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Friday · 72 answers · 10 debuts

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

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    ATE

    33D Grabbed something

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    597
  2. 2
    ONE

    56D 21st word of the Pledge of Allegiance

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    612
  3. 3
    TOE

    6D Prominent feature of a sloth

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    293
  4. 4
    APE

    54D Wild way to go

    28
    415
  5. 5
    UTE

    12D Literally, "land of the sun"

    27
    263
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    SRO

    7D Sign adored by angels

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    251
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    ERRS

    30A Boots one

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    230
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    INRE

    24D Memo starter

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    251
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    BRIE

    25A Wheel that runs?

    17
    95
  10. 10
    OMIT

    47A Go without saying?

    16
    218
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    IMS

    21A Some AOL exchanges

    16
    78
  12. 12
    WAR

    28D "... let slip the dogs of ___": Shak.

    15
    149
  13. 13
    RASP

    46A Get-out-of-jail aid, maybe

    15
    137
  14. 14
    EWES

    40A Bellwether's "belles"

    14
    134
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    RAGE

    32A Something hot

    13
    122
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    MISO

    49A Protein-rich paste

    13
    68
  17. 17
    TROT

    51D Medium gait

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    171
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    GALA

    34D Black-tie event

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    115
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    ESTATE

    35A Executor's charge

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    125
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    TABLE

    45A Put on hold

    8
    42
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    INEPT

    27A Feckless

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    76
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    BEAR

    38A Camp invader

    6
    70
  23. 23
    EELY

    29A Tough to get ahold of

    6
    58
  24. 24
    GIRL

    34A "___ on Fire" (2012 Alicia Keys hit)

    6
    52
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    LIEGE

    23D Feudal lord

    4
    48
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    UPEND

    10D Stand on its head

    4
    43
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    OATEN

    52A Like some cakes

    4
    39
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    ERLE

    5D Director ___ C. Kenton

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    198
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    ESSENCE

    42D Heart

    3
    43
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    CASK

    11D Holder of spirits

    3
    38
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    DESSERT

    15D Final order of things?

    3
    31
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    TURBO

    51A Raiser of horses?

    3
    27
  33. 33
    MIRED

    31D Stuck

    3
    24
  34. 34
    UNITE

    19A Confederate

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    100
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    OCTO

    52D Twice quattuor

    2
    62
  36. 36
    BORNE

    44A Carried

    2
    44
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    EMANATE

    2D Issue

    2
    31
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    TYRONE

    45D Power in old films

    2
    18
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    MAINST

    31A Anytown, U.S.A., sign

    2
    14
  40. 40
    OPTICAL

    3D Like spectroscopes and microscopes

    2
    11
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    EBOOKS

    39D Tablet contents, perhaps

    2
    5
  42. 42
    NEG

    55D Bit of blood-typing shorthand

    1
    53
  43. 43
    ININK

    20A Bold way to solve a crossword

    1
    22
  44. 44
    LACY

    22A Like teddies, often

    1
    20
  45. 45
    CATNAPS

    8D Brief refreshers

    1
    8
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    PFIZER

    17D Big name in drugs

    1
    8
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    SPONGES

    43D They hold water

    1
    8
  48. 48
    LIZARD

    23A Source of some leather

    1
    6
  49. 49
    NEOPETS debut

    1A Popular website with virtual animals

    1
    6
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    ATAT

    26A Rat-___

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    42
  51. 51
    ENEMIES

    14D Adams and Jefferson, e.g.

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    24
  52. 52
    ALHIRT

    9D "The Green Hornet" trumpeter

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    16
  53. 53
    WOOER

    28A Beau

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    15
  54. 54
    TRIREME

    37D Ancient Greek craft

    0
    13
  55. 55
    NEBULAE

    1D Very distant clouds

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    11
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    NER

    50A ___ Tamid (synagogue lamp)

    0
    10
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    SWEETPEA

    58A Honey

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    10
  58. 58
    SOMEHOW

    36D By hook or by crook

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    8
  59. 59
    EBONICS

    35D Vernacular much debated in the 1990s

    0
    6
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    BUYUP

    48D Purchase in large quantity

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    5
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    BYROAD

    48A Route through the boondocks

    0
    3
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    GEORGES debut

    59A Post-Impressionist Seurat

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    3
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    SIXIRON

    13D Second club used on a par 4 hole, maybe

    0
    3
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    CAUCUSED debut

    8A Met for a party?

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    2
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    PETTYTYRANT debut

    4D Dictatorial boss

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    2
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    WAITING

    41D Not yet admitted

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    2
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    BARBUDA debut

    38D Island north of Antigua

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    1
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    BATTLEOFTHESEXES debut

    18A Classic conflict

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    1
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    BOILERMAKER debut

    25D Beer-and-whiskey cocktail

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    1
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    COMPOUNDSENTENCE debut

    57A It has multiple clauses

    0
    1
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    EMPERORPALPATINE debut

    16A Film villain who says "Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side"

    0
    1
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    IHEARYOUKNOCKING debut

    53A Classic R&B hit about a returning lover

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    1