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Thursday · 72 answers · 14 debuts

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

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    ASIA

    35A It's not Occidental

    38
    350
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    ETNA

    15A The Mountain of Fire, to 23-Acrosses

    36
    334
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    OGRE

    60A Villain

    36
    284
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    ESSO

    19A Gas brand that's also an Italian pronoun

    30
    276
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    ISH

    30D Suffix with freak

    30
    193
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    EDU

    52A Follower of harvard. or yale.

    28
    194
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    ION

    20A Former Saturn

    23
    258
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    SEMI

    22A Prefinal game

    22
    178
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    AIM

    4D Marksman's skill

    21
    177
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    ATON

    7D Lots

    19
    136
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    INRE

    27A About

    17
    251
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    TAD

    33D Wee bit

    16
    169
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    NONE

    18D What the "poor dog" had in "Old Mother Hubbard"

    14
    132
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    UNTO

    16A "Come ___ these yellow sands, / And then take hands": Ariel in "The Tempest"

    11
    143
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    PORE

    42A Source of many a bead

    10
    75
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    DEC

    26D Advent mo.

    10
    70
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    ITSME

    12D Response to "Who's there?"

    10
    70
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    INE

    55D Suffix with mescal

    9
    155
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    HEAT

    49A A gun, slangily

    7
    82
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    EDGAR

    47D Mitchell of Apollo 14

    7
    80
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    LEGIT

    6D Kosher

    7
    45
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    SYS

    34D M.O.

    6
    79
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    SIGN

    59A Foreshadowing

    6
    65
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    SOFAS

    1A Lounging sites in lounges

    5
    40
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    SWAY

    37A Influence

    5
    37
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    TATER

    28A Four-bagger

    4
    51
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    DISCS

    29A Spinal parts

    4
    37
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    INGE

    57A "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" playwright

    3
    124
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    TEENY

    28D Size two, say

    3
    48
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    SOFIA

    1D Queen of Spain's Juan Carlos I

    3
    39
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    HEEDS

    40A Follows

    3
    29
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    INDO

    56A ___-Aryan

    2
    61
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    LAIT

    6A Chocolat au ___

    2
    54
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    AGRI

    53A ___-food industry

    2
    52
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    DAT

    29D "What's up wit ___?"

    2
    51
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    ORLON

    2D Acrylic fiber

    2
    50
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    ELECTS

    50A Chooses

    2
    38
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    PUTT

    42D Not go for a drive?

    2
    37
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    TWEED

    36A Coarse-woven cloth

    2
    25
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    ENGR

    51D Hwy. planner

    1
    55
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    ORRIN

    14A Hatch at a hearing

    1
    45
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    NERDY

    41A Square, maybe

    1
    29
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    POINTE

    21A En ___ (on tiptoe)

    1
    17
  44. 44
    TERRY

    61A Bathhouse wear

    1
    17
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    HARDG

    45D Head of government?

    1
    16
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    ONEAT

    58A ___ a time

    1
    13
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    DUSTY

    48D Common nickname for a cowpoke

    1
    9
  48. 48
    SNIPERS

    5D Some marksmen

    1
    8
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    HOTSHOT

    40D Real somebody

    1
    7
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    MUTATED

    46A Not normal, as a gene

    1
    4
  51. 51
    THREEPIO debut

    36D "Star Wars" droid, informally

    1
    3
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    DEP

    39D Passbook abbr.

    0
    27
  53. 53
    QUIZ

    10A Pump, in a way

    0
    22
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    THAIS

    43D 1894 opera set in Egypt

    0
    12
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    ANCIENT

    23A Person of olden times

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    11
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    TALENTED

    9D Having star potential

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    4
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    INITIALED

    8D Approved, in a way

    0
    3
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    QUESERASERA

    10D Resigned response to tragedy

    0
    3
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    SWEETENER debut

    32D It may help close the deal

    0
    3
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    TELECASTS debut

    31A Airs

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    2
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    TSHAPED

    43A Like a crucifix

    0
    2
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    FLAMINGOIL debut

    17A Scalding castle weapon

    0
    1
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    FRANCISII debut

    3D The last Holy Roman emperor

    0
    1
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    INCARNATION debut

    24D A pharaoh vis-à-vis Horus, in Egyptian myth

    0
    1
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    INDEXED debut

    25A Like stocks and reference books

    0
    1
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    MCKEE debut

    46D Lonette of "The Cotton Club" and "Malcolm X"

    0
    1
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    PINKTHINGS debut

    54A What 17-Across and 10- and 24-Down all conceal

    0
    1
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    SEGNI debut

    44D 59-Acrosses, in Italian

    0
    1
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    THIRDHAND debut

    38A Not direct at all, as gossip

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    1
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    TWADDLING debut

    31D Talking silly

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    1
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    UNSEX debut

    11D Emasculate, say

    0
    1
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    ZOOID debut

    13D Animal-like

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    1