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

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   ELSE

   52D Instead

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   SEA

   23D With 40-Across, meal for a wolf eel

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   ETAL

   54A Indexing abbr.

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   NEED

   53D Triage consideration

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   SLOT

   33D 8:00-9:00, say

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   NEIL

   56A QB O'Donnell

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   SAVE

   20A Closer's triumph

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   URNS

   58A Decorative items

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    NOTI

    36A Words said with a look of innocence

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11. 10
    ALICE

    3D Dennis the Menace's mom

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    THOSE

    44D "___ Magic Changes" ("Grease" song)

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    TREK

    24A No mere jaunt

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    LONER

    9D One not mixing well

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    WOVE

    11A Twilled, e.g.

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    PYLON

    4D Traffic guide

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    ROVER

    2D Exploration vehicle

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    ORONO

    47D Home of an America East Conference team

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    PANTS

    48D Fly holders

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    TENSER

    6D Less easygoing

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    HOLESINONE

    55A Drives directly to the final destination?

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    EUROPE

    45A Poles are found in it

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    CHERI

    1D Precious, in Poitiers

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    RUNON

    46D Yammer

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    ISAT

    18A Attends

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    SELENE

    27A She loved Endymion

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    URCHIN

    40A See 23-Down

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    ASSEENONTV

    57A Start of some pitches

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    RUSTLER

    22A Person getting into one's head?

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30. 29
    POPUPMENU debut

    28D Result of some hovering

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    ELEVE

    49D Professeur's concern

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    ANIN

    16A Have ___ (be connected)

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    ODON

    34A Use excessively, briefly

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34. 33
    ARTI

    7D Class in which some basic strokes are learned

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    WEASEL

    42D Pop maker

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    MALA

    50A ___ fide

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    POPES

    28A See people

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    FIS

    38D Hi-___

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    ODOREATER

    29D Something good for the sole?

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    THENATURAL

    51A Moniker for a ballplayer with a bat named Wonderboy

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    JELLS

    35A Takes form

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    ONSALENOW

    12D End of some pitches

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    PEERSAT

    43A Examines closely

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    SPINETS

    5D Small organs

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    ENTRUSTS

    10D Charges

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    ESEL

    25D Donkey, in Düsseldorf

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    REWON

    39A Took back

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    VIAVENETO

    13D Café de Paris setting

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    ENTEREDIN

    14D Added to the database

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    IRENEE

    21A The "I" of E. I. du Pont

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    NEEDLENOSE

    59A Kind of pliers

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    PORTFOLIO

    37A What an investor builds

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    ROUTINE

    39D Humdrum

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    BSED

    8D Teacher's deg.

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    CRAPSTABLE

    1A Place to use a rake

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    ENTHRALLS debut

    31D Spellbinds

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    EVILINTENT

    17A Plans to harm

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    HOLYPERSON

    15A Shrine dedicatee

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    KULIK debut

    26D Ilia ___, figure skater who won Olympic gold in 1998

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    PORCELAIN

    30D Like some 58-Across

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    RECONSIDER

    19A Think again

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    JONATHAN debut

    35D Swift, e.g.

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    KTWO debut

    41A Peak on the Pakistani-Chinese border

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    SUSTAINED debut

    32A Like many objections

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    WAISTLINE debut

    11D It often grows in winter

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