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Friday · 76 answers · 9 debuts

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

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    SPA

    51A Place to relax

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    475
  2. 2
    ALA

    13D ___ king

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    513
  3. 3
    IRE

    57D Burning sensation?

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    498
  4. 4
    SEE

    21A Match, in a way

    44
    430
  5. 5
    SEA

    5D Mermaid setting

    40
    370
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    TEN

    58D Hottie, perhaps

    39
    369
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    SHE

    46A ___-bear

    35
    345
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    TIE

    49A Davis Cup match-up

    34
    284
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    IDO

    20A Inaugural oath starter

    33
    336
  10. 10
    ACNE

    10D Bad spots?

    32
    233
  11. 11
    ISLE

    50D ___ Royale

    31
    316
  12. 12
    TEA

    43A Something overthrown shortly before the American Revolution

    30
    374
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    OPEN

    62A Welcoming

    26
    217
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    SRO

    8D Box office sign

    24
    251
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    EMT

    25A Responder in a van: Abbr.

    21
    188
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    PESO

    52D 100 centavos

    20
    131
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    ESL

    45A Alien subject?: Abbr.

    18
    153
  18. 18
    UPS

    4D Brown letters

    17
    123
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    TOT

    56D "Sesame Street" watcher

    16
    200
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    LAO

    31A Language that is mostly monosyllabic

    16
    154
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    MBA

    23A W has one

    16
    122
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    SSE

    15D From Omaha to K.C.

    15
    262
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    SAO

    30A ___ Jorge, part of the Azores

    15
    171
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    EMCEE

    48D Mike holder

    15
    106
  25. 25
    RAH

    54D Bowl sound

    13
    215
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    AYE

    63A When doubled, a familiar cry

    13
    162
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    REA

    42A Mens ___ (criminal intent)

    12
    201
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    ERECT

    33D Like squirrels' ears

    9
    150
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    NAPE

    19A Place to be picked up?

    9
    115
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    ROAM

    53A Wayfare

    9
    94
  31. 31
    ADAPT

    3D Not stand still

    9
    71
  32. 32
    ATA

    1A ___ minimum …

    7
    161
  33. 33
    RAF

    53D Heroic W.W. II grp.

    6
    82
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    APOLLO

    59A Subject of a temple at Delphi

    6
    55
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    SONGS

    29D Numbers

    6
    30
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    FDA

    44A Kind of approval

    5
    97
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    III

    12D The last King Richard

    4
    126
  38. 38
    CARP

    40A Nitpick

    4
    55
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    TOPAZ

    2D Old Mercury

    4
    31
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    PRUNE

    28D Cut back

    4
    28
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    SONIA

    46D Poet Sanchez of the Black Arts Movement

    3
    51
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    USAF

    4A Thunderbird grp.

    3
    46
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    HEIST

    9D Bad job?

    3
    38
  44. 44
    PPS

    27A Letter abbr.

    3
    27
  45. 45
    HAIRY

    47D Like a 100-mile-an-hour taxi ride?

    3
    19
  46. 46
    EATUP

    45D Start-of-meal urging

    2
    39
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    FLED

    7D Cut out

    2
    35
  48. 48
    AZT

    22A Zidovudine, familiarly

    2
    21
  49. 49
    HEGEL

    37D He purportedly said "Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me"

    2
    12
  50. 50
    RECOIL

    16A Rifle effect

    2
    8
  51. 51
    RDS

    41A Rtes.

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    82
  52. 52
    HONEST

    61A "No lie"

    1
    42
  53. 53
    FEELS

    44D Bleeds (for)

    1
    20
  54. 54
    LEFTS

    31D Some hooks

    1
    14
  55. 55
    SHANIA

    8A First name in country music

    1
    11
  56. 56
    MAURY

    23D Five-time baseball All-Star ___ Wills

    1
    5
  57. 57
    MOTHERS debut

    26D Many Little League spectators

    1
    5
  58. 58
    APO

    55D How to address a sgt.?

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    99
  59. 59
    BORO

    32A Queens, e.g., informally

    0
    12
  60. 60
    SLUMP

    30D Dry spell

    0
    11
  61. 61
    AGANA

    1D Capital of Guam, old-style

    0
    9
  62. 62
    APASSAGETOINDIA

    17A 1984 David Lean film

    0
    6
  63. 63
    SUREFIRE

    60A Guaranteed

    0
    6
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    ITERATION

    35D Yadda, yadda, yadda, e.g.

    0
    5
  65. 65
    NODEPOSIT

    11D Good news on an apartment rental

    0
    3
  66. 66
    RAISETHETITANIC debut

    54A 1980 film based on a Clive Cussler best seller

    0
    3
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    ALGIA

    6D Painful ending?

    0
    2
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    BEKAA

    32D Lebanese valley

    0
    2
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    BONNARD debut

    24D French artist Pierre

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    2
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    DOTDASH

    36D A, to Samuel Morse

    0
    2
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    GODSPELL debut

    14A 1971 musical based on the Bible

    0
    2
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    TOEARTH debut

    18D How some meteors fall

    0
    2
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    VENAE debut

    34D ___ cavae

    0
    2
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    ENEMYATTHEGATES debut

    39A W.W. II action film of 2001

    0
    1
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    EVILUNDERTHESUN debut

    33A 1982 Inspector Poirot movie

    0
    1
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    RETURNOFTHEKING debut

    38A 2003 trilogy completer, with "The"

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    1