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Thursday · 76 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ETS

    67A Letters for college applicants

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  2. 2
    LET

    68A Result of imperfect service

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    288
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    ONCE

    58D Start of a reminiscence

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    OIL

    33D Application for the Mr. Universe contest?

    27
    282
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    ADD

    59A Mix in

    27
    224
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    ETTA

    29A James who sang "At last, my love has come along ..."

    23
    254
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    TED

    31D Colleague of Mary, Murray and Lou on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"

    22
    245
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    TRIO

    37D Donald Duck's nephews, e.g.

    21
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    SKI

    3D Go downhill fast

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    180
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    SEW

    60D Darn, e.g.

    20
    169
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    SEGA

    6D Company in the book "Console Wars"

    20
    118
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    CCS

    1A Keeps in the loop, in a way

    20
    98
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    UAE

    14A Its capital is Abu Dhabi, for short

    20
    90
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    AIL

    62D Be in bad shape

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    191
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    REEL

    23D Stagger

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    AER

    56D ___ Lingus

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    RNS

    12D Co-workers of M.D.s

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    126
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    DARE

    42A One choice in a party game

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    INRE

    65A About

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    DEA

    17D Govt. agency that combats smuggling

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    124
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    MEMO

    32A Posting on an office bulletin board

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    CUE

    64A Prompt

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    140
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    ISM

    19A Doctrine

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    ELIA

    20A Lamb in literature

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    213
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    AGEE

    26A Pulitzer Prize winner for "A Death in the Family"

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    201
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    SOY

    34A ___ sauce

    10
    107
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    BERET

    30A Headwear in a Prince hit

    10
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    OBIE

    58A Award from the American Theater Wing

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    121
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    LEASE

    43A Home pages?

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    BRER

    24D ___ Fox

    8
    69
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    LOOFA

    8D Bathtub item

    6
    29
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    SHERA

    27A Animated Princess of Power

    6
    22
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    CRAG

    52A Climber's challenge

    5
    62
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    YAY

    25D "Woo-hoo!"

    5
    53
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    QBS

    4A Ones making passing judgments, for short?

    5
    29
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    NECK

    38D Make out

    4
    64
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    EFILE

    21A Not pay taxes by mail

    4
    33
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    SIDEB

    49A "I'm Down" vis-à-vis "Help!"

    4
    29
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    ALINE

    54D Dress style

    3
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    IONIAN

    15A ___ Sea, body of water between Sicily and Greece

    3
    12
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    FBILAB

    13D Facility at Quantico

    3
    6
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    ELNINO

    63A Producer of rain

    2
    71
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    LIV

    39D Tyler of "The Lord of the Rings"

    2
    47
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    EMBED

    28D Journalist in a military unit

    2
    33
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    LBJ

    39A Potus #36

    2
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    IROC

    47A Car named after an automotive competition

    2
    31
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    ARIADNE

    44D She helped Theseus navigate the Labyrinth

    2
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    ENDIVE

    9D Salad green

    2
    18
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    STUDIO

    60A Apartment type

    2
    16
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    NOBRADAY debut

    61A Annual event to support breast cancer awareness ... or a hint to answering 16-, 22-, 24-, 35-, 53- and 55-Across

    2
    3
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    SHELF

    57A Mantelpiece, e.g.

    1
    33
  52. 52
    BANISH

    5D Exile

    1
    15
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    FOLK

    13A Genre at the Grammys

    1
    15
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    CLEVER

    7A Witty

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    12
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    BRIBES

    51D Payments made with a wink, maybe

    1
    10
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    CORSAGE

    1D Wrist attachment

    1
    8
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    LABRATS

    22A Upper body muscles, for short

    1
    8
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    CINERAMA

    7D Precursor to IMAX

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    6
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    EGGDYE

    46D Easter supply

    1
    6
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    SANDART debut

    45D Seaside sculpture, say

    1
    4
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    FASTFOOD

    36D Burgers and fries, typically

    1
    3
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    LEFTBRAIN

    35A Didn't delete

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    3
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    CLAMBER debut

    2D Scale awkwardly, with "up"

    1
    2
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    CREDIT

    48D Give recognition

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    QUILTS

    4D Collections of patches, say

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    WETTED

    66A Dampened

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    BRISTLE

    40D Visibly take offense

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    5
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    NODOGS

    18A Sign at some beaches

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    4
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    VIOLETS

    10D State flowers of Rhode Island, Illinois and New Jersey

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    4
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    BRAIDING

    16A Picking out of a lineup, e.g.

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    2
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    BRAKING

    55A Chess piece

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    2
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    EAGERTO

    11D Enthusiastically gonna

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    2
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    VIBRATO

    53A First name in "The Godfather"

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    2
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    BRAVERY debut

    24A Extremely

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    1
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    EBBOUT debut

    50D Flow away from the shore

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    1
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    JOBHUNT debut

    41D Activity for many a senior

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    1