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

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   SPA

   100D Massage locale

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   USE

   81D Operate

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   ERE

   116A Before

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   EGO

   56D It may need gratification

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   TNT

   23D Big bang cause

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   ANI

   71A "Wheel of Fortune" request

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   EAT

   30A Absorb the cost of

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   TSAR

   104A Winter Palace resident

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    RED

    10D Signal to stop

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    GAS

    50A Alternative to oil

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    ELS

    9D Trains in Chicago

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    RAT

    20A Double-crosser

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    ENOS

    27A Space chimp of 1961

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    TIS

    8D "___ the season …"

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    STEW

    85D Fret

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    EGG

    60A Salad ingredient

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    PRE

    113D Grand ___, Nova Scotia

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    EVA

    58A Longoria of "Desperate Housewives"

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    RARE

    80D Exceptional

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    CAT

    101D Bebopper

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    IRON

    106D Press

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    SUE

    77D Take to court

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    LAS

    111D Vegas opening

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    HAN

    88D Chinese dynasty

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    URDU

    92A Pakistani tongue

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    LEA

    75A Grazing spot

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    ARF

    73A Kennel cry

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    ALIAS

    59A A thief might take one

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    COD

    103A Atlantic catch

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    CAP

    101A Place for a team's insignia

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    LAY

    63A Not clerical

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    ROLE

    62A Part

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    ATTN

    28A Memo abbr.

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    ONME

    21A "Lay it ___!"

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    NEIL

    14A Musical Young

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    LISP

    105A Sibilant talk

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    EPS

    11A Some dance records, for short

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    ERATO

    11D Poet's inspiration

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    RELO

    26A Move, quickly

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    UTILE

    19A Of service

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    DALI

    70A "Christ of St. John of the Cross" artist

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    COP

    120A Filch

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    UPDO

    3D Many a prom coif

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    NNE

    42D Pilot's dir.

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    IVAN

    106A Dr. Pavlov

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    YSL

    114D Fashion inits.

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    YARD

    119A Sale site

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    ALEE

    115A Protected, at sea

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    ANTIC

    102D Marx Brothers-like

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    LIMP

    64A Battle reminder

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    TOTED

    65D Schlepped

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    RONA

    108A Author Jaffe

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    WACO

    38D Baylor's home

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    ISLET

    118A Key

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    LOGO

    29A Olympic rings, e.g.

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    AFROS

    117A They give people big heads

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    BOOR

    72A Bad party guest

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    SCENT

    121A Lilac, e.g.

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    SETON

    74A Made up one's mind about

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    VEST

    107D A piece of a three-piece

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    KFC

    112D Fast food inits.

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    STYNE

    13D "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" composer

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    ATBAY

    96D Held off

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    LEGOS

    17D Kids' blocks

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    KENDO

    78D Japanese martial art

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    HAIL

    33D Applaud

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    TAPIR

    18A Snouted animal

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    STREEP

    74D Actress Meryl

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    CLYDE

    122A Bonnie's beau

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    UNEVEN

    39D Odd

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    IST

    31A Suffix with social

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    AVALON

    51D Toyota model

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    OLMEC

    97D Ancient Mexican

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    LALALA

    53D [I can't remember the words to this song]

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    ATRISK

    76A Imperiled

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    IDIOMS

    31D Subject in foreign language class

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    SIMIAN

    55D Apelike

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    ARROZ

    46D Spanish rice

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    FIG

    4D Cookie fruit

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    CATER

    6A Provide food for many

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    ERICH

    67D Author Segal

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    BURN

    109A Stay too long on the beach

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    IAL

    24D Suffix with proverb

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    EZER

    40A Israel's Weizman

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    NEONATE

    90D Nursery arrival

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    FREES

    5D Springs

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    EBW

    82D "Charlotte's Web" monogram

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    BARNUM

    72D Famed huckster

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    RESCUES

    84A Heroic deeds

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    GSA

    61D Fed. property manager

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    ARN

    83A Son of Prince Valiant

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    OTE

    44D Capri suffix

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    DEANE

    94A Early American diplomat Silas

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    ENROBE

    15D Dress

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    URSULA

    92D Author Le Guin

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    LITERAL

    49A Like some translations

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    NOSOAP

    37D "Uh-uh!"

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    CUJO

    6D Stephen King canine

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     TID

     43D Rx instruction

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     SEARLE

     57A Pharmaceutical giant

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     HASBRO

     86A Monopoly maker

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     ADORNED

     87D Dolled up

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     BREAM

     22D Silver-scaled fish

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     ENDIS

     34D "The ___ near"

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     FRAG debut

     25A Assault with a grenade, as a commanding officer

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     HORST

     66D Longtime photographer for Vogue

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     LEELEE

     35D Actress Sobieski

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     PARTV

     12D Last of a Monday-to-Friday series

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     ROARER

     93D Lion

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     ENNEA

     95A Nine: Prefix

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     SAYING

     52D Saw

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     SNUFF

     1A A pinch, maybe

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     STREAKY

     1D Like poorly washed windows

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     THD

     32D Sem. degree

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     FIERO

     98D 1980's Pontiac

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     GELATI

     50D Fancy ice creams

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     AKIND

     36A Three of ___

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     ENCODED

     89D Impossible to read

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     HEARN

     45D George of "La Cage aux Folles"

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     IFTHEN

     69D Kind of logic

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     DEHORN

     70D Take away the defenses of

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     SONICE debut

     48A Very pleasant

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     WUHAN

     38A Capital of Hubei province

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     1ADAY debut

     91D Vitamin dosage

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     1LINER debut

     54D Henny Youngman specialty

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     1STEP debut

     99D Ragtime dance

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     1TRUETHING debut

     79A 1994 semi-autobiographical novel by Anna Quindlen

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     ANDTHENTHEREWEREN1 debut

     87A 1939 Agatha Christie classic

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     AROOMOF1SOWN debut

     96A 1929 Virginia Woolf title

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     AT1S debut

     7D Squares things

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     BRIDGETJ1SSDIARY debut

     22A 1996 Helen Fielding book made into a film starring Renée Zellweger

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     IMAG1R debut

     16D "This looks verrry bad for me!"

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     L1SOMEDOVE debut

     53A Larry McMurtry novel made into an Emmy-winning TV series

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     METALKPRETTY1DAY debut

     110A 2000 essay collection by David Sedaris

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136. 135
     MYPOINTANDIDOHAVE1 debut

     41A 1995 Ellen DeGeneres best seller

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     NAILTIP debut

     2D Something a maid might break

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     NOFLYZ1 debut

     14D Restricted area

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     PR1 debut

     68D Disposed

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     R1LY debut

     108D "Tarzan" actor

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     THELOVELYB1S debut

     32A Best-selling 2003 Alice Sebold novel

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     1
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     THENOSPINZ1 debut

     65A 2003 Bill O'Reilly political best seller

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     1
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     VALL1 debut

     47D Actor Raf of "The Italian Job," 1969

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