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Thursday · 78 answers · 8 debuts

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

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    65A Defensive footballer

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    AHA

    19A Sleuth's cry

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    AGO

    57A Long ___

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    OAR

    16A Row

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    AXE

    58A What the king of diamonds holds

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    ANTS

    35A Some queens

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    ERASE

    63A Clear

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    NEED

    55D Triage factor

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    ODD

    45D Prompting a "hmm," perhaps

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    EEK

    8D Cartoonish cry

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    OAHU

    12D Filming location of ABC's "Lost"

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    NASA

    37A Opportunity creator

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    POE

    61D "The Oblong Box" author

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    ILLS

    56A Misfortunes

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    ASOF

    34D ___ late

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    RID

    36A Clear

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    FRO

    41A Big do, slangily

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    IMAGE

    32A Concern of a political adviser

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    INFO

    32D Dope

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    NOVA

    18D Pop star?

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    EBAY

    7D Shopping.com's parent company

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    MAP

    60D Encyclopedia graphic

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    EDGY

    31D Avant-garde

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    TAUT

    42A Fully stretched

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    BEAU

    26A Steady, perhaps

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    BONO

    26D Musician among Time's 2005 Persons of the Year

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    SUM

    23D Dim ___

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    BOW

    11A Reaction to an ovation

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    AXON

    54D Biological transmitter

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    URAL

    29D River through Kazakhstan

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    ATA

    20A ___ premium

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    WRAP

    13D Alternative to a sandwich

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    MALTA

    2D Smallest member of the European Union

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    SST

    4D Bygone air inits.

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    LPGA

    25D Women's tour grp.

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    PURR

    40D Sound from a sex kitten?

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    LINK

    30D Evolutionist's discovery

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    IPSO

    56D With 28-Down, logician's phrase

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    MAZE

    53D Fun house feature

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    DUET

    48A Two-player activity

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    DEPOT

    66A Where lines may cross

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    AMISH

    1A Some quilt makers

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    BOAS

    11D Some neckwear

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    ZOE

    62A Girl in the comic "Baby Blues"

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    JAPAN

    50D Where "Kimigayo" is the national anthem

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    ALLSET

    46D "Ready to go?"

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    KENTS

    67A Smallville clan

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    MANDMS

    53A Colorful handful

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    BASSO

    14A Boito's Mefistofele, e.g.

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    COAST

    64A Scenic drive locale

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    MARX

    33D Philosopher who gave his name to an -ism

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    CULT

    39D Zealot's group

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    ISAAK

    3D "Wicked Game" singer Chris

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    MCCOO debut

    38A Marilyn of the 5th Dimension

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    EBERT

    15A Host of the Overlooked Film Festival

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    PANG

    40A Feeling of remorse, say

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    FELL

    47D Lost value

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    TORTS

    52D Law school class

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    ABFAB

    1D Popular BBC America show, for short

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    STREAMS

    10D Runs

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    FESSUP

    22A Come clean

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    SEASICK

    43D Green on the blue?

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    EGEST

    51D Discharge

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    JEEPS

    6A Camp transports

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    FACTO

    28D See 56-Down

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    BAKLAVA

    24A Sweet dessert with nuts

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    CORY

    21A "Boy Meets World" boy

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    JEERAT

    6D Ridicule

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    LEARJET

    49A Executive airport lander

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    SULKY

    43A Peevish

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    MADESURE

    38D Double-checked

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    FLATSNEAKER debut

    17A Apartment burglar?

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    HOSCALE debut

    5D Common model railroading spec

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    OXFORDLOAFER debut

    44A Lazy British student?

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    PLATFORMMULE debut

    27A Farm animal with a stage act?

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    PREFERTO debut

    9D Rather

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    PUMPSLIPPER debut

    59A Clumsy gas station attendant?

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    TRUMPED debut

    42D One-upped

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