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

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   ONE

   7D Opening number

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   612
3. 2
   CAL

   21A "East of Eden" protagonist

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   158
4. 3
   SANE

   38A Balanced

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   153
5. 4
   OPEC

   22A Grp. making barrels of money?

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   143
6. 5
   MAD

   50D Nuts or crackers

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   126
7. 6
   OWES

   9D Has something outstanding

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   88
8. 7
   RESTS

   42D Breaks

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9. 8
   TOTS

   6D Rug rats

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   65
10. 9
    SAME

    24A Frequent restaurant order, with "the"

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    107
11. 10
    SKIN

    53A Hide but not hair

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12. 11
    START

    5D Institute

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13. 12
    OWLET

    13A Baby boobook

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    48
14. 13
    TSE

    44A Literary monogram

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    228
15. 14
    SHAH

    25A Persian pooh-bah

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    104
16. 15
    LAX

    34A Bradley Intl. letters

    5
    78
17. 16
    III

    29A Junior's junior

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    126
18. 17
    ASTA

    36A Barker of Hollywood

    3
    185
19. 18
    ESCORT

    20A Squire

    3
    38
20. 19
    ATSTAKE

    19A On the line

    3
    17
21. 20
    ATRISK debut

    37D Exposed

    2
    19
22. 21
    JUNE

    48D Kind of wedding

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    19
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    TECHIE

    17D Electronics expert

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    19
24. 23
    LORCA

    45D Spanish writer Garcia___

    2
    16
25. 24
    DEADSEA

    54A Part of Jordan's border

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    12
26. 25
    SEEPAST debut

    24D Ignore, as faults

    2
    10
27. 26
    BOTTLECAP debut

    8D Modern collectible

    2
    4
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    ELOI

    47D Patron saint of goldsmiths

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    111
29. 28
    AAMILNE debut

    19D "Bear of little brain" creator

    1
    35
30. 29
    BOPS debut

    8A Conks

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    20
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    LESAGE debut

    45A "Le Diable boiteux" novelist

    1
    13
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    PLATOS

    10D "___Republic"

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    6
33. 32
    EXTREMES debut

    32D Guinness data

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    5
34. 33
    ANGELICA

    26A California dessert wine

    1
    4
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    MURALIST debut

    50A One providing the big picture?

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    4
36. 35
    CLAWED debut

    30D Scratched

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    3
37. 36
    ENESCO

    2D "Oedipe" composer

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    23
38. 37
    TAMEST

    1D Least likely to bite

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    23
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    RESOW

    51A Foment anew

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    13
40. 39
    TEARAT

    16A Bother terribly

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    12
41. 40
    TENDSTO debut

    1A Minds

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    9
42. 41
    EVERETT

    46A City north of Seattle

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    8
43. 42
    WORT

    43A Plant, in combos

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    8
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    EPISTLES

    33D A lot of the New Testament

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    7
45. 44
    DUDERANCH debut

    4D Urbanite's vacation spot

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    6
46. 45
    HOPONPOP debut

    35A Dr. Seuss classic

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    6
47. 46
    VESPERS debut

    18A Evensong

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    6
48. 47
    AFORESAID debut

    28D Above, in a sense

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49. 48
    CALZONE

    21D Italian turnover

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    5
50. 49
    GHOSTTOWN debut

    27D Nowhere, now

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    5
51. 50
    KALINE debut

    40D Baseball's Mr. Tiger

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    5
52. 51
    STOLA

    23A Ancient Roman tunic

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    5
53. 52
    TAKEAIM debut

    14D Point (at)

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    5
54. 53
    ANCIENTS debut

    52A Medes and Minoans

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    4
55. 54
    CHERCHEZLAFEMME

    30A Detective's cliche

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    3
56. 55
    HASOVER debut

    31D Entertains at home

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    3
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    REVES

    12D Nimes dreams

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    3
58. 57
    SERAPHIM debut

    11D Sistine Chapel figures

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    EGESTA debut

    41D Waste matter

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    2
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    RANOUTON debut

    12A Deserted

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    RIKER

    39A Commander of the Enterprise

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    2
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    DEMILO debut

    49A Venus follower

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    1
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    EMENDATE debut

    15A Improve a text

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    1
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    JOSTLES debut

    48A Elbows

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    NONPOLAR debut

    3D Temperate, e.g.

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