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Saturday · 72 answers · 13 debuts

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

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    ARE

    4D Live

    56
    533
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    AGE

    57D Biographical bit

    47
    417
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    RAE

    51A Arctic explorer John ___

    28
    278
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    EDU

    21A E-mail address ending

    28
    194
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    NESS

    29D 1987 Costner role

    23
    202
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    ABE

    22A James's follower

    18
    274
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    DAB

    53A Tiny bit

    16
    124
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    VIE

    55A Struggle

    13
    101
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    GET

    45A Affect, with "to"

    11
    118
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    UNE

    19A One abroad

    10
    145
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    BEAD

    42A Neckwear piece

    8
    55
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    NAY

    8D "___, smile not at my sullen brow": Byron

    7
    119
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    ICET

    35D Tracy Marrow, familiarly

    7
    110
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    BEST

    23A Top

    7
    90
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    RASPS

    36A Irritates

    7
    53
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    SINEW

    46D Strength

    6
    60
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    LEEDS

    50D City ENE of Manchester

    5
    51
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    PHONE

    2D Button site

    5
    43
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    BANC

    54D Judge's seat, in law

    5
    34
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    CRETE

    38A Vacation locale with 3,500-year-old ruins

    4
    65
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    TAMALE

    16A Husk-wrapped dish

    4
    45
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    IMA

    52A "___ Woman" (1975 hit)

    3
    85
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    ARCANE

    56A Like Federal tax laws

    3
    36
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    ANISTON

    28A "She's the One" actress

    3
    17
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    LTS

    58D Mil. titles

    2
    55
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    OVULE

    48D Rudimentary seed

    2
    32
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    RAISA

    37D Mrs. Gorbachev

    2
    32
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    CAMUS

    10D "Caligula" playwright

    2
    23
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    LASAGNA

    41D Ristorante order

    2
    20
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    STUDENT

    9D Kind of union

    2
    9
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    EEN

    20A Poetic period

    1
    159
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    SOC

    27A Coll. course

    1
    43
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    SCRUB

    1D Cancel

    1
    39
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    YIPE

    5D Exclamation of surprise

    1
    39
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    HIRT

    30A Big name in Dixieland

    1
    28
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    RUS

    37A Loser in the Seven Years' War: Abbr.

    1
    19
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    SASHES

    46A They take panes

    1
    14
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    TEDIUM

    44D Ordinariness

    1
    12
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    CHARISMA

    15A Presence

    1
    10
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    TAPPED

    24D Accessed, with "into"

    1
    5
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    ETONS

    21D Broad collars

    0
    29
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    TEK

    59D Shatner's "___War"

    0
    23
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    OMB

    11D Overseer of U.S. govt. money

    0
    20
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    LESSEN

    41A Ease

    0
    17
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    YOWL

    47A Distressed cry

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    16
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    AMANAS

    7D Some appliances

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    15
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    CREPES

    31A Breakfast order

    0
    13
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    SCOPES

    9A Checks (out)

    0
    12
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    CSLEWIS

    6D "Surprised by Joy" autobiographer

    0
    11
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    STAGES

    60A Puts on

    0
    10
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    ROLEPLAY debut

    17A Simulate

    0
    8
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    ANTIETAM

    34A 1862 battle site

    0
    7
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    ARTESIAN debut

    39A Like some wells

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    6
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    INAMESS debut

    40D Muddled

    0
    6
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    WIRER

    49D Bell Atlantic employee

    0
    6
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    ELABORATE

    13D Involved

    0
    5
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    RALES

    3D Crackling sounds

    0
    5
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    RAREEARTH

    32D Oxide of cerium, yttrium, etc.

    0
    5
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    LIGATURE debut

    58A It's binding

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    4
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    STAUNCH

    26D Firm

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    4
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    WASTES

    25A Deserts

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    4
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    CRABGRASS debut

    31D Unwanted growth

    0
    3
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    HERSEY debut

    30D "Hiroshima" author, 1946

    0
    3
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    PARASITES

    12D Sponges

    0
    3
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    SHREWS debut

    62A They have sharp tongues

    0
    3
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    SMACKERS debut

    63A Bucks

    0
    3
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    SPRAYCAN debut

    1A "Psssst!" source

    0
    3
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    ESTATECAR debut

    33D Station wagon, in England

    0
    2
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    NICTATE debut

    43A Wink: Var.

    0
    2
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    SELECTMEN debut

    14D Some local politicians

    0
    2
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    TUNNELED

    61A Made an aqueduct, maybe

    0
    2
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    UMBRAL debut

    18A Shadowy

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    1