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

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   EST

   7D Cornerstone abbr.

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   ADE

   5A "The Sultan of Sulu" writer

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   AERO

   5D Sleek, in automotive lingo

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   ECON

   14D Nobel Prize subj.

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   SEER

   30D Swami

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   ISLA

   1A Hispaniola, por ejemplo

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   SHEA

   58A Where Mays wrapped up his career

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   NARY

   50D Not

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    ELIS

    26D 12-time Ivy League football champs

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    DIOR

    6D Noted Christian

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    ECOL

    31A Sci. course

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    KLEE

    56A "The Thinking Eye" artist

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    DEGAS

    40A Noted Impressionist

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    ANOINT

    52A Designate

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    ASI

    35A Faulkner title starter

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    LTD

    53D Inc., overseas

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    LETT

    44D Baltic native

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    SHONE

    2D Did superbly

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    ESSE

    11D Start of North Carolina's motto

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    SIENA

    48D Italian city known for its Chianti

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    ORIOLES

    39D Team since 1954

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    CLASH

    46D Don't match

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    STINE

    41D "Goosebumps" author R. L. ___

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    PACK

    49D Excise tax unit

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    KICKS debut

    45A Thrills

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    KATIE

    47D Bright-eyed Couric

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    ARMREST

    4D Recliner part

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    OBSCENE

    8D Bluer than blue

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    LING debut

    36A Suffix with strip or seed

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    MERCS debut

    15D Some autos, for short

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    TITLEROLES debut

    38A Braveheart and Annie Hall, e.g.

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    GASPIPE debut

    37D Certain main

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    ERI

    32A "___ tu"

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    SNIPE

    25A Marsh bird

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    OSTE

    8A Bone: Prefix

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    DYS

    57A Bad start?

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    INERROR

    18A Wrong

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    NEARER

    42A Warmer, in a way

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    ABAT

    23D Blind as ___

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    CARPET debut

    54A Persian, perhaps

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    ERIECANAL

    28D Clinton supported it

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    ITAS

    51D "Take ___ a compliment"

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    PORCINE

    19A Given to snorting, say

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    PATELLA debut

    19D Femur neighbor

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    SINGAPORE debut

    29D "Road" destination of 1940

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    CAPULET debut

    33A Promoter of Paris?

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    CESTAS

    17A Fronton gear

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    LAMED

    3D Shot in the foot

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    TRADESIN

    55A Exchanges

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    CASTLED debut

    43A Saved the king, maybe

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    DANCERS

    21A Popular 40-Across subject

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    SHALIT debut

    22A Longtime "Today" figure

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    NIKOLAI

    50A Composer Rimsky-Korsakov

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    SATIRICAL

    9D Caustic, in a way

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    TRANSPOSE debut

    10D Switch

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    VELD

    27D African spread

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    SHARPEIS debut

    12A Wrinkly-skinned dogs

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    TOMMYROT debut

    16A Bosh

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    DILUTED debut

    21D Made weak

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    EMBARS debut

    14A Imprisons

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    ISTIC debut

    1D Suffix with material

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    CEDER debut

    20A One throwing in the towel

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    LATELATE debut

    53A Like some TV shows

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    LUPINES debut

    24D Bluebonnets

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    PAPPIES debut

    49A Pas

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    PYRRHIC debut

    13D Like some victories

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    TREKKED debut

    34D Migrated like the Boers

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    VESTIBULES debut

    27A Entries

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