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Friday · 70 answers · 8 debuts

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

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    ALE

    34A Old Speckled Hen, for one

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    570
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    SPA

    48A Eponymous Belgian resort town

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    475
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    ODE

    23D Complimentary composition

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    523
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    ADS

    50D Trailers, e.g.

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    325
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    ASAP

    7D Urgent letters

    36
    300
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    ANA

    37D Largest carrier in Japan

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    367
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    STAR

    48D Competitor of Us Weekly

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    316
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    ORES

    30D Raw materials

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    244
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    OER

    3D "Jingle Bells" contraction

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    248
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    TRY

    14D Take a sip of

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    181
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    SENSE

    13D Impression

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    180
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    ASTI

    24D Wine town in Piedmont

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    224
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    SSE

    9D General direction of I-77: Abbr.

    15
    262
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    UDON

    17A Soup noodle

    15
    56
  15. 15
    LACE

    54A Something found near the tongue?

    14
    105
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    RISE

    47D Stop lying

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    150
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    LETS

    2D Agreeable answer to an invitation

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    106
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    AWES

    32D Astonishes

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    80
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    READ

    25D Follow the script

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    115
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    ELKS

    56A Group whose past members have included six U.S. presidents

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    103
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    ONME

    15A "This one's ___"

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    102
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    WIT

    52D Romeo's was "a most sharp sauce," per Shakespeare

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    88
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    SHIP

    44A Liner, e.g.

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    60
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    APPLE

    41D First U.S. company to be valued at $1 trillion

    8
    67
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    GAPE

    31D Look of astonishment

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    54
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    INDIA

    11D Setting for "Siddhartha"

    6
    85
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    CREPE

    38A Crinkly fabric

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    51
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    MURAL

    42D Certain street art

    6
    38
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    YDS

    18A Drapers' units: Abbr.

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    125
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    PECS

    49D Bodybuilder's pride

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    51
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    CRED

    1D Rep

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    36
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    SETON

    44D Determined about

    4
    53
  33. 33
    FOOD

    21A "Fish are friends, not ___" (line from "Finding Nemo")

    4
    32
  34. 34
    MIDAS

    27A Touchy sort?

    3
    38
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    TEASES

    40A Calls funny names, say

    3
    33
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    CREEL

    46A Fishing basket

    3
    23
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    PREK

    51A Like some early learning, for short

    3
    13
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    STRAW

    35A Dispenser item

    2
    59
  39. 39
    AMONG

    12D ___ friends

    2
    53
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    PUPAE

    45A Butterfly chrysalises, e.g.

    2
    15
  41. 41
    MOLDS

    27D Gets into shape?

    2
    14
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    AMSCRAY

    41A "Vamoose!"

    2
    9
  43. 43
    SIE

    53D You: Ger.

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    53
  44. 44
    GOAPE

    19A Wig out

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    31
  45. 45
    LENDS

    39A Provides, as aid

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    31
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    GAUL

    26D Caesar's conquest of 58-50 B.C.

    1
    26
  47. 47
    TIAS

    10A Madres' kin

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    24
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    SPECK

    43D Dot

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    20
  49. 49
    GRINS

    20A Friendly greetings

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    13
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    NOGOOD

    5D Reprobate

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    9
  51. 51
    ARGUED

    24A Made a case

    1
    8
  52. 52
    CANDYCANE

    29D Common Christmas decoration

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    7
  53. 53
    CURAD

    6D First-aid brand

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    7
  54. 54
    IDLEHANDS

    36A "The Devil's playthings"

    1
    7
  55. 55
    RETROGRADE debut

    16A Backward

    1
    3
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    TOURISTTRAP debut

    10D Times Square, you might say

    1
    2
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    WHOGOESTHERE debut

    4D Sentry's query

    1
    2
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    TAUNT

    33A Call mean names, say

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    23
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    THELMA

    40D J. J.'s sister on "Good Times"

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    15
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    SEANS

    28A ___ Bar, Ireland's oldest pub, dating to A.D. 900

    0
    14
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    CONESTOGA

    29A Pioneer mover

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    6
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    TEENAGERS

    57A Much of Generation Z, today

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    6
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    FOLIAGE

    22A Leaves

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    4
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    CLOWNCARS

    1A High-occupancy vehicles?

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    2
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    REDEFINES

    8D Adjusts the parameters of

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    2
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    WAITLISTED debut

    52A Like some college applicants

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    2
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    FUNNELCAKES debut

    21D Fair fare

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    1
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    GLASSCEILING debut

    20D Breaking it might be cause for celebration

    0
    1
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    INSOMNIACS debut

    55A Ones who find it difficult to go out?

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    1
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    TREEHOUSES debut

    14A Some high-rise constructions

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    1