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Friday · 73 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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    ERE

    40A Poetic preposition

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    602
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    SEA

    42D "He who holds the ___ must be master of the empire": Cicero

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    370
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    ACNE

    25D Result of an oil surplus

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    233
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    AMI

    12D French toast maker, maybe

    29
    302
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    EROS

    2D Love symbol that names another love symbol if you move the first letter to the end

    28
    321
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    NEED

    15D "No ___"

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    214
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    SPOT

    39A Help in a gym

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    153
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    OTTO

    53D Palindromic man's name

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    273
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    EDS

    60D Story assigners, in brief

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    230
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    ELMO

    54A Monster of TV

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    174
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    SAO

    41D ___ Jorge (one of the Azores)

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    171
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    ROSA

    46A Santa ___

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    137
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    MELEE

    29D Word from the French for "mixed"

    10
    94
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    MICA

    55D It's flaky

    10
    74
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    PSAT

    19A College Board offering, for short

    9
    106
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    DODO

    21A Nincompoop

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    87
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    SEOUL

    32D Summer Olympics host before Barcelona

    8
    40
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    ZIT

    26D 25-Down unit

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    60
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    DELETE

    38A X

    7
    48
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    ZEE

    36A Small slice of pizza?

    6
    93
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    HASP

    1D Part of a locker

    6
    73
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    MAYA

    50D Itzamna worshipers

    5
    46
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    WWI

    59D Teens fight, for short

    5
    34
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    ESME

    48A Salinger title girl

    4
    87
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    RANG

    52D Requested service

    4
    74
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    SHOT

    49D Completely ruined

    4
    74
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    PREEN

    7D Show vanity, in a way

    4
    53
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    LEERY

    20A Guarded

    4
    52
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    SCREW

    27D Thread holder

    4
    45
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    GEARS

    47A They have strong teeth

    4
    29
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    RAVE

    37A Party hearty

    3
    115
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    ENDO

    14D Prefix with sperm

    3
    79
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    CLARA

    28D Santa ___

    3
    62
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    ETDS

    48D Some sked predictions

    3
    46
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    EVERS

    30D Civil rights icon Medgar

    3
    38
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    PPS

    23D Certain letter addendum, for short

    3
    27
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    DAZE

    24A Foggy condition

    2
    50
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    TROUT

    51A Prey for an eagle or bear

    2
    37
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    TYRO

    16D Veteran's opposite

    2
    33
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    CLOTS

    34A Stops streaming

    2
    11
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    RIPEN

    22A Age

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    42
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    GUSTO

    47D Spirit

    1
    31
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    ODED

    56D Had too much, in brief

    1
    31
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    SEVERE

    41A Draconian

    1
    19
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    INITIATE

    4D Kick-start

    1
    14
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    SCRAPS

    27A They go to the dogs

    1
    14
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    CFC

    5D Banned pollutant, for short

    1
    11
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    MEASLY

    45A Hardly generous

    1
    8
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    RONDEL

    13D 14-line poem with only two rhymes

    1
    6
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    ENTR

    9D ___'acte

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    53
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    DEBS

    38D Eugene in labor history

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    36
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    TOPE

    8D Have a large quantity of liquor

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    25
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    SUD

    58D Dijon-to-Lyon direction

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    20
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    OODLES

    6D A large quantity

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    15
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    METHOD

    45D Kind of acting

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    10
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    STAUB

    42A Ex-Expo Rusty

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    10
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    SETBY

    33D Save for later

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    9
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    BRETON

    44D Native of NW France

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    5
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    STARESAT

    39D Gives a blank look

    0
    5
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    LEVANT

    35A Part of ISIL

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    3
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    REHYDRATE

    10D Drink after a race, say

    0
    3
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    DOYOUWANTTODANCE

    61A 1958 Bobby Freeman hit covered by the Beach Boys and the Ramones

    0
    2
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    LEVIATHAN

    35D Giant

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    2
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    PSF

    11D Pressure meas.

    0
    2
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    ARUNFORONESMONEY debut

    17A Serious competition

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    1
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    EZPASSLANE debut

    31D Quick way through a toll plaza

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    1
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    HELICOPTERPARENT debut

    1A Someone who cares too much?

    0
    1
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    LUNARROVER debut

    3D Moon buggy

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    1
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    MERCILESS debut

    29A Unrelenting

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    1
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    SONICDEPTHFINDER debut

    18A It sends waves through waves

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    1
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    STANDINGOODSTEAD debut

    62A Be beneficial to

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    1
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    THATSWHATSHESAID debut

    57A Sophomoric rejoinder

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    1
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    WARBABIES debut

    43A Deliveries in the early 1940s

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    1