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Thursday · 78 answers · 7 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ELI

    23A "The Whiffenpoof Song" singer

    60
    599
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    TEE

    10D *What "fore" may precede

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    395
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    EASE

    59A Nonchalance

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    334
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    TNT

    21A "Saving Grace" airer

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    338
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    ADA

    29A Nabokov novel

    27
    270
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    ANO

    7D "Is that ___?"

    25
    216
  7. 7
    SPOT

    70A Give a handicap of

    24
    153
  8. 8
    SNAP

    38A *Photo

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    204
  9. 9
    LIL

    6D Rapper ___ Jon

    20
    166
  10. 10
    SARA

    20A 1986 #1 hit for Starship

    19
    181
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    EMMA

    16A Title heroine who says "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other"

    19
    173
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    EMIR

    19A Arabic for "commander"

    18
    218
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    ERG

    65D .0000001 joule

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    175
  14. 14
    ECRU

    1A It's similar to cream

    15
    196
  15. 15
    THAI

    22D Cuisine with sen yai noodles

    15
    130
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    HAN

    58A Solo in science fiction

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    113
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    OCHO

    46A El número de agosto

    15
    95
  18. 18
    AUTO

    32A Camera setting

    13
    165
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    SPED

    50D Earned a citation?

    13
    154
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    ALUM

    14A '08 classmate, now

    13
    123
  21. 21
    HUT

    57A QB's cry

    11
    68
  22. 22
    SHIP

    47A FedEx, say

    11
    60
  23. 23
    AROAR

    68A Creating a din

    10
    88
  24. 24
    TEEM

    10A Crawl (with)

    9
    104
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    SINAI

    15A 1967 war locale

    8
    90
  26. 26
    WAN

    64D Pale

    7
    85
  27. 27
    CIG

    51A Butt

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    52
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    APHID

    34D Insect called a greenfly in Britain

    6
    59
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    OUTDO

    28D One-up

    6
    47
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    SANTA

    8D Nick name?

    5
    119
  31. 31
    LAGS

    24D Is seconds behind

    5
    41
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    OPAH

    45D Mako shark prey

    4
    41
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    GLASS

    5A *Jigger

    4
    37
  34. 34
    SUVS debut

    49A Explorer and Navigator

    4
    14
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    GURU

    67A Maven

    3
    48
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    DOWN

    40A *Rejected

    3
    45
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    NOI

    63D "___ won't!"

    3
    45
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    SIGNS

    9D Omens

    3
    39
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    GUAM

    30A Stop on Magellan's circumnavigation of the world

    3
    37
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    EMILIO

    12D Actor Estevez

    3
    32
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    IMEANIT

    35A "For real!"

    3
    28
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    SLING

    71A *Y-shaped item

    3
    26
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    JELLO

    39A *Colorful party drink

    3
    25
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    GLO

    66D Mop & ___

    2
    63
  45. 45
    INDO

    72A ___-Aryan

    2
    61
  46. 46
    PUT

    61D *Track-and-field event

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    57
  47. 47
    YANG

    18D Masculine side

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    45
  48. 48
    UMBRA

    4D Shadow

    2
    24
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    OUIJA

    25D Spiritualist's tool

    2
    23
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    LEBANON

    24A Mideast's Mount ___

    2
    13
  51. 51
    ALEUT

    36D Rat Island resident

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    83
  52. 52
    EAN

    1D Suffix with Euclid

    1
    30
  53. 53
    JOEL

    69A Book before Amos

    1
    26
  54. 54
    HETERO

    48D Straight

    1
    20
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    MELDS

    31D Pinochle combos

    1
    18
  56. 56
    NOGS

    43D Often-ladled drinks

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    16
  57. 57
    GIGA

    33A Prefix denoting 10 to the ninth power

    1
    14
  58. 58
    RAGAS

    53D Sitar pieces

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    9
  59. 59
    KNURL

    54D Small ridge on the edge of a button or dial

    1
    7
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    RUTABAGA

    3D Vegetable that's peeled

    1
    7
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    OCCASION

    41D Reason to celebrate

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    4
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    HOARDER debut

    44A Pack rat

    1
    3
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    GSA

    5D Federal management agcy.

    0
    68
  64. 64
    UTEP

    60A Sch. located on the Rio Grande

    0
    44
  65. 65
    MARIN

    13D San Rafael's county

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    25
  66. 66
    EMMETT

    11D Daniel Decatur ___, composer of "Dixie"

    0
    13
  67. 67
    HADJI

    56D Completer of the fifth pillar of Islam

    0
    13
  68. 68
    NAMER

    26D Whistle-blower

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    10
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    THUGS

    52D Some riffraff

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    10
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    TOPHATS

    55A Many magicians wear them

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    7
  71. 71
    SHUTUP

    47D "Shhh!," not so politely

    0
    6
  72. 72
    CLOSEDIN

    2D Trapped

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    4
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    WHITENED

    42D Bleached

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    3
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    ASHOTIN debut

    27A With 52-Across, wild guess ... or what the answer to each starred clue has?

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    1
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    GUNWEDDING debut

    62A *Quick hitch-up

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    1
  76. 76
    NORVO debut

    37D Red of early jazz

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    1
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    NOTBYALONG debut

    17A *"That's way off"

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    1
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    THEDARK debut

    52A See 27-Across

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    1