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@Jim et al. The last time 9D appeared in an NYTXW grid, it was in my own debut, on 7/13/22, where it was a theme entry. With apology, I had been ignorant to the issue. It had previously appeared only five months before that (2/6/22), so the conversation had memory to it. In the comments to my own puzzle -- which I greedily devoured -- I theorized that I might have earned the dubious honor of the *final* use of a term in a grid, as opposed to the more customary pride of introducing one. Perhaps the honor will go to Joel. Nice debut! I enjoyed it. Keep 'em coming!