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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   EMU

   26A Low-fat meat

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   295
3. 2
   ARM

   46A Pistol, say

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   264
4. 3
   ETAS

   9D Letters from Greece

   26
   214
5. 4
   RAN

   53D Tore

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   291
6. 5
   ALIT

   49A Came down

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   220
7. 6
   NATO

   55A Force in Eur.

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   167
8. 7
   DESI

   50A Ricky, really

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   139
9. 8
   SOD

   5D Nursery product

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   180
10. 9
    RIM

    42A Grand Canyon feature

    15
    140
11. 10
    EDITS

    47A Adds and/or subtracts

    9
    101
12. 11
    REPS

    21A Solicits (for)

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    89
13. 12
    EATAT

    12D Bug no end

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    71
14. 13
    MESSY

    14D Chaotic

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    71
15. 14
    DINO

    50D Bedrock denizen

    7
    61
16. 15
    HAI

    24A Yokohama yes

    6
    73
17. 16
    PAWN

    1A One on the front line

    6
    42
18. 17
    ATILT

    13D Not quite true

    5
    77
19. 18
    CAESAR

    41D Rubicon crosser

    5
    38
20. 19
    ABDUL

    19A "Rush, Rush" hitmaker, 1991

    5
    28
21. 20
    OYL

    54D Castor or Olive

    4
    76
22. 21
    MASSE

    23A Difficult shot

    4
    54
23. 22
    ALII

    15A Et ___

    3
    69
24. 23
    DET

    10D Person with a badge: Abbr.

    3
    52
25. 24
    SCRIP

    43A Emergency money

    3
    32
26. 25
    RATTY

    25A Overly worn

    3
    21
27. 26
    EPOCHS

    32A Period pieces

    3
    15
28. 27
    ESSE

    59A ___ Quam Videri (North Carolina motto)

    2
    181
29. 28
    RAND

    17A 100 cents

    2
    58
30. 29
    RIVET

    45D Focus

    2
    37
31. 30
    ASSORT

    38A Put in piles, say

    2
    31
32. 31
    DUCAT

    51A Ticket

    2
    17
33. 32
    GALS

    22A Some club members, informally

    1
    34
34. 33
    CLEM

    57A One of the Scraggs in "Li'l Abner"

    1
    28
35. 34
    CLING

    44D Stick

    1
    23
36. 35
    LEANN debut

    29D Singer Rimes

    1
    16
37. 36
    DUNCE

    48D Kind of cap

    1
    14
38. 37
    ALREADY

    7D "Right now?"

    1
    8
39. 38
    PERMITME

    37D Chivalrous phrase

    1
    8
40. 39
    PAROLEE

    37A One out

    0
    18
41. 40
    BERSERK

    39D Upset and then some

    0
    9
42. 41
    LETERRIP

    20D "Go right ahead!"

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    8
43. 42
    WRITS

    28D Some are sacred

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44. 43
    ONEMANARMY

    56A Rambo

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45. 44
    LIMPID

    8D Clear

    0
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46. 45
    REPRISED

    25D Played again

    0
    4
47. 46
    SAGOS

    43D Tropical pudding bases

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    4
48. 47
    BRIGADOON

    11D Early Lerner and Loewe hit

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    3
49. 48
    DISCERNS debut

    40A Sees the difference

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50. 49
    INFORIT debut

    36A About to face the music

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    3
51. 50
    ALABAMANS debut

    2D Hank Aaron and Helen Keller, e.g.

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    2
52. 51
    EBERHART debut

    6D Richard ___, 1966 Pulitzer poet

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    2
53. 52
    GIVERISETO

    52A Cause

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    HESITATES

    34D Thinks twice, perhaps

    0
    2
55. 54
    OBLITERATE debut

    16A Sweep away

    0
    2
56. 55
    SEALEDBEAM debut

    5A Weatherproof headlight

    0
    2
57. 56
    SGTSNORKEL

    58A Beetle driver?

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    2
58. 57
    BENINESE debut

    39A Like some West Africans

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    1
59. 58
    CARFERRY debut

    30A Bridge competitor

    0
    1
60. 59
    CLERICALS debut

    33D Priests and such

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61. 60
    DERMATITIS debut

    18A Itch cause

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    FOODITEMS debut

    31D Menu listings

    0
    1
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    NIDUS debut

    4D Nest

    0
    1
64. 63
    PARAMECIA debut

    1D Little beasties

    0
    1
65. 64
    SEEMSTOME debut

    35D "I think ..."

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    1
66. 65
    TWADDLED debut

    27A Went on about trivial things

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    1
67. 66
    WINDSURFS debut

    3D Sails over water

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    1