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Thursday · 74 answers · 8 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ODE

    42D Something Ben Jonson wrote to himself

    58
    523
  2. 2
    EON

    10D Long time

    43
    343
  3. 3
    ISEE

    14A Words said with a nod

    36
    360
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    ORCA

    22D Shamu or Keiko

    34
    234
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    ELM

    34D Golf course planting

    30
    240
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    ONES

    30D Awful "Dancing With the Stars" scores

    28
    295
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    OAT

    58D Bran choice

    28
    290
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    STIR

    28D Rouse

    27
    292
  9. 9
    ITEM

    38D Tabloid couple

    27
    274
  10. 10
    HER

    62D Part of H.R.H.

    27
    237
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    ESE

    13D Oxford-to-London dir.

    26
    386
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    SAY

    60D Opinion

    20
    132
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    ENG

    24D School subj.

    17
    160
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    TKO

    61D Ref's decision

    17
    123
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    MOI

    11D "Voulez-vous coucher avec ___ ce soir?" (1975 lyric)

    15
    101
  16. 16
    ELIE

    20A Fashion designer Tahari

    14
    160
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    CUE

    33A Stick around a barroom

    14
    140
  18. 18
    BIO

    40A Playbill item

    13
    123
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    EENY

    18D Choosing-up word

    12
    83
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    EATS

    39D Vittles

    11
    166
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    NUN

    36A Certain Buddhist

    11
    95
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    OLEO

    30A Miles Davis jazz number

    9
    264
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    ETAT

    48A Division politique

    8
    143
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    RERAN

    51D Screened again

    7
    66
  25. 25
    RIFE

    55A Teeming (with)

    7
    62
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    USUAL

    2D Norm

    6
    77
  27. 27
    LEES

    64A Dregs

    5
    97
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    MTA

    43A N.Y.C. subway inits.

    4
    87
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    SERF

    44A Vassal

    4
    71
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    ENDOW

    41A Fund

    4
    64
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    NINER

    53D Montana, once

    4
    53
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    ANTLER

    8D Horn

    4
    28
  33. 33
    AGHA

    5A Turkish honorific

    3
    66
  34. 34
    STAYS

    65A Is conservative in blackjack, say

    2
    49
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    GRO

    6D Miracle-___

    2
    40
  36. 36
    OBIES

    52D Annual spring ceremony, with "the"

    2
    38
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    TYRO

    26A Rookie

    2
    33
  38. 38
    HOOF

    29D Place for a shoe

    2
    27
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    GIMME

    1D "I want it, and I want it now!"

    2
    26
  40. 40
    HONED

    7D Practiced

    2
    14
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    LUNK

    31D Blockhead

    2
    10
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    AFR

    5D Source of about half the world's diamonds: Abbr.

    1
    37
  43. 43
    FERMI

    3D 1938 Physics Nobelist

    1
    29
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    MAMIE

    19A 1950s White House name

    1
    29
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    MOBIL

    56A Pegasus appeared in this company's logo

    1
    17
  46. 46
    FEMME

    9A Jean-Luc Godard's "Une ___ Mariée"

    1
    16
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    THIGH

    16D ___-high boots

    1
    13
  48. 48
    STROLLS

    44D Boardwalk activities

    1
    11
  49. 49
    SKIDOOS

    45A Some snowmobiles

    1
    3
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    BANANACAKE debut

    63A Yellowish dessert

    1
    2
  51. 51
    ENA

    59D Bygone Spanish queen

    0
    82
  52. 52
    ONOR

    66A ___ before (no later than)

    0
    79
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    SSRS

    67A Members of a former union: Abbr.

    0
    75
  54. 54
    NIOBE

    25D Weeper of Thebes

    0
    37
  55. 55
    ATME

    49D "Don't throw bouquets ___"

    0
    33
  56. 56
    GBS

    57D Literary monogram

    0
    20
  57. 57
    ROUX

    23D Sauce thickener

    0
    16
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    OLIVA

    46D Tony ___, 1964 A.L. Rookie of the Year

    0
    15
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    GLESS

    54D Emmy winner Sharon

    0
    13
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    GUFF

    1A Bunk

    0
    12
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    ENDIN

    32D No ___ sight

    0
    9
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    MML

    12D Mid-century year

    0
    7
  63. 63
    SAFECO

    47D ___ Field (where the Mariners play)

    0
    7
  64. 64
    FREEREIN

    9D Carte blanche

    0
    6
  65. 65
    NEILARMSTRONG

    50A Who said "I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth"

    0
    4
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    RHENISH

    27A Nickname of Schumann's Symphony No. 3

    0
    4
  67. 67
    IGOTO debut

    35A Billy Joel's "___ Extremes"

    0
    3
  68. 68
    GOESOVERTHELINE debut

    57A Takes things a bit too far

    0
    2
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    TWOIRONS

    37D They're helpful for long shots

    0
    2
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    ELINNORDEGREN debut

    21A Spouse in 2009 headlines

    0
    1
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    FEDINTO debut

    4D Was a tributary for

    0
    1
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    FRONTROOMS debut

    15A They're seen from a porch

    0
    1
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    MURDERONTHENILE debut

    17A 1944 mystery play by Agatha Christie

    0
    1
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    TAXLIEN debut

    37A Something that may be on a house

    0
    1