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

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   OLE

   50D Encouraging word

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   ERR

   18A Stray

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   TEEN

   22D It may follow four or six, but not five

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   ALONE

   41D Separate

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   SNO

   10D ___-Cross Championship Racing

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   BAMA

   34A '93 Sugar Bowl champs

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   BIB

   29A Piece of neckwear

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   LOOTS

   28A Sacks

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    CLASS

    44A Kind of warfare

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    BABE

    33D Naïf

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    MUTE

    24D Silence

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    TENON

    19A Join securely

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    NODES

    27A Connecting points

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    34
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    BANK

    34D Place of interest?

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    PASSE

    42D Not in

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    IRT

    4D N.Y.C. subway

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    LTS

    49D Mil. titles

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    TRAPS

    43D Golfers' bane

    2
    30
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    BADGE

    33A Star, maybe

    2
    29
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    POBOY debut

    38A New Orleans sandwich, informally

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    24
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    WASPS

    37A Aristophanes comedy, with "The"

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    STEALS

    12D Baseball stat

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    OMELETS

    23A Diner orders

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    13
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    ATEE

    46D To ___ (just so)

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26. 25
    EDA

    47A Author LeShan

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    TITHE

    13D Church offering

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    46
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    AGRO

    8D Farm prefix

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    39
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    GARTH

    45A Half of the "Wayne's World" duo

    1
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30. 29
    SLURS

    26A Putdowns

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    LATKES

    39D Potato dishes

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    12
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    LINERS

    39A Solid swats

    1
    8
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    MEATTHERMOMETER debut

    17A Oven item

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    4
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    TITTERS

    5D Snickers

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    4
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    OVERIMAGINATIVE debut

    16A A little too clever

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    EVERT

    14D Turn out

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    ITON

    32A "Let's Get ___" (1973 #1 hit)

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    MAHRE

    20A 1984 skiing gold medalist

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    VCHIP

    40D Screening device

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    AEF

    35A W.W. I troops: Abbr.

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    AMEERS

    25A Arab League V.I.P.'s

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    8
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    CADDY

    36A Ace of clubs?

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    8
43. 42
    MERES

    15D Paris parents

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    HOSTILETAKEOVER debut

    48A Wall Street gambit

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    YAMMERS

    11D Complains

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46. 45
    PEERASSESSMENTS debut

    52A Comments from co-workers

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47. 46
    POSTER debut

    38D Bill

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48. 47
    RENTERS

    21A Many cottage dwellers

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49. 48
    SODDY debut

    26D Like most cemetery plots

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50. 49
    CORSICA debut

    36D Napoleon's birthplace

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    2
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    IMPRUDENT debut

    30D Rash

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    INSECTREPELLENT debut

    51A Camper's need

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    LADODGERS debut

    28D Sports org. owned by Fox

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    LEARNEDOF debut

    3D Found out about

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    TALKSUP debut

    43A Promotes

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    2
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    WILHELM

    37D One of the brothers Grimm

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    2
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    BASESEVEN debut

    29D In which 49 is 100

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    1
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    BASSPARTS debut

    31D What tubas play

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    1
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    CAENS debut

    7D Columnist Herb and others

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    1
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    IMHERS debut

    6D "___, she's mine ..." (Manfred Mann lyric)

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    LIMNOLOGY debut

    9D Study of lakes and ponds

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    OVEREMOTE debut

    2D Really ham it up, redundantly

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    POLITICALSYSTEM debut

    1A Monarchy or parliamentary democracy

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    POMERANIA debut

    1D Former German duchy known for a breed of dog

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    VAPORED debut

    40A Emitted steam

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    1