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

1. AnswerLast 3 yearsAll time
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   IRE

   10D Burn up

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   SAD

   45A Needing a lift

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   ELK

   23D Army of Hope member

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   MEET

   24A Heated competition?

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   RATS

   9D Refuse visitors

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   RELY

   25A Be sure of, with "on"

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   GOB

   46A Windjammer

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   SANAA

   40D Arabian capital

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    ELSIE

    42D Woman from Chelsea, in the song "Cabaret"

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    LITHE

    4D Ballerina-like

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    APRS

    38A Auto loan nos.

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    PAESE

    36A Bel ___

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    NEILL

    43D Sam of "Wimbledon," 2004

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    SERE

    30D Sun-burned

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    ISA

    21A "There ___ time …"

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    INURE

    5D Naturalize

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    MORSE

    39D Kind of alphabet

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    KOA

    49D R.V. refuge org.

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    PARA

    37A Plane-jumping G.I.

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    GERM

    46D Spark

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    EASELS

    54A Holders of conferences?

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    FUJI

    26D Film maker

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    ABCTV

    3D "Alias" airer

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    RMS

    20A Real estate ad abbr.

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    PHARAOH

    16A Tyrant

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    SAPID

    1D Tasty

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    CHUMS

    8D Associates closely

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    ENABLER

    47A Al-Anon member, maybe

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    ZANIEST

    35A Most Marxian?

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    PICTURE

    17A Still, maybe

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    RENAMES

    53A Picks again

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    ERNES

    44D Flying fish eaters

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    RLESS

    29D Like English pronunciation in most of England

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    ATWORST

    51A If everything fails

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    FETCH

    26A Bring in

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    SEALIN

    1A Enclose

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    ZAK

    35D Ringo's oldest son

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    ANDERS

    34A Celsius who devised the Celsius scale

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    BERSERK

    27A Foaming at the mouth

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    TAPASBAR

    32D Place to get paella

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    TOPSECRET

    12D Known to next to none

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    EUTERPE

    18A Goddess depicted holding a flute

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    CAREERS

    33D They can be carved out

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    CURARE

    31A Arrow poison

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    NOREGRETS

    6D "I wouldn't have it any other way"

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    PABSTS

    37D Some cold ones

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    STABILE

    52A Not moving

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    TOILETS debut

    32A Heads

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    BONAPARTE

    27D Historical Corsican family name

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    CANAANITE

    31D Language of ancient Syria

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    SCRIPTS debut

    7A Plans out in detail

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    SPERRY

    7D Gyroscope inventor

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    ALBINOS

    14A Unlikely beachgoers

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    RINGSIN

    50A Heralds

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    SEEGERS

    15D "Turn! Turn! Turn!" songwriter and others

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    BROKERS debut

    48A Security personnel?

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    CAJOLED debut

    33A Blandished

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    CBGBS debut

    41D Legendary N.Y.C. club that launched punk rock

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    DAVEEGGERS debut

    22A "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" author

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    ELINA

    2D Actress Löwensohn of "Nadja," 1994

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    INTHREE

    19A Trisected

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    MEROE

    24D Ancient capital on the Nile

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    EIDERDOWN debut

    28D Soft support

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    MAKEASCENE debut

    39A Rant and rave

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    PARIETALS debut

    11D Rules for allowing members of the opposite sex into dorms

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    SHEATHED debut

    13D Like some swords

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