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Thursday · 74 answers · 8 debuts

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

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    ELI

    22D Skull and Bones member

    60
    599
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    SEA

    13D Setting for much of Homer's "Odyssey"

    40
    370
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    NOR

    21D Scand. land

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    332
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    EAST

    68A ___ Anglia

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    285
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    ETAL

    17A List shortener

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    327
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    RNA

    11D Biology subject

    29
    322
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    ECHO

    18A Come again?

    29
    312
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    IOTA

    2D Ninth in a series

    25
    243
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    LSAT

    34A Kaplan course subj.

    25
    172
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    AURA

    55D Mysterious glow

    22
    218
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    GEE

    60D "You don't say!"

    20
    200
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    NEAR

    3D Almost

    20
    183
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    PEN

    47D Hotel room amenity

    19
    187
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    MENU

    64A Help list, e.g.

    19
    184
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    LIT

    37A On

    13
    166
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    OOH

    23A "I know that one!"

    13
    160
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    APOP

    67A Per

    13
    107
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    DRIP

    45A Hardly Mr. Personality

    12
    99
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    SMEAR

    66A Cosmetician's goof

    12
    84
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    RBIS

    56D Babe Ruth's 2,220, for short

    12
    83
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    TUB

    48D Where Archimedes had his "Eureka!" moment

    12
    81
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    EACH

    6D Piece by piece

    11
    130
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    DEBT

    57D 2012 campaign issue

    11
    98
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    LLAMA

    19A Mammal that hums to its young

    11
    96
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    DINE

    1A Wine's partner

    11
    54
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    HALO

    15A Astronomical effect

    10
    151
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    TEEM

    5A Overflow

    9
    104
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    MOON

    8D It goes through many phases

    8
    70
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    ANNIE

    16A Broadway musical that opens with "Maybe"

    7
    89
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    ZERO

    61A Nonentity

    7
    88
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    ERNO

    54D ___ Rapee, longtime Radio City Music Hall conductor

    7
    81
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    KIM

    12D One of the Kardashians

    7
    58
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    ASIAGO

    29D Often-grated cheese

    6
    32
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    MATTE

    41A Like some photos

    5
    72
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    THESE

    36A "___ aren't the droids you're looking for" ("Star Wars" line)

    5
    53
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    VEEP

    53D No. 2

    5
    38
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    CRIB

    65A It's got all the answers

    4
    67
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    RUBE

    62A Hayseed

    4
    45
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    NOIRE

    31D Bête ___

    4
    36
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    DJED

    1D Entertained at a reception, maybe

    4
    20
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    IQS

    58D Thinking figs.

    3
    61
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    RINK

    44A Winter playground

    3
    35
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    KSU

    40A The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A.

    3
    21
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    TEAMUSA

    42D Red, white and blue players

    3
    13
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    STOIC

    32D Unresponsive?

    2
    80
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    NONAME

    49A Generic

    2
    27
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    MOUNT

    33D Put up, in a way

    2
    24
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    ELHI

    7D All the way through 12th grade, informally

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    86
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    LEANTO

    24A Rough shelter

    1
    45
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    MOTO

    35A "Right You Are, Mr. ___" (1957 novel)

    1
    33
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    JOEL

    14A Spingarn of the N.A.A.C.P.'s Spingarn Medal

    1
    26
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    PIOUS

    38A God-fearing

    1
    14
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    ITGUY

    58A One providing assistance after a crash

    1
    13
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    TUM

    59D Rum ___ Tugger ("Cats" cat)

    1
    13
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    GUV

    50A Gent, in Britain

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    12
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    ONEUPS

    27D Tops

    1
    7
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    TOSSIN

    26D Give, as a little extra

    1
    7
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    DIVORCE debut

    45D Split

    1
    6
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    OZMA

    52D L. Frank Baum princess

    0
    17
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    FORKS

    9A Y's

    0
    9
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    ELLIOTT

    4D Canadian P.M. Pierre Trudeau's middle name

    0
    6
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    ONLEASH

    10D Restrained, as a dog

    0
    4
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    QUESO

    63A Filling in a gordita

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    4
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    THECHAMP

    5D 1931 film for which Wallace Beery won Best Actor

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    4
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    FALSEST

    9D Least genuine

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    3
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    MANOVERBOARD

    51A Emergency shout ... or a possible title for this puzzle

    0
    3
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    NIEKRO

    25D Baseball Hall-of-Famer nicknamed Knucksie

    0
    3
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    ULLMAN debut

    28D Funny Tracey

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    2
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    AGEEXPECTATIONS debut

    46A Discuss reasonable outcomes upfront

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    1
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    DARINCHINESE debut

    20A Language that gave us "kowtow"

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    1
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    EXMAYOR debut

    43D Clint Eastwood, for one

    0
    1
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    LATTEN debut

    30D Thin sheet metal

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    1
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    SKAGROUP debut

    39D The English Beat, for one

    0
    1
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    UALTRANSMISSION debut

    28A Clutch performer?

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    1