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Thursday · 74 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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    SPA

    21A Pampering place

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    ADS

    1D Spots

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    ANTE

    58D Get in on the deal

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    ETC

    49A Series ender, often

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    SHE

    21D "That's what ___ said"

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    ERS

    64D Where you might see a lot of chest-pumping, for short?

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    LIE

    24A Crooked line?

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    ITS

    33A Doris Day hit "___ Magic"

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    ATL

    62D Home of the Braves, on scoreboards

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    UAE

    53A OPEC member, briefly

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    LOO

    42A Card game akin to euchre

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    BAR

    52A Block

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    TLC

    44D Pampering, in brief

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    TBS

    34A Cable channel owned by Time Warner

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    ALIAS

    23D Name on a spy's passport, perhaps

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    NOIR

    39D Film genre

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    ISIT

    56D "That so?"

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    NCO

    61D Cpl. or sgt.

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    ELBA

    11D Island off the coast of Tuscany

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    CASE

    26D Portmanteau, e.g.

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    OUT

    8D Published

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    ETHER

    31D Knockout number?

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    NEA

    2D "The Big Read" sponsor, for short

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    SID

    27A PBS's Science Kid

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    EARTH

    29D "Battlestar Galactica" destination

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    YTD

    3D Thus far, on a quarterly stmt.

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    ICET

    18D "O.G. Original Gangster" artist

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    EDGAR

    49D "J. ___," 2011 film

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    INT

    60D QB's blunder

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    CACTI

    13D They have sticking points

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    ASPCA

    19A Humane org.

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    SST

    41A Bygone flier, for short

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    TORME

    50D Singer who co-wrote "The Christmas Song"

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    SOARS

    12D Climbs swiftly

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    STILT

    36D Circus clown prop

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    TUSH

    47D Rear

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    ANYHOO

    1A "Changing the subject ..."

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    HITON

    30D Tried to pick up

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    INKED

    14D Having tattoos

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    PETIT

    43A ___ four

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    KEL

    63D Kenan's former Nickelodeon pal

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    PONDS

    22D Skin care brand

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    BOTOX

    35D Crow's-feet treatment

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    ETH

    9D Biblical suffix

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    ENIAC

    32A "Giant Brain" that debuted in 1946

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    MCI

    25A Verizon subsidiary

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    CRABS

    51D Beefs

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    METH

    25D ___ lab

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    POETIC

    10D Kind of license

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    SPELLS

    68A Ones cast in "Wicked"

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    HAREMS

    48D Old Turkish quarters

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    ILYA

    38D ___ Ulyanov, Vladimir Lenin's father

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    JOEPESCI

    7A Oscar winner who appeared in a Snickers ad

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    TARTE

    20A Parisian pastry

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    UTEP

    57D Sch. whose fight song is "Miners Fight"

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    DORIA

    55A Novelist Mary ___ Russell

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    ABASES

    46D Belittles

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    RESTSTOP

    67A Place to walk a dog, maybe

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    HADA

    4D "If I ___ nickel ..."

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    ONEPIN

    6D The first to go on a strike, usually

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    USRDA

    57A Old F.D.A. guideline

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    XTC

    54A 1970s-'90s band with a euphoric-sounding name

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    AMBIENCE

    65A Atmosphere

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    DETAIN debut

    15A Hold for questioning

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    JANA

    7D Actress/country singer Kramer

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    AUTOLOAN

    16A Money for a ride?

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    MUTTER

    66A Grumble

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    OILSLICK debut

    5D Film about the sea?

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    HAYINTHEROLL

    45A Baking hazard at a manger?

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    SPEEDSUP

    40D Hastens

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    DARKINTHESHOT debut

    37A Lighting director's woe?

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    GRASSINTHESNAKE debut

    59A Diagnosis for a stoned viper?

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    HOLEINTHEACE debut

    28A Evidence of some marksmanship?

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    SADDLEINTHEBACK debut

    17A Bit of riding gear on a truck's flatbed?

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