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

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   SEA

   40A Nereids' home

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   ALT

   6D Music genre prefix

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   STIR

   48D Come out of a deep sleep

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   ADA

   9D Lovelace of computing fame

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   DOT

   51D Highway overseer, for short

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   SLY

   27A Artful

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   STE

   20A Office room: Abbr.

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   SORT

   31D Instruction in a Word menu

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    ISTO

    47D Which ___ say

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    POLO

    43D Game that becomes another game when its last two letters are switched

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    NAPS

    45D Breathers for kindergarten teachers

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    PST

    30A Ore. setting for part of the year

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    TANK

    49D Lose suddenly

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    ENAMEL

    2D Smooth finish

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    DJS

    37D Prom V.I.P.s

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    MAS

    38D "No ___!"

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    DUNE

    26A Buggy locale

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    SWIM

    10D 1960s fad dance, with "the"

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    ALIENS

    13D Ones supposedly eligible for, but never yet seen in, the Miss Universe pageant

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    MEMES

    22A Ideas that spread

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    REOS

    23A Some old delivery trucks

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    YIELD

    36D Info for an investor

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    HATED

    11D Criticized severely, with "on"

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    PERP

    46D Mug shot subject

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    ERODED

    25D Wore down

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    PALACE

    24D It's fit for a king

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    HIALL debut

    35D Group email opener

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    SOSWEET debut

    33D "What a nice thing to say!"

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    DELE

    32D Strikeout mark

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    JAW

    39A Speaking part

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    EMBED

    19A Stick into a post, say

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    ONEA

    44D Most fit to fight

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    ONAROLL

    15A Doing great

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    MAITAIS

    18A Tiki bar orders

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    LOVERS

    1D Intimates

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    DISTRESSEDDENIM debut

    37A Trendy jeans material

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    EMER

    42D Like a retired prof.

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    SOLED

    29D Leather-___ shoes

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    BASSET

    14D Kind of hound

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    JOAD

    5D Steinbeck's Ma or Pa

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    TRUES

    4D T T T

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    CLAMUP

    12D Hush one's mouth

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    LOBAR

    28D Relating to part of the lung

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    SLEEPON

    41A Take time to consider

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    LEFTJAB

    1A One, in a one-two punch

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    LAWYERS

    28A Some deal with trust issues

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    ODWALLA

    16A Juice brand owned by Minute Maid

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    VANUATU

    17A Pacific land west of Fiji

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    CASHCAB

    8A Game show with a moving set

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    SOLIDFOOD

    31A What a recovering hospital patient may move to

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    BLUSHWINES

    7D Rosé relatives

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    ROASTPORK

    53A Dish that may be glazed or served with cooked apples

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    SENSING

    34D Picking up on

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    FANBOY

    3D Fellow who might go "Squee!"

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    LEMONADESTAND

    50A Ten-year-old business, say

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    PHOBE

    24A Commitment-___

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    PISTILS

    46A Female flower parts

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    COMEBEFORE debut

    8D Be more important than

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    HORACEGREELEY debut

    35A Loser in the 1872 presidential election

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    SOBANOODLES debut

    33A Japanese bowlful

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    TELEPORTING debut

    52A Futuristic travel method

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    TOYDOGS debut

    21D Pugs, e.g.

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