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Thursday · 73 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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    ETAL

    56A Follower of a list of names

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    327
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    ATM

    33A Card reader, briefly

    30
    260
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    AVE

    5D Caesar's greeting

    28
    246
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    NES

    27D Super ___

    23
    118
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    ESS

    61D End of a count?

    22
    413
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    RUE

    31A Bitter herb

    18
    207
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    OBI

    40A Tokyo strip?

    17
    199
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    TAB

    36D Space maker

    16
    167
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    EYRE

    18D Literary character who says "Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt!"

    15
    150
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    TSKS

    57D Clucks of disappointment

    15
    63
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    FLEA

    32A One in the doghouse?

    14
    80
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    NCAA

    10A Org. with Divisions I, II and III

    13
    164
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    AMY

    46A Grant or Carter

    11
    136
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    AJAR

    1A Allowing some ventilation, say

    10
    192
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    EMIL

    35D Title boy in a 1964 Disney film

    10
    131
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    YEW

    62D Poison source in Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye"

    10
    62
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    PEEP

    65A Coop sound

    9
    59
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    HIP

    58D In

    8
    88
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    KEEL

    9D Start for a shipbuilder

    8
    61
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    MONO

    14A Teen woe

    7
    69
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    BIC

    41D Certain lighter or highlighter

    7
    63
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    RECTO

    52A Verso's flip side

    7
    38
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    TEX

    59D Neighbor of 55-Down

    6
    93
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    AHS

    13D Sounds at a fireworks display

    5
    121
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    WON

    6D Captured

    5
    90
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    DAHL

    29D Children's author who won three Edgars

    5
    73
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    AREOLA

    48D Dark circle

    5
    58
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    ROWS

    4D Melees

    5
    48
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    ANOINT

    30D Bless, in a way

    5
    42
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    TESLAS

    36A Modern electric cars

    5
    30
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    IRAISE

    23D Declaration that might precede a fold

    5
    25
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    IMAX

    42A Kind of screen

    4
    69
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    NOISY

    10D Like melees

    4
    25
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    KATE

    64A Title parent in a TLC reality series

    3
    46
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    RICCI

    22A Nina ___ (fashion label)

    3
    27
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    ANTOINE

    3D Fats Domino's first name

    3
    18
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    SYNAPSE

    38D Nerve junction

    3
    17
  38. 38
    GOER

    49D Attendee

    2
    30
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    CUZ

    53A Explanation that doesn't explain anything, informally

    2
    12
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    ACESOUT

    12D Beats, as the competition

    2
    8
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    AIT

    7D Island in the Thames

    1
    38
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    SMEW

    67A Northern duck

    1
    27
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    XYZ

    45D End of a school series

    1
    18
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    RAMONE

    54A Surname in punk rock

    1
    15
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    ALLOYS

    39D Solder and others

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    10
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    AMPUP

    51D Boost, as sound

    1
    7
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    AWALK

    5A ___ in the park

    1
    5
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    WONDERWOMAN

    28A Wearer of a red-starred tiara

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    4
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    CANTERS

    11D Runs along

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    3
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    SOI

    21A "___ see"

    0
    41
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    EMIRATE

    37D Certain monarchy

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    23
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    NTESTS

    34A '40s blowups

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    19
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    ADULATE

    44D Flatter servilely

    0
    17
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    AMB

    1D Government rep.

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    17
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    CLIENT

    16D Lawyer's need

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    14
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    NMEX

    55D The Rio Grande divides it: Abbr.

    0
    14
  57. 57
    SWF

    21D Personal letters

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    13
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    EYEON

    26A Keep an ___ (watch)

    0
    12
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    LCHAIM

    8D "To life!"

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    12
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    ALISTS

    20A Hosts prefer them

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    11
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    CWT

    24D 100 lbs.

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    11
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    XAXIS

    66A Plot line

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    10
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    BETWEENTHELINES

    17A Interstitially, say

    0
    9
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    HSI

    60D Confucian scholar Chu ___

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    9
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    COSY

    19A Brit's tea ___

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    7
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    ITSUSELESS

    63A "Why bother?!"

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    4
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    JOECOOL

    2D Cartoon character with shades

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    4
  68. 68
    COMMODE

    25D Can

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    3
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    MACADAM

    43D Driving surface

    0
    3
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    BINAL debut

    50A Twofold

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    1
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    HAPPYMOTHERSDAY debut

    58A May delivery

    0
    1
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    LEADINGLADY debut

    47A Marquee actress

    0
    1
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    VOICECOACH debut

    15A Singer or actor's helper

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    1