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Thursday · 76 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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    ALE

    21D Bass ___

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    570
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    ARE

    55A "Bells ___ Ringing"

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    533
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    ALI

    51A Kentucky's Athlete of the Century

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    518
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    USE

    2D Resort to

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    356
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    ADS

    54A Plugs

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    325
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    EON

    26A Largest geological division

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    343
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    EPEE

    19A Abbé de l'___, pioneer in sign language

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    343
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    ART

    63D Knack

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    384
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    AMI

    23A "Who ___?" (common riddle ending)

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    302
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    NIL

    53A Goose egg

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    249
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    ACER

    23D One with a sterling service

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    137
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    ASEA

    13A Not berthed

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    326
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    REEL

    69A Spin

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    184
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    INRE

    67A Concerning

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    251
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    NAH

    27A "Don't wanna"

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    146
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    CAB

    1D Trucker's place

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    129
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    UFOS

    5A Project Blue Book subject

    13
    88
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    POEM

    9D "Odyssey," for one

    13
    81
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    RISES

    35A Answers the call, maybe

    12
    54
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    NILE

    58D With 66-Across, Egyptian agricultural area

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    163
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    TOTE

    70A Frequent gift for a PBS donation

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    103
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    OPIE

    16A Talk radio's ___ & Anthony

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    150
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    ANITA

    51D California's Santa ___ Park

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    140
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    MAGI

    24D Ancient gift givers

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    102
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    PAST

    9A Ex-

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    79
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    TILL

    65A Store drawer

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    58
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    SER

    33A Sun. discourse

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    100
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    BEDS

    17A Hospital count

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    73
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    EER

    45A Suffix with profit

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    212
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    SSR

    50D Ukr., once

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    161
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    LICIT

    52D Kosher

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    25
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    AHS

    43A Satisfied reactions

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    121
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    LOG

    25A Camp seat

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    92
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    BASH

    4D Big party

    5
    61
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    TEETH

    12D Canines that bite

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    53
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    TROY

    47A Movie featuring Peter O'Toole as Priam

    4
    76
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    FEAR

    62A Cold feet

    4
    69
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    OVUM

    7D Reproductive seed

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    45
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    EGGY

    32A Like frittatas

    4
    32
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    LYME

    42D ___ disease

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    23
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    DELTA

    66A See 58-Down

    3
    91
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    YOUR

    41D Watch-step connection

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    32
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    SHONE

    36D Stood out

    3
    30
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    ENIAC

    61A Computer unveiled in 1946

    2
    59
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    SIENA

    11D Tuscany city

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    50
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    CURB

    1A Restraint

    2
    24
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    ATEE

    68A Suit to ___

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    102
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    REE

    64D "Riddle-me-___"

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    49
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    ICKY

    60A Like worms

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    28
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    ORFEO

    30D Monteverdi opera

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    25
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    EXITS

    31D Takes off

    1
    18
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    NIVEA

    14A Big name in skin care

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    15
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    SEEPED

    8D Trickled

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    15
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    SMILED

    44D Beamed

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    12
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    BYEAR

    29D How some music is played

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    10
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    RADICAL

    46D Avant-garde

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    6
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    EFS

    37A Affluent duo?

    0
    28
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    SLUES

    18A Turns around, as a mast

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    16
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    KYLE

    57D MacLachlan of "Desperate Housewives"

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    15
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    OFIT

    59D "What ___?" (snippy reply)

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    13
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    SETADATE

    38D Plan for nuptials

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    12
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    SIBYL

    39A Fortuneteller

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    10
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    APPEND

    10D Attach (to)

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    7
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    ENCLS

    22D Bottom-of-letter abbr.

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    7
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    PLANER

    49D Power tool in woodworking

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    7
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    BRIANENO

    40D Musician who created the Windows 95 start-up sound

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    6
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    UNSTOPS

    5D Pulls the plug on

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    4
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    FICKLE

    48D Changeable on a whim

    0
    3
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    REDWINGS debut

    3D N.H.L. team at Joe Louis Arena

    0
    2
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    ASLOUD debut

    15D Comparatively noisy

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    1
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    CANBEPRODUCED debut

    28A See 20-Across

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    1
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    DLX debut

    34A Year in the reign of Justinian the Great

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    1
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    FILIGREE debut

    6D Fine metal openwork

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    1
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    FROMPOTASSIUM debut

    48A See 20-Across

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    1
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    NICKELANDIRON debut

    56A See 20-Across

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    1
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    WHATIMPLEMENT debut

    20A With 28-, 48- and 56-Across, riddle whose answer appears in the circled squares

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    1