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Thursday · 76 answers · 7 debuts

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

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    ATE

    51A Downed a sub?

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    598
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    IRE

    27A Steam

    52
    498
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    ECO

    2D Writer Umberto ___

    42
    370
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    ICE

    34D Whack

    40
    391
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    ESAU

    63A Progenitor of the Edomites, in the Bible

    31
    245
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    STEM

    29D Pipe part

    26
    228
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    INCA

    33D Indigenous Peruvian

    23
    212
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    EGG

    26A Starting point for a platypus

    21
    206
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    TRIO

    18A Snap, Crackle and Pop, e.g.

    21
    204
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    AIDE

    62A Adjutant

    20
    192
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    EDAM

    60D Mild cheese

    19
    216
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    AWE

    64D Wow

    18
    238
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    OARS

    6D Rows

    16
    154
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    ACDC

    14A Band with a slash in its name

    15
    129
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    OMANI

    19A Dweller on the Arabian Sea

    15
    122
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    REAR

    44D Delivery door location, often

    14
    184
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    SCAN

    67A What optical readers do

    14
    149
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    AYES

    71A Pro side

    12
    99
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    JAB

    1D Dig, in a way

    12
    89
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    DEED

    41D Archived document

    11
    110
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    ONME

    22D "I'll spring for it"

    11
    102
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    TAX

    50A Put pressure on

    9
    83
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    USS

    65D ___ Constitution

    8
    110
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    ATBAT

    61A Diamond datum

    8
    91
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    STASH

    54D Supply that no one's supposed to find

    7
    63
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    VANE

    59D Provider of directions to a farmer

    7
    58
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    NOUN

    36A What you may call it?

    6
    97
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    LOTS

    5A Things kids sometimes draw

    6
    64
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    REGAL

    16A ___ Cinemas, second-largest theater chain in the U.S.

    6
    64
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    BOIL

    17A Be hot under the collar

    6
    53
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    ZION

    23D National park in Utah

    6
    41
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    SYNE

    25A Robert Burns's "since"

    5
    87
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    NITE

    40D Time of day, in ads

    4
    71
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    HAMS

    70A Far from subtle actors

    4
    44
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    AGATES

    11D Banded stones

    4
    35
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    KING

    21D Powerful checker

    4
    35
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    JEEP

    1A Wrangler, for one

    4
    30
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    MISSES

    30A Is nostalgic for

    4
    13
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    SEWN

    31D Basted, e.g.

    3
    55
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    THANE

    66A Old Scottish title

    3
    46
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    DAWN

    15A Occur to, with "on"

    3
    37
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    LEGATO

    47D Opposite of staccato

    3
    30
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    AXED

    46D Fired

    2
    77
  44. 44
    SAWS

    68A Staples of "Poor Richard's Almanack"

    2
    45
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    MASC

    53A Like the German article "der": Abbr.

    2
    40
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    WIND

    38A Air condition?

    2
    23
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    CHICA

    55D Second-longest-running Broadway musical ever (after "The Phantom of the Opera")

    2
    11
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    RUNT

    35D Littlest piggy

    1
    41
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    ERL

    52A Goethe's "The ___-King"

    1
    15
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    SNOWY

    8D Having a white blanket

    1
    11
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    TWITS

    7D Jerks

    1
    11
  52. 52
    GLOBAL

    49D Universal

    1
    8
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    IDARESAY

    39D "My assumption is ..."

    1
    8
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    PRAMS

    9A Carriages in Kew Gardens

    1
    8
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    TEARED

    56A Welled (up)

    1
    8
  56. 56
    ECU

    37A S. Amer. land

    0
    51
  57. 57
    REMO

    10D San ___, Italy

    0
    43
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    ORDO

    24D Latin word on a dollar bill

    0
    15
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    OSLER

    69A Sir William ___, medical pioneer

    0
    14
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    NTS

    28A Some Windows systems

    0
    13
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    MANAGE

    12D Get along

    0
    12
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    AMMETER

    43D Current device

    0
    10
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    PCLAB

    4D School tech class site

    0
    10
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    SLINGS

    13D Babies in a pond

    0
    10
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    EDITMENU

    3D Where Copy and Paste appear

    0
    8
  66. 66
    SATEENS

    45D Silky cottons

    0
    8
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    PROTEIN

    9D Body building block

    0
    6
  68. 68
    ZOMBIE

    23A Rum cocktail

    0
    4
  69. 69
    FROTHS

    48D Foams

    0
    3
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    GOOVERTHEEDGE debut

    58A Flip out ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle

    0
    2
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    AGESA debut

    57D A very long time back

    0
    1
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    CARMENSANDIE debut

    42A World traveler since 1985

    0
    1
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    LDTEETH debut

    5D Some expensive dental work

    0
    1
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    LFGAME debut

    47A What's honed on the range?

    0
    1
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    ODNIGHTIRENE debut

    32A Classic song with the lyric "I'll see you in my dreams"

    0
    1
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    TAKESTWOTOTAN debut

    20A "No one can get in a fight by himself," informally

    0
    1