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Thursday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ETNA

    61D It's about 2 1/2 times as high as Vesuvius

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    334
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    ACHE

    7D Result of overstrain

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    282
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    INN

    47A Business with a register

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    258
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    STE

    49A Paris's Basilique ___-Clotilde

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    274
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    RARE

    30A Burger order

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    257
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    USER

    33A One pointing and clicking

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    246
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    RYE

    68A Seedy sort?

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    REAL

    8D Concrete

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    160
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    ECON

    57D Coll. major

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    151
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    LIAR

    26D Either of two guests on "To Tell the Truth"

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    177
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    OARS

    36D Crew members

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    154
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    ABU

    65A Egypt's ___ Simbel historical site

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    NOSE

    35A Oenophile's interest

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    188
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    OAF

    11A Dunderhead

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    KOS

    64D W.B.A. finales

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    102
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    SEEYA

    70A "I'm outta here!"

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    75
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    WEDS

    18D Forms a union

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    IPOS

    45A CNBC news topics, for short

    10
    51
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    ROAM

    53A Use a cell phone outside one's calling area

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    94
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    OTRA

    43A Check box option on a Spanish survey?

    9
    79
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    AGENDA

    22D Program

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    60
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    TEENS

    69A Majority of a crowd at a Jonas Brothers concert

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    86
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    TEC

    62A Dick

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    80
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    VOTE

    56D Drop paper in a box, maybe

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    52
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    OKIE

    59D Tex's neighbor

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    101
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    BENT

    3D Having one's heart set (on)

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    68
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    LAX

    26A Negligent

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    ARTOO

    12D ___-Detoo

    5
    56
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    ESQ

    29A A.B.A. member's title

    5
    49
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    DEBRA

    1A Eric's "Will & Grace" co-star

    4
    34
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    ICEIN

    15A Strand, somehow

    4
    34
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    SWIT

    37D "M*A*S*H" co-star

    4
    32
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    FARSI

    6A Language from which "divan" is derived

    4
    29
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    ETDS

    23A Delays set them back: Abbr.

    3
    46
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    DAWN

    41A Start time for many a military mission

    3
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    ALCOVE

    58A Recess

    3
    32
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    MCRAE

    54D Jazz's Carmen

    3
    15
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    ENNE

    38D Feminizing suffix

    2
    65
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    NOAM

    48D Linguist Chomsky

    2
    39
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    VERY

    60D Especially

    2
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    DARIN

    44A "Dream Lover" singer, 1959

    2
    25
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    AMTOO

    66A Defensive retort

    2
    22
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    FJORD

    13D Finger of the ocean

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    22
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    ETO

    19A D.D.E.'s W.W. II command

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    140
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    ATNO

    39A 80, for Hg

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    91
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    ONCUE

    52D How actors should appear

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    43
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    DAWG

    1D Family pet in "Hi and Lois"

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    29
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    INEVER

    10D Taken-aback response

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    XING

    28D Deer ___

    1
    14
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    ADOPTEE

    5D Oliver Twist, for one

    1
    11
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    DNALABS debut

    44D Test sites

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    9
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    PAWSAT

    46D Handles roughly

    1
    8
  53. 53
    BEGOOD

    25A "No horsing around!"

    1
    4
  54. 54
    ALTE

    27D Der ___ (Konrad Adenauer)

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    51
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    DRJ

    16A Nickname for #6 on the Sixers

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    34
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    ODETO

    11D Start of many dedications

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    REDYE

    4D Change colors?

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    17
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    SPR

    34D When flowers bloom: Abbr.

    0
    17
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    ERIQ

    2D Former "ER" co-star La Salle

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    14
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    LAPPS

    40A Northern Europeans

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    13
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    REPAIR

    30D Garage job

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    12
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    ELEVATOR

    21A [See circles]

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    11
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    SSTAR debut

    50D Relatively cool red giant

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    11
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    FIS

    6D Hi-___

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    ILIVE

    31A "How Do ___" (1997 LeAnn Rimes hit)

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    8
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    SQUATS

    24D Occupies an abandoned building

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    8
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    REGT

    42A Colonel's div.

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    6
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    SINEWAVE

    55A [See circles]

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    6
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    SLOVAK

    50A Language that treats "dz" as a single consonant

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    6
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    LOOKATME

    40D Attention-getting cry

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    5
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    AREED

    14A Thin as ___

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    4
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    VOTIVE

    32D Like some candles

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    4
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    BAIRN

    67A Scottish child

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    3
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    GQTYPE

    20A Well-dressed, photogenic male

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    3
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    LIEBY

    51D Remain inactive

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    2
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    SIDEBARS debut

    9D Court huddles

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    2
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    STOCKMARKET debut

    63A [See circles]

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    WINDOWSHADE debut

    17A [See circles]

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