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Thursday · 72 answers · 4 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ERA

    23A No. that should be as low as possible

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    EMIT

    27D Let out

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    ETRE

    61A To be overseas

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    IAN

    22D McKellen who played Gandalf

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    RARE

    54D Like a Liberty gold coin

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    EMIR

    15A Foreign prince

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    MEET

    58A Gather

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    ULNA

    55A Arm part

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    IRATE

    48D Steaming

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    MOOR

    33A "The Hound of the Baskervilles" setting

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    HAZE

    59A Sun block

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    NESTS

    63A Exterminators' targets

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    PST

    41D Wash. winter hours

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    BEL

    49A ___ esprit

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    PROD

    41A Cowherd's aid

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    CANT

    38A Insincere talk

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    NITE

    8D Time on a marquee

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    EXCEL

    14A Get all A's

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    DENIAL

    39A "That's a lie!," e.g.

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    ENDO

    32D Inner: Prefix

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    MEIR

    62A P.M. known as the Iron Lady

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    CINE

    16A Cannes presentation

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    SCANT

    10D Meager

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    JOHN

    28A One caught in a police sting

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    SCUD

    10A Tactical ballistic missile

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    MAX

    50A 10 on a 10-point scale, e.g.

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    WREST

    60A Take forcibly

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    OMOO

    7D Autobiographical novel of 1847

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    ROTO

    18A ___-tiller

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    CELLO

    21D Bass relative

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    LEICA

    1A Pioneering 35 mm. camera

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    CERT

    4D Supreme Court writ, familiarly

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    EXERTS

    46D Applies

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    ICECAP

    3D Martian feature

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    BOXER

    49D Round person?

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    HONG

    6A ___ Kong

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    DEARSIR

    13D It may follow a name and address

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    EMOTES

    44D Conveys feelings

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    RIGEL

    36D Star of Orion

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    LESTER

    1D Richard ___, director of "Help!" and "A Hard Day's Night"

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    EXPIRE

    2D Run out

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    JAWED

    28D Gabbed

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    MILS

    33D Wire measures

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    CINNAMON

    11D Gum choice

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    IRAE

    52D "Dies ___"

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    ONAN

    29D Put ___ act

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    OATER

    57A A sheriff may be seen in it

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    NEZ

    24A Part of a French face

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    ANDA

    19A One-two connector

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    OME

    40A "___, what eyes hath Love put in my head": Shak.

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    NAZI

    53D "Hogan's Heroes" figure

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    HERTZ

    6D National alternative

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    MDI

    30A Year Michelangelo began "David"

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    REPEAL

    26A Cause during Prohibition

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    ONELINER

    35D Quick laugh

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    SPERM

    17A Kind of bank

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    TATARS

    25A Certain Crimeans

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    LAMEST

    45D Least convincing

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    GISELE

    43A Supermodel Bündchen

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    MCLEAN

    31A Virginia locale where the C.I.A. is headquartered

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    ALMANACS

    5D Output from Benjamin Franklin's press

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    GROWTH

    9D Business goal

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    RHYTHM

    42D Cadence

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    TRAX

    56A "Time ___" (bygone sci-fi series)

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    UNDERDOG

    12D Victor of an upset

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    COSTUME

    38D Something you might go to a party in

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    NAILDOWN

    37D Clinch, as a victory

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    PAMPHLET

    34D Flier

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    POISONWARNING debut

    34A [See circled letters]

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    SPLISH debut

    47A Sound in a Bobby Darin song title

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    THIRTYINOLDROME debut

    51A [See circled letters]

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    TICTACTOEWINNER debut

    20A [See circled letters]

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