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

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   OIL

   37A It gets checked with a stick

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   AFAR

   43D Way out there

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   ATT

   9D Call letters?

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   ARC

   22A Parenthesis, e.g.

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   LAT

   4D Global positioning fig.

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   AGUA

   42A Río composition

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   READ

   8D Make out

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   LAND

   38D Capture

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    TOYS

    15D Contents of some chests

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    AIDA

    43A Its closing duet is "O terra, addio"

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    CANE

    20A Lean on me

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    PRINT

    16A Letters

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    SCENE

    7D Trailer segment

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    BENT

    3D Bowed

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    BIOTA

    40D Flora and fauna

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    ATRA

    41A Sensor forerunner

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    ARGOS

    41D Ancient rival of Sparta

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    HIE

    47D Rush

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    GERE

    44D Olin's "Mr. Jones" co-star, 1993

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    REND

    17A Split

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    ORZO

    29A Italian side dish

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    BRAG

    35D Bluster

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    OVENS

    2D They may run on gas

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    BRIO

    18A Vivacity

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    GMT

    46D Clock std.

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    MARINE

    24D Kind of geology

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    SOSOON

    25A "You couldn't have waited?"

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    SPCA

    14D Spot checker?: Abbr.

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    SIRENS

    6D Lures

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    WOKE

    28A Stirred

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    LAOTSE

    27A Supposed "Tao Te Ching" writer

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    ENISLE

    13D Isolate

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    GRAIN

    44A 1980 embargo target

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    VIENNA

    32A Kind of sausage

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    SMILED

    30A Lit up the room, maybe

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    SEAGOD

    30D Neptune, e.g.

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    BEANED

    35A Hit by a pitch

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    SILENTTREATMENT

    14A Passive-aggressive behavior

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    DOOLEY

    23D ___ Wilson, who played Sam in "Casablanca"

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    BUGSY

    21A Crime syndicate sobriquet

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    BEME debut

    40A Sammy Davis Jr.'s "I've Gotta ___"

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    EXTRACHEESE debut

    49A Pizza order

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    EMERGES

    11D Surfaces

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    CEDRIC

    36D Saxon in "Ivanhoe"

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    CESS

    19A British tax

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    NOTAONE

    33D Zip

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    MORELS

    24A Some mushrooms

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    COOKED

    20D Falsified

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    AIRILY

    34D Without really thinking

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    DOIS debut

    23A Two, in Lisbon

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    HIRERS

    12D Employment agency list

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    JALISCO

    1D Guadalajara is its capital

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    BOOZES

    21D Doesn't drink moderately

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    CENS debut

    36A Long times to live: Abbr.

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    GOINGFORTHEGOLD

    45A Not settling for second best

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    MAGUIRE debut

    31D Star of 2002's "Spider-Man"

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    TIMBURTON debut

    10D "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" director

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    DRAMATICIRONY debut

    48A "Oedipus Rex" uses it

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    ENTRAINED debut

    5D Got limited access?

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    HAVEANICETIME debut

    12A Send-off line

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    JOBLESSRATE debut

    1A Economist's concern

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    LOVEMATCH debut

    27D No marriage of convenience

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    RAGGY debut

    39A Like early jazz

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    SWINGANAX debut

    26D Emulate Paul Bunyan

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