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Saturday · 68 answers · 13 debuts

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

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    ASH

    10D What a firefighter might leave footprints in

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    458
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    AREA

    8D Scope

    46
    631
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    ORCA

    49A Willy of the "Free Willy" movies, e.g.

    34
    234
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    UBER

    18A Really, informally

    25
    119
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    ARAB

    6A 1-Across wearer, e.g.

    22
    228
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    ENYA

    54A Singer who has recorded in Tolkien's Elvish language

    22
    161
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    OTIS

    47A Moving walkway maker

    20
    251
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    EMAIL

    42D With 56-Across, a smartphone notification

    19
    180
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    BEE

    5D Fancier of melliferous plants

    18
    184
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    BAR

    23A Cosmopolitan place

    18
    157
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    ESL

    43A What you might hear halting speech in, for short

    18
    153
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    GPA

    37A Sch. yardstick

    18
    128
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    SOD

    28A Course material, maybe

    17
    180
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    NETS

    51A Ends up with

    17
    172
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    PDA

    50D Reason for some averted looks, for short

    16
    91
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    SHOO

    16A Dismiss unceremoniously

    15
    112
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    NAT

    36A Faxon who won a 2011 screenwriting Oscar

    13
    190
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    ALERT

    56A See 42-Down

    12
    168
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    ATMS

    10A Ones passing notes?

    12
    119
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    DORA

    15A Pseudonym of Freud's famed hysteria patient

    9
    111
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    ROOK

    52A Starter on square a1, h1, a8 or h8

    9
    60
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    YORE

    55A Old

    7
    100
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    DECOR

    41D Look inside?

    7
    51
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    MOTH

    46A Fly-by-night?

    7
    45
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    CITI

    20A Bank opening?

    6
    39
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    LDS

    29A Religious grp. observing Family Home Evening

    5
    49
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    HERR

    19A Mister abroad

    4
    84
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    SSA

    48D Org. with an annual list of top baby names

    4
    62
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    INURE

    14A Toughen

    3
    68
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    NIECES

    1D Two of Ferdinand VII's wives, to Ferdinand VII

    2
    30
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    NYS

    32D Its motto is "Excelsior": Abbr.

    2
    21
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    GFORCE

    37D Experience of riding a roller coaster

    2
    10
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    NIQAB debut

    1A Cover for a Muslim woman's face

    2
    5
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    CHESS

    27D "As elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find anywhere outside an advertising agency," per Raymond Chandler

    1
    45
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    AGHAST

    39D Shocked

    1
    40
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    EVOKE

    17A Stir up

    1
    40
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    EOCENE

    26A Epoch when horses first appeared

    1
    23
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    DICES

    53A Cubes

    1
    22
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    STEELS

    44A Toughens

    1
    17
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    ROBES

    7D Pre-bout wear

    1
    13
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    POTTER

    38D Vase maker

    1
    12
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    QUOTED

    3D Like Yogi Berra, often

    1
    9
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    PARTA

    50A Section one

    1
    6
  44. 44
    LATINLOVERS

    31A Don Juans

    1
    3
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    EROO

    45D Sock attachment?

    0
    67
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    ARKIN

    4D "Little Miss Sunshine" Oscar winner

    0
    23
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    SORREL

    13D Chestnut

    0
    12
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    AGEONE

    35D When preliminary steps are taken?

    0
    8
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    MORANIS

    12D "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" star

    0
    8
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    AIRACES

    35A Some Medal of Honor recipients

    0
    6
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    ALLHAIL

    30A Lead-in to an exalted leader's name

    0
    6
  52. 52
    BLEARS

    21A Dims

    0
    6
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    THEBEARS

    11D N.F.L. record-holder for most retired jersey numbers

    0
    5
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    BLANKCDS

    25D You might give them away after burning them

    0
    3
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    GRINDS

    40A 8:00-6:00 routines, say

    0
    3
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    ALPINELAKE debut

    30D Tahoe, e.g.

    0
    2
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    DENSEFOG

    41A Pea soup

    0
    2
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    EVENBETS debut

    24A They're 50-50

    0
    2
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    KIRSTEN debut

    34D Sen. Gillibrand

    0
    2
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    ADULTSITES debut

    6D Net Nanny no-nos

    0
    1
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    BARRELORGANS debut

    9D Instruments for old street musicians

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    1
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    BEDTIMESTORY debut

    21D A tot often goes out in the middle of it

    0
    1
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    INVIVO debut

    2D How many experiments are done

    0
    1
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    KICKMESIGNS debut

    34A Things some people need to get off their backs

    0
    1
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    LACAN debut

    31D Jacques ___, French psychoanalyst who studied hysteria

    0
    1
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    SOLVENTS debut

    22D Nail polish removers, e.g.

    0
    1
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    VANITYPRESS debut

    33A Publishing option when all else fails

    0
    1
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    VIRILITY debut

    33D Manliness

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    1