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

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   26D Compass dir.

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   ATT

   24A A.B.A. member

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   EPI

   5D Prefix with -zoic

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   RIM

   33D Goaltending concern

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   MINI

   47D Sub-subcompact

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   ICES

   34A Chills

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   DEI

   27A ___ gratia

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   STENO

   45A Kind of pad

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    DEAN

    14D One of the 30's Gas House Gang

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    LOB

    42A Friendly question

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    BRER

    36A "Uncle Remus" epithet

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    ENAMEL

    40D Cloisonne material

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    POTS

    31A Cookware

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    DESIRE

    55A Appetite

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    SESAME

    25A It's said for openers

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    IODINE

    35A Medical tracer, at times

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    PREY

    28A Quarry

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    GED

    52D Dropout's goal, for short

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    ALACARTE

    10D One way to order

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    MAGIC debut

    43A Conjuring

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    DDS

    37A Degree for one who's studied calculus

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    EDSELS

    56A Collectible cars

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    MOTOR

    43D Word with car or court

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    VOLE

    18A Ratlike rodent

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    PANES

    31D Philatelic purchases

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    REMOTE

    2D Barely connected

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    OCULO debut

    8D Eye: Prefix

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    IRONAGE

    34D When alphabetic writing became widespread

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    ZULU

    9D Buthelezi, for one

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    DAMAGE

    37D Wreck

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    IMAGINE

    16A Fancy

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    RAGTIME

    51A 1975 Doctorow novel

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    RARITAN

    50A New Jersey river

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    SMITS

    22D "L.A. Law" actor

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    MUTTERED debut

    15D Grumbled

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    TREATY

    12D Agreement

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    ETTES

    21A Rock endings

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    CERF

    44D "At Random" autobiographer

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    MALAWI debut

    7D Nyasaland, now

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    AVAS

    49A Prizes for MTV artists

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    EXALTS

    3D Elevates

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    LOSERS

    41D Ne'er-do-wells

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    ULULATE

    17A Wail

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    MOZART debut

    7A "Jupiter" composer

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    MENDEL

    38A Botanist Gregor

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    BLARED

    36D Was turned up

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    CREWEL

    1A Yarn

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    RALE

    48D Bronchial sound

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    RINSER

    29A Kitchen worker

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    DEVICE

    39D Patent subject

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    FLEECER debut

    54A Swindler

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    EGGNOGS debut

    53A Holiday beverages

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    HEXAPOD debut

    13A Insect

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    ICEBERGS debut

    32D Ocean hazards

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    ANEMOMETER

    46A One receiving measured blows?

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    LONS debut

    6D Chaney Jr. and Sr.

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    NODEPOSIT debut

    20D Message on a bottle?

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    RATITES debut

    11D Flightless birds

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    NOTWO debut

    23A "___ alike!"

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    POTENTATES debut

    28D Sovereigns

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    SMIDGENS debut

    30D Bits

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    CHIVES debut

    1D Salad bar offering

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    INTEMPERATE debut

    32A Prone to excess

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    MACULAR debut

    15A Blotched, as the skin

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    SANTALUCIA debut

    19A California's ___ Range

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    WAGEEARNER debut

    4D Employee

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