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Thursday · 78 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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    ORE

    56A Part of a krone

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    581
  2. 2
    AREA

    64A Find the ___ (geometry test instruction)

    46
    631
  3. 3
    ERE

    63D Long intro?

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    602
  4. 4
    ORAL

    58D ___-B

    42
    367
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    LEE

    25D "Malcolm X" director

    40
    360
  6. 6
    ANTI

    28D Against

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    364
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    EDIT

    19A Make a long story short, perhaps

    32
    302
  8. 8
    ESSO

    14A Old station name

    30
    276
  9. 9
    NEE

    34D Formerly

    29
    407
  10. 10
    RAE

    26D Actress Charlotte

    28
    278
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    UTE

    39A Pac-12 player

    27
    263
  12. 12
    ELLE

    70A Cosmopolitan competitor

    25
    221
  13. 13
    TAU

    40A Fraternity letter

    25
    169
  14. 14
    SNIT

    23D Pet

    21
    159
  15. 15
    RTE

    38A One of just 12 in Alaska: Abbr.

    20
    285
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    OBI

    44D Eastern band

    17
    199
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    USSR

    2D Group of red states, for short?

    17
    171
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    EAU

    45D Évian, e.g.

    16
    203
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    ERODE

    51D Undermine

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    175
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    DAB

    48A Little application

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    124
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    AHAB

    10A Starbuck's orderer

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    156
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    HON

    5D Sugar substitute?

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    121
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    LAG

    22A Trail

    12
    116
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    YALE

    60D Brown competitor

    11
    137
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    MAIL

    67A Knightly wear

    11
    58
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    NEIL

    59D "Cosmos" host ___ deGrasse Tyson

    10
    115
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    BERET

    54D Green ___

    10
    76
  28. 28
    NAPE

    36D Pickup spot?

    9
    115
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    ISAW

    17A Caesarean section?

    9
    47
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    SITH

    21D Jedi foes

    9
    31
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    AXON

    61A One acting on impulse?

    8
    53
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    NOONE

    52D Ray Charles hit of 1963

    7
    91
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    CAGE

    16A Part of a pound

    7
    66
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    HITME

    5A Twenty-one words

    7
    28
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    IRONS

    20A Brand producers

    6
    85
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    HORSE

    55A One with a bag lunch?

    6
    65
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    FADE

    43D Film technique

    6
    53
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    ONEAL

    15A Youngest Oscar winner in history

    5
    140
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    ELY

    9D Ron who played Tarzan

    5
    96
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    NIB

    62D Tip for a writer

    5
    58
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    BETTE

    69A Name that's a homophone for 13-Down

    5
    53
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    AGONY

    57A Waiting, for the impatient, say

    5
    42
  43. 43
    LOEB

    29D Leopold's partner in crime

    4
    48
  44. 44
    AGING

    12D Getting on

    4
    39
  45. 45
    NOIRE

    62A See 13-Down

    4
    36
  46. 46
    WIDE

    65A "Open ___"

    3
    45
  47. 47
    ATONES

    49A Does penance

    3
    40
  48. 48
    SHONE

    23A Stood out

    3
    30
  49. 49
    GUTS

    37D They may be spilled

    3
    18
  50. 50
    INALL

    6D Together

    2
    55
  51. 51
    ISAO

    3D Golfer Aoki

    2
    37
  52. 52
    AIG

    30A 2008 TARP recipient

    2
    32
  53. 53
    NANNY

    18A Billy's mate

    2
    31
  54. 54
    HADON

    11D Sported

    2
    23
  55. 55
    PALATE

    27A Wine taster's asset

    2
    22
  56. 56
    GRIFT

    53D Type of scam

    2
    10
  57. 57
    NEER

    68A Start to do well?

    1
    100
  58. 58
    INFER

    66A Surmise

    1
    51
  59. 59
    TENAM

    7D Break time, perhaps

    1
    40
  60. 60
    EDASNER

    42D One of the voices in "Up"

    1
    35
  61. 61
    MANGO

    8D Snapple flavor

    1
    24
  62. 62
    HAWN

    55D "The First Wives Club" co-star, 1996

    1
    23
  63. 63
    ITEN

    35D Southern hwy.

    1
    22
  64. 64
    XTRA

    46D Bonus, in ads

    1
    20
  65. 65
    ROXIE

    50D "Chicago" number

    1
    16
  66. 66
    CONGAME

    47D Scam

    1
    6
  67. 67
    RUR

    32D Whence the word "robot"

    0
    69
  68. 68
    BETE

    13D With 62-Across, dreaded one

    0
    33
  69. 69
    OTE

    33D Taxonomic suffix

    0
    30
  70. 70
    QUID

    1A Pound

    0
    18
  71. 71
    QEII

    1D Role for Helen Mirren, briefly

    0
    16
  72. 72
    PARC

    27D Jardin du Luxembourg, par exemple

    0
    15
  73. 73
    ACEHIGH

    10D Loser to a pair

    0
    8
  74. 74
    DOWNPAT

    4D Learned perfectly

    0
    6
  75. 75
    READINGBURN debut

    50A Note to a spy, perhaps

    0
    2
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    ANOTHERONETHING debut

    31A A seemingly endless series

    0
    1
  77. 77
    CIBEFOREEEXCEPT debut

    41A Rule contradicted by science?

    0
    1
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    PILLMORNING debut

    24A Plan B, e.g.

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    1