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Thursday · 74 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    YES

    47A Check-box option

    50
    365
  2. 2
    EGO

    18A Cooperation roadblock

    42
    393
  3. 3
    ECO

    24A Prefix with -cide

    42
    370
  4. 4
    OVA

    40A Results of oogenesis

    30
    259
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    NEED

    30D Lack

    24
    214
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    OPAL

    28D Word with black or fire

    23
    253
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    ROO

    15A Pal of Eeyore

    20
    189
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    ALAMO

    1D 1960 John Wayne saga, with "The"

    20
    181
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    EERIE

    51D Like some coincidences

    19
    260
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    URN

    57A Spigot holder

    19
    244
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    REEL

    11D Draw (in)

    19
    184
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    POE

    35A Author who inspired a Baltimore team's nickname

    15
    154
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    ARF

    38D It might mean "I have to go out!"

    14
    153
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    ANG

    6A Lee with an Oscar

    14
    117
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    BAM

    56D "Pow!"

    14
    99
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    SPAR

    33D Duke it out

    10
    188
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    OLIN

    53D "Thirtysomething" actor

    9
    112
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    GIST

    12D Heart

    9
    68
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    ARENAS

    6D Some rings

    8
    82
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    MAINE

    37A Setting of many a Stephen King novel

    8
    81
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    ECOLI

    61A Cause of a food safety warning

    7
    103
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    DENSE

    64A Packed

    7
    77
  23. 23
    GENIE

    22D Spirit

    7
    66
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    CRUX

    55D Heart

    7
    40
  25. 25
    RULE

    54D Call the shots

    6
    100
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    CHA

    46D Chinese tea

    6
    85
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    ONT

    13D Home of Bruce Peninsula Natl. Park

    5
    144
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    APRON

    17A Stage part

    5
    60
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    PSIS

    34A Characters in a frat house?

    5
    60
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    PAVE

    32D Tar, maybe

    5
    56
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    WOVE

    29D Knitted

    5
    32
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    SERF

    41A Freeman's opposite

    4
    71
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    NOGO

    7D Scrubbed

    4
    67
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    CURE

    52D Solution

    4
    52
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    HEELS

    50D They can be spiked

    4
    42
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    MENLO

    62A ___ Park

    4
    40
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    GOOF

    8D Anachronism, e.g.

    4
    32
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    APSES

    31A Recesses

    3
    69
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    LUG

    60A Kind of nut

    3
    61
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    PERSE

    3D By itself

    3
    59
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    USN

    27D Org. with many captains

    3
    57
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    ONEIOTA

    23A A tiny bit

    3
    18
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    POPIN

    2D Make a brief call

    3
    15
  44. 44
    SYMBOL

    44D Sign

    3
    8
  45. 45
    MEESE

    37D 1980's attorney general

    2
    49
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    LAYER

    58A Stack, in a way

    2
    35
  47. 47
    ZAPS

    36A Stuns

    2
    35
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    TRYON

    49D Wear for a moment

    2
    25
  49. 49
    ACTION

    10D Sound stage shout

    2
    23
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    CARGO

    9A It's held in a hold

    2
    23
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    SENIORS

    5D Promgoers

    2
    13
  52. 52
    BULBS

    56A Stock at hardware stores and garden shops

    2
    7
  53. 53
    LOEWE

    14A "The Rain in Spain" composer

    1
    40
  54. 54
    AZOV

    31D Sea of ___ between Russia and Ukraine

    1
    22
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    APPTS

    1A Secretarial jottings: Abbr.

    1
    13
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    STALLED

    42D Not going anywhere

    1
    6
  57. 57
    NTEST

    19A Provocative military move, briefly

    0
    44
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    OTE

    21D Suffix with Capri

    0
    30
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    SOLED

    42A Having a bottom

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    25
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    LAVE

    39A Bathe

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    24
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    ARIOT

    59A Running rampant

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    11
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    WHATTHE

    48A "Huh ...?!"

    0
    10
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    EXS

    63A George Strait's "All My ___ Live in Texas"

    0
    8
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    SPIFF

    26D Spruce (up)

    0
    7
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    EWINGS

    45D Wealthy TV family

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    6
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    ACEIN

    16A ___ the hole

    0
    4
  67. 67
    SEEMSTO

    41D Apparently does

    0
    4
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    CANUCKS debut

    9D Losers to the Rangers for the 1994 Stanley Cup

    0
    2
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    LOSTFACE

    39D Was shamed

    0
    2
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    COMMERCIALFREE debut

    52A Like 20-, 25- and 43-Across?

    0
    1
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    DRESSUNKNOWN debut

    25A What the dry cleaner might say after losing a garment?

    0
    1
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    MISSIONOFGUILT debut

    20A Quest for a stereotypical Jewish mother?

    0
    1
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    TWOSIDES debut

    4D Stories often have them

    0
    1
  74. 74
    VERSEEFFECTS debut

    43A Reactions to poetry?

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    1