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Sunday · 140 answers · 12 debuts

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

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    ERA

    119D Flop ___ (period of failure)

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    ATE

    60D Performed exceptionally, in slang

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    SPA

    115A Hot stone massage location

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    EEL

    83A Slippery swimmer

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    ERIE

    87D One of the Great Lakes

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    TRI

    122D Prefix with cycle

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    NET

    58A Not gross

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    ETC

    66D Mail Boxes ___

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    ANI

    30D DiFranco who made her Broadway debut in "Hadestown"

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    ATTA

    21A Flour in Indian cooking

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    INN

    4D Overnight stop

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    REN

    9D Stimpy's TV partner

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    ASSET

    28A One might be liquid or frozen

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    LSAT

    11A Exam for a future atty.

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    TAU

    104D Capital of ancient Troy?

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    ETE

    73A Summer in France

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    TIS

    123D Christmas carol contraction

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    ETTA

    45D ___ Place, female companion of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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    YETI

    79D Cryptid with a Tibetan name

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    TEND

    78D Be inclined

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    ELF

    76D Holiday classic starring Will Ferrell

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    ABC

    51D "Dancing With the Stars" network

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    RARE

    35D Like a blue moon or blue steak

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    DESI

    48A Member of the South Asian diaspora

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    ELO

    22A "Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief

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    LYE

    77D Soapmaker's supply

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    ORG

    121D Part of NGO: Abbr.

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    ORO

    61A "___ y plata" (Montana's motto)

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    SUN

    27A Glow up?

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    CAL

    50A Berkeley university, familiarly

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    TAG

    10D Make it?

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    TSKS

    1D Disapproving sounds

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    ELIE

    70D "Night" memoirist Wiesel

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    AMT

    124A Tsp. or tbsp.

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    ARCH

    125A Triumphal monument shape

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    ACLU

    2D "Dissent is patriotic" grp.

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    NFL

    72D Grp. for Commanders and Chiefs

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    ESSAY

    56A Many a David Foster Wallace piece

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    LOU

    52D Cardinals legend Brock

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    PAD

    15A Boulderer's safety item

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    PEI

    65D Louvre Pyramid architect

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    ARCO

    54D With the bow, in music

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    MELEE

    7D Free-for-all

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    MAIN

    29A Street that might run all the way through town

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    REI

    67D Chain that sells climbing gear

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    FEW

    91A Handful

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    INCAS

    107D Ancient Andeans

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    EID

    81A "Feast," in Arabic

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    LISP

    84D Speech therapist's target

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    ATS

    13D Calls out on social media, slangily

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    DORA

    95A Animated explorer

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    NIECE

    127A Family girl

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    OSIRIS

    24D Green Egyptian god

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    EMIRS

    46A Mideast leaders

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    PACE

    116D A runner may need to pick it up

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    SMART

    6A Clever

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    ROUT

    112A Drubbing

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    SANS

    6D ___ serif

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    TEC

    62A Sleuth, slangily

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    NASAL

    108D Like some allergy sprays

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    CODE

    38D Work with Python, say

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    VASE

    110A Rose bowl?

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    RAGS

    88D Cleaning cloths

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    SAKS

    129A Luxury goods retailer since 1867

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    TIGER

    85A Daniel ___ (children's TV character)

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    JEER

    69D Mocking cry

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    CUD

    36D Something to chew on

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    ANGI

    93D Home services website

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    INT

    99D QB's worry: Abbr.

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    LOCAL

    106D Alternative to express

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    OSS

    42A C.I.A. forerunner

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    SCH

    80A Educational inst.

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    ALIENS

    16D Many characters in Pixar's "Elio"

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    SCONE

    18A Muffin alternative

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    ANTIS

    93A Those opposed

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    ERRANT

    126A Off-target

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    VEEP

    44D Second-in-command

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    DONNA

    17D "The Bear" matriarch played by Jamie Lee Curtis

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    INPEN

    31A Like most autographs

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    LASIK

    96A Cornea-reshaping surgery

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    ADIN

    40D Tennis score following deuce

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    ESSEX

    131A Massachusetts county in which the term "gerrymandering" was first applied

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    LIS

    128A Fleur-de-___

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    AMEX

    117D Charger's option, informally

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    AVES

    39D Park and Fifth, e.g.: Abbr.

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    LARIAT

    11D Roundup rope

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    AGITA

    8D Stress-induced discomfort

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    TAPIN

    1A Easy putt

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    SIETE

    49A Ocho menos uno

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    TATI

    32A French filmmaker Jacques

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    AREEL

    113A Wibbly-wobbly

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    TAPIR

    14D Odd-toed ungulate

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    ONEON

    111A Status after a leadoff walk

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    BOARS

    59A Wild hogs

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    AEGEAN

    19A Sea surrounding Mykonos

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    REDDIT

    89A "The heart of the internet," per its tagline

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    BANHMI

    101D Vietnamese sandwich

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    TALLY

    82A Count (up)

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    GILDS

    130A Needlessly adorns, in an idiom

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    DAYTON

    90D Home of the N.C.A.A.'s Flyers

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    ELECTOR

    74A Person discussed in Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution

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    UNCORK

    26D Get into, as a cab, say

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    INKPAD

    53A Rubber stamp go-with

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    SHOVEL

    94D Dig up dirt, say

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    ECHIDNAS

    68D Only egg-laying mammals besides platypuses

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    EFTS

    114D Young newts

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    DOUR

    55D Sullen

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    BEY

    101A Queen ___ (pop nickname)

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    STANLEE

    12D Comics legend behind the Fantastic Four

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    GRAND

    109D Splendid

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    SLOTHS

    103D Animals known for their slow metabolism

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    YESITIS

    57D "Indeed!"

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    CITATION

    63D Bibliography listing

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    IMALONE

    100D Statement by someone who's out of date?

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    INSPECT

    47D Closely examine

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    NOMADIC

    20D Rootless

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    ADRIATIC

    33D Northernmost arm of the Mediterranean

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    NEGATED

    5D Made irrelevant

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    ADMIRALS

    37D Ship brass

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    POINTLESS

    3D Anti-matter?

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    POMADES

    105A Some hair products

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    AUDITED

    41A Did a taxing job?

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    CHANCEIT

    118A Take a risk

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    RASPUTIN

    25A Infamous Russian mystic

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    CALDERA

    38A Depression formed by a volcano's collapse

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    GODDESSES

    86D Frigg and Freyja, e.g.

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    OUSTING

    102A Bouncing

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    WHISTLE

    92D Train sound

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    EARCANALARCANA debut

    34A Secrets known only to E.N.T.s?

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    ELICITFELICITY debut

    75A Spark joy?

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    HINDISHINDIG debut

    98A Diwali or Holi?

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    1
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    JEMISIN debut

    69A N.K. ___, "Broken Earth" trilogy author

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    KLINGONLINGO debut

    23A Some "Star Trek" slang?

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    KUBRICK debut

    97D "Barry Lyndon" director

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    LASTINBLASTING debut

    106A Like the world's worst demolition company?

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    LOTSAFLOTSAM debut

    120A A whole bunch of ocean detritus?

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    MIDDLESEATS debut

    71D They might be the last to be booked on an airplane

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    OVERDIDVERDI debut

    43A Listened to "Rigoletto" way too many times?

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    PAPERCUTAPERCU debut

    64A "A sharp edge recalls a splinter's bite" or "The forest's final revenge is whisper-thin," e.g.?

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    PETPASSPORT debut

    15D Document used for a travel companion who might sit under a seat

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