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Thursday · 76 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    USE

    58D Operate

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    356
  2. 2
    ODOR

    60A Dumpster attribute, often

    39
    344
  3. 3
    GAS

    12D Bloviation

    30
    218
  4. 4
    TOE

    8D Sole end?

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    293
  5. 5
    EDU

    56D Common URL ending

    28
    194
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    ODES

    2D ___ of Solomon

    26
    226
  7. 7
    IRIS

    39D Flower whose name means "rainbow"

    26
    225
  8. 8
    ASK

    13D Part of D.A.D.T.

    24
    204
  9. 9
    INCA

    21A With 5-Down, creator of 24,000+ miles of road before 1600

    23
    212
  10. 10
    ESS

    20A It's twisted

    22
    413
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    CCS

    50A IV measures

    20
    98
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    EDNA

    53D Ferber who wrote "Giant"

    19
    245
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    ROME

    42A Olympics host after Melbourne

    19
    111
  14. 14
    OLGA

    10A Batman villain known as "Queen of the Cossacks"

    15
    133
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    EVES

    32A Typical after-work times, for short

    14
    108
  16. 16
    EIN

    36A Strauss's "___ Heldenleben"

    12
    159
  17. 17
    SAM

    22A "The West Wing" speechwriter

    12
    155
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    REI

    35D Portuguese king

    11
    77
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    ENS

    9D Chekov, e.g., on "Star Trek": Abbr.

    10
    270
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    ICON

    15A Something to mouse over

    9
    189
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    INE

    18D Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 ___ major

    9
    155
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    ZOO

    55D Bronx attraction

    9
    76
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    TASK

    19A What you might be taken to

    8
    66
  24. 24
    MEAT

    64A Inspection target of the 61-Across

    7
    123
  25. 25
    NOONE

    62A Who has won more Olympic medals than Michael Phelps

    7
    91
  26. 26
    OURS

    63A Willa Cather's "One of ___"

    7
    77
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    EATAT

    48D Irk

    7
    71
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    CUT

    4D Percentage

    7
    59
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    RETIE

    28A Secure, as loosened shoelaces

    7
    56
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    TASE

    51A Shock, in a way

    7
    47
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    OCCAM

    7D Philosopher with a razor

    7
    31
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    USDA

    61A Org. inspecting 64-Across

    6
    83
  33. 33
    BIAS

    16A A.C.L.U. target

    6
    80
  34. 34
    EMPIRE

    5D See 21-Across

    6
    26
  35. 35
    STREP

    22D Throat ailment, briefly

    5
    54
  36. 36
    DOTE

    6A Act the grandparent, perhaps

    4
    66
  37. 37
    DISH

    23D Provide the juicy bits

    4
    60
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    ZETA

    55A Epsilon follower

    4
    52
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    HUM

    57D Run smoothly

    4
    43
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    YIPS

    3D Athlete's sudden loss of ability, informally

    4
    33
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    RADAR

    25D Range of notice

    3
    75
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    SENSES

    27D Bad decision makers may have lost theirs

    3
    50
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    FEY

    52A Tina who won a Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

    3
    49
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    SINES

    45A Trig functions

    3
    28
  45. 45
    FLOG

    52D Whip

    3
    22
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    STRIDE

    33A Take big steps

    3
    19
  47. 47
    AFIRE

    24D Lit

    2
    60
  48. 48
    EOE

    59D Job listing inits.

    2
    54
  49. 49
    OSCARS

    44D Star-filled night

    2
    42
  50. 50
    THROE

    34D Difficult struggle

    2
    35
  51. 51
    JOSE

    1D "No way" man

    2
    27
  52. 52
    EVENER

    29D Less bumpy

    2
    24
  53. 53
    ISITME

    26D Insecure person's query

    2
    13
  54. 54
    STIHL

    33D Big name in chain saws

    2
    7
  55. 55
    YSER

    54D French/Belgian river

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    134
  56. 56
    SATES

    38D Provides enough for

    1
    42
  57. 57
    UNH

    40A The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A., for short

    1
    30
  58. 58
    STEINS

    45D Porter supporters?

    1
    22
  59. 59
    MTIDA

    47D Summit on Crete where Zeus was born

    1
    20
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    JOYCE

    1A Writer whose wife said he's a "genius, but what a dirty mind he has"

    1
    16
  61. 61
    OBTAIN

    10D Secure

    1
    15
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    NSF

    49D Agcy. that funds major research

    1
    12
  63. 63
    RESULT

    28D Consequence

    1
    12
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    AIRIER

    41A Less stuffy

    1
    10
  65. 65
    ODIUM

    14A Deep dislike

    0
    42
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    SEGAR

    65A E. C. ___, creator of Popeye

    0
    17
  67. 67
    LESOTHO

    43A Its capital is Maseru

    0
    10
  68. 68
    DIECI

    6D Italian ten

    0
    6
  69. 69
    LIAMNEESON

    11D Voicer of Aslan in "The Chronicles of Narnia"

    0
    2
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    TRESELEMENTS

    46A A number of chemical rarities in Madrid?

    0
    2
  71. 71
    DREIMARTINIS debut

    23A A number of cocktails in Berlin?

    0
    1
  72. 72
    FARNESE debut

    31A Palazzo ___, architectural gem of the Renaissance

    0
    1
  73. 73
    HUITFIELDS debut

    57A A number of grain-producing sites in Normandy?

    0
    1
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    SECHSTHERAPISTS debut

    37A A number of Freudians in Freiburg?

    0
    1
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    SEPTPIECES debut

    17A A number of stage items in a French play?

    0
    1
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    TECHSECTOR debut

    30D Part of the Dow

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    1