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Thursday · 74 answers · 8 debuts

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

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    ATE

    38D Had

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    ERR

    29A Use the answer to any of this puzzle's starred clues in ordinary conversation?

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    522
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    EPEE

    31D Individual and team event at the Olympics

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    343
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    ETNA

    25A Virgil described its "roar of frightful ruin"

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    334
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    UNO

    58D Formula ___ (Italian auto racing)

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    EYE

    42A Check out

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    283
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    EARS

    40A All ___

    27
    163
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    ACER

    6D One-hit wonder?

    23
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    ABET

    16A Opposite of hinder

    22
    228
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    EURO

    63A 24-Down replacement

    22
    221
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    SKI

    57D Make tracks?

    21
    180
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    EMAIL

    1D Modern letters

    19
    180
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    TEES

    65A Gets ready, with "up"

    19
    145
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    LYE

    12D Cause of some skin burns

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    146
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    TEAS

    46A Some fund-raisers

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    103
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    RYES

    56D Some whiskeys

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    116
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    LATTE

    21A Milch : German :: ___ : Italian

    14
    92
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    ALERT

    3D Ready

    12
    168
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    PIN

    59D A.T.M. need

    12
    103
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    ISSUE

    51D Put out

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    LAV

    11D John

    12
    63
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    GEAR

    18D Backpack fill

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    119
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    IONS

    64A Ammonium particles, e.g.

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    94
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    CLUE

    55D Object under a magnifying glass, maybe

    9
    93
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    ACA

    34D Here, to Javier

    9
    46
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    TEAMO

    39D Juan's words of affection

    9
    35
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    ESAI

    60A Morales of "NYPD Blue"

    8
    128
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    LULL

    9A Break

    8
    49
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    ICET

    14A "Law & Order: S.V.U." actor

    7
    110
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    CHO

    43A Comedian Margaret

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    49
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    ADIOS

    53D Informal bye

    6
    78
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    RIPA

    5D TV host Kelly

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    34
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    DEES

    66A Rick with the 1976 #1 hit "Disco Duck"

    5
    57
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    LIBRA

    2D Scales seen at night

    5
    43
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    NRA

    28A New Deal org.

    4
    262
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    LOTSA

    9D Much, slangily

    4
    57
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    HAMS

    44D Unlikely Oscar nominees

    4
    44
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    FRANC

    24D Coin with a laurel branch on the back

    4
    33
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    MILA

    13A "___ 18" (Leon Uris novel)

    4
    31
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    ELAL

    1A Commercial name that literally means "to the skies"

    3
    197
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    RAHS

    5A Shouts while shaking pompoms

    3
    40
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    ONEACT

    45D Without a break

    3
    30
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    XRAYS

    32D Imaging lab output

    3
    26
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    HERDS

    7D Range rovers

    3
    24
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    KNITS

    61A Stocking caps, e.g.

    3
    20
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    GETTO

    20D Really irk

    3
    19
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    IST

    37D Suffix with sex

    2
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  48. 48
    UPI

    10D News inits.

    2
    95
  49. 49
    FRAU

    35A Lady of the Haus

    2
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    LEROI

    23D "Vive ___!"

    2
    49
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    SABRE

    49D New York hockey player

    2
    34
  52. 52
    CASCA

    15D Conspirator against Caesar

    2
    20
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    STOLEN

    8D Hot

    1
    38
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    CRUE

    62A Rock's Mötley ___

    1
    30
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    MTIDA

    50A Peak for Zeus, in Homer

    1
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    CIAOS

    43D Informal byes

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    RUSK

    30D Kennedy's secretary of state

    1
    9
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    ARN

    27D Son of Prince Valiant

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    42
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    NEU

    26D Modern: Ger.

    0
    22
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    COPAY

    15A Insurance figure

    0
    14
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    DEARE

    52D "The Wreck of the Mary ___"

    0
    11
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    SYRIANS

    47A One side in Mideast talks

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    7
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    COREY

    33D Actor Feldman

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    6
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    LATETEENS

    4D Age range for most first-year college students

    0
    3
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    SEACALF debut

    22A Common seal

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    3
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    FIRSTSEED

    35D Tournament favorite

    0
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    RCPTS

    48D Sales slips: Abbr.

    0
    2
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    ASTERICK debut

    41A *Sign to look elsewhere

    0
    1
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    CAMEACROSSED debut

    54A *Stumbled upon

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    1
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    EXCETERA debut

    31A *And so forth

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    1
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    IRREGARDLESS debut

    19A *No matter

    0
    1
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    PEROGATIVE debut

    17A *Privilege

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    1
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    PRONOUNCIATIONS debut

    36A *Ways things are said

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    SUPPOSABLY debut

    57A *As it's widely believed

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    1