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

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   ETE

   10D French quarter?

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   NEON

   44A Element of Times Square

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   INON

   16A Knowing firsthand

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   OARS

   55A Crew members

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   CPR

   53D Some chest-pounding, for short

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   OMANI

   45D Gulf state resident

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   TENSE

   21A Tied up in knots

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   FREE

   57A At leisure

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    ETHAN

    47A ___ Hunt, Tom Cruise's character in "Mission: Impossible" films

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    NEAP

    22A Spring's opposite

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    PLY

    5D Practice

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    SEAN

    52A P. Diddy's first name

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    VANE

    18A Often winded part

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    PIG

    54D Metal mold, as from a blast furnace

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    SOOT

    20A Stack buildup

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    FLAP

    1D Big to-do

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    PANS

    19A Rips

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    AMAS

    50A Latin 101 verb

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    ENOL

    48A Double-bonded compound

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    OVINE

    3D Like Dolly or her clones

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    RIVET

    11D Transfix

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    IDIOMS

    7D They're seldom taken literally

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    STER

    51D Team follower?

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    REVS

    6D Amps up

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    ALGER

    38A "Luck and Pluck" author

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    NANCE

    46D "Eraserhead" star Jack

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    RICK

    11A Heap of hay

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    LACY

    49D Like cobwebs

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    CHOOSE

    41D Cull

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    DANSE

    43D Étoile's element

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    INANIMATE

    12D Like a rock

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    SHATTER

    33A Blow apart

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    BASSDRUM debut

    26A Spot for a rock band's logo

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    AMITYVILLE debut

    17A Setting for a 1979 horror film

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    MLI

    28A Year in the reign of Macbeth, in Scottish history

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    SMIRK

    29A [I told you so!]

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    SKETCH

    27D First rendering, say

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    STANCES

    37D Plate appearances

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    REMAN

    2D Provide with new staff

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    SEPARATE

    31A Not touching

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    HEREITIS

    36A "Voilà!"

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    DILUTES

    35A Thins out

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    PARTISAN debut

    23D Rooter

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    RIODEORO

    34D Part of Western Sahara

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    RUPIAH debut

    25D Indonesian capital

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    SHEDATEAR

    29D More than mist up

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    TIMALLEN

    21D Voice of Buzz Lightyear, in "Toy Story"

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    ADC debut

    39A Military asst.

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    FROGPRINCE debut

    1A One looking for a kiss

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    GETSABITE debut

    4D Has some luck fishing

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    KNEESIES

    14D Under-the-table action

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    MARCHHARE debut

    30D Tea drinker of fiction

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    MAURITIUS debut

    24A Nation once called Île de France

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    PRESCIENCE debut

    56A Sibyl's forte

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    COCOAPLANT debut

    53A Chocolate source

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    CONSULTER debut

    13D Chiromancer client, e.g.

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    CULTURED debut

    9D Man-made

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    DAHDAHDAH debut

    42A O, in Morse code

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    LEVELEDOUT debut

    15A Stabilized

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    NOLOADS debut

    8D Parts of some portfolios, informally

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    ROSEYGRIER debut

    58A One of the 1960s Rams' Fearsome Foursome

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    RUGDEALER debut

    32D Certain bazaar merchant

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    SCOTCHED debut

    40A Nixed

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    SHADESOF debut

    33D Like

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