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Thursday · 76 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    ALI

    45A Clay, after transformation

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    518
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    NIL

    36D Nothing

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    249
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    ETRE

    65A French 101 verb

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    241
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    OVAL

    11D Flattened figure

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    216
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    EVER

    16A "Did you ___?!"

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    235
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    LIL

    1D Not-so-apt word for Abner

    20
    166
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    REO

    30D Early auto

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    196
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    INRE

    14A Memo phrase

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    251
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    OKRA

    59D Gumbo component

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    156
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    ESTA

    24A "Cómo ___ usted?"

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    154
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    IRATE

    62A More than hot

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    194
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    SRA

    13D Madrid Mme.

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    186
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    ELIE

    44A Author Wiesel

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    160
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    ASIAN

    15A Part of a U.S. census category

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    137
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    LEAP

    17A Bound

    11
    103
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    SIAM

    61A Thailand, once

    11
    91
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    DEI

    54A Opus ___

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    83
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    DEC

    21D Big holiday mo.

    10
    70
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    GRIN

    37D Smile

    10
    65
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    ASIF

    6D Catchphrase from "Clueless"

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    105
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    NEAT

    60D Without ice

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    224
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    DUE

    64D Company in Italy?

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    99
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    OSU

    34A The Buckeyes: Abbr.

    7
    100
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    SEMIS

    33D Tournament round

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    75
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    TABOO

    5A It's nothing to speak of

    7
    74
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    GENIE

    38A What a rubber produces?

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    66
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    LOCH

    1A Scotland's ___ Fyne

    6
    48
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    OKED

    63A Gave the go-ahead

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    36
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    CRAB

    3D Shore catch

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    85
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    SIDLE

    32D Move like a 3-Down

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    40
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    RANG

    35A Heralded

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    74
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    NURSE

    52D Hospital figure

    4
    55
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    ZITI

    55D Tubes in the kitchen

    4
    54
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    ONSITE

    9D Present

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    48
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    RAVE

    28D All-night party

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    115
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    ESSES

    66A Pluralizers

    3
    114
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    FATE

    70A Inevitability

    3
    67
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    YARN

    56D Tale

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    OATHS

    8D They may be made with Bibles

    3
    39
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    XMEN

    57D Marvel Comics heroes

    3
    36
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    DEIST

    69A Thomas Jefferson, religiously

    3
    30
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    KILTS

    18A Manly apparel

    3
    13
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    RARA

    19A ___ avis

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    83
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    ENLAI

    31D Zhou ___

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    61
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    FRAU

    67A Woman of the haus

    2
    54
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    STEELE

    46A English essayist Sir Richard

    2
    54
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    SEM

    61D Relig. training ground

    2
    50
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    LALAW

    41D Hit 1980's-90's NBC drama

    2
    48
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    ANNS

    51A Landers and others

    2
    34
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    BILGE

    7D Poppycock

    2
    19
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    ONEA

    2D Suitable for service

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    175
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    STES

    58D Jeanne d'Arc et al.: Abbr.

    1
    49
  53. 53
    AEC

    23A Former nuclear power org.

    1
    48
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    SEQ

    49D Et ___ (footnote abbr.)

    1
    18
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    JOBS

    10A Perennial presidential campaign issue

    1
    9
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    FOLDS

    25D Makes origami

    1
    8
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    TIPOFF

    50D Warn

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    7
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    SUITE

    27D Deluxe accommodations

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    30
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    JERK

    10D Be rough with the reins

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    23
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    EGRESS

    29A It gives you an out

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    22
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    XKE

    40D Classic Jaguar

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    BERM

    12D Earthwork

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    16
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    HEPCAT

    4D One who's beat but good?

    0
    14
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    MINN

    68A Its motto is L'Étoile du Nord: Abbr.

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    11
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    STASI

    53D Former East German secret police

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    11
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    DITKA

    43A Hall-of-Fame coach Mike

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    10
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    ENVIED

    47D Coveted

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    9
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    FASTCAR debut

    25A Maserati, e.g.

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    7
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    ASFIT

    26D Comparatively healthy

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    6
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    TAKECARE

    5D "Be well"

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    6
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    NASTIES

    48A Unpleasant ones

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    5
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    HEADREST

    42D Car safety feature

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    4
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    JAGGY

    22D Notched

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    2
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    ABCDEFGHIJKLM debut

    20A Half of a decoder ring

    0
    1
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    LFIXLEVIRHYOLDM debut

    39A Secret message

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    1
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    ZYXWVUTSRQPON debut

    55A Other half of the decoder ring

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    1