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Thursday · 76 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    NSA

    32D Org. associated with U.S. Cyber Command

    38
    233
  2. 2
    ARIA

    15A Da capo ___

    30
    446
  3. 3
    RAE

    52D Charlotte of "The Facts of Life"

    28
    278
  4. 4
    EMU

    40D Prey for a dingo

    27
    295
  5. 5
    NBA

    34D Shooters' grp.?

    26
    198
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    ELLE

    56D International magazine founded in France in 1945

    25
    221
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    NEED

    29A Passport for foreign travel, e.g.

    24
    214
  8. 8
    SAY

    8D Perhaps

    20
    132
  9. 9
    USSR

    66A Red letters?

    17
    171
  10. 10
    IMS

    61D Pre-texting texts, for short

    16
    78
  11. 11
    LEIA

    21D Speaker of the line "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope"

    14
    116
  12. 12
    ISM

    25A Doctrine

    13
    145
  13. 13
    MCS

    36A Mic holders

    13
    79
  14. 14
    IKE

    25D Five-star W.W. II hero, informally

    11
    181
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    ERMA

    44A "Forever, ___" (1996 humor book)

    11
    147
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    NANO

    3D Prefix with technology

    11
    95
  17. 17
    REBA

    57D Single-mom sitcom of the 2000s

    10
    132
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    ONEUP

    4D Extra life, in a video game

    9
    51
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    SMASH

    9A Runaway success

    8
    64
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    GAY

    39D John who wrote "The Beggar's Opera"

    8
    48
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    DIN

    38D Bedlam let loose

    7
    109
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    SIX

    26D Large roll

    7
    52
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    MERCI

    28A French comment that may elicit the reply "de rien"

    7
    40
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    SKIP

    42D LP problem

    6
    66
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    NYU

    49A Where Spike Lee earned his M.F.A.

    6
    53
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    MANO

    36D Word before and after "a"

    6
    50
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    ECLAT

    53D Fanfare

    5
    113
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    ALBA

    64A Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland

    5
    76
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    TEAK

    67A Furniture wood

    5
    61
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    SMEE

    63A Role in "Hook"

    4
    118
  31. 31
    OSE

    18D Sugar suffix

    4
    107
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    ASTIR

    59A Moving about

    4
    77
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    VCRS

    24D TV accessories

    4
    28
  34. 34
    IRANI

    33A Dinar spender

    3
    99
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    ARCANE

    11D Esoteric

    3
    36
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    CASAS

    41A They're on haciendas

    3
    29
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    SHEER

    9D Unqualified

    3
    28
  38. 38
    HIREE

    16A One leaving a personnel director's office, maybe

    3
    25
  39. 39
    EXECS

    35A Suits

    3
    23
  40. 40
    BIG

    7D Highly successful

    2
    40
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    ATAN

    14A Work on ___ (sunbathe)

    2
    39
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    MSU

    60D The Spartans, briefly

    2
    38
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    SEANCE

    12D Event for a rapper?

    2
    29
  44. 44
    JUNO

    1A 2007 Ellen Page film

    2
    24
  45. 45
    LASSES

    48D Highland girls

    2
    20
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    BUDGE

    37A Move at all

    2
    10
  47. 47
    MME

    27D Fr. title

    1
    65
  48. 48
    PCBS

    5A Some coolant fluids, for short

    1
    22
  49. 49
    JAGS

    1D Pricey cars, informally

    1
    20
  50. 50
    SAMIAM

    43A Persistent Seuss character

    1
    17
  51. 51
    TURNS

    51D Goes bad

    1
    17
  52. 52
    RUSSIA

    45D More than one-ninth of the earth's land

    1
    12
  53. 53
    MEETME

    46D "Let's get together"

    1
    7
  54. 54
    SPOUSES

    20A Better halves

    1
    7
  55. 55
    SDAK

    58D Its state sport is rodeo: Abbr.

    0
    47
  56. 56
    UTEP

    2D Sch. with the mascot Paydirt Pete

    0
    44
  57. 57
    SAENS

    65A Composer Camille Saint-___

    0
    23
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    KNOLL

    47A Rise

    0
    17
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    USESUP

    54A Depletes

    0
    16
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    CROSSE

    6D La ___, Wis.

    0
    13
  61. 61
    KIMONO

    30A Article with an ushiromigoro

    0
    12
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    PALERMO

    5D City gained by Rome during the First Punic War

    0
    9
  63. 63
    LELAND

    21A Henry who founded Cadillac

    0
    8
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    EQUALS

    44D Is, in math

    0
    7
  65. 65
    HERDED

    13D Drove together

    0
    5
  66. 66
    ERICSON

    23D Explorer born around A.D. 970

    0
    4
  67. 67
    LIMON

    62A Spanish citrus fruit

    0
    4
  68. 68
    SPACERS

    55A Orthodontic add-ons

    0
    3
  69. 69
    MILLENIUM

    10D Long time

    0
    2
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    PERSEVERENCE

    22A Tenacity

    0
    2
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    SLIPPER debut

    43D Prop in "Cinderella"

    0
    2
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    ELCAR debut

    19A Dana of "MacGyver"

    0
    1
  73. 73
    GENEOLOGY debut

    17A Study of trees?

    0
    1
  74. 74
    MISPELLED debut

    60A Like the six longest answers in this puzzle

    0
    1
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    OCCASSION debut

    31D Event

    0
    1
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    QUESTIONAIRE debut

    50A Survey staple

    0
    1