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

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   ACE

   32A Single, slangily

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   ICE

   30D Diamonds

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   OPS

   9D Special ___

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   AMI

   35D Athos, to Porthos, to Aramis

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   OED

   18A It took 70 years to complete, in brief

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   STE

   21A Chateau ___ Michelle

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   AKA

   25D Alias

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   SUE

   50A Not just threaten, say

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    TSP

    23D Kitchen meas.

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    TESS

    47D Dick Tracy's girl

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    BAD

    54D Spoiled

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    TEED

    38A Ready for a drive

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    VAT

    19A Vintner's need

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    APOLLO

    7A 1967 disaster

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    ESTONIA

    58A Country where marinated bear is a specialty food

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    EUR

    39D It.'s here

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    TORONTO

    38D Hockey Hall of Fame site

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    UDO

    51A Japanese vegetable

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    LEADSTO

    3D Causes

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    LITERARY debut

    29A Bookish

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    DEY

    49A Susan of "L.A. Law"

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    GAM

    52A Group of whales

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    ANIMATE

    7D Enliven

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    DOL

    56D Aust. currency

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    SION

    15D Priory in "The Da Vinci Code"

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    TOSTADA

    22A Tex-Mex order

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    DEMEAN

    45D Abase

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    GOESAPE

    36D Has a cow

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    ISOBARS

    53A Some map lines

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    SCRAPES

    57A Tight situations

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    INACOMA

    16A Unwakeable, say

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    OTTERS

    12D Bewhiskered animals

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    OME

    20A Cockney abode

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    TOPE

    28A Be a tippler

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    PINETAR

    8D It helps one get a grip

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    SADISM

    42D Extreme cruelty

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    IINSIST

    17A "No use arguing with me"

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    REMADE

    6D Like "The Karate Kid" and "Total Recall"

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    TAKERS

    27A "Any ___?"

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    TESTTUBE

    31D Lab sight

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    SLAMON

    42A Hit hard, as the brakes

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    LINEOUT

    2D Make a hard, low hit that's caught

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    SNIPEAT

    15A Criticize cattily

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    AIRIEST

    46A Most light

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    ALLFOR

    1A Start of a motto first published in an 1844 book

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    EPIGONE

    40D Inferior imitator

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    INSURER

    37D John Hancock, e.g.

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    LIEABED

    13A Lazy sort

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    MURDER

    59A Serious rap

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    OUTSTEP

    26A Go beyond

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    ALIOTO

    1D Former San Francisco mayor Joseph

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    DATAPLAN debut

    14D Purchase with a cell phone

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    DENARII

    41D Ancient Roman coins

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    ILIESCU

    33D Two-time Romanian president Ion

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    IMAGINES

    33A Dreams up

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    TERRINE

    48A Earthen casserole dish

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    FAC

    4D Univ. body

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    LEISTER

    10D Three-pronged fishing spear

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    LASTORY

    11D Steve Martin romantic comedy

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    MARYORR

    34D Writer of the story on which "All About Eve" is based

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    OBOVATE

    5D Inversely egg-shaped

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    BANDORE debut

    55A Old guitarlike instrument

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    HOLEIN debut

    60A Sports coup

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    NATATOR debut

    24A Swimmer

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    REDASH debut

    44D Tree whose wood is used in guitar-making

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    TROUPED debut

    43A Was on tour, in a way

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