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Friday · 72 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ORCA

    17A Creature with a 17-month gestation period

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    RED

    46A Like Chianti

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    ESC

    4D "Exit full screen" button

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    EMU

    29A Layer of dark green eggs

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    HER

    53D "I'm with ___"

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    ODES

    48A Works toward one's passion?

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    AMP

    55D Product from Fender

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    193
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    YEN

    9D Kyoto cash

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    212
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    EMT

    40A Checker of vitals, for short

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    188
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    BOA

    21A That's a wrap!

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    OUR

    41A ___ Lady (Virgin Mary's title)

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    INRE

    54A About

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    ALES

    2D Public house options

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    TOT

    14D Young 'un

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    DAD

    39D Stereotypical teller of a groan-worthy joke

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    RAD

    56D "Sick, dude!"

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    NOIR

    38D Film ___

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    TOSS

    18A Eject

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    SHED

    52D Take off

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    BAT

    21D Card holding?

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    128
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    NYSE

    59A Org. that rings a bell

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    113
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    SPAM

    10A Send a bunch of messages to, say

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    125
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    DORA

    49D Cartoon pal of the monkey Boots

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    TUBA

    27D Big brass

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    CLOT

    32D Curdle

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    TOME

    19A "The way I see it ..."

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    PEW

    28A Something shared by churchgoers

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    UPDO

    51D Prom coif

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    46
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    GONG

    50D Bit of percussion

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    OLAV

    57A Viking king of note

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    98
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    PEEVE

    45D Cause of irritation

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    48
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    SOBER

    47A Clearheaded

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    44
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    PEEK

    23D Something you shouldn't do around Christmas

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    SNOB

    33A One quick to pass judgment

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    MEDS

    3D Contents of some childproof containers, for short

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    40
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    DNATEST

    42A 23andMe service

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    21
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    CAPO

    1D Crime boss

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    POUT

    34D Something you shouldn't do around Christmas

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    29
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    AFLOAT

    6D Financially O.K.

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    SCOOT

    10D Skedaddle

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    31
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    INPUT

    30A It gets typed

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    SOWN

    20D Planted

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    CURB

    15A Keep in check

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    SWUM

    7D Like some Olympic races

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    SOPHS

    20A Many P.S.A.T. takers, for short

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    CAMERASHY

    1A Afraid of getting shot

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    LADE

    36A Put on

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    QUA

    31D Acting as

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    DRESSY

    42D Black-tie

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    DOZEN

    39A Dirty or daily follower

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    GUSH

    50A Effuse

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    RESPITE

    44A Breather

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  53. 53
    ROOTON

    5D Cheer for

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    SPOTLIT

    22A Drew attention to

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    4
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    ARCHIMEDES

    12D Pioneer in hydrostatics

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    3
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    FIREOPAL debut

    35D Brilliantly colored gemstone

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    3
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    MARSLANDER debut

    58A NASA's InSight probe, for one

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    2
  58. 58
    NESTLE

    43D Company that makes Coffee-mate

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    48
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    PARANOIA

    37A "There is no literature and art without ___": Thomas Pynchon

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    APOSTROPHE

    55A Character in "All's Well That Ends Well" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

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    HOMESPUN

    8D Folksy

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    INNAMEONLY

    25D Theoretically, but not actually

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    4
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    PURPLEHAZE

    11D #2 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time"

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    DISTANT

    24A Aloof

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    SPORTSBRAS

    26D Supports for some athletes

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    TALESOFWOE

    14A Sob stories

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    3
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    DISPERSION

    24D Scattering of things

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    OPEDCOLUMN

    16A Slanted writing

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    MBASTUDENT debut

    13D Many an aspiring exec, academically

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    PFUNK debut

    34A Music style associated with George Clinton, informally

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    PLAYEDGOD debut

    60A Acted omnipotent

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    QUENCHED debut

    31A Rapidly cooled, as metal

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