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Tuesday · 76 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    SET

    22A Broadway background

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    402
  2. 2
    OLE

    15A Cry heard in a bullring

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    525
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    AGE

    36D Count of candles on a cake

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    417
  4. 4
    ART

    50D Know-how

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    384
  5. 5
    ESP

    46A Telepathic letters

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    344
  6. 6
    ESAU

    19A Isaac's eldest

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    245
  7. 7
    BRA

    60D Playtex offering

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    229
  8. 8
    RAT

    41A Stool pigeon

    29
    280
  9. 9
    LIE

    59D Practice tact, perhaps

    28
    318
  10. 10
    STAT

    10A "Right now!"

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    239
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    ODD

    55A Offbeat

    24
    209
  12. 12
    PELE

    57A Brazilian soccer legend

    21
    115
  13. 13
    AAA

    12D Battery size

    20
    230
  14. 14
    ADAM

    51A Funnyman Sandler

    19
    265
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    AKA

    66A Alias

    19
    211
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    CAT

    5D Hipster

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    179
  17. 17
    RNS

    35D Hosp. staffers

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    126
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    TRY

    28A Give it a go

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    180
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    ESL

    61D Immigrant's subj.

    18
    153
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    RAY

    63A Bit of sunshine

    16
    128
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    CBS

    7A Letters for Letterman

    13
    123
  22. 22
    LIN

    37A Chinese author ___ Yutang

    10
    90
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    NEA

    18D PBS benefactor

    9
    217
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    GIS

    34D Dogfaces

    8
    82
  25. 25
    WEST

    65A Direction wagon trains headed

    7
    94
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    SEAN

    21A One of the Lennons

    7
    84
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    TRU

    13D Robert Morse Tony-winning role

    7
    83
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    AGATE

    31A Glass marble

    7
    78
  29. 29
    BMW

    58D Upscale auto initials

    7
    56
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    EASYA

    49D Cushy course

    7
    54
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    LEAR

    16A Small jet maker

    6
    107
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    NATE

    23A Hoopster Archibald

    6
    107
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    GIANT

    32D Goliath

    6
    41
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    LARD

    56A Some shortening

    5
    74
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    SEL

    9D French seasoning

    5
    71
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    MONET

    3D "Water Lilies" painter

    5
    58
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    ATONAL

    14A Discordant

    5
    54
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    AFROS

    31D 60's-70's dos

    5
    49
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    ICER

    20A Bakery gizmo

    4
    84
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    HANG

    39D "___ in there!"

    4
    55
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    ONETON

    44A 2,000 pounds

    4
    26
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    CONAN

    7D Arthur ___ Doyle

    3
    47
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    MIMI

    62A "La Bohème" heroine

    3
    43
  44. 44
    TENDS

    27D Looks after

    3
    43
  45. 45
    BLOB

    58A Amorphous mass

    3
    40
  46. 46
    PLATTE

    67A Nebraska river

    3
    25
  47. 47
    PASSE

    42A Out of style

    2
    72
  48. 48
    SLEEPS

    10D Is in dreamland

    2
    24
  49. 49
    BLEND

    8D It's not 100% this or that

    2
    21
  50. 50
    ALEUT

    53D Alaskan native

    1
    83
  51. 51
    UTICA

    2D Central New York city

    1
    51
  52. 52
    GRASP

    34A Clutch

    1
    39
  53. 53
    EZINE

    26D Some cyberreading

    1
    33
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    MERLE

    54D Singer Haggard

    1
    33
  55. 55
    BLEAK

    48D Dickens's "___ House"

    1
    16
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    PUSS

    25D Face, slangily

    1
    15
  57. 57
    SAWIN debut

    1D Greeted, as the New Year

    1
    13
  58. 58
    TIDBIT

    45D Gossip unit

    1
    12
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    COPAPLEA

    40D Come to terms for less jail time, say

    1
    8
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    BESTSELLER

    60A Author's success

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    9
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    ENDSUP

    46D Ultimately becomes

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    9
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    DELFT

    52D Blue-and-white earthenware

    0
    8
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    USEFUL

    64A Practical

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    8
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    TESTPILOT

    11D Aviator in search of bugs

    0
    7
  65. 65
    SLUSHY

    6D Like half-melted snow

    0
    6
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    RESPOND

    29D Give an answer

    0
    5
  67. 67
    UPSIZE

    30A Employ more employees

    0
    4
  68. 68
    ANDRETTI debut

    4D Mario of the Indianapolis 500

    0
    3
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    ROTES

    43A Dull drills

    0
    3
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    STRINGBEAN debut

    47A Skinny Minnie

    0
    3
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    HANDPUPPET debut

    24A Kukla or Ollie, e.g.

    0
    2
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    SUMACS

    1A Poisonous plants

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    2
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    SUPPERS

    22D Potluck get-togethers

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    2
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    WINDTUNNEL

    17A Place to test aerodynamics

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    2
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    ANTEROOMS debut

    33D Vestibules

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    1
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    FINISHINGSECOND debut

    38A Placing (and a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 47- and 60-Across)

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    1