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Thursday · 78 answers · 9 debuts

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

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    ERA

    43A Depression-___

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    791
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    EST

    33A It's often rough: Abbr.

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    428
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    ORE

    24D Galena, for one

    48
    581
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    ANT

    44D Aesop character

    45
    401
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    SNL

    54A Show with a record 200+ Emmy noms

    40
    263
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    ETAL

    68A Series curtailer: Abbr.

    32
    327
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    ONES

    47A "Madness in great ___ must not unwatch'd go": "Hamlet"

    28
    295
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    STEP

    72A Choreographer's concern

    25
    229
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    YEN

    38D Aching

    24
    212
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    SAP

    25D Deplete (of)

    24
    194
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    REP

    45A Part of a workout routine

    23
    192
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    TWO

    34D Derek Jeter, for the Yankees

    19
    165
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    ESL

    42D Subj. for a diplomat, maybe

    18
    153
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    NAP

    48A Be out for a bit?

    17
    192
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    SAC

    25A Egg ___

    17
    167
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    OATS

    61D Stable stuff

    17
    133
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    RENT

    17A Studio figure

    16
    190
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    DATA

    65A Facts and figures

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    157
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    AYE

    31D A raised hand might indicate it

    13
    162
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    ALTA

    30A Utah ski town

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    124
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    LAY

    29A Was idle

    13
    90
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    OPTS

    1A Decides one way or the other

    12
    132
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    AXIS

    14A x, y or z follower

    12
    109
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    MOE

    32A "The Simpsons" character who wears a bow tie at work

    11
    149
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    NOW

    27D Common cue

    11
    116
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    STAG

    62D ___ party

    10
    168
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    ESTATE

    8D Subject of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard"

    9
    125
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    AWARE

    15A Tuned in

    9
    95
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    LINE

    7D "y = 2x," e.g.

    8
    112
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    BALE

    5A Assemble in a field, say

    8
    84
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    ANGER

    67A Tick off

    7
    75
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    FORE

    13A "Look out!"

    7
    60
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    USED

    70A ___ car

    6
    165
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    REAM

    66A Stack of sheets

    6
    113
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    USDA

    69A Letters on a stamp

    6
    83
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    SMUG

    9A Like know-it-alls

    6
    42
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    SIDLE

    64A Move furtively, in a way

    5
    40
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    AXES

    6D Scraps

    4
    72
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    HUM

    20D Run smoothly

    4
    43
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    COUNT

    21A Mean something

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    12
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    NEHRU

    28D ___ jacket

    3
    71
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    ATLANTA

    55A Chattahoochee River city

    3
    50
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    CONAN

    18A TBS show starting in 2010

    3
    47
  44. 44
    FLIP

    16A Turn over

    3
    38
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    SWOON

    9D Faint

    3
    30
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    NASSAU

    48D Island capital named for a European royal house

    3
    29
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    WHY

    37A Question raised by four squares in this puzzle?

    3
    27
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    MANUAL

    10D Guide

    3
    19
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    AILED

    56D Had a 58-Down, e.g.

    2
    38
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    SEPTA

    4D BART : San Francisco :: ___ : Philadelphia

    2
    28
  51. 51
    TANDEM

    52D What two people may ride in

    2
    19
  52. 52
    DOR

    53D "Le Coq ___"

    1
    50
  53. 53
    TOENAIL

    23A Polish target

    1
    16
  54. 54
    TRIFECTA

    3D First, second and third, exactly

    1
    11
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    PENPALS

    46D Some foreign correspondents

    1
    8
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    GENTLY

    12D How the boat goes down the stream, in a children's song

    1
    5
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    SKEIN

    59A Fabric store purchase

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    32
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    URANIA

    11D Muse invoked in "Paradise Lost"

    0
    23
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    NOVAE

    57A Astronomers' sightings

    0
    21
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    VIRUS

    58D Bug

    0
    14
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    MSGS

    71A What blinks on a telephone may signify: Abbr.

    0
    13
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    ATKINS

    49D ___ diet

    0
    9
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    RENEGADE

    41D Deserter of a cause

    0
    9
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    PLEDGE

    50D Word

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    8
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    BAREXAM

    5D Legal hurdle?

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    6
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    BEAUX

    22A Lover boys

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    4
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    INSANEST

    40D Most nuts

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    4
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    MANNERS

    26A Keeping elbows off the table, e.g.

    0
    4
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    UNTUNED

    51A A bit sharp, maybe

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    3
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    ACCESSCHICKENROAD debut

    15D Highway adjacent to a throughway

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    1
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    CHICKENROADMAP debut

    63D Plan for achieving a long-term goal

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    1
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    CHICKENROADOFTHESEA debut

    19A StarKist competitor

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    1
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    CHICKENROADRUNNER debut

    36D Noted Warner Bros. toon

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    1
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    CHICKENROADWIRE debut

    39A Coop material

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    1
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    NOSPRINGCHICKENROAD debut

    60A Person getting up there in years

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    1
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    OFFCHICKENROAD debut

    1D Where all-terrain vehicles go

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    1
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    PLAYCHICKENROAD debut

    35A Risk mutual destruction, say

    0
    1
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    POLOBALL debut

    2D It's hit with a mallet

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    1