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

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   ESE

   34A Tacoma-to-Walla Walla dir.

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   IRAN

   5D Setting of the 2007 animated film "Persepolis"

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   IGOR

   44A Classic 1974 role for Marty Feldman

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   GEAR

   11D Duds

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   CRU

   52D High-quality vineyard

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   SLEET

   27A Skid's cause, maybe

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   RIC

   29A Four-year sch. of higher learning in Providence

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   MATH

   23A Field with bases

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    DRAG

    50D Men might dress in this

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    ONEIOTA

    38D At all

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    CLASH

    45D Battle

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    SENORAS

    4D Mantilla wearers

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    RAGES

    21A Storms

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    AUER

    20A Oscar nominee for "My Man Godfrey"

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    EMOTES

    35A Shows one's feelings

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    LAE

    8D New Guinea port

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    GLUES

    25D Sticks

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    MARESNEST

    40A Chaotic place

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    STEEVE

    42D Pack in a ship's hold

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    SENTA

    26A Actress Berger

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    THRONES

    18A High seats

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    ALLERGENS

    6D They might make you tear up

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    VESTED

    28A Protected by law

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    UNSHUT debut

    2D Open

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    ENTO

    46A Inner opening?

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    AGREED

    9D "You're absolutely right"

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    NETSALES

    7D Store figure

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    OREN

    48D ___ Ishii, character in "Kill Bill"

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    TORRES

    43D Baseball's Joe and others

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    RIATAS

    1D Neck ties?

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    MEANTO

    40D Treating badly

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    STARER

    3D Burlesque-goer, typically

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    GETATAN

    22D Lie in the sun

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    ENOKIS

    41D Japanese mushrooms

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    SERTS

    26D Some Rockefeller Center murals

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    GREENHOUSEGASES

    54A "An Inconvenient Truth" topic

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    ALICANTE debut

    13D Spanish city and province on the Mediterranean

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    UPTIMES

    12D When computers are working

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    ASANALTERNATIVE

    17A Optionally

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    EYESHADE

    15D Freebie on some airplane flights

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    ENRICOS

    19A "Lucia di Lammermoor" lord and namesakes

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    FIRTREES debut

    33D Angels are sometimes seen over them

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    GAVOTTES

    14D Baroque dances

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    INTERLEAGUEPLAY

    16A All-Star Game, e.g.

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    NEARESTRELATIVE debut

    53A Health form field

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    NUNNS

    10D Ex-senator Sam of Georgia and others

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    PALOS

    39A ___ Verdes Estates, Calif.

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    PISTOLA debut

    47A Gun, to Guillermo

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    RADIOER

    49A Ham, e.g.

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    TINTO

    37A Rio ___, multinational coal-mining giant

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    TORTURE debut

    36D "Love is reciprocal ___": Marcel Proust

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    VENERABLE

    28D Time-honored

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    CENTR debut

    45A Middle: Prefix

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    COLOSSAE debut

    31D Ancient city to which Paul wrote an Epistle

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    IMAGINER debut

    30D Idea person

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    INSURANCEBROKER debut

    51A Pro at protection

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    REPIPING debut

    29D Plumber's job, maybe

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    RUSSIANLANGUAGE debut

    1A It has 33 letters

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    STRAGGLED debut

    24A Wandered from the direct course

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    UNSAFER debut

    32A Condomless vis-à-vis protected

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