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Thursday · 72 answers · 11 debuts

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

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    ELI

    57A Part of R.E.O.

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    IRA

    16A Nest-egg builder, briefly

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    448
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    ETNA

    43A Mount near the Gulf of Catania

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    334
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    SON

    60A Patronizing term, maybe

    24
    213
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    HOT

    11A Like chop-shop vehicles

    18
    134
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    SCAN

    6D Take an electronic picture of

    14
    149
  7. 7
    OMAHA

    9D Fred Astaire's birthplace

    14
    137
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    ALDA

    31A "The Mephisto Waltz" star

    13
    160
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    IDA

    27D Where the Salmon River rises: Abbr.

    12
    251
  10. 10
    AWL

    31D Hole-making tool

    12
    118
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    ILK

    54A Family

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    107
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    YEAR

    53D '00, e.g.

    10
    126
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    ALTAR

    18A Vow venue

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    124
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    CAST

    39A Players

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    89
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    SGT

    33D ___ Maj.

    9
    117
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    LIDS

    25A Tupperware pieces

    9
    52
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    STARR

    34D "Oh My My" singer, 1974

    7
    87
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    MIEN

    45A Bearing

    7
    73
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    NIX

    19A Countermand

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    62
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    ACCRA

    17A Capital on the Gulf of Guinea

    7
    58
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    TSETSE

    32A Botswanan blight

    6
    113
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    NICE

    26A Warm-hearted

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    105
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    OSAGE

    47D River to the Missouri

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    90
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    RECUR

    14A Happen again

    6
    39
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    EMS

    30A Summer center?

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    149
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    ELDER

    61A Pliny the ___

    5
    84
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    TRADE

    5D ___ winds

    5
    84
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    MINE

    52D Ore store

    5
    80
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    HAY

    35D Money, slangily

    5
    79
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    EWERS

    62A Decorative vessels

    5
    59
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    GEENA

    58A Davis of Hollywood

    5
    54
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    ARTIE

    55A Bandleader Shaw

    4
    79
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    ARA

    40A Constellation next to Telescopium

    3
    181
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    CATCH

    28D "Nice ___!"

    3
    27
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    NICHE

    50D Slot

    2
    47
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    AULD

    7D Word sung at a New Year's Eve party

    2
    42
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    PUTT

    29A When doubled, an engine sound

    2
    37
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    NAPES

    22D Scruffs

    2
    33
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    OTHELLO

    37D One who "lov'd not wisely but too well"

    2
    29
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    LASAGNA debut

    24A Trattoria treat

    2
    20
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    RHYS

    44A "Voyage in the Dark" novelist

    2
    18
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    ANSWERS

    42D They'll appear in tomorrow's paper

    2
    14
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    JOSTLE

    36A Elbow

    2
    13
  44. 44
    ANNLEE

    21D Founder of the American Shakers

    2
    12
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    BARREN debut

    23A Like a wasteland

    2
    8
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    SABOT

    6A Heavy shoe

    1
    31
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    CUOMO

    15A H.U.D. Secretary Andrew

    1
    18
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    DRAFT

    1A Unedited version

    1
    12
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    TOSSUP

    32D Even chance

    1
    11
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    ACCORDS

    3D Some Hondas

    1
    6
  51. 51
    ORIENTS

    12D Familiarizes with new surroundings

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    AIRLINE

    40D Travel agent's suggestion

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    15
  53. 53
    SOREL

    48D The New Yorker cartoonist Edward

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    15
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    TORUS

    10D Doughnut's shape

    0
    12
  55. 55
    CLIVE

    56A The "C" of C. S. Lewis

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    10
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    RENTED

    44D Didn't buy, perhaps

    0
    10
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    BOTTLE

    8D Message container, maybe

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    9
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    THEROSE

    46A Bette Midler film and song

    0
    9
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    SNEAKIN

    38D Enter like a burglar

    0
    8
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    HONER

    59A Perfecter

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    7
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    TAXRATE

    13D Income earner's concern

    0
    7
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    UNARMS debut

    49A Makes harmless, in a way

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    7
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    REMOVER debut

    41D Staple ___ (office gizmo)

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    4
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    FURORS

    4D Frenzies

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    3
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    TEARSONMYPILLOW

    51A 1958 hit by Little Anthony and the Imperials

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    3
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    BLOODANDTHUNDER debut

    20A Exaggerated melodrama

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    2
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    JETTIES debut

    36D Landing piers

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    2
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    MALLOW debut

    45D Velvetleaf or hibiscus, e.g.

    0
    2
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    RECLAIM debut

    2D Get back

    0
    2
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    DRABBLE debut

    1D Kevin Fagan comic strip

    0
    1
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    HINDGUT debut

    11D Large intestine

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    1
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    SWEATHOGS debut

    34A Kotter's crew, in 70's TV

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    1