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Tuesday · 78 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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    GEL

    22D Hair goop

    26
    185
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    ENE

    50D Cincinnati-to-Pittsburgh dir.

    24
    403
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    ATOM

    7D Basic building block

    23
    266
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    ATL

    36A Brits call it "the pond": Abbr.

    23
    171
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    SAG

    48D Slump

    22
    191
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    TAO

    71A "___ Te Ching"

    21
    223
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    EGG

    59A ___ McMuffin

    21
    206
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    SIN

    68A ___ City (Las Vegas nickname)

    20
    177
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    PER

    53D Each

    19
    270
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    MAC

    1D Start of many a Scottish family name

    19
    133
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    INRE

    49A Memo starter

    17
    251
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    INTO

    4D Call ___ question

    17
    219
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    LOS

    33D Part of U.C.L.A.

    17
    144
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    ALP

    28D Matterhorn, e.g.

    16
    187
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    UNI

    63A Prefix with cycle or sex

    16
    153
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    AMA

    2D Flu fighters: Abbr.

    15
    262
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    KEG

    47D Unit of gunpowder

    14
    106
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    SAM

    66D Uncle ___

    12
    155
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    SLOE

    44A ___ gin fizz

    11
    164
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    RHEA

    54A Perlman of "Cheers"

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    133
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    ERECT

    69A Standing at attention

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    150
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    LANA

    31A Actress Turner

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    105
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    AMEND

    14A Improve

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    94
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    ATA

    19A ___ crossroads

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    161
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    XES

    57A Crosses (out)

    7
    65
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    IONIA

    64A Ancient Aegean region

    6
    94
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    ELSIE

    10D Elmer the Bull's mate

    6
    89
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    CACTI

    17A Gila woodpeckers nest in them

    6
    65
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    MARIO

    1A With 73-Across, former New York governor

    6
    45
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    COATS

    18A Layers of paint

    6
    21
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    SULU

    62D Navigator on the Enterprise

    5
    54
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    DESKS

    72A Drawer holders

    5
    39
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    ILIAD

    70A Trojan War epic

    4
    99
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    EDO

    67D Old Tokyo

    4
    94
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    ETHEL

    15A Lucy's friend on "I Love Lucy"

    4
    83
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    NURSE

    65A Surgeon's assistant

    4
    55
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    MUM

    25A Not talking

    4
    42
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    NICK

    61D Paper cut, e.g.

    4
    30
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    SONIC

    58D ___ the Hedgehog (video game)

    3
    58
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    DAT

    41A "Gimme ___ ding!"

    2
    51
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    PDQ

    23D Instantly, for short

    2
    19
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    CUZ

    21D Slangy response to "Why?"

    2
    12
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    SWEEP

    51A Win the World Series in four games, say

    1
    36
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    YOS

    35D Casual greetings

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    30
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    CUOMO

    73A See 1-Across

    1
    18
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    STENCIL

    55A Sign painter's help

    1
    18
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    BARGE

    6A Enter unannounced, with "in"

    1
    17
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    ELSINORE

    38D "Hamlet" setting

    1
    17
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    ZEROG

    29A Astronaut's work environment, for short

    1
    17
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    CRIED

    56D "I can't remember if I ___" ("American Pie" lyric)

    1
    15
  51. 51
    EXPATS

    52D Ones living abroad

    1
    9
  52. 52
    KWANZAA debut

    11D December celebration

    1
    6
  53. 53
    GETANGRY

    9D Blow one's top

    1
    4
  54. 54
    RECYCLE

    3D One of the three green R's

    1
    3
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    UAR

    40D Former Mideast inits.

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    89
  56. 56
    ODIUM

    5D Hatred

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    42
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    DELA

    27A Crème ___ crème

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    35
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    PFC

    23A Rank below cpl.

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    34
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    WAC

    16A W.W. II female

    0
    31
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    FEU

    24D Fire: Fr.

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    16
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    RAREE

    30D ___ show (carnival attraction)

    0
    15
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    CHEERIO

    46D "Toodle-oo!"

    0
    13
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    SACKS

    45A Fires

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    12
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    ANTONIA

    42D Willa Cather's "My ___"

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    10
  65. 65
    BECAME

    6D Turned out

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    10
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    QUELL

    32A Put down, as an uprising

    0
    9
  67. 67
    SCANDAL

    13D Iran-Contra, e.g.

    0
    9
  68. 68
    KPS

    11A Military mess workers, for short

    0
    8
  69. 69
    SNEEZED

    26A What Fred Ott did in the first movie to be copyrighted

    0
    8
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    PATIENT

    12D "Beware the fury of a ___ man": John Dryden

    0
    7
  71. 71
    RHAPSODY

    8D Gershwin composed one "in blue"

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    5
  72. 72
    ADRY

    34A Not ___ eye in the house

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    4
  73. 73
    TREVINO debut

    43D Golfer Lee

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    4
  74. 74
    DISGUST

    41D Emotion conveyed by wrinkling one's nose

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    3
  75. 75
    GOVERNINPROSE debut

    60A End of the quote

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    1
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    POETRYYOU debut

    37A Middle of the quote

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    1
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    TOWLINES debut

    39D Water-skiers' holds

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    1
  78. 78
    YOUCAMPAIGNIN debut

    20A Start of a quote by 1-/73-Across

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    1