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

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   ADA

   37A Boise's county

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   ANNE

   2D Queen ___ style

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   ORES

   53D Metal containers

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   SPOT

   46A Predicament

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   EDGE

   33D Halftime lead, e.g.

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   RAIN

   32D Subject of some prayers

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   INANE

   45D Absurd

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   OAK

   35A Popular firewood

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    REAR

    24D Relatively safe military position

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    RENO

    30A Washoe County seat

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    EASY

    34D Unforced

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    CRATE

    23A Box

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    SPAM

    9D Modern junk

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    TEED

    8D Like some golf balls

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    SLAM

    3D Hit hard

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    CROC

    23D Snappish one

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    MESSY

    14D Not well-groomed

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    INASEC

    54A Shortly

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    AGORA

    6D Plato's plaza

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    BIAS

    1D Leaning

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    IDLES

    12D Lollygags

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    ANKA

    25D Singer Paul

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    SLEEK

    13D Well-groomed

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    SPCA

    50D Labrador retriever?

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    PRADO

    47D Museo del ___

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    MONEY

    42A It talks

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    SHIRT

    43A Polo, e.g.

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    PARADE

    5D Flag locale

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    SCHISM

    9A Division

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    ANGLES debut

    18A Aspects of problems

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    EBAN

    51D "Personal Witness" author

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    GAME

    52D Brave, in a way

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    SRAS

    31D Sp. titles

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    CIGS

    40A Smokes

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    MINUET

    56A Ballroom dance

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    SMITES

    26A Pounds

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    ECTO

    49D Outer: Prefix

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    ESSENE

    41A Ancient Qumran dweller

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    HENIE

    44D Skating name of fame

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    MESON

    27D Subatomic particle

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    RISKY

    22A Like C-rated bonds

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    SEEMTO debut

    58A Appear that way

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    SLIMS

    43D Some sizes

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    SEEINTO

    4D Understand the true nature of

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    CODENAME debut

    57A Secret identity

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    CONCRETE

    10D Not metaphysical

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    NDAK

    21A Sask. neighbor

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    LENORE

    48A Poe poem

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    MOANED

    42D Didn't suffer quietly

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    POODLE debut

    16A Toy, of a sort

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    INLEAGUE

    15A Working together (with)

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    ANAEROBE debut

    17A Oxygen eschewer

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    STRATEGO debut

    50A Board game with opposing battalions

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    BRUSQUE

    36A Short

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    RUBIKSCUBE

    7D Mental block?

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    ZEROSUM debut

    39D Like a system with equal gains and losses

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    COTTONY debut

    40D Soft and light

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    PIANOBAR debut

    55A Sam's place in "Casablanca"

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    SEMIARID debut

    19A Like the Great Plains

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    TEUT debut

    29D German: Abbr.

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    ANODYNES debut

    59A Aspirin and codeine

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    BASSPART debut

    1A Tuba's role, maybe

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    BYSTREET debut

    36D Hardly a main drag

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    HOGGISH debut

    11D Greedy

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    MCGEES debut

    20A Radio couple at 79 Wistful Vista

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    SCENETHREE debut

    31A Part of an act

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    CRAZYABOUT debut

    38A Infatuated with

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    INQUESTION debut

    28D Unsettled

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