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

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   40A France or Jordan leader

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   EDIT

   55D Give Life support?

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   ITEM

   5D Thing

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   ESS

   49A Slalom maneuver

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   AAA

   30A Drivers' aid, for short

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   REDO

   23D Work over

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   ALP

   19A Heidi's height

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   SUN

   60D Morning riser

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    SSE

    43A From N.D. to La.

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    POE

    58A Last name in horror

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    ICES

    39D Summer coolers

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    DEER

    22A Natty Bumppo's quarry

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    LEAP

    11D Hurdle

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    GOT

    61D Inherited

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    AGER

    44A "Hard Hearted Hannah" composer

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    BRR

    26A Winter comment

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    SLOP

    53A Swill

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    ARCADE

    1D Quartermaster's hangout?

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    TASTE

    64A Have a trying experience

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    ARROW

    51D Traffic director

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    EDSEL

    27A Car bomb?

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    LEAVE

    16A Liberty

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    TARPS

    52D Canvas covers

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    LTD

    34A Business abbr.

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    LARIAT

    50A "Rawhide" prop

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    VALOR

    6D Battle mettle

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    INAWE

    7D Bedazzled

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    EAMES

    18A Kind of chair

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    KEELS

    45A Naval bases?

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    MOWS

    20A Cuts inches off yards

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    CRIER

    33D Colonial newsman

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    ELPASO

    46D Sun Bowl site

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    LIV

    4D Start of Nero's reign

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    SPEEDY

    48D Swift

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    MOPS

    57D Cleans (up)

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    OUIJA debut

    25D Party board

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    EREBUS debut

    21D Darkness personified

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    AUER

    29A Comic Russian actor Mischa

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    BRAM

    56A First name in horror

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    ALEXTREBEK debut

    10D Man with all the answers

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    WAITASEC debut

    41A "Hold on!"

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    GAMEBALL debut

    12D Coach's M.V.P. award

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    MISSOULA debut

    36D University of Montana site

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    DOTELL

    54A "Go on!"

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    RETORT

    24A Zinger

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    CREPES

    3D Blini

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    EXPERT debut

    21A Master hand

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    OUIDA

    59A "A Dog of Flanders" writer

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    LOOTER

    47D Riot participant

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    SEAGAL

    32D "Under Siege" star

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    EMPOWER debut

    35A Capacitate

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    OVERRATE

    13D Think too highly of

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    ALGOL debut

    10A Star in Perseus

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    JUBILEE

    38A 50th anniversary, for one

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    TINSTAR

    8D Sheriff's badge

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    CLEVELAND debut

    17A Victor over Blaine in 1884

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    RURITANIA debut

    15A "The Prisoner of Zenda" locale

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    TRIBUNE

    42D Defender of people's rights

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    ULRIC

    62A "Tiger Rose" actress Lenore, 1923

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    EASEDOUT debut

    35D Prodded into retiring

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    LESTRADE debut

    14D "A Study in Scarlet" inspector

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    YAD debut

    9D Torah place marker

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    ACCLIVITY debut

    1A Upward slope

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    CULLED debut

    2D Winnowed

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    DESCRIBE debut

    31A Sketch

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    LEWWALLACE debut

    28D Civil War general who became a best-selling author

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    NEWSSTORY debut

    65A Media event

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    PRESTIRS debut

    37D Mixes before cooking

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    SURROGATE debut

    60A Deputy

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    UNOPPOSED debut

    63A Easiest way to run

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