Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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   ONES

   43A Small change

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   AVE

   40D Hail and farewell

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   ADA

   6D Org. concerned with bridges and canals

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   ATSEA

   10D See 26-Across

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   ENG

   25A Bath site: Abbr.

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   ARISE

   15A Originate

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   DEAD

   8A No longer under consideration

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   BRER

   37D Title in children's literature

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    BEET

    31A Sugar source

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    WACO

    36D Only major U.S. city with a radio station whose call letters spell the city's name

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    COMET

    41A Cupid's teammate

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    WEED

    5D Do some yard work

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    MACRO

    35D Certain shortcut

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    CHOCULA

    20A Count at the breakfast table

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    CHURRO

    24D Spanish/Mexican pastry

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    ESSEN

    4D Scene of W.W. II airstrikes

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    APOLO

    38A Olympian's first name that sounds like another Olympian's name

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    OPTION

    19A Sunroof, maybe

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    TROUPE

    14D Play group

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    PLEASEDO

    12A "Absolutely!"

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    RDS

    27A Routes: Abbr.

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    DYER

    11D One changing locks?

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    PANG

    23A Guilty sensation

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    ENISLE

    9D Strand, in a way

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    CHIANTI

    24A Italian red

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    STADIA

    29D Large bowls

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    POLEAX

    33D Low-tech hacker?

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    CHARIOT

    26D Transportation for Helios

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    WARRIOR

    36A Mars, notably

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    PANTY

    13A Raid target

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    ROASTED

    16A Like some nuts

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    PRIMA

    33A Ballerina descriptor

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    EASTON

    3D City where the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers meet

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    CAPON

    34D Dinner chicken

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    CHROME

    32D 2014 Kentucky Derby winner California ___

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    MOANED

    35A Showed unhappiness, in a way

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    XEROXED

    44A Quickly reproduced

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    BALIHAI

    37A 1949 show tune with the lyric "Here am I, your special island!"

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    CHARLES

    30D River that flows past four universities

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    BRAILLE

    31D Touch-type?

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    CHARRED

    34A Blackened

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    BARCELONA

    39A Site of the largest sports arena in Europe

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    CHATTERBOX

    22D Yakker

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    DEMEANS

    28D Slights

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    FREEWAY

    1A Major artery

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    ROMNEY

    18D Presidential candidate who wrote "No Apology"

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    CHANTEY

    26A Number 10-Down

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    CHEMISE

    22A Woman's shift

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    CHUTNEY

    30A Indian condiment

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    CRUISER

    17A Black-and-white

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    OVERALLS debut

    42A Ranch dressing?

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    REINHOLD

    27D Judge of movies

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    CHARTED

    32A Was a hit, say

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    CHINNED

    20D Pulled up to a bar

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    PROPMAN

    12D Stage assistant

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    TROUSSEAU

    14A Something a bride brings to a marriage

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    UMINN

    21A Golden Gophers' sch.

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    YOUCHEATED

    7D "Unfair!"

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    DARIUSI debut

    8D Persian ruler dubbed "the Great"

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    FLOATING debut

    1D Suggesting, as an idea

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    PAUCITY debut

    13D Dearth

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    REUSING debut

    2D Extending the life of

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