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

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   EST

   29A Abbr. on a business sign

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   STY

   31D Dump

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   OBOE

   45D Snake charmer, in musician's slang

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   ELK

   5D American ___

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   YEN

   46D Itch

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   DEN

   54D Bear necessity

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   OVEN

   8D Place for a timer

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   NOT

   20A "___ a chance"

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    EBB

    32D Drop

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    NEW

    23A Mint

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    AMA

    48A Professional org. since 1847

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    SIP

    55D Mere taste

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    AWAY

    50D Kind of game

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    PEST

    9D Pain in the neck

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    SIRE

    52A Crown wearer

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    PIN

    17D Ring ending

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    SOU

    33D Tiny amount

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    REFS

    51D Zebras

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    CAM

    36A Machine rotator

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    RISK

    18A Thrill-seeker's love

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    STAND

    27D Handle

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    DONE

    49D Wrapped up

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    SINEW

    7D Strength

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    DARES

    26D Steps over the line

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    HIE

    10D Tear

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    ROY

    44A Pop Art pioneer Lichtenstein

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    TORY

    43A Winston Churchill, e.g.

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    SEERED

    25A Be sore

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    POMELO

    40D Large citrus fruit

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    DOLE

    15D Share

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    INKED

    21A Like contracts

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    DORY

    34D Open boat

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    RIVET

    47A Fuselage fastener

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    ALIENATE

    56A Put off

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    RUNTS

    44D Small fry

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    STROLL

    12D Boardwalk diversion

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    AMBLED

    1A Moseyed

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    DEFAME

    41A Give a black eye

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    METERED

    38D Like some mail

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    DEUS

    6D Jupiter, e.g.

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    PAROLE

    14A Let out, in a way

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    JELL debut

    24A Come together

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    FIERCE

    57A Like some winds

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    DECANT

    22D Draw off

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    BRISKET

    3D Meat cut

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    LOCKER

    4D Meat site

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    MOSTLY debut

    13D In the main

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    SOPHISM debut

    7A Specious argument

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    STALAG

    39D Place of confinement

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    AMERICA

    37D Statue of Liberty's home

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    SILENT

    19A Like a D. W. Griffith film

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    SPREAD

    59A The Ponderosa, e.g.

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    SPORTS

    39A Newscast part

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    HORATIO

    35D Friend of Hamlet

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    JUDD

    24D Actress Ashley

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    FISHER

    42D Pole carrier

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    MARINES

    2D Early beach arrivals?

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    INANELY debut

    11D Foolishly

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    SCULLY

    27A "The X-Files" agent

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    APPRISE

    1D Notify

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    CURSER debut

    28D Foul-mouth

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    DIVEINTO debut

    15A Get totally involved with

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    CASESTUDY debut

    30A Doctor's write-up

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    CAVIARE debut

    36D Hors d'oeuvres bit: Var.

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    DARTBOARD debut

    34A It gets stuck in bars

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    GOONEYS debut

    58A Black-footed albatrosses

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    DAUBER debut

    49A Amateurish artist

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    HONEYBUNS debut

    35A Tootsy-wootsies

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    LETDOWNONESHAIR debut

    53A Cut loose

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    PRICKUPONESEARS debut

    16A Listen

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