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Tuesday · 76 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    ERA

    58D Pitcher's stat

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    791
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    ALA

    61A In the style of

    58
    513
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    ADO

    32A Fuss

    44
    477
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    EVE

    9D "All About ___"

    34
    373
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    ASK

    6D Question

    24
    204
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    AHEM

    7A "Uh, excuse me ..."

    23
    171
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    NYE

    60D "Bill ___, the Science Guy"

    17
    125
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    IVE

    43A "___ got your number"

    15
    158
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    SAW

    54A Carpenter's tool

    12
    114
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    PIN

    48A It's frequently punched on a keypad

    12
    103
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    APNEA

    52A Sleep problem

    12
    88
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    GOO

    31A Sticky stuff

    11
    121
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    ARCO

    27A Western U.S. gasoline giant

    11
    114
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    TOYS

    5D Plays (with)

    10
    62
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    KEYS

    20A Items sometimes locked in a car (oops!)

    9
    77
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    DUE

    16A Payable immediately

    8
    99
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    ROVE

    15A Travel far and wide

    8
    68
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    ARMANI

    7D Giorgio of fashion

    7
    44
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    TAJ

    56A ___ Mahal

    6
    81
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    PEND

    39D Hang

    6
    52
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    ZEST

    55A Gusto

    5
    82
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    MEDS

    24A Drugstore stock, for short

    5
    40
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    ESSEX

    30D One of Greater London's "home counties"

    4
    101
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    FAA

    21A Air safety agcy.

    4
    76
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    AVATAR

    44D Online user's self-image

    4
    51
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    EFILE

    35D Paperless I.R.S. submission

    4
    33
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    FLAK

    40A Antiaircraft artillery

    4
    27
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    YARN

    65A Kitten's plaything

    3
    65
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    IQS

    11A Figs. well above 100 in Mensa

    3
    61
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    VAIL

    49A Colorado ski resort

    3
    36
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    EMMYS

    4D Small-screen statuettes

    3
    35
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    ABBY

    53D John Prine's "Dear ___"

    3
    30
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    NEATEN

    47D Tidy (up)

    3
    24
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    SASE

    33A Manuscript encl.

    2
    77
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    CADET

    23D Officer-in-training

    2
    50
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    SCANS

    22A Reads, as bar codes

    2
    25
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    LIEON

    50A Rest atop

    2
    21
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    JETLI

    51D Star of the martial arts epic "Hero"

    2
    15
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    EARLE

    29D Baseball Hall-of-Famer Combs

    1
    53
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    SIE

    42A "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?"

    1
    53
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    HEF

    59D Playboy founder, for short

    1
    47
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    RMS

    64A Apt. units

    1
    45
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    ZULU

    55D End of an alphabet that begins Alpha, Bravo, Charlie

    1
    27
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    SENSOR

    13D Motion detector, e.g.

    1
    23
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    MAGS

    24D S.I. and O, e.g.

    1
    21
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    TSTRAP

    36A Woman's shoe style

    1
    21
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    SUPERB

    34A Exceptionally good

    1
    19
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    CIN

    19A The Reds, on scoreboards

    1
    16
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    NAPALM

    45D Incendiary fuel in "Apocalypse Now"

    1
    15
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    SNOWY

    42D Like many winter landscapes

    1
    11
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    ODDBALL

    25D Kook

    1
    5
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    KEISTER

    41D Tush

    1
    4
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    MELS

    10D Diner on "Alice"

    0
    32
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    MAJ

    1D Capt.'s superior

    0
    23
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    AYR

    28A Scottish seaport

    0
    20
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    JOAD

    51A Tom of "The Grapes of Wrath"

    0
    20
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    ALAMOS

    14A Los ___ (Manhattan Project lab site)

    0
    18
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    ELLERY

    63A ___ Queen

    0
    16
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    BREE

    62A One of the housewives on "Desperate Housewives"

    0
    10
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    NAMEDROP

    3D Imply ties with V.I.P.'s

    0
    10
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    OVATION

    26D It may be standing at the end of a concert

    0
    10
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    IDCARD

    11D Airport security requirement, briefly

    0
    9
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    NINJAS

    46D Masked fighters

    0
    9
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    MINETA

    1A Norman of the Clinton and Bush cabinets

    0
    8
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    AVIATORS

    38D Amelia Earhart and others

    0
    6
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    QUINCE

    12D Marmalade fruit

    0
    4
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    RIPOSTES

    37D Snappy comebacks

    0
    4
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    HOMAGES

    8D Respectful tributes

    0
    3
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    IFIDO

    18D "Damned ___, damned ..."

    0
    3
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    ILIKEYOU

    2D A few words between friends

    0
    3
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    FUISSE

    66A Pouilly-___ (wine)

    0
    2
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    OINGO

    25A Rock's ___ Boingo

    0
    2
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    ANNIELENNOX debut

    44A "Walking on Broken Glass" singer

    0
    1
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    BETTYHUTTON debut

    57A "The Greatest Show on Earth" co-star, 1952

    0
    1
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    EDDIEVEDDER debut

    29A Lead singer of Pearl Jam

    0
    1
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    JIMMYKIMMEL debut

    17A ABC late-night host

    0
    1