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

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   AHA

   42A "That proves it!"

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   ONES

   40A Kind of column

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   ETRE

   46D Sartre's being

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   ARES

   13D Father of Deimos

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   ADDS

   23A Throws in

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   RUE

   32A Morgue, for one

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   RAP

   38A Criticize

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   NEMO

   24D Title character in a 2003 film from 44-Down

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    NADA

    24A Zip

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    ALERT

    5D Listening

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    DENS

    49D Burrows

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    SHEL

    47D Author Silverstein

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    ANISE

    27D Arrack flavorer

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    ISP

    22A AOL, e.g.

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    DEALT

    21A Put one's cards on the table

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    LEGS

    45D Endurance

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    ANIME

    43D Imported film genre

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    WERE

    8D With 50-Down, cry upon returning

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    MATT

    41A Luisa's lover in "The Fantasticks"

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    SAGS

    7D Drops off

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    TUSH

    14D Backside

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    IRANI

    9D Kerman rug maker

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    GUTS

    34D Fortitude

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    BACK

    50D See 8-Down

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    DIDIN

    26D Dispatched

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    BITOFF debut

    50A Attempted, in a phrase

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    SETA

    12D Lead-in to fire, trap or price

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    PORES

    44A Where oil may often be found

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    EZER

    48D Israel's Weizman

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    COOPT

    28A Appropriate

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    MOTIVE

    41D Whodunit necessity

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    LIBYAN

    1A ___ Desert

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    SELTZERS

    55A Mixers

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    TEMPTSFATE debut

    31D Skates on thin ice, say

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    ANTAGONISTS debut

    37A Punch and Judy, for example

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    SWIPESAT debut

    7A Paws

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    NEDS

    6D Oldtime radio kids' show "Uncle ___ Squadron"

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    AREOLE

    15A Cactus ring

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    AXILLA

    52A Armpit

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    PIXAR

    44D See 24-Down

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    ARENO

    25D "There ___ words ..."

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    NEEDA

    39A "___ break?"

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    LESSENED

    45A Cut

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    PERKED

    17A Brightened, with "up"

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    YOKELS

    4D Sophisticates they're not

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    CAVEAT

    54A Caution

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    EPICPOET

    11D Homer, e.g.

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    HADASEAT

    36D Took a load off

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    INNERS

    19A Ski boot accessories

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    IRENEDUNNE

    2D "Cimarron" co-star, 1931

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    KRESGE debut

    56A Woolworth contemporary

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    AEROPERU debut

    16A Former carrier to Lima

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    MEGAHERTZ

    33D Number on a dial

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    OPERAROLES debut

    29D Faust and Méphistophélès, e.g.

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    PIRATEFLAG debut

    30D Hostile takeover symbol

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    SENDCASH debut

    20A Inadvisable thing to do, usually, in the mail

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    BERNADETTE debut

    3D Peasant girl who became the saint of Lourdes

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    ETHERIZE debut

    51A Put out, in the old days

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    GRANITES debut

    18A Countertop materials

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    GREATMEN debut

    53A Heroes

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    INTHEMEDIUMTERM debut

    35A Neither soon nor far off

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    LAPIDARIAN debut

    1D Like the cutting of gemstones

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    MERINGUEPIE debut

    33A It's not all fluff

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    PONDSCUMS debut

    10D Nature films?

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