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

1. AnswerLast 3 yearsAll time
2. 1
   ACE

   7D Close friend, in slang

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3. 2
   EASE

   25D Smooth

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4. 3
   ONCE

   15A Yarn opener

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5. 4
   ATM

   27A Kind of card

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6. 5
   SLAT

   59A Chair support

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7. 6
   SAL

   54D Pharmacist's compound

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8. 7
   ETHER

   35D Wild blue yonder

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9. 8
   SLEDS

   58A Goes downhill

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10. 9
    DASH

    51D Break into bits

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11. 10
    RITE

    18D Sacrifice, e.g.

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    117
12. 11
    FAT debut

    39A Surplus

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    116
13. 12
    SOHO debut

    40A It's near Piccadilly Circus

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14. 13
    EVEL

    26A Motorcycle hero

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15. 14
    GLUE

    43D Stick

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    48
16. 15
    BIAS

    5A One of the Seven Sages of ancient Greece

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    80
17. 16
    SODS

    1D Covers some ground

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    50
18. 17
    DISH

    60A Gossip

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    60
19. 18
    EXPEL

    46D Throw out

    4
    23
20. 19
    STROP

    9A Sharpener

    3
    38
21. 20
    NEATEN

    23A Put in order

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    24
22. 21
    BOARS debut

    45D Tusked animals

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    20
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    EARNEST

    25A Purposeful

    3
    20
24. 23
    IGOTIT debut

    42D Fielder's cry

    3
    18
25. 24
    SSTS

    31D Frequent fliers

    2
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26. 25
    ERNESTO

    38A Auto designer Maserati

    2
    30
27. 26
    PENDS

    13D Isn't finalized

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    13
28. 27
    RANI

    56A Eastern royalty

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29. 28
    OSIER

    12D Basket material

    1
    44
30. 29
    RUNIN

    19A Arrest

    1
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31. 30
    POMONA debut

    41D Claremont, Calif., college

    1
    10
32. 31
    RELENTS

    28A Yields

    1
    9
33. 32
    ROOSTERS debut

    36D Strutters

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    8
34. 33
    ESOTERICA debut

    53A Brain clutter

    1
    7
35. 34
    INVENT debut

    6D Coin

    1
    7
36. 35
    CINDERS

    24A Running track material

    1
    4
37. 36
    OLLA debut

    14A Item of earthenware

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    88
38. 37
    EROSE

    16A Like elm leaves

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    50
39. 38
    APORT

    52A Left

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    33
40. 39
    RELEE debut

    55A 1934 Douglas Freeman biography

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    30
41. 40
    OTTS

    57A Mel and family

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    25
42. 41
    NIVEN debut

    22D "The Guns of Navarone" star

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    14
43. 42
    BEATLES

    45A Split-up of 1970

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    12
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    OGLERS debut

    48A Flirts

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    10
45. 44
    AHOLE debut

    47D Sinatra film "_____ in the Head"

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    9
46. 45
    KAPLAN debut

    4D Film director Jonathan

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    6
47. 46
    PENROD debut

    44D Master Schofield of fiction

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    6
48. 47
    SERENELY debut

    9D On an even keel

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    6
49. 48
    ISOLATES debut

    34D Leaves alone

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    5
50. 49
    NEFERTITI debut

    29D Queen with a famous bust

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    5
51. 50
    PESTERED debut

    33D Bugged

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    5
52. 51
    RONDE debut

    11D Somewhat angular typeface

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    5
53. 52
    PIGPENS debut

    41A Swinehulls

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    4
54. 53
    SOAPIER debut

    32A More saponaceous

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    4
55. 54
    SAUK debut

    1A Midwest Indian

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    3
56. 55
    SNYDERS debut

    37A Pulitzer-winning poet Gary et al.

    0
    3
57. 56
    ALIENATOR debut

    2D Turnoff

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    2
58. 57
    BOONES

    5D Pop music family of the 50's-70's

    0
    2
59. 58
    SEDUCERS debut

    8D Lotharios

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    2
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    TRANSECTS debut

    30D Cuts across

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    2
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    TRUNDLED debut

    10D Transported in wheelbarrows

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    2
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    UNENDED debut

    21A Continuing

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    2
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    DISPROVED debut

    17A Made a liar of

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    1
64. 63
    MOUNTED debut

    50A Rose

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    1
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    OXHEART debut

    49A Large, sweet cherry

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    1
66. 65
    SETLINE debut

    20A Fisherman's gear

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    1
67. 66
    ULSTERMAN debut

    3D Northern Irelander

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    1