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Thursday · 77 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERE

    8D Poetic preposition

    43
    602
  2. 2
    ORAL

    29A Like some contracts

    42
    367
  3. 3
    ETAL

    17A Citation abbr.

    32
    327
  4. 4
    ACNE

    20A Bad marks in high school?

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    233
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    SAD

    45A Down

    31
    236
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    OMNI

    44A Prefix with science

    31
    218
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    OAT

    24D Quaker ___ Bran

    28
    290
  8. 8
    ESE

    43A Lagos-to-Dar es Salaam dir.

    26
    386
  9. 9
    AAA

    30A Notable tower, for short

    20
    230
  10. 10
    EDNA

    59A Woman's name that's an anagram of a man's name

    19
    245
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    CEL

    58D Image of Pluto, say

    18
    141
  12. 12
    EDS

    13D Dict. versions

    17
    230
  13. 13
    INANE

    3D Dumb

    17
    193
  14. 14
    NOSE

    54A You might hold it by a trash can

    15
    188
  15. 15
    LANE

    14A Strike zone?

    14
    142
  16. 16
    RAD

    28A Nuclear plant unit

    14
    134
  17. 17
    LATTE

    18A Iced ___

    14
    92
  18. 18
    LION

    22A One jumping through hoops, maybe

    13
    131
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    GEM

    12D Thing on a ring

    12
    119
  20. 20
    LETS

    53A Instances when service isn't perfect?

    12
    106
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    SISI

    62A "They say" it in Spain, in an old Andrews Sisters hit

    12
    87
  22. 22
    ERRED

    61A Dropped the ball

    12
    78
  23. 23
    ODIE

    21A Brown-eared comics character

    10
    153
  24. 24
    CHIC

    1A In

    10
    83
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    HAH

    42D "In your dreams!"

    9
    86
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    STAGE

    9A Larva, e.g.

    9
    68
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    LEVEE

    47D Surge protector?

    9
    63
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    UNA

    57D Andean article

    8
    115
  29. 29
    PHASE

    32D Half-moon, e.g.

    8
    49
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    SWEET

    31D "Awesome!"

    7
    60
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    HOPE

    5A Cynic's lack

    7
    59
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    NAIR

    55A Veet rival

    7
    39
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    STEED

    45D General transportation?

    6
    81
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    OPTIC

    6D Part of FiOS

    6
    60
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    LEPER

    15A Biblical outcast

    6
    34
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    NIB

    56D Pen part

    5
    58
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    TRIMS

    19A Decorates

    5
    22
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    ESSEX

    49D Clacton-on-Sea's county

    4
    101
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    FALSE

    27D "F" on a test

    4
    48
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    HATCH

    2D Originate

    4
    22
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    CLEAT

    1D Point on the field?

    3
    35
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    BASES

    63A Contents of three squares in this puzzle, per an old comedy routine

    3
    33
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    HEDGE

    42A Not be definitive

    3
    28
  44. 44
    SPRIT

    31A Diagonal spar

    3
    20
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    WHET

    37A Make keen

    2
    38
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    LLOYD

    15D Frank ___, two-time Best Director Oscar winner

    2
    29
  47. 47
    THROW

    10D Peg

    2
    26
  48. 48
    LYNX

    64A Cat with tufted ears

    2
    25
  49. 49
    GINSU

    51D Kind of knife

    2
    18
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    NADIA

    50D Petrova of tennis

    1
    43
  51. 51
    SAUL

    65A For whom David played the harp

    1
    39
  52. 52
    EINS

    39A One, in Austria

    1
    38
  53. 53
    CAUSE

    58A Lead to

    1
    33
  54. 54
    MOURN

    48D Feel the loss of

    1
    25
  55. 55
    GAMES

    38D Darts and hearts

    1
    18
  56. 56
    INREM

    60A Against a thing, legally

    1
    16
  57. 57
    AHMED

    16A "Arabian Nights" prince

    1
    13
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    BURNS

    34D "Auld Lang Syne" writer

    1
    9
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    LEGIONARY debut

    35D Roman soldier

    1
    2
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    IREST

    25D Start of an attorney's conclusion

    0
    21
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    NUEVO

    56A ___ León (Mexican state)

    0
    8
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    LAING

    26D Psychiatry writer R. D. ___

    0
    7
  63. 63
    AMINOACID

    11D Tryptophan or leucine

    0
    6
  64. 64
    TOMTOMS

    41D The Indians regularly beat them

    0
    5
  65. 65
    THIRDRAIL

    52D Subway power source

    0
    4
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    HEADFIRST

    5D How most babies come out

    0
    3
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    LEAPSECOND debut

    22D Tiny adjustment to an atomic clock

    0
    3
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    NEEDINESS

    36D Poverty

    0
    3
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    SATIDLE

    9D Did nothing

    0
    3
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    BLUEPENCIL

    34A Edit

    0
    2
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    CELEBRITY

    4D Star

    0
    2
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    EASYTARGET

    40A It gets more than its fair share of jokes

    0
    2
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    RESELLERS

    33D Pawnshops and such

    0
    2
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    GUESSSECOND debut

    38A Lead-in to some surprising news

    0
    1
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    PETEROUSE debut

    7D White House chief of staff after Rahm Emanuel

    0
    1
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    TELLMESOMETHINGTHIRD debut

    46A "Well, obviously"

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    1
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    THEBOYFIRSTCRIEDWOLF debut

    23A One of Aesop's fables

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    1