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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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    ALE

    28A Draft choice

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    570
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    ODE

    16A Words of homage

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    523
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    ASS

    58A Numbskull

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    409
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    USE

    54D Exploit

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    356
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    LEO

    56A Sign of summer

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    268
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    NTH

    3D Kind of root in math

    30
    251
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    TAR

    27A Bluejacket

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    351
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    ELK

    42A Cougar prey

    25
    207
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    TIS

    27D Christmas song contraction

    24
    222
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    YEN

    52D Currency adopted after the Meiji Restoration

    24
    212
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    ION

    40A ___ gun (sci-fi weapon)

    23
    258
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    BOA

    36D Diva's accessory

    21
    168
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    EEK

    59A "Yikes!"

    19
    163
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    TRY

    7D Test

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    180
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    KEN

    31D Knowledge

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    144
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    LAP

    11A Circuit

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    152
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    ORG

    53D ___ chart

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    108
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    AMO

    2D Latin lover's word

    13
    152
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    HAM

    8A Spotlight hog

    13
    144
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    INIT

    29A Still competing

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    117
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    TOGA

    48D ___ party

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    115
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    APNEA

    23D Breathing problem

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    ERRED

    33D Made a faux pas

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    78
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    TEASE

    32D Rib

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    127
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    GEAR

    41A Paraphernalia

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    119
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    ALTAR

    39D Place where one is encouraged to swear?

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    124
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    SOP

    20A Conciliatory offering

    10
    105
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    TAJ

    1D ___ Express (train from Delhi to Agra)

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    81
  29. 29
    AVOID

    9D Circumvent

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    72
  30. 30
    BUM

    30D Depress, with "out"

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    41
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    FDA

    43A Medication-regulating org.

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    97
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    APRON

    26A Part of a stage

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    60
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    IND

    49A Neighbor of Ky.

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    99
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    DER

    37A Essen article

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    115
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    BIZ

    30A Show ___

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    35
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    UPI

    51D Longtime news inits.

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    GIL

    55A Baseball great Hodges

    2
    56
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    PEPA

    13D Hip-hop's Salt-N-___

    2
    17
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    TEXASTEA

    48A *Oil, jocularly

    2
    11
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    OVERALL

    50A Generally

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    8
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    WORSE

    44A "I've seen ___"

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    34
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    LEVIS

    45D ___ Stadium, home of the 49ers

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    24
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    SALAAM

    38A Respectful greeting

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    21
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    MAIDS

    22D Octet in "The 12 Days of Christmas"

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    19
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    LATEFEE

    45A Visa problem

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    16
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    FAULT

    19D Crack in the crust

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    13
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    INRANGE

    60A Reachable

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    12
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    GONDOLA

    41D Ski slope sight

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    10
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    BAKESALE

    35D Common fund-raiser

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    7
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    UPTOYOU

    51A *"I don't care either way"

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    6
  51. 51
    BUSYBEE debut

    35A *Sort with a full schedule

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    3
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    RIPEN

    47D Grow red, say

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    41
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    DEP

    34A Bank statement abbr.

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    27
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    FTLEE

    46D N.J. city on the Hudson

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    18
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    NEAPS

    6D Occurrences during half-moons

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    17
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    IVO

    15A 1961 Literature Nobelist Andric

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    13
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    MATHIS

    22A Johnny who sang on the duet "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"

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    9
  58. 58
    WINTER

    44D Perpetual period in Narnia in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"

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    9
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    RINSED

    47A Obeyed an order at the dentist's

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    8
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    CHINASEA

    21A *It's west of Okinawa

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    7
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    HIGHER

    8D Word before calling or learning

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    7
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    TANGENT

    1A 1, for 45°

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    7
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    ENJOIN

    5D Legally prohibit

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    5
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    FEELOK

    43D "How ya holdin' up?"

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    5
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    CRAZYIDEA

    21D Surprisingly, it just might work

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    4
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    JOHNJAY

    17A *First Supreme Court chief justice

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    4
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    PEELERS

    57A Kitchen tools

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    4
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    REDBULL

    25A Beverage that contains taurine

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    4
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    ADUEL

    12D Challenge to ___

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    3
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    KSTATE debut

    31A The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference, informally

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    3
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    MOONBASE

    10D Hypothetical settlement

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    3
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    GUNSHOT

    4D Crime show sound effect

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    2
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    AMTUNER debut

    14A Radio component

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    1
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    GOOFSUP debut

    18A Bungles

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    1
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    LOSSLEADERS debut

    11D Big bargains, maybe

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    1
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    TRIPLEAXELS debut

    24D Jumps rarely attempted in women's figure skating

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    1