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Friday · 68 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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    ERA

    36A Soviet ___

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    791
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    ALE

    12D Stout alternative

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    570
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    ORAL

    5D Passed on by taletellers

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    367
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    NET

    13D Drift boat attachment

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    376
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    DNA

    54D Material at the basis of "Jurassic Park"

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    260
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    ACT

    52D Work within a company, say

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    SAD

    59A Sorry

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    TOE

    7D Wingtip tip

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    RHO

    53D Density symbol, in physics

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    ALEC

    58A ___ Ramsay ("The Black Stallion" hero)

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    ACME

    51D Ne plus ultra

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    DAS

    33A Lawyers with many assts.

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    115
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    EDS

    34A I.T. firm founded by Ross Perot

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    230
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    BRIE

    49D French district that lent its name to a foodstuff

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    95
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    ADIEU

    31D It may be bid

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    148
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    CBS

    1A "It's all here" sloganeer, once

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    123
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    ESSAY

    25D Analytic work

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    153
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    SATAN

    3D "Paradise Lost" character

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    81
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    SOLE

    23A One and only

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    138
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    ASSIST

    10D Pass under the basket, maybe

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    35
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    TOOL

    9D "Man is a ___-using animal": Thomas Carlyle

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    94
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    LITE

    6D Not full-bodied

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    75
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    BON

    22A It was good for Sartre

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    50
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    SANTA

    46D Stocking stuffer

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    IDEST

    44A Rarely written-out Latin phrase

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    88
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    COOL

    50D "Fantastic!"

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    60
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    ELIAS

    45D 1981 Literature Nobelist Canetti

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    59
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    LEARN

    24D Hear

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    60
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    COLT

    4A Frisky one

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    47
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    YURI

    42A First name in cosmonautics

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    31
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    BRUNO

    2D Dog in Disney's "Cinderella"

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    19
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    TIO

    37A Member of an extended familia

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    ARTERY

    52A Red line?

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    25
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    TONGA

    21A The Pacific Ocean's only island kingdom

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    44
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    COAST

    1D Continue effortlessly

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    40
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    RETRY

    30D Take one more shot at

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    26
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    TWEED

    47D Fabric with the same name as a Scottish river

    2
    25
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    COLIN

    20A Mystery author Dexter

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    22
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    OILERS

    41D Team that won the first A.F.L. championship

    2
    19
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    HOY

    43A Major U.S. Spanish-language daily

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    13
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    TOSSES

    57A Has trouble sleeping, maybe

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    32
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    ORATORIO

    14A "Elijah" or "The Creation"

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    24
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    UTAHAN

    8A Marie Osmond or Loretta Young

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    24
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    NOSALE

    16A Key on a cash register

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    21
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    MARSALA

    35A Wine used to make zabaglione

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    18
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    MODERN

    39D Tate ___ (London art gallery)

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    15
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    CHERIE

    55A Mrs. Tony Blair

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    8
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    CORSAGE

    20D Bridesmaid's accessory

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    8
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    SNAPPLE

    19A Maker of Kiwi Teawi

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    7
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    COSSET

    18A Overprotect

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    8
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    ALBAN

    48A "Wozzeck" composer ___ Berg

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    7
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    NOMINATE

    56A Put forward

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    7
  53. 53
    TOPGUN

    15D Highest-grossing film of 1986

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    7
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    CASELAW

    50A What stare decisis upholds the validity of

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    6
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    HASNOIDEA debut

    11D Is clueless

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    4
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    RAINYSEASON

    30A Bad time for a tropical vacation

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    4
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    AUTOMATE

    17A Drop a few positions, maybe

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    3
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    DOCTRINE

    54A Set of guidelines

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    3
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    BEASTLY

    22D Very disagreeable

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    2
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    COMPANYMEN

    4D Ultraloyal employees

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    2
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    INARTISTIC debut

    29D Near the bottom of the drawers?

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    2
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    ISAACHAYES debut

    27D Soul singer who is also a coronated king of Ghana

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    2
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    VERSION debut

    28D New rendering

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    2
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    EASTGERMANY debut

    38A Country that won the most medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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    1
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    ISOCRATES debut

    32D One of the "10 Attic orators"

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    1
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    RECONCILEDTO debut

    40A Reluctantly accepting

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    1
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    UNCONSOLED debut

    8D Feeling no better

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    1
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    UNIVERSITIES debut

    26A They're staffed with doctors

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    1