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Thursday · 74 answers · 9 debuts

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

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    ALE

    55D Draft classification

    59
    570
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    OBOE

    16A Wind quintet member

    32
    315
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    ECHO

    6A Return to sender?

    29
    312
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    OIL

    9D It may be coming down the pipeline

    27
    282
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    IDOL

    19A Golden calf, e.g.

    23
    293
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    ESS

    20A Dot-dot-dot

    22
    413
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    ACTS

    27D Biblical source of the line "It is more blessed to give than to receive"

    21
    214
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    TALE

    35A Woven piece

    17
    178
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    IDEAL

    14A Utopian

    17
    135
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    PAN

    4D Give two thumbs down

    17
    125
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    REDS

    60A Six crayons in a Crayola 64 box

    16
    159
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    OAK

    50A Symbol of strength

    16
    152
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    IDES

    2D May 15, e.g.

    14
    170
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    RANT

    33D It might start "Don't get me started ..."

    14
    133
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    CEDE

    7D Give up

    13
    152
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    REESE

    61A Witherspoon of "Wild"

    12
    153
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    ASIDE

    23A Elvis's "What'd I Say" vis-à-vis "Viva Las Vegas"

    10
    126
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    FDR

    54D Real-life figure portrayed in movies by Jason Robards, Jon Voight and Bill Murray, in brief

    10
    72
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    GRIN

    42D Small beam?

    10
    65
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    AMES

    51D ___ Straw Poll

    9
    174
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    ANNO

    26D ___ mundi

    9
    128
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    ELLEN

    58A Liberian president and Peace Nobelist ___ Johnson Sirleaf

    9
    105
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    BRAT

    56A Certain sausage, informally

    9
    77
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    OHARA

    44D John who wrote "Pal Joey"

    7
    88
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    COAT

    28D Layer

    6
    89
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    DYED

    49D Turned brown, say

    6
    85
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    LOCAL

    45D Subway train designation

    6
    63
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    KANE

    52D Rapper Big Daddy ___

    6
    55
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    NACL

    53A What a chemist brings to the table?

    5
    47
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    ABDUL

    11D Talent show judge alongside Jackson and Cowell

    5
    28
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    MOOSE

    12D Bull or cow

    4
    50
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    BITS

    39D Smithereens

    4
    44
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    DUDE

    18D "My man!"

    4
    37
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    LEOI

    15A Sainted pope after Sixtus III

    4
    37
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    HIPPO

    1A Nile wader

    4
    36
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    JUDO

    36D ___ chop

    4
    28
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    DINGO

    29A Hunter of wallabies and kangaroos

    4
    19
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    HIKE

    1D Up

    3
    47
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    EELED

    13D Tried to catch some fish

    3
    42
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    TRACT

    46A It's all a plot

    3
    41
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    MSNBC

    43D What's left of TV news?

    3
    35
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    GAME

    10A Up for something

    2
    68
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    FRAU

    37A Münster Mrs.

    2
    54
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    DUEL

    57A Cause for pacing?

    2
    48
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    ADAIR

    48A Soap star Deborah

    2
    36
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    IGGY

    22D Azalea with the 2014 #1 hit "Fancy"

    2
    19
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    ACCUSE

    27A Impeach

    2
    17
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    SHOWS

    47A Doesn't just tell

    2
    14
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    CHARGER

    40D Cell need

    2
    6
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    CALI

    59A Many a surfer's locale, informally

    1
    55
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    GHOSTS

    42A Visitors in "A Christmas Carol"

    1
    22
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    OLEMISS

    5D Oxford university, informally

    1
    20
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    BIDES

    41A Waits

    1
    13
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    MUGS

    34D 38-Across containers

    1
    13
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    COOPS

    30A Hutches

    1
    10
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    CCING

    40A Keeping in the loop, in a way

    1
    6
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    STARBUCKS debut

    38A Company with a lot of bean counters?

    1
    2
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    INUSE

    22A Busy

    0
    61
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    TAILS

    46D Flip response?

    0
    28
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    ELYSE

    6D "Family Ties" mom

    0
    21
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    MUSED

    21A Thought aloud

    0
    17
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    ARISTOTLE

    32D "Poetics" author

    0
    16
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    JACKO

    36A Tabloid nickname of the '80s

    0
    9
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    MOLOTOV

    43A Eponymous Soviet minister of foreign affairs

    0
    8
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    DUCKS

    29D University of Oregon team

    0
    6
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    FACEVALUE

    31D 1¢, for a penny

    0
    4
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    FLYINGATMA debut

    54A Signaling remembrance, in a way

    0
    1
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    FUNNYFARM debut

    31A Crazy place?

    0
    1
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    GOINGOFFCOC debut

    10D Acting rashly

    0
    1
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    HOODWINKS debut

    8D Tricks

    0
    1
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    KENNEDYDOL debut

    17A Coin first minted in 1964

    0
    1
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    PENSACOLA debut

    3D Southern city that calls itself "America's First Settlement" (1559)

    0
    1
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    SUPERBOWLTI debut

    24D Occasion for a much-hyped performance

    0
    1
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    WAGGLED debut

    25A "Danced" like a bee

    0
    1