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Thursday · 79 answers · 8 debuts

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

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    EEL

    21D Sinuous swimmer

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    487
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    SEA

    64D With 60-Down, big Chilean export

    40
    370
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    SHE

    5D Maroon 5's "___ Will Be Loved"

    35
    345
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    TIL

    53A 'Fore

    29
    169
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    LIE

    26A Prevaricate

    28
    318
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    OSHA

    38A Govt. watchdog since 1970

    24
    192
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    ATON

    12D Lots

    19
    136
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    NEW

    35A Just out

    18
    181
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    ORO

    47A Classification for some popular Spanish music

    16
    231
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    OMANI

    56D Certain rial spender

    15
    122
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    TARO

    65A Tropical vegetable also known as elephant's-ear

    15
    122
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    SLEW

    9D Whole bunch

    14
    115
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    TOY

    13D Nerf ball, e.g.

    13
    109
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    PSAT

    10A Its scores are used in selecting Natl. Merit Scholars

    9
    106
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    SOSA

    44A 1998 Roberto Clemente Award winner

    9
    95
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    STATE

    67A Part of 41-Across

    9
    90
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    BASS

    60D See 64-Down

    8
    89
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    OSU

    41A Big Ten sch.

    7
    100
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    ORGAN

    55D Silent film accompaniment

    7
    62
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    FIRE

    71A Word that can combine with the ends of the answers to the six starred clues

    7
    55
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    OLAV

    27A Patron saint of Norway

    6
    98
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    EMILE

    18A Actor Hirsch of "Into the Wild"

    6
    85
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    ICH

    52D I, to Wilhelm I

    6
    75
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    YEAS

    62A Pro team?

    6
    71
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    PLOD

    1A Opposite of race

    6
    46
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    WACO

    36D Baylor's home

    5
    76
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    PROD

    48A Push

    5
    53
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    TROY

    19A See 44-Down

    4
    76
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    AVILA

    7D St. Teresa's place

    4
    61
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    ASCII

    33D PC character set

    4
    34
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    AMSO

    66A "I ___ dead!"

    4
    26
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    ALII

    51A Et ___

    3
    69
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    FEMA

    59D Org. criticized in "When the Levees Broke"

    3
    36
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    SORER

    57D More peeved

    3
    35
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    ANGUS

    63A Beef type

    3
    22
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    OLLAS

    23D Pueblo pots

    3
    19
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    ONEK

    68A Short race, briefly

    3
    14
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    OCTO

    16A Prefix with -pod

    2
    62
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    CNOTE

    20A Five Jacksons

    2
    50
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    MCI

    42A Co. bought by Verizon

    2
    48
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    RAYE

    17A Comical Martha

    2
    39
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    SMOKE

    58D Word that can combine with the starts of the answers to the six starred clues

    2
    35
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    PERCH

    1D Stool, perhaps

    2
    21
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    TALENTS

    28A They're shown in a beauty pageant

    2
    16
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    ELHI

    14A For all grades

    1
    86
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    HIMOM

    61A Words mouthed to a camera

    1
    34
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    LLANO

    2D Southwest plain

    1
    33
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    MERLE

    43D Oberon of "Wuthering Heights"

    1
    33
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    SCAMS

    5A Pyramid schemes, e.g.

    1
    25
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    SHINTO

    50D Literally, "way of the gods"

    1
    22
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    ZAHN

    69A Paula of TV news

    1
    22
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    MASCOT

    43A One leading a cheer, perhaps

    1
    19
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    DRAMAS

    39A Miller products?

    1
    17
  54. 54
    OHYOU

    3D Words to a kidder

    1
    13
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    SIERRAS

    49A Mount Whitney's range

    1
    8
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    BITTEN

    45A Like a vampire's victims

    1
    3
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    HOVEL

    15A Shanty

    0
    20
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    TASSO

    30D Italian poet who was the subject of a Goethe play and a Donizetti opera

    0
    20
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    YAZ

    62D Bosox legend

    0
    20
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    DIETSODA

    4D Fresca, e.g.

    0
    19
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    NASDAQ

    37A Where to find eBay and Google

    0
    12
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    BAWD

    32A Madam

    0
    11
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    SQUAD

    31D ___ car

    0
    11
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    MELOTT

    8D Youngest Hall-of-Famer (at age 22) to hit 100 home runs

    0
    10
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    SONYA

    70A Whom Raskolnikov confesses his crime to in "Crime and Punishment"

    0
    9
  66. 66
    BOMBS

    32D Turkeys

    0
    7
  67. 67
    BANDANA

    25D Outlaw's accessory

    0
    4
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    POTPIES

    10D Baked entrees

    0
    4
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    TRIESON debut

    46D Checks the fit of

    0
    4
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    HOLYCROSS

    54A *Massachusetts college

    0
    3
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    HOUSEBOAT debut

    24A *Home near a shore

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    3
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    SCREENDOOR

    11D *Porch feature

    0
    3
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    ANATOLY

    29D Late Soviet diplomat Dobrynin

    0
    2
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    BLOWOPEN debut

    22A *Dramatically expose

    0
    2
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    COMBOVERS debut

    6D Dos that are don'ts?

    0
    1
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    FREEBIRD debut

    59A *1975 Southern rock hit stereotypically requested at concerts

    0
    1
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    MORALDUTY debut

    40D Kantian concern

    0
    1
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    SPIRITOF debut

    44D With 19-Across, U.S.C.'s marching band

    0
    1
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    WHITETRASH debut

    34D *Hillbillies' put-down

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    1