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

1. AnswerLast 3 yearsAll time
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   ERE

   51D It may come before long

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   ENTER

   27D Put down, in a way

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   HAT

   50D Word with dance or band

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   NEMO

   26A Little ___

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   IMS

   1D Private on-line chats, for short

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   AHAB

   46D 1956 Gregory Peck role

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   NAT

   2D "Ah, Wilderness!" character ___ Miller

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   NORA

   44D Ibsen's "doll"

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    ALAN

    45D "The Way We Were" writer Bergman

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    OTT

    28A Polo Grounds headliner

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    REY

    37A Foreign leader

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    RAMEN

    6D Noodle-and-vegetable soup

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    SLAM

    43D Dis

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    SMUT

    40A Dirt

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    TETRIS

    29D Popular game from Russia

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    RENAL

    25A ___ calculus (kidney stone)

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    ARARAT

    53A Genesis locale

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    PATE

    12D Crown

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    METAL

    41D It may be forged

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    ENERGY

    23D Zip

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    SKIRT

    40D Bypass

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    STUBS

    11D Some pencils

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    14
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    TYRE

    14D It may be kept in a boot

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    34
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    LOLITA

    48A Tease

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    VOCAB

    10D Dict. material

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    CLASSY

    42A Elegant

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    14
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    ETO

    3D War zone, in brief

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    140
29. 28
    CHUTE

    42D Back pack?

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    18
30. 29
    OTBS debut

    24A Places to see races: Abbr.

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    ACUTER

    18A More serious

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    TRATTORIA debut

    9D Where to get a Pisa pizza?

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    6
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    TVSPOT debut

    9A Clio candidate

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    INESCROW debut

    1A Held by a third party

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    OREM

    13D Utah city

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    WINO

    8D Port authority?

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    OTTERS

    28D Bewhiskered creatures

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    MANTLE

    55A Sleeveless cloak

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    SPR

    52D Abbr. in a resort's name

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    NANETTE

    26D Broadway character who sings "Tea for Two"

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    ROTARY

    16A Runaround?

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    OREG

    7D 33rd state: Abbr.

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    CTRS

    38A Municipal sites: Abbr.

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    MATAHARI

    15A 1932 title role for Greta Garbo

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    REMADE

    22D Like some classic movies

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    CRETAN

    21A El Greco, by birth

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    TAUR

    47D Bullish opening

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    ARRIS

    39A Gallico's Mrs. ___

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    CRAMER

    21D Grammy winner Floyd

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    ONSALENOW debut

    33D Common ad phrase

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    MARIEANTOINETTE

    35A Royal involved in the Diamond Necklace Affair

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52. 51
    TOMTOMS

    20D They're beaten hands-down

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53. 52
    AUTOHARP debut

    54A Folk singer's accompaniment

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    EDGARLEEMASTERS

    36A "I must submit to an epitaph graven by a fool" penner

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    BREWSTER

    56A William aboard the Mayflower

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    SANITARIA debut

    4D Places for mending

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    AMERICANTROTTER debut

    31A Standardbred

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    CALCULATE debut

    32D Work out

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    CHEVALIER debut

    5D Legion of Honor member

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    STONEMEN debut

    17A Masons

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    HAUNCHES debut

    49A Hindquarters

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    IVEGOTTABEME debut

    19A 1969 Sammy Davis Jr. hit

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    SNAKELEATHER debut

    43A Belt material, perhaps

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    TETRARCHS debut

    34D Some joint rulers

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    TRESSY debut

    30D Like Rapunzel

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