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Friday · 70 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ETA

    6D Subj. of a "Delayed" sign

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    571
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    ANA

    20A Carrier to Tokyo

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    367
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    ETAL

    40D And others: Abbr.

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    327
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    NBA

    49A Org. that penalizes carrying

    26
    198
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    ORS

    50A Places where people wear masks, for short

    25
    161
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    ERASE

    19A Wipe out

    24
    295
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    ORES

    8D Subjects of tests for purity

    24
    244
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    EDIE

    52D Emmy winner Falco

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    190
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    IOWA

    32A Midwest tribe

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    130
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    RAY

    10D Beam

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    128
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    SNOT

    24A Twerp

    12
    29
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    ROTS

    46A Decays

    10
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    ESTATE

    13D Demesne

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    125
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    EYED

    19D Sized up

    8
    125
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    YORE

    45A Days of old

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    100
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    DOM

    21A Monk's title

    7
    54
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    KIR

    56D Wine aperitif

    7
    38
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    ADHERE

    23D Stick

    6
    47
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    WERE

    9D "___ sorry ..."

    5
    91
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    SWAB

    29D Stick in a cabinet, say

    5
    71
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    OHME

    54D "Heavens to Betsy!"

    5
    23
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    ARP

    57D One of the first artists to incorporate random chance

    4
    129
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    ANEMIA

    16A Feebleness

    4
    46
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    ITSAGO

    43D "We've got the green light"

    4
    16
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    NOME

    4D The ___ Nugget (alliteratively named newspaper since 1897)

    3
    65
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    MORON

    53A Fool

    3
    30
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    BRACE

    47A Pair

    3
    29
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    CRISP

    5D English potato chip

    3
    29
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    PREFER

    61A Play favorites with

    3
    17
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    CANOODLE

    2D Engage in some P.D.A.

    3
    8
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    AMAT

    31D Latin 101 word

    2
    99
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    ARGON

    44D Most common noble gas

    2
    44
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    IDID

    25A Terse response accepting responsibility

    2
    24
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    HECK

    51D "Shoot!"

    2
    22
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    TROLLS

    41D Some social media commenters

    2
    12
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    ORBITAL

    39D Kind of velocity in planetary physics

    2
    10
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    DRIFTS

    26D Gets carried away

    2
    9
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    SNORKEL

    60A Do a school visit, in a way?

    2
    6
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    TARMAC

    34A Frustrating place to be stranded

    1
    20
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    PAYER

    22A Single-___

    1
    17
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    RAMONE

    59A Faux brother of a popular rock group

    1
    15
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    SCONCE

    1A Wall light

    1
    15
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    ABHORS

    57A Detests

    1
    11
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    FARO

    38A Gambling card game that up to 10 may comfortably play at once

    0
    42
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    EMBAR

    48D Hinder

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    17
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    BEREA

    15D Greek city visited by Paul before Athens

    0
    15
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    STARRY

    24D Like a cloudless night

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    14
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    HAVARTI

    7D Cheese sometimes flavored with dill

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    10
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    METIME

    33A Private R&R

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    10
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    URBANA

    11D Illinois college town

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    9
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    CLEANSER

    37D Skin care product

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    8
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    DMINOR

    12D Key of Mozart's "Requiem"

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    8
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    HOTMIC

    28D Capturer of an unguarded remark

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    8
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    CAVORT

    14A Frisk

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    7
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    HEIGL

    51A Actress Katherine of "27 Dresses"

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    7
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    EMBROIL

    40A Involve, as in controversy

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    5
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    NONES

    18A The religiously unaffiliated

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    5
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    AIRBORNE

    36D Like the 101st Division

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    4
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    MOONROOF

    35D Clear choice for auto buyers

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    4
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    BAREARMS

    15A What short sleeves leave

    0
    3
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    OVENMITT

    3D Handy item in the kitchen?

    0
    3
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    TWITTERATI debut

    41A Some social media celebrities

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    3
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    DEATHSTARE debut

    27A Unnerving look

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    2
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    EVERYBIT

    17A Wholly

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    2
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    LEAKEDTO

    55A Like well-connected investigative reporters, say

    0
    2
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    SCANDIUM

    1D Rare-earth element named after where it was discovered

    0
    2
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    WOREON

    42D Kept going and going

    0
    2
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    HOWRUDE debut

    7A "Well, excu-u-use me!"

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    1
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    LOGICIAN debut

    58A "If ... then" sort of thinker

    0
    1
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    ULTRAHD debut

    30A 4K

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