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Thursday · 78 answers · 2 debuts

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

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    AREA

    23A See 60-Down

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    SNL

    42A Weekly 90-min. TV show

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    ASIA

    50A 17+ million square miles of the earth

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    350
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    ARTS

    48A Black ___ (voodoo and such)

    31
    222
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    EROS

    66A "The great binder and loosener," per Jung

    28
    321
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    STEM

    28A Asparagus, mostly

    26
    228
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    ORC

    14A Tolkien creature

    26
    128
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    TIS

    39A "___ my first night beneath the Sun" (Dickinson poem)

    24
    222
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    TSK

    67A "For shame!"

    23
    189
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    ASP

    26D "Cleopatra" prop

    22
    265
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    REST

    60D With 23-Across, picnic table locale

    22
    256
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    NAS

    32D "Cherry Wine" rapper, 2012

    21
    122
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    EBB

    36A Go down

    20
    182
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    HAS

    1A Doesn't lose

    19
    175
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    TUTU

    39D Frilly garment

    12
    96
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    ISSUE

    41D Something to debate

    12
    89
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    UNTO

    53A Biblical preposition

    11
    143
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    BEN

    37D Big thing in London?

    10
    122
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    STERN

    7D Finger-wagging, say

    10
    113
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    TAOS

    25D Southwestern ski resort

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    103
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    ASHEN

    45A Pale

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    128
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    TASTE

    21D Sense of style

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    117
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    OSAKA

    56D Home of Panasonic

    8
    82
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    VIA

    70A Timetable word

    7
    145
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    WES

    62D Director Anderson

    7
    113
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    FRAT

    15A ___ party

    7
    78
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    TOSCA

    29D Opera that takes place in 1800 and premiered in 1900

    7
    76
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    FORE

    18A Anterior

    7
    60
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    LEFT

    69A Split

    7
    56
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    MOPE

    35A Be down

    7
    45
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    GMC

    8D Sierra and Canyon maker

    7
    41
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    CRUX

    43A Heart

    7
    40
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    TITLE

    40A Featherweight champion of the world, e.g.

    6
    94
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    DONE

    27A "You got it!"

    6
    66
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    SCARE

    3D It might make you start

    6
    49
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    SANTA

    24A Answer to "Who wears a long cap on his head?," in song

    5
    119
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    FDA

    17A Grp. known as the Bureau of Chemistry from 1901 to 1927

    5
    97
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    OAFS

    4A Klutzes

    5
    72
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    OFFS

    4D "Takes care of"

    5
    51
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    ARIES

    38A Courageous and energetic sort, they say

    4
    121
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    ASTIR

    50D Bustling

    4
    77
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    CTA

    64A Windy City rail inits.

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    35
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    PIKE

    63A Pointy-headed fish

    4
    33
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    SIDES

    22A Debaters take them

    4
    25
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    AROUSE

    5D Vivify

    3
    58
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    OREIDA

    10D Frozen food brand

    3
    44
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    MIX

    35D Not remain aloof

    3
    41
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    RAHS

    9D Stadium sounds

    3
    40
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    PASSE

    13D Out of style

    2
    72
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    ARDOR

    2D Vim

    2
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    ATTIRE

    48D Raiment

    2
    56
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    SETAT

    31D Attack

    2
    40
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    PONY

    58D Kind of keg

    2
    28
  54. 54
    HOFFA

    1D Labor leader played by Jack Nicholson in a 1992 biopic

    2
    16
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    TUTSI

    55D East African people

    2
    16
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    RRS

    44D Norfolk Southern and others: Abbr.

    1
    93
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    STAMP

    57A Impress

    1
    50
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    IMPEL

    52D Drive

    1
    49
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    INLINE

    65A Squaring (with)

    1
    13
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    NEWTO

    32A Unfamiliar with

    1
    13
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    GROWUP

    8A Response to a sophomoric joke

    1
    5
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    WILLIAMTELL

    34D Apple employer, once?

    1
    4
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    FARMTEAM

    6D AA group

    1
    3
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    SUITE

    51A Certain Bach composition

    0
    30
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    MARINA

    16A Spot for a yacht

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    19
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    RELAYS

    68A 4 x 100 and others

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    13
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    CHESTS

    19A Holders of toys

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    12
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    NBCTV

    54D 42-Across airer

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    10
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    REEKOF

    49D Smell like

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    7
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    GAMBIA

    47D Its capital is an Atlantic port

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    6
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    ASSAMTEA

    30A Indian beverage

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    3
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    ERNESTINE

    33D Lily Tomlin's "one ringy-dingy" character on old TV

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    3
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    FORTSUMTER

    20A Site of a famous opening shot

    0
    3
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    WISDOMTEETH

    11D Ones down in the mouth?

    0
    3
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    ELGART

    46A "Bandstand Boogie" bandleader Larry

    0
    2
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    UNTENABLE

    12D Like something that can't be defended

    0
    2
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    MTEREBUS debut

    59A Southernmost active volcano in the world ... or a cryptic hint to certain squares in this puzzle

    0
    1
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    TIMTEBOW debut

    61A 2007 Heisman winner who went on to play for the Broncos

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    1