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Saturday · 62 answers · 7 debuts

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

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    IDEAL

    41D As good as it gets

    17
    135
  2. 2
    TIME

    46D Proctor's declaration

    14
    92
  3. 3
    OSCAR

    34A Word before bait or buzz

    13
    145
  4. 4
    AINT

    45A "___ so" ("Nuh-uh")

    13
    136
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    NEATO

    43D "Suh-weet!," quaintly

    12
    127
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    ILE

    8D Ending with quart- or quint-

    9
    234
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    TAHOE

    19D Squaw Valley backdrop

    9
    90
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    DRONE

    4D Means of surveillance

    8
    63
  9. 9
    GREW

    9D Developed

    8
    50
  10. 10
    SALON

    44D Do business?

    7
    55
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    SINS

    48D Septet in Dante's "Purgatorio"

    6
    62
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    COME

    25D Wasted word to a housecat

    6
    43
  13. 13
    WERE

    20A "___ doomed!"

    5
    91
  14. 14
    BONDS

    1A Baseball great who was the subject of the 2006 best seller "Game of Shadows"

    5
    15
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    ESIGN

    6A Authorize, as a digital contract

    5
    15
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    FAA

    23A D.O.T. branch

    4
    76
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    AEGIS

    22D Backing

    4
    40
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    NEPALI

    51A Many a yak herder

    4
    32
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    GORGE

    30A Overindulge

    3
    21
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    LEGGS

    54A Big name in hosiery

    3
    7
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    SMOKE

    5D Go to pot?

    2
    35
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    SOG

    50D Lose crispness, in dialect

    2
    11
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    RARED

    29D Stood on the hind legs, with "up"

    2
    10
  24. 24
    READER

    17D Literary anthology

    1
    25
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    RAMSES

    35D Abu Simbel statue honoree

    1
    17
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    PRU

    39A Boston skyscraper, with "the"

    1
    10
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    TFAL

    28D Big name in cookware

    1
    9
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    WESTEND

    33D Locale of London's Leicester Square

    1
    8
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    SCREENER

    16A Advance showing of a film

    1
    7
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    SLEEPAPNEA

    21A Subject of an overnight lab study

    1
    5
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    SYRAH

    32D Dark-skinned grape used in winemaking

    1
    5
  32. 32
    BLANKETHOG debut

    18A Annoying bedmate

    1
    3
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    EXCONS

    6D Potential recidivists

    1
    3
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    NATAL

    3D ___ astrology, study with horoscopes

    0
    55
  35. 35
    LYONS

    55A Longtime film/theater critic Jeffrey

    0
    17
  36. 36
    APPLY

    42D Try to get in, say

    0
    14
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    BURB

    1D Start of many a morning commute, informally

    0
    10
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    ONELS

    2D Some first-years after undergrad

    0
    10
  39. 39
    RETOOK

    15A Won back

    0
    7
  40. 40
    UNARMS

    11A Takes heat from

    0
    7
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    DERANGED

    14D Disturbed

    0
    6
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    ASHPIT

    13D Part of a fireplace

    0
    5
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    NAMING

    37D Activity for new parents

    0
    5
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    SERGES

    7D Classic blazer fabrics

    0
    5
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    DALTON

    53A "License to Kill" star

    0
    4
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    SOSPAD

    31D Product made with steel wool

    0
    4
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    AXELROD

    13A Political figure who became a CNN commentator in 2015

    0
    3
  48. 48
    MASHEDPEAS

    47A Classic baby food

    0
    3
  49. 49
    PASTRIES

    26D Turnovers, e.g.

    0
    3
  50. 50
    SADFACE debut

    31A :(

    0
    3
  51. 51
    SIMONES

    52A Gymnast Biles and others

    0
    3
  52. 52
    SKEPTIC

    12D Nonbeliever

    0
    3
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    STOLENCARS

    36A Hot wheels?

    0
    3
  54. 54
    CLAVES

    38D Percussionist's wooden sticks

    0
    2
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    DECISIVE

    49A Like Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo

    0
    2
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    PATRIOT

    26A Winner of the lowest-scoring Super Bowl in N.F.L. history (16 total points)

    0
    2
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    RYESEED debut

    35A Certain grain source

    0
    2
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    THISSECOND

    24A Right now

    0
    2
  59. 59
    ADCOUNCIL debut

    27D Group working on P.S.A. campaigns

    0
    1
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    DALMATIANS debut

    40A They're spotted at fire stations

    0
    1
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    NONEFORME debut

    10D "I'm fine, but thanks"

    0
    1
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    SWIMMER debut

    32A Pool party?

    0
    1