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Thursday · 68 answers · 13 debuts

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

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    ACE

    13A Buddy

    57
    493
  2. 2
    TEE

    30A Bit of gymwear

    49
    395
  3. 3
    SHE

    53D Pronoun for a 49-Down

    35
    345
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    ARIA

    48D A cabaletta is a short one

    30
    446
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    ENE

    56A Detroit-to-Toronto dir.

    24
    403
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    RYE

    57A New York city where Ogden Nash was born

    19
    212
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    MAC

    10A Buddy

    19
    133
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    TESSA

    38A 2010 Olympic ice dancing gold medalist ___ Virtue

    14
    45
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    SASH

    15A Glazier's frame

    12
    125
  10. 10
    IBIS

    51A Sacred symbol of ancient Egypt

    11
    100
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    ALAN

    8D Cumming of "Nicholas Nickleby"

    10
    232
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    ELMS

    54A Part of the New Haven landscape

    9
    115
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    MOM

    1A "Mr. ___" (1983 film)

    8
    92
  14. 14
    LIRA

    50A Turkish coin

    7
    136
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    GIRL

    49D See 53-Down

    6
    52
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    INERTIA

    22A Reason to keep moving

    6
    42
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    CITI

    18A New York's ___ Field

    6
    39
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    WIRE

    7D Send, in a way

    4
    64
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    FLAT

    29D Motorist's woe

    4
    57
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    GESTE

    26D Brave deed of yore

    4
    54
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    JAR

    34A Bump

    3
    97
  22. 22
    NETTLE

    33D Sting source

    3
    33
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    ASTAIRE

    11D He said "I just put my feet in the air and move them around"

    2
    33
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    ITSWAR

    4A "Them's fightin' words!"

    2
    13
  25. 25
    SERRANO debut

    40D Red hot chili pepper

    2
    9
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    CHESS

    43D Benjamin Franklin's "The Morals of ___"

    1
    45
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    SCALA

    6D Teatro alla ___

    1
    36
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    IFA

    4D "___ Man Answers" (1962 Bobby Darin/Sandra Dee film)

    1
    24
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    SALOME

    58A One-act Strauss opera

    1
    24
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    CHINESE

    12D Something full of interesting characters?

    1
    20
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    FEINT

    29A Bluff

    1
    17
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    ROS

    59A Children's writer Asquith

    1
    17
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    MADEIRA

    1D European wine

    1
    12
  34. 34
    RAGTIME

    36D "The Entertainer" musical genre

    1
    11
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    SCARP

    15D Line of cliffs

    1
    11
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    SETTERS

    46A Volleyball players, at times

    1
    10
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    TAKEIT

    5D Stand the heat

    1
    9
  38. 38
    NORDIC

    17D Like most Icelanders

    1
    8
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    PELHAM

    44D "The Taking of ___ One Two Three"

    1
    5
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    ELENAKAGAN debut

    20A Supreme Court justice who was formerly a U.S. solicitor general

    1
    3
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    MENTEES debut

    3D Students with personal guides

    1
    2
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    ENTO

    19A Inner: Prefix

    0
    61
  43. 43
    RIAS

    27D Formations at the mouths of some streams

    0
    35
  44. 44
    FACILE

    14A Easy

    0
    8
  45. 45
    STEIGER

    39D Oscar-winning actor who played Napoleon, Mussolini and W. C. Fields

    0
    8
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    ADSALES debut

    41D Magazine department

    0
    7
  47. 47
    KEPTATIT

    21D Persevered

    0
    7
  48. 48
    REEDIT

    25A Make a long story even shorter?

    0
    7
  49. 49
    EMACIATE

    42A Starve

    0
    6
  50. 50
    MERRIE

    24A ___ Melodies

    0
    6
  51. 51
    PEATS

    37A Fuel sources

    0
    5
  52. 52
    REASSESS

    32D Give another look

    0
    5
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    SACRO

    46D Prefix with iliac

    0
    5
  54. 54
    SIRRAH

    55A Shakespearean term of address

    0
    5
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    AMIABLY

    35D With cordiality

    0
    4
  56. 56
    PITTED

    44A Like some prunes and faces

    0
    4
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    CARLSAGAN debut

    31A Host of an Emmy-winning PBS series

    0
    3
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    TISAPITY debut

    23D "Tsk!"

    0
    3
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    ARSIS

    28A Accented part of a poetic foot

    0
    2
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    KATEYSAGAL debut

    47A Star of TV's "8 Simple Rules"

    0
    2
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    MAIGRET

    10D Georges Simenon detective Jules

    0
    2
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    RIGHTS

    45A Subjects of the first 10 Amendments

    0
    2
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    DONNAKARAN debut

    16A Big name in women's fashion

    0
    1
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    ERICHSEGAL debut

    52A Author who co-wrote the screenplay for the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine"

    0
    1
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    GRIPPERS debut

    26A Tongs, e.g.

    0
    1
  66. 66
    JERKIER debut

    34D Less smooth

    0
    1
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    OCONNER debut

    2D Patricia who wrote "Woe Is I"

    0
    1
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    RENAMING debut

    9D Changing of labels

    0
    1