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Thursday · 76 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    TEE

    23A Certain pipe joint

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    395
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    TSAR

    44D Bolshevik target

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    341
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    RHO

    7D Euripides character?

    23
    191
  4. 4
    AHEM

    61D "Don't you forget about me"

    23
    171
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    OER

    65D Contraction that sounds like a conjunction

    22
    248
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    RTE

    64D U.S.P.S. abbr.

    20
    285
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    STAY

    19A Dog command

    20
    159
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    EEK

    56A Clichéd cry

    19
    163
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    MEET

    62A Satisfy

    17
    144
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    THO

    33A Granting that, briefly

    16
    109
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    OCHO

    38D ___ Rios (Jamaican resort)

    15
    95
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    POET

    32D One with stressing work?

    14
    98
  13. 13
    RISE

    10A Prepare to sing an anthem

    13
    150
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    INIT

    14A Not out of the running

    12
    117
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    MOOR

    30D El Cid foe

    10
    81
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    CERA

    37D Michael of "Superbad"

    10
    38
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    NAPS

    48A Piles

    9
    74
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    MIDST

    1D Thick

    9
    35
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    STEEL

    67A Coke is used for this

    8
    93
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    OSAKA

    51A Where Panasonic and Sanyo are headquartered

    8
    82
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    SMART

    58A Stylish

    8
    81
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    ETTE

    4D Kitchen extension?

    7
    225
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    MEOW

    71A Copy cats

    7
    76
  24. 24
    ALEX

    22D "Family Ties" son

    6
    125
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    ATHOS

    15A One of a literary trio

    6
    58
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    TBSP

    59D Shortening used in recipes

    6
    55
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    HUN

    46A Pillager, maybe

    6
    54
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    SOUR

    47A Go bad

    6
    49
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    ELY

    13D Screen swinger Ron

    5
    96
  30. 30
    PERUSE

    49D Leaf through

    5
    25
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    DEMI

    29A Moore in entertainment news

    4
    72
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    TYCO

    35D Tickle Me Elmo manufacturer

    4
    19
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    KAPOW

    57D [Bam!]

    4
    17
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    MALI

    66A Landlocked land of Africa

    3
    91
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    MUSE

    1A Deliberate

    3
    50
  36. 36
    MUTE

    69A Speechless

    3
    50
  37. 37
    MSNBC

    53A It's billed as "The Place for Politics"

    3
    35
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    ESSE

    42A In ___ (actual)

    2
    181
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    INTL

    16A Part of I.M.F.: Abbr.

    2
    51
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    YASIR

    18D P.L.O.'s Arafat

    2
    26
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    HOHUM

    36D Yawn-inducing

    2
    23
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    YOWIE

    41A "That really hurts!"

    2
    11
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    YSER

    9D River that begins in Nord

    1
    134
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    KATIE

    52D ___ Bell, witch who was a fellow student of Harry Potter at Hogwarts

    1
    35
  45. 45
    ORTO

    38A "___ take arms against ..."

    1
    21
  46. 46
    RISKY

    10D Perilous

    1
    19
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    AUDIS

    26D Q5 and Q7

    1
    15
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    MMM

    62D "Yum!"

    1
    14
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    BAYAREA

    60A Noted earthquake locale

    1
    13
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    SEEMTO

    50D Appear that way

    1
    13
  51. 51
    UNITED

    2D One way to stand

    1
    12
  52. 52
    PERRY

    70A Clinton defense secretary William

    1
    11
  53. 53
    SIRREE

    3D "Yes ___!"

    1
    8
  54. 54
    ESTO

    68A "Salus populi suprema lex ___" (Missouri's motto)

    0
    64
  55. 55
    HOWE

    28D N.H.L. star nicknamed "Mr. Hockey"

    0
    34
  56. 56
    ETHYL

    6D Kind of alcohol

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    31
  57. 57
    ROK

    8D Seoul soldier

    0
    24
  58. 58
    RAKER

    21A One with a yard stick?

    0
    11
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    NBAER

    54D Celt or Cav

    0
    10
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    JACKO

    5D Onetime tabloid nickname

    0
    9
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    LUPE

    31A Hip-hop's ___ Fiasco

    0
    9
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    BADLY

    55D In the worst way

    0
    8
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    ROUSSEAU

    39D "The Sleeping Gypsy" painter

    0
    7
  64. 64
    JERRY

    5A Rice with three rings

    0
    6
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    STREAKY

    20A Like poorly cleaned glasses

    0
    6
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    ENCYC

    45D Multivolume ref., usually

    0
    5
  67. 67
    LYNCH

    27A "Dune" director

    0
    5
  68. 68
    STARCHES

    12D Stiffens, in a way

    0
    5
  69. 69
    FLOWERS

    25D Blooms

    0
    4
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    SOLFA

    24A Musical syllable singing system

    0
    4
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    INTENTHS

    11D How metric units are divided

    0
    2
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    TUNAMELT debut

    40D Lunch counter order

    0
    2
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    BROADCHUMP debut

    63A Fat fool?

    0
    1
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    COURTCHESTER debut

    43A Woo President Arthur?

    0
    1
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    DIRTYCHOKE debut

    17A Mean, illegal wrestling hold?

    0
    1
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    ORTHODOXCHEW debut

    34A Standard tobacco wad?

    0
    1