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Saturday · 68 answers · 10 debuts

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

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    EASE

    29D Maneuver gingerly

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    EMU

    21A It's classified by the U.S.D.A. as red meat under cooking guidelines and as poultry under inspection standards

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    YET

    27D "Solitude is impractical and ___ society is fatal": Emerson

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    RAN

    41A Entered a contest

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    ALTO

    53D Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd," for one

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    SNAP

    23D Spontaneous

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    204
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    EDNA

    33D Housemother to Tootie, Natalie, Blair and Jo

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    245
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    SLAP

    9D Indicator of freshness?

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    123
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    TADA

    8D Finish line?

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    NEST

    52D See 10-Down

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    TEPEE

    47D Structure made from poles and hides

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    GILA

    44A River of Yuma and Phoenix

    8
    55
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    CST

    45A Setting for 10 U.S. states: Abbr.

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    65
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    NIX

    28A Veto

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    62
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    REPEL

    12D Turn off

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    50
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    EMINEM

    59A Winner of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Original Song

    7
    36
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    SINEW

    5D Strength provider

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    60
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    SEL

    22A Poivre's counterpart

    5
    71
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    SWAY

    23A What many rulers hold

    5
    37
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    ESIGN debut

    29A Endorse on a Web site, maybe

    5
    15
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    AWAKE

    49A Not dormant

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    47
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    ONETON

    60A Rig capacity

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    26
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    HOOF

    26D Farrier's focus

    2
    27
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    RECESS

    61A Niche

    2
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    WASPS

    10D With 52-Down, structure found under eaves

    2
    24
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    THREAD

    54A Bookbinder's material

    2
    14
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    ITSWAR

    7A Battle cry

    2
    13
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    IVANIV

    13A First monarch to be crowned Tsar of All Russia

    2
    6
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    ANIMATE

    34A Create a flip book, say

    1
    30
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    DEMS

    55D Majority of U.S. governors, as of 2009: Abbr.

    1
    30
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    UNH

    48A New England sch. with campuses in Durham and Manchester

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    30
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    DIGS

    1D Pad

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    28
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    TRAWL

    20A Nab in a net

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    20
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    INAWAY

    4D Kind of

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    17
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    SPAHN

    46D Braves pitcher who won the 1957 Cy Young Award

    1
    15
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    GIJANE

    16A 1997 Demi Moore movie with the tagline "Failure is not an option"

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    11
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    INHAND

    40D Under one's command

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    10
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    TURBAN

    43D Garment that's often reconstructed before each wearing

    1
    9
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    TEALEAVES

    32D What some predictions are based on

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    8
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    GARLIC

    44D Food used as an antiseptic during World War I

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    6
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    METONYM

    42A "The press," for "reporters," e.g.

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    6
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    BADAPPLE debut

    19A Spoiler of a sort

    1
    5
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    ATALE

    11D "Gigantic (___ of Two Johns)," 2002 documentary about They Might Be Giants

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    36
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    OESTE

    30A Córdoba compass direction

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    MTM

    35D "Lou Grant" production co.

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    ESCALATE

    14A Intensify

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    WHOME

    50D Cry from the accused

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    OPENAREA

    51A Field, e.g.

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    COPTO debut

    45D Don't deny

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    9
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    DEMISE

    1A End

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    9
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    STRIKEONE

    31D Call at home

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    ATROPHY

    24A Result of nonuse

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    7
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    ICEDUP

    7D Needed a coating of heated propylene glycol, say

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    7
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    ENBERG

    14D Original host of "Breakfast at Wimbledon"

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    NOMATTER

    37D "Whatever"

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    SLOWER

    18A Like a runner-up, often

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    DIEOF

    39A ___ shame

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    5
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    PSSTS

    38A Secret words?

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    5
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    THESTAND

    58A 1978 King novel rereleased in a "Complete and uncut" version in 1990

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    5
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    EVILTWINS

    2D Bad copies?

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    2
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    KNOTTED debut

    36A Like many bows

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    2
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    NEEDASAP

    17A Note on a time-sensitive document

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    2
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    SEAMONKEY debut

    15D Pet for which you can buy an Aqua-Leash

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    2
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    TIEDONEON debut

    25D Took a lot of punches?

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    2
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    EVERLAST debut

    6D Company that provided equipment for the reality show "The Contender"

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    1
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    MAJORAXIS debut

    3D Line that passes through both of an ellipse's foci

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    1
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    PAPELBON debut

    56A Pitcher who struck out the final batter of the 2007 World Series

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    1
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    TOLOVE debut

    57A "Lieben," in German class

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    1