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Friday · 70 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    ASH

    5D Last name of cosmetics giant Mary Kay

    50
    458
  2. 2
    ADS

    41A Circular parts

    46
    325
  3. 3
    NET

    60D Court divider

    38
    377
  4. 4
    DNA

    58D Helicases split it

    37
    260
  5. 5
    AMI

    21D Follower of bon or mon

    29
    302
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    INN

    32A Super 8, e.g.

    27
    258
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    NEON

    53D Superbright

    24
    219
  8. 8
    REM

    28A Nocturnal acronym

    19
    158
  9. 9
    OLGA

    20A 2008 Bond girl Kurylenko

    15
    133
  10. 10
    PAIR

    19A Unexciting poker holding

    13
    87
  11. 11
    HEM

    33D Bottom line?

    12
    136
  12. 12
    CIAO

    6D "See ya"

    12
    117
  13. 13
    ROSA

    56A Santa ___, Calif.

    11
    137
  14. 14
    LAPSE

    48D Small slip

    10
    60
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    SID

    35D Tom Sawyer's half brother

    9
    77
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    BEEN

    9D Has-___

    7
    51
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    EDSEL

    23A Car once promoted with the line "The thrill starts with the grille"

    6
    122
  18. 18
    MAS

    43D More, in México

    6
    111
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    PADRE

    4D Giant competitor

    6
    53
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    ASWAN

    10D Source of stone used to build the ancient Egyptian pyramids

    6
    46
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    PAC

    44A Campaign aid

    5
    82
  22. 22
    ATHENA

    63A Acropolis figure

    5
    60
  23. 23
    OHMS

    25A Speaker units

    5
    60
  24. 24
    NONA

    27A Prefix with -gon

    5
    17
  25. 25
    NELL

    47A "The Old Curiosity Shop" girl

    4
    78
  26. 26
    ASSERT

    45D Put forth

    4
    44
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    HAREM

    33A Group of female seals

    3
    45
  28. 28
    SUEZ

    54A Gulf of ___

    3
    29
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    EXOTICA

    29A Strange things

    3
    16
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    REAPER

    1D One going against the grain?

    3
    14
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    DAFT

    49A Touched

    2
    56
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    RAPID

    40A The "R" of 28-Across

    2
    38
  33. 33
    MARSH

    50A Rail center?

    2
    36
  34. 34
    SCRAPE

    26D Scuffle

    2
    30
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    GROAN

    52A Express stress, in a way

    2
    29
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    NYS

    8D Buffalo's home: Abbr.

    2
    21
  37. 37
    YESIDO

    16A Emphatic admission

    2
    12
  38. 38
    TUCSON

    61A City nicknamed "The Old Pueblo"

    2
    11
  39. 39
    NBAJAM

    8A Classic arcade game with lots of shooting

    2
    7
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    CHARMS

    46D Enamors

    2
    6
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    NAGAT

    22A Bedevil

    1
    29
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    NEMESES

    42A Formidable opponents

    1
    24
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    ZEKE

    55D "The Wizard of Oz" farmhand

    1
    20
  44. 44
    AREWE

    51D "___ done now?"

    1
    13
  45. 45
    RUSSIA

    34A Powerhouse in Olympic weightlifting

    1
    12
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    EBENEZER

    59A Jacob's partner in "A Christmas Carol"

    1
    6
  47. 47
    KABLOOEY debut

    7D Bad way to go

    1
    2
  48. 48
    MONTANA

    13D Joe known as "The Comeback Kid"

    0
    12
  49. 49
    XRATED

    30D For adults only

    0
    12
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    LEADIN

    24D Show immediately preceding another

    0
    10
  51. 51
    AUTISM

    31D Special-education challenge

    0
    8
  52. 52
    TRUISM

    3D "What's past is past," e.g.

    0
    8
  53. 53
    RATPACK

    1A Group in the original "Ocean's 11"

    0
    7
  54. 54
    ABUDHABI

    17A First world capital, alphabetically

    0
    6
  55. 55
    ADOANNIE

    12D Musical "girl who cain't say no"

    0
    6
  56. 56
    DETECTS

    64A Spots

    0
    6
  57. 57
    PROZAC

    44D O.C.D. fighter, maybe

    0
    6
  58. 58
    TASTEBUD

    38D It could be on the tip of your tongue

    0
    6
  59. 59
    ORDEROUT

    36D Request for food delivery

    0
    5
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    EURASIAN

    14A Like Istanbul

    0
    4
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    GROMIT

    39A Animated character who graduated from Dogwarts University

    0
    4
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    NOSLOUCH

    37D Someone who's pretty darn good

    0
    4
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    SEWNON

    18A Like clothes buttons, generally

    0
    4
  64. 64
    GANGSTA

    39D ___ rap

    0
    3
  65. 65
    AUBADE

    2D Poem greeting the dawn

    0
    2
  66. 66
    JINGOISM debut

    11D Flag-waving and such

    0
    2
  67. 67
    LUKEWARM

    62A So-so, as support

    0
    2
  68. 68
    SOUPED

    57A Juiced (up)

    0
    2
  69. 69
    NIGHTMAREFUEL debut

    15D Cause of bad dreams, in modern lingo

    0
    1
  70. 70
    ONEDAYATATIME debut

    36A Gradually

    0
    1