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Thursday · 76 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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    ASS

    41D Ending with kick or smart

    58
    409
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    ADO

    2D Commotion

    43
    477
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    USA

    58D Women's World Cup powerhouse

    40
    261
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    ANA

    7D Big carrier to Tokyo

    33
    367
  5. 5
    ANTI

    66A Con

    32
    364
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    INN

    43D Stopover

    27
    258
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    ELLE

    26A ___ Style Awards (annual honors since 1997)

    25
    221
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    ABBA

    9D "Mamma Mia!" group

    25
    192
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    NEON

    49A Superbright

    24
    219
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    SEW

    22D Singers do it

    20
    169
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    EDIE

    13A ___ Sedgwick, 1960s "It Girl"

    19
    190
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    PEN

    59D Slammer

    19
    187
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    DOH

    8D "Dumb, dumb, dumb!"

    18
    116
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    CEO

    1D Title also held by many a co. president

    15
    177
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    SHOO

    39D "Git!"

    15
    112
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    NOM

    18D Jules or Juliette

    14
    96
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    EXIT

    27A Info on a highway billboard

    12
    151
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    AXIS

    23D Line of symmetry

    12
    109
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    SPAT

    56D Set-to

    9
    134
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    LEAK

    6D Concern for a plumber or government official

    9
    75
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    SMASH

    56A Big hit

    8
    64
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    VAC

    24D Hoover, e.g., for short

    8
    43
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    VIA

    24A Through

    7
    145
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    SEAN

    63A Parker who was the first president of Facebook

    7
    84
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    SEXY

    67A Close to 10, say

    7
    81
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    ALMS

    9A Welfare

    7
    67
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    NIX

    60D Shoot down

    7
    62
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    BIOTA

    15A Regional life

    6
    34
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    CANS

    1A Gives the boot

    5
    39
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    WISER

    31A Partner of older

    5
    29
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    GLAD

    5A Tickled

    4
    71
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    SALAMI

    22A Layer of an Italian muffuletta sandwich

    4
    56
  33. 33
    STRESS

    34A Accent

    4
    49
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    SAYHI

    42A Greet someone, informally

    4
    17
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    DTS

    51A Rehab woes, for short

    3
    98
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    CINE

    55D Art house theater

    3
    51
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    REMY

    32D Name on a Cognac bottle

    3
    26
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    OCULI

    57A Round windows

    3
    25
  39. 39
    DAR

    53D ___ es Salaam

    2
    73
  40. 40
    STEELE

    12D Michael ___, onetime Republican Party chairman

    2
    54
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    SABE

    65A "Quién ___?" ("Who knows?": Sp.)

    2
    38
  42. 42
    YEMENI

    48D Dweller on the Arabian Peninsula

    2
    24
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    NERUDA

    46D Pablo ___, Nobel-winning poet

    2
    15
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    EDISON

    52A Westinghouse rival

    1
    49
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    ADDER

    16D Snake that's good with numbers?

    1
    46
  46. 46
    OENO

    14A Wine: Prefix

    1
    39
  47. 47
    LIONEL

    10D Soccer star Messi

    1
    36
  48. 48
    ESAS

    30D Those niñas

    1
    31
  49. 49
    INABIT

    25D Shortly

    1
    16
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    DNALAB

    47D Where crime evidence is analyzed

    1
    14
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    HISSAT

    29D Give a catlike warning

    1
    12
  52. 52
    BADPR

    21D Cause for damage control

    1
    11
  53. 53
    SEAWATER

    4D Input in a desalination plant

    1
    9
  54. 54
    CHANDELIER

    28A Lights up?

    1
    3
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    AMICUS debut

    45D Kind of brief in court

    1
    2
  56. 56
    HANDYNASTY debut

    44A Preceder of the Three Kingdoms, in Chinese history

    1
    2
  57. 57
    SUDAN

    62A Country that lost a quarter of its territory in 2011

    0
    29
  58. 58
    SANDY

    35D Good name for a beachcomber?

    0
    16
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    MASAI

    40A East African native

    0
    13
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    BOWED

    19A Showing humility, say

    0
    8
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    HYPOS

    44D Big shots at a hospital, informally?

    0
    7
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    BRAVES

    36A Team with home games at SunTrust Park

    0
    6
  63. 63
    DNY

    61D Letters after Chuck Schumer or Kirsten Gillibrand

    0
    6
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    MOWGLI

    11D "The Jungle Book" protagonist

    0
    5
  65. 65
    EDIN

    64A *Submitted

    0
    4
  66. 66
    EYESHADE

    38D Stereotypical wear for an accountant

    0
    3
  67. 67
    NIHILIST

    3D One whose guiding philosophy is "What does it matter?"

    0
    3
  68. 68
    OOHANDAAH

    17A React to pyrotechnics, say

    0
    3
  69. 69
    PIRACY

    54A Concern for shipping and software companies

    0
    3
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    UPPERHAND debut

    58A Advantage ... or what the answer to each starred clue has?

    0
    2
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    VANISHES

    37D Goes poof!

    0
    2
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    BANGED debut

    21A Closed violently

    0
    1
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    GODRIC debut

    5D Gryffindor who founded Gryffindor House at Hogwarts

    0
    1
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    ICAPS debut

    33A *Sets the odds for

    0
    1
  75. 75
    IWORK debut

    20A *Needlepoint, e.g.

    0
    1
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    YMEN debut

    50A *Plumber/carpenter types

    0
    1