

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    ACME

    61A Apex

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    TEST

    105D Word repeated into a mic

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    ACED

    32D Crushed, in a way

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    ARAL

    22A Asia's rejuvenated North ___ Sea

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    SUE

    40A Apt letters missing from PRO_EC_T_

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    LOL

    46D [That was a good one]

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    AGED

    101A Like many wines and cheeses

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    DEMO

    53D Audience stat

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    FIR

    108D Symbol on an Oregon license plate

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    TENET

    58D 2020 Christopher Nolan sci-fi movie

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    ALIEN

    47D The thing in "The Thing," for one

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    IAGO

    37D Shakespeare character who declares "I am not what I am"

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    DAD

    35D Palindromic family member

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    ASKS

    28A Doesn't wait to find out, say

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    ICES

    96A Puts away

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    SOAP

    100D Carving material for beginners

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    IGLOO

    52A Digs in the snow?

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    FLEA

    31A Little annoyance

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    ELBA

    1D Actor Idris

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    VIE

    110A Compete

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    RIAN

    104D Director Johnson of "Knives Out"

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    HOLE

    14A Problem with a story

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    OPEC

    75D Noted example of oligopoly, in brief

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    ACS

    67D Some summer purchases, informally

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    DAY

    97A Planner unit

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    ARKS

    10D Torah vessels

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    NEIN

    2D German dissent

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    SNAFU

    19D Screw-up

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    HAL

    81D "2001" villain

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    SAVE

    43A Preserve

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    DEEP

    42A Profound

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    ZOO

    69D Madhouse

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    ALFA

    103D ___ Romeo

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    MUG

    72D Root beer order

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    VAC

    85A Shop ___

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    TORI

    99D "Holesome" figures

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    IPOD

    98D Device outmoded by the smartphone

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    TYRA

    26D Supermodel Banks

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    FLY

    31D Groovy

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    DOMES

    76A Noggins

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    LEEKS

    18A Shallot relatives

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    MON

    71D Dude in Jamaica

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    LARD

    16D Embellish as with unnecessary words

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    ABES

    80D Fivers

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    CANT

    116A Quitter's word

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    ANKARA

    32A Turkey part

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    ARRIVE

    89D Show up

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    SOFAS

    112A Love seats, e.g.

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    CARESS

    95A Stroke gently

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    PARS

    5D Common occurrences for scratch golfers

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    BUENO

    50D No es ___ (Spanish put-down)

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    VPS

    85D Biden and Bush, once, in brief

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    HATS

    88D Professional responsibilities, colloquially

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    GRAB

    73D Clutch

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    AVATAR

    20A Icon beside a username

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    IDLED

    68D Laid off

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    TAMALE

    7D Mesoamerican staple cooked in a cornhusk

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    ADDED

    36D Contributed

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    CAY

    41A Reef setting

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    MANES

    93D Flowing tresses

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    VCRS

    57D Tape players

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    SALSAS

    13D They might be green or red

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    FANS

    102D Waves a hand in front of, maybe

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    STASES

    8D Equilibria

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    PARKAS

    9D Heavy coats

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    OCELOT

    91D Spotted wildcat

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    FEMA

    74D Disaster relief org.

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    ASTERS

    115A Daisy relatives

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    SKITS

    40D Sketches

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    ACIDIC

    82D Far from basic

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    CIGARS

    90D Cubans, e.g.

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    PETSPA

    5A Spot treatment provider?

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    KOBE

    84A Japanese city known for its beef

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    YATES

    56D David who directed the final four Harry Potter films

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    STANS

    65D Obsessive supporters, in modern lingo

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    ATODDS

    47A Contradictory

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    OUIJA

    77A Device for sending group messages?

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    ANIMALS

    27A Twisted balloon shapes, typically

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    BFA

    30A Sculptor's degree, for short

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    ITSATRAP

    98A "Don't fall for that!"

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    FINEART

    102A Gallery collection

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    INJEST

    64D As a joke

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    DLINE

    53A Gridiron unit that includes the nose tackle, informally

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    HANGTEN

    81A Surf in a daring way

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    KNEADIN

    84D Baking recipe instruction

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    EASYMODE

    29A Video game setting for noobs

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    SEITAN

    63D Tofu alternative

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    DIPS

    113A Certain body-weight exercises

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    HOGS

    59D Uses more than one's fair share of

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    AKIMBO

    4D With hands on hips

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    REELIN

    34D Land, as a fish

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    BRIC

    54D ___-a-brac

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    GLANCE

    24D Ricochet

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    GALOOT

    79A Oaf

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    POOLSIDE

    106A Where one might drink a mai tai or piña colada

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    GUNGHO

    33D Rarin' to go

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    MEDDLE

    92D Put your nose where it doesn't belong, say

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    KNEELED

    44A Prepared to pray

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    BROLIN

    111A Josh of "No Country for Old Men"

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    GODSPEED

    79D "Have a safe trip"

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    REPASS

    78A Lap, maybe

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    SELTZERS

    25A White Claws, e.g.

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    BALDFACEDLIE

    107A "I'm so glad you shaved! I hated when you looked like a sexy lumberjack!"

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    BREAKUP

    12D End it

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    BUNIONS

    54A Certain bony protrusions

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    EYEDOC

    94D One looking after pupils, for short

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    GFORCES

    73A What fighter pilots fight, for short

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    HAZMATSUIT

    14D Dress for a job you probably don't want?

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    ABSENCES debut

    11D Things marked during attendance

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    BACKHANDEDCOMPLIMENT debut

    87A "Wow! With form like that, you're headed to Wimbledon!"

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    BITINGREMARK debut

    23A "I vant to suck your blood!"

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    BRUGES debut

    50A "In ___," Colin Farrell dark comedy set in Belgium

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    EOIN debut

    62A Author Colfer of the "Artemis Fowl" series

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    GROUNDLESSACCUSATION debut

    33A "I know you're the one who used up the last of my artisanal coffee!"

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    PATRONIZINGCOMMENT debut

    66A "I love your paintings so much, I'd like to finance your next exhibition!"

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    PRANKCALLS debut

    66D Bull rings?

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    THINLYVEILEDTHREAT debut

    55A "If you don't find the rings this instant, I'm calling off the wedding!"

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