← Fill Atlas

Friday · 70 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    AHA

    21D "But of course!"

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    ALL

    9D Without exception

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    TAU

    56A Kind of cross

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    ACTS

    29D Follower of John

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    RUE

    58D "The Murders in the ___ Morgue"

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    TRY

    22A Take a shot

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    CAN

    53A Fire

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    141
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    TOT

    45D Kid

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    THO

    64A Howe'er

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    TOM

    5A Cartoon cat

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    MCAT

    7D Chem major's exam, perhaps

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    33
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    ALERT

    57A Bulletin

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    DUH

    33D "Of course ... my bad!"

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    NILE

    46A North-flowing river

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    TARA

    36A What Scarlett saved

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    EAGLE

    51D Two under

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    ITSY

    30D Small, informally

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    SALEM

    8A City name in both East and West Coast states

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    BRAT

    55D Angel's opposite

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    EYED

    15D Checked out

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    ALEXA

    16A Amazon guide?

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    OPTIC

    35A Some nerve?

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    PAC

    4D Vote-swaying org.

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    AREOLA

    28A Small colored feature of the body

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    STRAY

    50D Go afield

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    BYES

    65A Weeks off

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    RUNE

    27A It may be set in stone

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    EDGED

    63A Defeated, but barely

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    CAVE

    53D Spelunk

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    DAWN

    48D Starting time for an attack

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    DUELS

    52D Goes mano a mano (with)

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    STILETTO

    38D Weapon with an Italian name

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    SAGUARO

    8D Its blossom is the state flower of Arizona

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    AREARUG

    24D It doesn't go wall-to-wall

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    TANLINES

    5D They usually come with bikinis

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    ITDEPENDS

    30A "Ma-a-aybe"

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    MAZY

    12D Labyrinthine

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    SCARF

    40A Chilly day accessory

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    LIFT

    39A Elevate

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    AFB

    60D Eglin or MacDill: Abbr.

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    NIM

    19A Logic game with matchsticks

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    DHARMA

    25A Cosmic law and order in Buddhism

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    GULP

    1A Reaction to being sent to the principal's office, say

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    TACOSALAD

    31D Tex-Mex dish sometimes served with southwest dressing

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    SPANGLISH

    34D The lyrics of "Livin' la Vida Loca," e.g.

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    REPLIES

    26D Fields questions, say

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    PLATEAU

    20A Reach a point of diminishing returns

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    GOWNS

    1D Prom wear

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    YOGURT

    44A Smoothie starter

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    GLITZ

    18A Gaudiness

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    ONSALENOW

    6D "Get it while it's hot!"

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    SOUPS

    37A "___ on!" ("Come and get it!")

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    VAGUE

    61A Fuzzy

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    UNHIT

    2D Coming through without a scratch

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    GLADLY

    43D "My pleasure!"

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    SOGOOD

    47A "Mmmmmmm!"

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    WRITLARGE

    59A Painfully obvious

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    FROSTED

    41D Descriptive of some flakes and hair

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    LAPSUP

    14D Greedily consumes

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    LBOMB debut

    3D Something that might be "dropped" prematurely in a relationship, in slang

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    STABLED

    54A Sheltered, as stock

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    WHATGIVES

    42A "Seriously?"

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    WHOCANSAY

    17A Question suggesting "Beats me!"

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    DRAGONEGG debut

    32D Object of some fantasy quests

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    GLASSED

    49A ___ in (enclosed, as a porch)

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    NASTYFALL

    62A Trip that no one wants to take

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    ONBALANCE

    13A After weighing both sides

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    STBASIL

    23A Eponym of a cathedral in Red Square

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    EXTRALIFE debut

    11D 1-up, in gaming

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    LEITMOTIV debut

    10D Recurrent musical theme

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