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Saturday · 71 answers · 9 debuts

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

  1. 1
    EAR

    24A Something to shuck

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    485
  2. 2
    ETAL

    53D Stand-in for the unnamed

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    327
  3. 3
    NTH

    22A Unspecified power

    30
    251
  4. 4
    PEA

    23A Something to shuck

    23
    230
  5. 5
    LIAR

    42A Whopper server?

    18
    177
  6. 6
    NYE

    35D Dec. 31

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    125
  7. 7
    MOO

    33A Stock report?

    14
    137
  8. 8
    ONION

    34A It has layers upon layers

    14
    131
  9. 9
    ANG

    40A Lee making a scene

    14
    117
  10. 10
    OTC

    30D Like Advil or Motrin, for short

    11
    92
  11. 11
    STEAM

    14D Tick off

    10
    91
  12. 12
    LLC

    55D Inc. cousin

    8
    24
  13. 13
    DIN

    51A Disturber of the peace

    7
    109
  14. 14
    DOER

    51D Ending for evil or wrong

    6
    74
  15. 15
    BLTS

    45A Alternatives to clubs

    6
    52
  16. 16
    NORM

    29A It's no surprise

    5
    92
  17. 17
    OCALA

    2D Fort town in the Second Seminole War

    4
    82
  18. 18
    LEARN

    49D Watch's partner

    4
    60
  19. 19
    NEB

    11D Home to Bellevue U.

    4
    55
  20. 20
    SES

    56D French possessive

    3
    62
  21. 21
    MERGE

    1D Command in Excel

    3
    33
  22. 22
    FAKE

    4D Clifford Irving's "Autobiography of Howard Hughes," e.g.

    3
    32
  23. 23
    OMELETTE

    58A IHOP option

    3
    22
  24. 24
    GERM

    27A Thought starter

    2
    52
  25. 25
    PINTO

    46D Focus of some high-profile 1970s lawsuits

    2
    44
  26. 26
    SENATOR

    59A Whitehouse in D.C., e.g.

    2
    32
  27. 27
    EROTICA

    57A "The Naked Maja" and such

    2
    31
  28. 28
    CCC

    7D Six L's

    2
    27
  29. 29
    MCCOO

    48D Marilyn of the 5th Dimension

    2
    10
  30. 30
    SNITS

    47D Dithers

    1
    32
  31. 31
    CELIE

    39A "The Color Purple" role

    1
    14
  32. 32
    APTTO

    9D Probably gonna, more formally

    1
    10
  33. 33
    ALFREDO

    25A Kind of sauce

    1
    9
  34. 34
    BROMANCE

    21D It may grow between buds

    1
    9
  35. 35
    GLEECLUB

    20A School group working in harmony?

    1
    9
  36. 36
    GONERS

    27D They can't be saved

    1
    8
  37. 37
    SCUFF

    16D Slight blemish

    1
    8
  38. 38
    FLYER

    3D Circular

    1
    7
  39. 39
    RAYKROC

    18A Big name in fast food

    1
    5
  40. 40
    HOUNDDOG debut

    8D One who wasn't high-class, per a 1956 hit

    1
    2
  41. 41
    AGT

    50A Member of comicdom's S.H.I.E.L.D.: Abbr.

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    60
  42. 42
    NELSON

    61A Hold with both arms, say

    0
    27
  43. 43
    BATOR

    45D Mongolian for "hero"

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    15
  44. 44
    ECLAIRS

    15A Fat fingers?

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    13
  45. 45
    ELONGATE

    26D Draw out

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    13
  46. 46
    REDCROSS

    60A It may be out for blood

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    13
  47. 47
    SML

    47A Range of sizes, briefly

    0
    13
  48. 48
    EVIDENCE

    52A Exhibit, e.g.

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    10
  49. 49
    NYAH

    10D When doubled, a taunt

    0
    7
  50. 50
    OSBORN

    30A "The Paper Chase" novelist

    0
    7
  51. 51
    TOBIAS

    28D ___ Ragg, Sweeney Todd's assistant

    0
    7
  52. 52
    RIVES

    44D Tears apart

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    6
  53. 53
    COPYEDIT

    17A Get the word out, maybe?

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    4
  54. 54
    TALLONES

    54A Some brewskis

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    4
  55. 55
    AIRCARRIER

    5D Sky line

    0
    3
  56. 56
    CHANNELS

    7A Remote possibilities

    0
    3
  57. 57
    NOHARMDONE

    29D "That's O.K., everything's fine"

    0
    3
  58. 58
    SHELLGAME

    31D It's a hard act to follow

    0
    3
  59. 59
    THESIREN

    38D Alter ego of "Batman" villainess Lorelei Circe

    0
    3
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    BASINETS

    37D Medieval steel helmets with visors

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    2
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    BELITTLED

    32D Took down a peg

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    2
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    SCARERS

    43A "Monsters, Inc." employees

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    2
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    TRIFOLD

    28A Three-piece

    0
    2
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    CUTABOVE debut

    19A Better than, with "a"

    0
    1
  65. 65
    EDOPERIOD debut

    12D 250-year span in Japan's history

    0
    1
  66. 66
    HARDEE debut

    41A Wilber who founded a fast-food chain

    0
    1
  67. 67
    LIVERMORE debut

    13D California city for which element #116 was named

    0
    1
  68. 68
    MOFFAT debut

    1A Steven who co-created TV's "Sherlock"

    0
    1
  69. 69
    PIETISM debut

    46A Old Lutheran movement

    0
    1
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    THEBIGBANGTHEORY debut

    36A Sitcom on which Stephen Hawking and Buzz Aldrin have appeared

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    1
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    TROLLING debut

    6D Unwelcome Internet activity

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    1