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Thursday · 78 answers · 11 debuts

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

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    EAR

    30A Musician's asset

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  2. 2
    EAST

    5A How the Lincoln Memorial faces

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  3. 3
    ION

    33D Charged item

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    STP

    45A 500 letters?

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    172
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    AHEM

    39A "Um, I hate to interrupt ..."

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    171
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    TRIO

    15A Backup singers, often

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    DOE

    40A John ___

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    ROD

    55D Towel holder

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    CAN

    41A Jail, slangily

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    EPI

    24A Prefix with center

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    ISIT

    33A "What ___?"

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    LIT

    4D Boozy

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    LAM

    31D Flee

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    DIS

    42A Bad-mouth

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    ATTIC

    13A Story that tops all others

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    108
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    ROB

    57D Hold up

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    EXES

    62A Split personalities?

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    MRI

    54A Hosp. picture

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    126
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    ILE

    32A Martinique, e.g.

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    HAL

    12D With 34-Across, 1982 A.L. r.b.i. leader

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    OBIE

    53A Theater award

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    DADS

    61A Little League umps, often

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    OWEN

    58A Wilson of "Shanghai Knights"

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    TEC

    27A Gumshoe

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    MADE

    34D Earned

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    TUX

    56D Promgoer's rental

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    29
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    EER

    51A Ballad ending?

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    BEAN

    63A Noggin

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    63
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    ABORT

    9D Scrub

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    47
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    SANG

    21A Snitched

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    60
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    NEONS

    49D Light gases

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    RUST

    59A Sign of inactivity

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    51
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    LTD

    31A Old Ford model

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    LEONE

    37D Sierra ___

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    LARVA

    22A Caterpillar, for one

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    50
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    TERESA

    46D Mother ___

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    NOTSO

    60A Untrue

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    PLEAT

    52A Fold

    3
    29
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    CABIN

    41D Kind of fever

    3
    27
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    MCRAE

    34A See 12-Down

    3
    15
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    ERTE

    26D Art Deco designer

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    165
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    EOE

    20A Classified letters

    2
    54
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    RAPID

    18D Speedy

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    38
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    ASCH

    9A Novelist Sholem

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    36
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    ETHNIC

    5D Like some cuisines

    2
    24
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    KISMET

    29D Fate

    2
    23
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    SEMITE

    45D Arab, e.g.

    2
    18
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    TOOLATE

    8D "You missed it"

    2
    16
  49. 49
    LESMIZ debut

    37A Long-running B'way musical seen by couples?

    2
    11
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    VIAL

    43D Serum container

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    51
  51. 51
    ETCETC

    3D Blah, blah, blah

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    31
  52. 52
    JOEL

    1A Biblical prophet

    1
    26
  53. 53
    SIG

    7D Contract necessity: Abbr.

    1
    19
  54. 54
    ROBOTS

    44D Some factory workers

    1
    13
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    FELIZ

    25D Like Christmas in Madrid?

    1
    7
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    PRISON

    47D Where 38-Down spent 19 years

    1
    6
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    DENTURE

    40D Artificial tooth

    1
    5
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    RST

    23A Alphabet string

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    OISE

    53D River to the Seine

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    OTIOSE

    2D Lazy

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    NANS

    19D Namesakes of Bert Bobbsey's twin

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    OBJ

    50A It may be direct or indirect: Abbr.

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    ARUG

    6D Cut ___ (dance)

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    CHIPPEWA

    35D Great Lakes tribe

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    CLEANAIR

    11D Environmental concern

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    4
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    VENTRAL

    43A Like certain shark fins

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    VOTRE debut

    38A "À ___ santé!"

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    4
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    RESOLVED

    36D Cleared up

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    3
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    VALJEAN

    38D 37-Across hero

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    3
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    EPONINE debut

    48A Rival of 14-Down for Marius's love

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    2
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    JAVERT debut

    1D 38-Down's longtime pursuer

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    2
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    TICKETS debut

    28A They get you seats

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    2
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    BALA debut

    16A ___ Cynwyd (Philadelphia suburb)

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    1
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    COSETTE debut

    14D Daughter of 25-Across

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    1
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    FANTINE debut

    25A Employee of 38-Down

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    1
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    REVOLUTIONARIES debut

    55A 37-Across extras

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    1
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    SAVVIEST debut

    10D Most perceptive

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    1
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    VICTORHUGONOVEL debut

    17A Source of 37-Across

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    1