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Thursday · 74 answers · 1 debut

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

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    ERR

    38D Goof

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    SPOT

    50D Difficult situation

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    153
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    AHEM

    42A "Uh, excuse me"

    23
    171
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    NENE

    13D Endangered state bird

    23
    140
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    OTTO

    30A "The Simpsons" bus driver

    22
    273
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    OTS

    30D They may follow buzzers, for short

    21
    128
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    PER

    1D According to

    19
    270
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    EMMA

    14A Literary matchmaker

    19
    173
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    ESPN

    62A FiveThirtyEight.com owner

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    154
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    NANA

    4D Mom's mom

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    142
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    IAM

    54D Cartesian conclusion

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    127
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    LIP

    55D Sass

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    136
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    OTTER

    32D Den : bear :: holt : ___

    15
    165
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    SAL

    22A Paradise in "On the Road"

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    221
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    ORATE

    47D Give an address

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    196
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    ICES

    15A Clinches

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    120
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    LACE

    52D Castigate, with "into"

    14
    105
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    AUTO

    25D A camera may be set on it

    13
    165
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    NAME

    37D Handle

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    124
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    ASL

    8D Digital communication, for short?

    13
    90
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    AMY

    2D "Arrival" actress Adams

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    136
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    MRI

    27D Something a doc might order

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    126
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    AGEE

    58A James with a posthumous Pulitzer

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    201
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    ORIOLE

    51A Maryland state symbol

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    93
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    IDOLS

    12D Subjects of the Second Commandment

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    55
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    MOSS

    61A Velvety growth

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    60
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    DOHA

    5A Qatar's capital

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    38
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    TEENS

    60A Frigid temps

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    86
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    CPAS

    40A No. crunchers

    8
    76
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    CRY

    49A Get blubbery

    8
    76
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    YON

    56D Over there

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    82
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    OGLE

    18D Beach look?

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    200
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    PLATO

    53A Student of Socrates

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    46
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    UNIX

    28A Operating system developed at Bell Labs

    6
    43
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    SOT

    31A Barfly

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    152
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    TITAN

    11D Magnate

    5
    73
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    OFTEN

    57A In many cases

    5
    65
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    OCEANS

    6D Vast amounts

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    42
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    CLIO

    59A Award for Agency of the Year, e.g.

    4
    63
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    PAIN

    1A Tough person to tolerate

    4
    60
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    VENTI

    21D Starbucks specification

    4
    25
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    ODS

    39A Really binges, in brief

    3
    98
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    ATOI

    45D Yours, in Tours

    3
    52
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    LETON

    19A Pretend

    3
    49
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    HOAR

    29A Frost

    3
    41
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    TEDDY

    33D Child's bear

    3
    31
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    BRIDE

    16A One joining a union?

    3
    24
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    OPTIN

    9A Decide to join

    3
    19
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    IMALLEARS

    3D "Talk away"

    3
    8
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    RETD

    41A No longer serving: Abbr.

    2
    32
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    ROLFE

    46D John of colonial Jamestown

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    31
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    BONGO

    48D Beat it!

    2
    26
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    ROGEREBERT

    46A *Regent of film criticism?

    2
    6
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    SERIES

    43D 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 ..., e.g.

    1
    30
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    DINEIN

    5D Have a date night at home, say

    1
    4
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    PRETAX

    10D Like one line on a sales receipt

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    4
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    STEMCELLS

    31D Subject of some biomedical research

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    4
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    WRITES debut

    44D Pens

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    SCHMO

    22D Average guy

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    46
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    APERY

    36D Impressionism?

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    26
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    HEARD

    7D "Have you ___?"

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    25
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    ALOAD

    23D Tons

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    15
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    SORELY

    50A In the worst way

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    11
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    AGETEN

    42D When many kids start fifth grade

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    7
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    CLEMENS

    26A Seven-time Cy Young Award winner of the 1980s-2000s

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    6
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    MARIEANTOINETTE

    34A *Malady of French history?

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    6
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    VITALE

    21A Basketball sportscaster Dick

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    6
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    SWARMED

    43A Like rock stars among fans

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    5
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    ECHELONS

    35D Ranks

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    3
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    INITIALLY

    54A At the start ... or how the first two letters of each starred clue relate to the answer?

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    3
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    LAGEAR

    20A Shoe company based in Southern California

    0
    3
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    RYANONEAL

    17A *Roman of Hollywood?

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    3
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    LINDAEVANS

    24A *Legal acting in a 1980s prime-time soap opera?

    0
    2
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    OBLIVION

    9D The void

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    2