← Fill Atlas

Thursday · 74 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ERR

    23D Drop the ball

    54
    522
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    USE

    32D Milk

    47
    356
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    ERE

    33A Long introduction?

    43
    602
  4. 4
    TRI

    61A Prefix with -logy

    41
    237
  5. 5
    NET

    36D What you keep

    38
    377
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    TIE

    18A It's just a formality

    34
    284
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    ETON

    34A English town near Windsor Bridge

    32
    282
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    ENDS

    68A What circles lack

    27
    303
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    OED

    14D 20-vol. work

    22
    141
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    OTS

    35D What buzzer beaters may lead to, briefly

    21
    128
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    STE

    41A ___-Foy, Que.

    20
    274
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    AAA

    43D Like some baseball teams

    20
    230
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    COT

    21A Motel extra

    17
    128
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    SPAS

    6A Places to press the flesh?

    15
    163
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    HEE

    46D Tee follower

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    102
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    TSO

    37A General on a Chinese menu

    13
    88
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    SPAM

    12D Rarely read letters

    9
    125
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    BETA

    42A Kind of blocker

    9
    104
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    MOM

    24A Apple pie companion?

    8
    92
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    TOW

    57A Result of an emergency call, maybe

    8
    88
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    NNE

    52A Anchorage-to-Fairbanks dir.

    7
    205
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    VEE

    26D Migration formation?

    7
    113
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    ORD

    4D JFK : New York :: ___ : Chicago

    6
    64
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    SRTA

    27A Sp. title

    5
    103
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    HOO

    11D Part of a sob

    5
    35
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    ANIMA

    28D Inner self

    4
    33
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    STA

    6D RR building

    3
    158
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    ERGS

    53D Parts of a joule

    3
    84
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    DECCA

    30D Record label of Bill Haley and His Comets

    3
    30
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    SINES

    56D Math figures

    3
    28
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    SSS

    63D Snake's warning

    2
    167
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    ARDOR

    8D Heat

    2
    66
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    AVERS

    25A States

    2
    36
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    SHEAR

    50A Clip

    2
    33
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    MADMEN

    29A Psychos

    2
    19
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    HAWAII

    47A Where "wikiwiki" means "to hurry"

    2
    17
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    KINKS

    69A Garden hose problems

    2
    10
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    DOASIDO

    19A "Follow me"

    2
    7
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    OTB

    31D Gambling site: Abbr.

    1
    58
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    WROTE

    48D Penned

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    36
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    COHOST

    45A Either of two emcees

    1
    18
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    HOPIN

    51D Cabbie's line

    1
    16
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    EPISTLE

    62A Philemon, e.g.

    1
    15
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    STEPONE

    67A Starting instruction

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    12
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    CPI

    65D Cost-of-living meas.

    1
    10
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    SAYIT

    2D "Tell me!"

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    10
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    EYEDROP

    16A Red remover, maybe

    1
    6
  48. 48
    POTTERY

    13A Some arts and crafts

    1
    5
  49. 49
    ORT

    60D Crumb

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    86
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    ARETE

    1D Craggy crest

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    59
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    ULE

    59D Diminutive ending

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    48
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    STELE

    50D Archaeological find

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    34
  53. 53
    MAH

    44A Start of a Chinese game

    0
    33
  54. 54
    ASSOC

    1A Formal club: Abbr.

    0
    29
  55. 55
    AUEL

    49A "The Shelters of Stone" author

    0
    28
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    ETTES

    22A Diminutive endings

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    18
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    PRANK

    55D Call that may result in an abrupt hang-up

    0
    17
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    REUPS

    54A Signs on for another tour

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    15
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    TWOAM

    15D Wee hour

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    13
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    SYSTS

    9D Methods: Abbr.

    0
    10
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    OUTRUN

    31A Leave in the dust, say

    0
    8
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    REWARDS

    17A Bonuses

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    5
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    LINSEED

    66A Oil source

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    4
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    PRIMARY

    13D Race before a race

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    4
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    SOMETHING

    20D ← One starting a career, perhaps

    0
    4
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    OUTGROW debut

    58A Get too big for

    0
    3
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    DIPTYCH

    38A Hinged pair of pictures

    0
    2
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    GRECIAN debut

    64A Like the Trojan horse

    0
    2
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    PAINTED

    39D ___ Desert

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    2
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    RAHRAHS

    10A Spirited cries

    0
    2
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    CARDSTUD debut

    5D ← Gambling game

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    1
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    HOURWEEK debut

    40D ← Work period

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    1
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    PERCENTSOLUTION debut

    7D ← Sherlock Holmes novel, with "The"

    0
    1
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    SHEETSTOTHEWIND debut

    3D ← Plastered

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    1