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

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   IRE

   18A "... provoked with raging ___": Shak.

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   ELM

   49A Street shader

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   TAR

   28A Besmirch

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   REV

   46A Make go "vroom"

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   REO

   39A Hupmobile contemporary

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   REDS

   5D Cold war group

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   MOI

   51D "Li'l ol' me?"

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   DORA

   48D ___ Maar (Picasso subject)

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    SALEM

    7D Illinois birthplace of William Jennings Bryan

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    WAGE

    25A Carry on

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    AFROS

    27D Big dos

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    CLOSE

    29D Buddy-buddy

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    ANAIS

    38A Henry and June's friend in "Henry & June"

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    STA

    32D ___-Puf Marshmallow Man

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    SPCA

    45A Watchdog org.?

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    SCRAM

    24A "Get a move on!"

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    TAL

    21A Chess champion of 1960-61

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    HOOHA

    26A Foofaraw

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    DUELS

    6D Where seconds count

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    SSW

    53D Compass reading

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    PLED

    8D Made a case (for)

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    ENRAGED

    11D Ready to spit bullets

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    OPOSSUM

    52A Pogo of the funnies

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    GALLANT

    15A Chivalrous

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    SIFT

    22A Go (through)

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    CLINE

    43D Singer profiled in "Sweet Dreams"

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    REPAY

    44D Settle

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    GLUM

    47D Down at the mouth

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    CRIED

    29A Hollered

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    ACCORD

    1A Settlement

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    NOTIME

    56A Instant, in a phrase

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    STYLED

    12D Like fine coifs

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    FUM

    31D Giant syllable

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    SPICES

    7A Seasons

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    THATSIT

    23D "Eureka!"

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    CHARIOT

    2D Old two-wheeler

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    WRAPUPS

    25D News summaries

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    YAMMER debut

    41D Talk too much

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    TRUCKSTOP debut

    33A Semi-service station

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    ILO

    9D U.N. arm

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    EPOXY

    40A Sticky stuff

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    INFERNO

    34D Hot spot

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    OKA

    4D 900-plus-mile Volga feeder

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    COEUR

    43A Heart of France

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    YAWNER

    57A It's a bore

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    ASPISH

    1D Venomous, as a snake

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    FARSIDE

    55A Unseen part of the moon

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    IFIT debut

    42A "___ ain't broke ..."

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    GREMLIN

    50A Unseen troublemaker

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    ROPESIN debut

    36D Snags, so to speak

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    SHAKEUP

    13A Big change

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    CAREFOR

    3D Nurse

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    CAPTAIN

    10D Team leader

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    PARADER

    16A Baton twirler, maybe

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    AIRGUN

    38D It operates by compression

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    NAIVEST

    35D Least worldly

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    OLEOPRY debut

    17A Grand finale?

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    TRACKMEET

    20D Place for a pistol

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    UNSOUND debut

    54A Not good, as ideas go

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    SLATTED debut

    19A Like a blind spot?

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    EXCLUDE debut

    37D Rule out

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    GLUTTED debut

    47A Gave too much

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    GOTARISEOUTOF debut

    15D Provoked

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    INSOMEMEASURE debut

    34A To a degree

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    PRACTICEROUND debut

    14D Warm-up

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    TRAFFICISLAND debut

    30A Middle of the road?

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