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Friday · 72 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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    EDEN

    22A ___ Prairie, Minn.

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    457
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    ORCA

    30D Cousin of a blackfish

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    234
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    ESE

    60D Official conclusion?

    26
    386
  4. 4
    STE

    53A Relative of "Apt."

    20
    274
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    OKRA

    39D Soup thickener

    17
    156
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    POE

    10D "Hop-Frog" writer

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    154
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    CGI

    4D Technology for "Avatar," e.g.: Abbr.

    15
    55
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    RKO

    26A Its final production was released in 1959

    10
    89
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    EGAN

    33D Eddie who inspired "The French Connection"

    10
    81
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    TOME

    21D One with an extra-wide spine

    8
    92
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    IRISH

    47A ___ Spring

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    85
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    LENO

    57D Noted reader of headlines

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    158
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    HMO

    40A Humana offering, briefly

    7
    111
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    OZS

    19A They may be fluid: Abbr.

    6
    30
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    ESSEX

    28A One of the Home Counties

    4
    101
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    STDS

    9D They're normal: Abbr.

    3
    59
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    FRED

    56D Ebenezer Scrooge's nephew

    3
    40
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    KNOW

    55A Have down

    3
    36
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    RUMOR

    29A Thing picked up at a water cooler

    3
    34
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    TOOFAR

    16A Bad way to carry something

    3
    13
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    EXHALED

    25D Let out, in a way

    3
    9
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    PACTS

    20A Covenants

    2
    34
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    ENSOR

    46A "The Lamp-Lighter" painter

    2
    33
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    EWING

    52D 1992 Dream Team member

    2
    30
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    FOCAL

    56A In the middle

    2
    27
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    EMPANADA

    36D South-of-the-border snack

    2
    10
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    SANTO

    54A Paradigm of piety, in Pamplona

    1
    21
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    LOVER

    11D Flame

    1
    13
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    QUESTS

    3D Parts of many role-playing games

    1
    12
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    APO

    45A Letters for enlistees' letters

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    99
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    JON

    58A English composer/pianist Lord

    0
    42
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    HOS

    5D Noel syllables

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    32
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    YOO

    62D ___-hoo

    0
    27
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    ISSO

    42D Childish rejoinder

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    23
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    DII

    31A Year China's Liang dynasty began

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    20
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    ODENSE

    64A Port named for a Norse god

    0
    17
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    IME

    34A "___ Mine" (track on "Let It Be")

    0
    16
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    VETTE

    23A Sporty ride

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    16
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    CNOTES

    38A Large pieces of cabbage?

    0
    14
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    ITUP

    6D See 2-Down

    0
    14
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    STOKER

    49D Person firing a locomotive

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    12
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    CAKED

    51A Solidified

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    9
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    HONEYS

    50D Uses cajolery on

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    9
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    TETR

    24D Half of oct-

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    9
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    OKEYDOKE

    61A "No problem!"

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    7
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    DRK

    63D Nickname for Dwight Gooden

    0
    6
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    PIZARRO

    7D He had Atahualpa executed

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    6
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    BREAKIN

    44D Cause for an alarm

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    5
  49. 49
    DEVICE

    18A Peripheral, e.g.

    0
    5
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    FRANCIS

    27D Crick who co-discovered DNA's structure

    0
    5
  51. 51
    FRITZ

    27A Cat of comics

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    5
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    JOEISUZU

    17A Pitchman who said "It has more seats than the Astrodome!"

    0
    5
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    WETRAG

    35A Total bore

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    5
  54. 54
    BYJOVE

    1D "I swear!"

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    4
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    INJOKE

    48D What only a select few might get

    0
    4
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    SPLIFF

    9A Joint

    0
    4
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    BOOZES

    2D With 6-Down, gets bombed

    0
    3
  58. 58
    FACETIME

    13D Camera hog's concern

    0
    3
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    MINORKEY

    65A Setting for half of Chopin's 24 preludes

    0
    3
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    SNOOKERS

    67A Flimflams

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    3
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    STUCKUP debut

    8D High-hat

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    3
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    BARGED debut

    66A Thrust oneself heedlessly

    0
    2
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    DOTCOMS debut

    43D Many went bust after booming

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    2
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    FRENZIES debut

    14D Fans may be worked into them

    0
    2
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    IFIDIDIT debut

    12D Controversial O. J. Simpson book

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    2
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    JAVIER debut

    59A Pitcher Lopez or Vazquez

    0
    2
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    LAIDBACK

    41A Unlike a type A

    0
    2
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    TOOKOVER debut

    37D Grabbed the reins

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    2
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    WHACKJOB

    35D Nut

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    2
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    YOUGOTIT debut

    15A "No problem!"

    0
    2
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    BBQCHIPS debut

    1A Party bowlful with zing

    0
    1
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    THEOPERA debut

    32A Part of some cultural nights out

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    1