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

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   EDEN

   47A Site of temptation

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   IDEA

   51D Essay's basis

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   STEM

   11D Pipe part

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   EYES

   22A "___ only"

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   SAP

   40A Undermine

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   EVER

   5D Incessantly

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   ERIN

   29D Object of March celebrations

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   NERO

   48D Student of Seneca

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    SCI

    25A School subj.

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    CAP

    53D Kind of gun

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    TERN

    6D Arctic ___

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    META

    21A Prefix with stasis

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    STAGE

    1D Put on

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    PASTE

    9D Wallop

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    RATIO

    44D Statistical bit

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    WRAP

    43A Gift ___

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    INT

    10D Some investors' income: Abbr.

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    SCENE

    38A Picture

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    ACORN

    45D It's put away for winter

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    ALIENS

    37A Frequent 24-Down subject

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    CAIN

    31D "Double Indemnity" novelist

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    SPINS

    39A Public relations interpretations

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    EDITOR

    54A James Russell Lowell, for one

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    OREIDA

    36A ___ Foods, Inc.

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    ANNEX

    23A Appropriate, in a way

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    VEIN

    32D Phlebotomy target

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    RANTS

    41A Vituperates

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    ACUTE

    42D Critical

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    PERM

    50D Give a wave?

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    RETIRE

    56A Bow out

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    KITES

    4D Wind-up toys?

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    ARCADIA

    34D Land of peace and simplicity

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    AERATES

    55A Freshens, in a way

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    FETAS

    28A Brine-cured cheeses

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    CRAVE

    3D Desire

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    OHBOY

    2D "Goody!"

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    PYRES

    46D Mourning sites

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    MANLY

    20D Hairy-chested

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    SNORER

    39D Bothersome bedmate

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    MONTY

    26A Hall of fame

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    APLENTY

    7D Very much

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    DAISES debut

    18D Parts of meeting rooms

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    THRIVE

    13A Do well

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    SOCKET debut

    1A Kind of wrench

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    BELIEFS debut

    35A Convictions

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    LISTENED

    17A Eavesdropped

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    OLLA

    27D Spanish stew

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    BLISS

    35D Heaven

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    XFILES

    24D Theme of this puzzle, with "The"

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    PHANTOM

    14A Not real

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    MASONS debut

    58A Secret fraternity

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    ASPISH debut

    7A Venomous, as a snake

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    VIRILE

    32A Hairy-chested

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    APTNESS

    37D Relevance

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    SINECURE

    52A Nice work if you can get it

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    WRITS

    43D Fieri facias and others

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    SHINNY debut

    8D Climb

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    ABATER

    16A Reducer

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    FATALLY debut

    33A With the worst consequences

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    SCULLY

    30A The skeptic

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    MULDER debut

    26D The believer

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    DOPERS debut

    57A Illegal race track workers

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    GOVERNMENT debut

    19A With 49-Across, underlying theme of 24-Down

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    HONESTIES debut

    12D Truthful qualities

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    CONSPIRACY debut

    49A See 19-Across

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    FOSSES debut

    33D Defensive ditches

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    METCALF debut

    15D Actress Laurie of "Roseanne"

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    STEEPENED debut

    30D Made more precipitous

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