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Tuesday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ERR

    30D Blunder

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    ORCA

    20A Boat in "Jaws"

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    234
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    NOR

    40D Neither here ___ there

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    KNEE

    43A Where pants may have a hole

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    ARK

    32A Biblical flood insurance?

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    SPOT

    10A Predicament

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    ASP

    65D Egyptian snake

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    265
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    ABET

    36D Help in a heist

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    228
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    ANON

    67A Like most graffiti: Abbr.

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    DARE

    28D "How ___ you?!"

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    EMIR

    49D Qatari leader

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    218
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    AFRO

    8D A young Michael Jackson had one

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    170
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    ERIC

    3D Rocker Clapton

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    YEA

    5D Roll-call vote

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    ORSO

    21A Guesstimate phrase

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    RON

    45A Director Howard

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    WAR

    37A Congressional declaration

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    149
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    TAG

    64D Put out, as a base runner

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    ALDA

    55A Longtime host of "Scientific American Frontiers"

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    160
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    IFSO

    69A "Provided that is the case …"

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    70
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    UPON

    58D Stratford-___-Avon

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    ONLY

    62D Exclusive

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    116
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    TOFU

    15A Hot-and-sour soup ingredient

    11
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    TEAR

    16A Get misty-eyed

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    149
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    ALOOF

    53D Reserved

    10
    64
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    BLUR

    51D Fuzzy image

    9
    58
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    ARCS

    39D Circle segments

    8
    109
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    IVAN

    27D Pavlov of Pavlov's dogs fame

    7
    135
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    ALIBI

    56A Cover story?

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    108
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    ECOL

    34D E.P.A. concern: Abbr.

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    TOES

    66A Pirouette points

    7
    84
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    GENT

    70A Man with a top hat and cane

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    67
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    AVAIL

    31A To no ___ (fruitlessly)

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    86
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    CACTI

    52D Desert bloomers

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    65
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    MEAD

    41D Lake ___, reservoir on the Colorado

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    CUB

    42A Wrigley Field player

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    QUO

    9D Quid pro ___

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    31
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    ANKA

    25D 44-Down singer

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    AERIE

    14A Eagle's home

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    HERR

    2D Frau's partner

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    TRYST

    13D Rendezvous

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    TOON

    18D Tom or Jerry of "Tom and Jerry"

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    YELP

    24D Canine plaint

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    LYON

    23A City on the Rhone

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    43
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    OATEN

    12D Like some cereals

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    39
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    HOPS

    7D Brewer's need

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    29
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    JUDO

    35D Unarmed combat

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    28
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    TYCO

    59A ___ Toys, maker of the Magic 8-Ball

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    19
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    APSES

    22A Church recesses

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    69
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    CAPO

    1D Mafia bigwig

    3
    64
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    PERSE

    11D Intrinsically

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    59
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    SHAQ

    6A N.B.A. star in the '96 film "Kazaam"

    3
    49
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    ARDENT

    25A Gung-ho

    3
    29
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    COAX

    61D Try to persuade

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    43
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    TALENT

    50D "American Idol" display

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    DEJA

    33A ___ vu

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    37
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    SEPAL

    68A Flower part

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    HAWK

    26D Peddle

    2
    30
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    PARD

    19D Cowpoke's bud

    2
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    STERNA

    6D Breastbones

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    ZONE

    57D Basketball defense

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    YIPE

    60D "Holy cow!"

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    EPODE

    46A Lyric poem

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    ZULU

    57A Bantu language

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    ESOBESO

    44D 1962 hit subtitled "That Kiss!"

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    CAROMS

    52A Billiard shots

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    VIVALDI

    4D "The Four Seasons" composer

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    5
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    STEPDAD

    10D Acquired family member

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    PLATTER

    47D 45, e.g.

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    PREXY

    71A College chief

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    RIVES

    54D Tears apart

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    PANGRAM

    38A "Mr. Jock, TV quiz Ph.D., bags few lynx," for example

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    4
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    CHEVY debut

    1A Cavalier or Impala

    0
    3
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    COVERTOPERATION

    63A Intelligence endeavor

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    3
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    GAGNE debut

    29D Eric ___, 2004 Dodger All-Star pitcher

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    2
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    HIDDENAGENDA debut

    26A Ulterior motive

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    2
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    PRIVATEPROPERTY debut

    17A Fifth Amendment issue

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    SECRETBALLOT debut

    48A Australia was the first country to implement it

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