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Thursday · 72 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ELSE

    60A Contrarily

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    440
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    IDLE

    61A Internet chat status

    30
    259
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    ICEE

    55D Arctic Blast maker

    25
    91
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    ADELE

    48D "Skyfall" singer

    22
    158
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    SODA

    53D Many a mixer

    21
    163
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    OTIS

    54A Milo's partner in film

    20
    251
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    TON

    38D Great 39-Down

    20
    208
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    CIA

    29D Org. in "Homeland"

    19
    206
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    USES

    36D Plays for a chump

    19
    193
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    EEK

    59D "Mice!"

    19
    163
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    LYE

    9D Pipe cleaner

    17
    146
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    SAO

    5D Part of some Portuguese place names

    15
    171
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    KOI

    41A Goldfish cousin

    15
    60
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    EDENS

    52A Paradises

    14
    112
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    DEAL

    39D See 38-Down

    14
    104
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    KALE

    21A Crinkly vegetable

    14
    91
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    RID

    58D Cleanse (of)

    13
    148
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    AVOW

    2D Frankly admit

    12
    112
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    HOSE

    44D Completely con

    12
    109
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    SISI

    40A Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-___

    12
    87
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    EBAY

    15A "Buy it new. Buy it now" sloganeer

    11
    131
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    SNOW

    53A Reason to add salt?

    11
    123
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    TAPAS

    1A Some finger food

    8
    44
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    ALOU

    33A Giant Jesus

    7
    153
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    VIA

    32A Passing through

    7
    145
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    BEER

    63A Cold draft, maybe

    7
    101
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    GIRL

    6A ___ power

    6
    52
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    CELEB

    47D TMZ target

    6
    50
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    CEASE

    49D Fire starter?

    5
    75
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    SUED

    19D Made a case against?

    5
    52
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    TIFF

    1D Short row

    5
    26
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    ARARAT

    30A End of a long biblical journey

    4
    87
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    MILNE

    12D Author who went by his first two initials

    4
    43
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    UPEND

    22A Flip

    4
    43
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    SALS

    26D Movie pizzeria where Radio Raheem ate

    4
    32
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    OPER

    35D Person who's a zero?: Abbr.

    3
    59
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    IVANA

    14A Trump caller, once?

    3
    55
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    DAYS

    64A Tally on a prison wall

    3
    36
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    ANKLES

    50A They're just over two feet

    3
    17
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    SKYY

    56D Absolut competitor

    3
    16
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    TROI

    27D Half-Betazoid on the Enterprise

    2
    51
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    RAYE

    8D Madcap Martha

    2
    39
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    BOARD

    25D Co-op ___

    2
    30
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    DECODE

    28A Solve, in a way

    2
    14
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    APERS

    46A Mimics

    1
    32
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    KESEY

    65A Ken who wrote "Sometimes a Great Notion"

    1
    18
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    STIEG

    26A Larsson who wrote the "Millennium" trilogy

    1
    15
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    UKR

    18D Chernobyl's locale: Abbr.

    1
    15
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    FWIW

    20A Just my opinion, in a tweet

    1
    12
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    BELLES

    25A Some ball attendees

    1
    10
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    WHENCE

    43A From what place

    1
    10
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    SHERRI

    23A ___ Shepherd, former co-host of "The View"

    1
    9
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    EGAL

    24D Like three and trois

    0
    33
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    ARNEL

    11D Trademarked fabric name

    0
    22
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    DEEDEE

    42A Clinton aide Myers

    0
    21
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    TYKES

    31D Rug rats

    0
    16
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    ERIQ

    16A La Salle of "ER"

    0
    14
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    GERARD

    6D Actor Depardieu

    0
    11
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    ELREY

    62A Elvis, to Spanish fans

    0
    9
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    ENOTES

    45D Online provider of popular study guides and lesson plans

    0
    7
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    CACAOS

    47A Trees with beans

    0
    5
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    KWH

    51D Energy unit: Abbr.

    0
    5
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    PAMS

    10A Dawber and Grier

    0
    4
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    LEADEROFTHEPACK

    57A 1964 #1 hit with a motorcycle crash sound

    0
    3
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    FORYOUREYESONLY

    17A Sheena Easton hit from a Bond film

    0
    2
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    IBELIEVEICANFLY debut

    7D R. Kelly hit from "Space Jam"

    0
    2
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    LODESTARS

    34D Guiding lights

    0
    2
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    LONELYTEARDROPS

    37A 1958 hit by Jackie Wilson

    0
    2
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    SQYDS debut

    13D Flooring measure: Abbr.

    0
    2
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    ANYWHEREIWANDER debut

    4D 1953 hit for Julius La Rosa

    0
    1
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    PARISIANS debut

    3D French capitalists?

    0
    1
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    PEOPLEAREPEOPLE debut

    10D Depeche Mode's first U.S. hit, 1985

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    1