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Tuesday · 78 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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    ATE

    5D Had dinner

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    USE

    29A Function

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    ALOE

    63A Common ingredient in lotions

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    TRI

    44A Prefix with athlete

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    237
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    USA

    32D Made in ___

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    261
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    ARTS

    3D The "A" of B.A.

    31
    222
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    SASS

    20A Talk back to

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    202
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    ACHE

    36D Aftereffect from working out

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    282
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    TSK

    9D "Naughty!"

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    189
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    TED

    31D Senator Cruz

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    245
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    SOSO

    41A Neither good nor bad

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    RTE

    45D GPS calculation: Abbr.

    20
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    OTIS

    1D Soul singer Redding

    20
    251
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    ADAM

    42A To whom God said "For dust you are and to dust you will return"

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    265
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    TUNA

    31A Chicken of the Sea product

    18
    112
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    ERIC

    59A With 2-Down, star of 2003's "Hulk"

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    251
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    AMOS

    15A "Famous" snack maker

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    180
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    LAP

    60D Once around the track

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    DIET

    18D Weight-loss program

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    96
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    AMINO

    7D ___ acid (protein builder)

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    ASKS

    58D Questions

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    141
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    MCS

    22D Show hosts, in brief

    13
    79
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    NERD

    57D Do 10 crosswords in a row, say, with "out"

    10
    159
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    NAM

    33D Place of service for John McCain, briefly

    10
    113
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    OPUS

    27D Grand work

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    96
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    IONE

    21A Actress Skye of "Say Anything ..."

    9
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    POSH

    10A Swanky

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    64
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    NEPAL

    30A Kathmandu's land

    8
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    THIS

    37D "___ ends here!" (fighting words)

    8
    68
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    TAROT

    14A Fortuneteller's deck

    7
    95
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    STRAP

    12D Bridle rein, e.g.

    7
    81
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    SIGH

    46D [Ah, me]

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    58
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    SWAT

    34A ___ team (police unit)

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    ITTY

    16A Teeny

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    38
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    YOSHI

    43A Nintendo character who hatches from an egg

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    18
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    OXEN

    56D Headstrong animals

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    CRAG

    54A Jagged cliff

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    INKS

    25D Signs, as a contract

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    61
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    PEGS

    65A Things to hang coats on

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    49
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    OBAMA

    1A President who ended "don't ask, don't tell"

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    ORNOT

    51D Words after "like it" and "ready"

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    64
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    TONER

    8D Photocopier powder

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    63
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    AGING

    49D Getting into a gray area?

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    39
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    BANA

    2D See 59-Across

    4
    25
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    MINK

    62A No-longer-fashionable fur

    4
    21
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    WISP

    35D Bit of smoke

    3
    51
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    MARIE

    48D ___ Antoinette

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    40
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    MILK

    23D Skim or 2%

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    27
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    OCULI

    50D Eyes: Lat.

    3
    25
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    IGOTIT

    25A "Let me take care of that"

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    18
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    YUAN

    24D Chinese money

    3
    18
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    HYPES

    13D Promotes, with "up"

    3
    15
  53. 53
    MCRAE

    22A Jazz vocalist Carmen ___

    3
    15
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    LAIC

    39D Of the flock

    2
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    BONA

    55A ___ fide

    2
    37
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    PITY

    66A "What a ___!" ("Too bad!")

    2
    37
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    CAROM

    6D Rebound on a pool table

    2
    36
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    TWERK

    64A Dance move added to the O.E.D. in 2015

    2
    10
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    OTERI

    11D Former "S.N.L." comic Cheri, whose last name rhymes with her first

    1
    52
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    DYNE

    40D Unit of force

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    48
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    BTW

    61D "Oh, before I forget ...," in a text

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    34
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    WENDS

    67A Meanders

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    11
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    SNOPES

    46A Website that investigates urban legends

    1
    6
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    KNUCKLESANDWICH

    38A Punch in the mouth, slangily

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    5
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    LUNCHBOXES debut

    60A Backpack containers where you can find the ends of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across

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    2
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    TERP

    19A Maryland athlete, for short

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    30
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    MOHS

    4D ___ scale (measure of hardness)

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    27
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    CATT

    6A Women's suffrage leader Carrie Chapman ___

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    20
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    HAGUE

    53A International court site, with "The"

    0
    19
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    BOWE

    55D Heavyweight champ Riddick

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    11
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    SHEMP

    47D Oldest of the Three Stooges

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    7
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    SMARTCOOKIE

    47A Bright sort

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    3
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    KACEY debut

    52D Singer Musgraves who won a 2013 Grammy for Best Country Album

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    2
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    MEMORYCHIPS

    23A Data storage devices

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    2
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    GENO debut

    26D Jets quarterback Smith

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    1
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    INTHEDRINK debut

    17A Overboard, to a sailor

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    1
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    PITCHESWOO debut

    10D Is a romancer, old-style

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    1
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    TACOTRUCKS debut

    28D Street vendors selling Mexican food

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    1