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Thursday · 74 answers · 10 debuts

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

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    ETA

    8A ___ Kappa Nu, engineering honor society

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    571
  2. 2
    EST

    22A Is in Paris or old Rome?

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    428
  3. 3
    NSA

    61A Crack team, for short?

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    233
  4. 4
    OAR

    59D Gondola feature

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    331
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    TSAR

    37D Target of a 1917 uprising

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    341
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    NEE

    34D Word in a wedding announcement

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    ARENA

    45A Realm

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    ASEA

    24D Offshore

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  9. 9
    SKY

    64A Zeppelin's realm

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  10. 10
    WEE

    27D Just a ___ bit

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  11. 11
    SIP

    35D Quick draft?

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    128
  12. 12
    TAOS

    46A New Mexico skiing mecca

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    103
  13. 13
    DDAY

    54D Offensive date

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    98
  14. 14
    CLUE

    32A This is one

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    93
  15. 15
    COW

    13D Intimidate

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    61
  16. 16
    MIR

    38D With 57-Down, no-no #3

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    140
  17. 17
    SALON

    30A Nail ___

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    55
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    ONA

    60A ___ budget

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    161
  19. 19
    FCC

    11A Agcy. regulating net neutrality

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    52
  20. 20
    SKYPE

    35A Aid for a long-distance relationship

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    16
  21. 21
    ALIGN

    10D Harmonize

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    59
  22. 22
    GMT

    52A Chronometric std.

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    38
  23. 23
    TAL

    15A 1960s chess champ Mikhail

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    61
  24. 24
    TATI

    23A "Play Time" director Jacques

    3
    55
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    IDEM

    44A As above, in citations

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    39
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    SHADE

    51D What a canopy provides

    3
    39
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    MARNE

    38A Battle locale that marked a turning point in W.W. I

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    29
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    OLSENS

    31D "Full House" twins

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    14
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    HOSEA

    55A First of the Minor Prophets

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    54
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    DKNY

    4D Fashion house based in the Big Apple

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    21
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    ATRISK

    45D Staked

    2
    19
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    CBC

    58D Ottawa-based media co.

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    16
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    CREATES

    65A Coins

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    8
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    INAFEW

    26A Shortly, informally

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    6
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    REL

    63A Nepotism beneficiary: Abbr.

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    133
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    ETUI

    8D Needle holder

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    TAILOR

    25D Baba Mustafa, in "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"

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    26
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    DIDNT

    5D "___ see that coming!"

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    22
  39. 39
    AWAKEN

    1D Have an eye-opening experience

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    20
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    RECANT

    48A Take back

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    18
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    RITEAID

    57A CVS competitor

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    12
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    HOMEICE

    43D Advantage for a hockey team

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    7
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    LAGASSE

    2D Chef with the catchphrase "Kick it up a notch"

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    7
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    SINGLES

    21A Billboard chart listings

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    4
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    UNIBROW

    18A Prominent feature of Bert on "Sesame Street"

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    4
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    NAANS

    49D Tandoori products

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    3
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    TANNIN

    9D Bitter component of tea

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    3
  48. 48
    OLLA

    56D Relative of a bean pot

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  49. 49
    ENA

    6D Bambi's aunt

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  50. 50
    SSRS

    50A 15 divs. on old maps

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  51. 51
    ILO

    16A Geneva-based agcy.

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    56
  52. 52
    NSEC

    28A Approx. time it takes for light to travel one foot

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    44
  53. 53
    RGS

    7D Some QB protectors

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    19
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    ALERTED

    3D Gave a heads-up

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    17
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    ADELINE

    39D "Sweet" girl of song

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    13
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    AGENDAS

    17A Ulterior motives

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    13
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    RECITAL

    40D Music event

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    10
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    STALKS

    47D Hunts

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    10
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    BLACKCAT

    19D With 41-Across, no-no #2

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    6
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    EDONEILL

    33A "Modern Family" actor

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    6
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    CLOSEUP

    12D Detailed description

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    4
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    LIZARDS debut

    53A Dinosaurs, informally

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    4
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    REALISTIC

    36A True to life

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    4
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    BADLUCK

    62A Supposed consequence of any of the three no-nos in this puzzle

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    3
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    COALOIL

    58A Old lamp fuel

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    2
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    KARYN debut

    20A ___ White, singer of the 1991 #1 hit "Romantic"

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    2
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    ALADDER debut

    1A See 14-Across

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    1
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    CORNMAZE debut

    29D Autumn attraction

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    1
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    FIREFLY debut

    11D Night light?

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    1
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    ONESPATH debut

    41A See 19-Down

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    1
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    ROR debut

    57D See 38-Down

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    1
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    SILLINESS debut

    21D Typical Three Stooges comedy

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    1
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    TAGSOUT debut

    42D Prevents from stealing, say

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    1
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    WALKING debut

    14A With 1-Across, no-no #1

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    1