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

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   EAR

   37A It might get a plug

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   ARM

   24A Timor Sea, vis-à-vis the Indian Ocean

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   IAN

   45D Publisher Ballantine

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   TAO

   11D Asian way

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   ROT

   20A Start making a stink?

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   WET

   6D Not ideal for a picnic

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   STONE

   28D Attack barbarously

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   SALAD

   42A Restaurant opener?

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    SOSA

    42D Hitter of 66 in '98

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    PANEL

    39D Instrumentation location

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    COPSE

    26A Little wood

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    HOIST

    25D Jack, e.g.

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    NENES

    29D Iberian infants

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    CODAS

    19A Concluding notes

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    NONET

    22D Small choir, maybe

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    TSOS

    10D Chinese menu possessive

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    MUNI

    40A Bond variety, briefly

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    CENTS

    26D Decimal point follower

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    POSES

    39A Model's series

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    USSTEEL

    14D Pittsburgh giant

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    LULLS

    18A Welcome things on hectic workdays

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    TASS

    43D Old propaganda source

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    UNS

    41A Little or wee follower

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    NOSALE

    33D Register button

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    SILLS

    4D Framework components

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    ADAS

    5D Some prosecutors: Abbr.

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    MODES

    36A Styles

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    ATCOST

    32A Economical way to buy

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    MOLARS

    36D Toddlers cut them

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    ZIA

    46D He overthrew Bhutto

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    HASSLES

    49A Annoyances

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    NEUE

    23A Modern, in Münster

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    NUKED

    22A Zapped

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    TISNT

    35A "___ beauty, so to speak, nor good talk ...": Kipling

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    CRES

    21A Increase in volume, in mus.

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    RAILCAR

    1D Part of a track team?

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    ASBAD

    9D "That's just ___!"

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    ORIENTS

    34D Breaks in

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    NOUSE

    23D Pointless

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    HOLED

    25A Sank on a course

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    NEURAL

    29A Kind of network

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    MATTS

    40D Swimmer Biondi and others

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    NINTENDO

    33A Punch-Out!! maker

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    TARDE

    43A Late, in León

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    HYMNALS

    48A Service staples

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    ATLUNCH

    32D Out around midday, say

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    CREASERESISTANT

    47A Having no pressing needs?

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    SIDEDISH

    31D Course component

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    RIPSAWS

    1A Wood cutters

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    SENSEN

    31A Freshener since the 1890s

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    CITIES

    30A They have their limits

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    PTOLEMAICSYSTEM

    3D Long-disproven scientific theory

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    ROOKED

    16D Hornswoggled

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    ANTIDEPRESSANTS debut

    15A Psychiatrist's arsenal

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    BENDED

    8D ___ knee

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    ENTREPRENEURIAL

    12D Launching a start-up, say

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    ISOLATIONBOOTHS

    17A They were used on old TV's "Twenty One"

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    LOYE

    38A Ravel's "Ma Mère ___," a k a "Mother Goose"

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    REASONED

    27A Well-thought-out

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    ATHOUSANDANDONE debut

    13D Number of nights in old stories

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    BATTEAU debut

    8A Small river craft: Var.

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    INSURRECTIONARY debut

    2D Rebel

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    NATIONALIZATION debut

    44A Process associated with socialism

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    SPICULES debut

    7D Sponge skeleton parts

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