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Tuesday · 74 answers · 4 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ETA

    28A Homer's H

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    571
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    EDIT

    56A Polish before publishing

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    302
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    RIG

    19D Fix, as a contest

    16
    114
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    ROW

    13D Do some sculling

    16
    95
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    PDF

    51D Shareable PC file

    14
    41
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    MSG

    45A Food additive with "the fifth taste"

    13
    92
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    MTV

    26A Channel famous for veejays

    13
    58
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    AWL

    6D Beltmaker's tool

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    118
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    AYES

    31D Those in favor

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    YENS

    39A Hankerings

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    123
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    GET

    46D Pick up on

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    118
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    AJAR

    10A Open a bit

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    192
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    OASES

    36D Welcome watering holes

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    66
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    GNAT

    49D Pesky swarmer

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    132
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    FAT

    38D Butter or olive oil

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    116
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    LIU

    52D Actress Lucy of "Elementary"

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    79
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    VIA

    7D Through, on an itinerary

    7
    145
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    ALIBI

    1A Story of why you really couldn't have done it

    7
    108
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    APSO

    10D Lhasa ___ (dog)

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    55
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    GYM

    37D Place to play hoops

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    49
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    FRET

    58A Lose sleep (over)

    6
    77
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    WINE

    15A Oenophile's love

    5
    55
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    FOG

    25D Something a lighthouse beacon cuts through

    5
    50
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    IRAISE

    40A Bluffer's words in poker, maybe

    5
    25
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    VPS

    27D 4-Down and others, for short

    5
    23
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    ARIES

    32A Sign before Taurus

    4
    121
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    LTD

    53D Relative of Inc.

    4
    99
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    GENRE

    54A Country or heavy metal

    4
    68
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    AGING

    31A It often introduces new wrinkles

    4
    39
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    OATEN

    57A Like granola, largely

    4
    39
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    RODIN

    21D "The Thinker" sculptor

    4
    37
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    CRIT

    35D Lit ___ (college class)

    4
    23
  33. 33
    IDIOTS

    29A Dim bulbs

    4
    23
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    POPO

    16A Cops, slangily

    4
    16
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    AVIS

    6A Car rental partner of Budget

    3
    96
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    PROS

    30D Those in favor

    3
    65
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    IBERIA

    3D The Basques' peninsula

    3
    40
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    LEERAT

    2D Eye lustfully

    3
    36
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    DEBIT

    14A Minus item, in accounting

    3
    28
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    WEEDS

    17A Plants in abandoned lots

    3
    28
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    ARREAR

    20A Overdue amount

    3
    22
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    BIDEN

    4D #2 for #44

    3
    20
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    UNIONS

    22A Strike callers

    3
    9
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    PIA

    42A Actress Zadora

    2
    66
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    SKEET

    60A Shooting sport

    2
    55
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    THUD

    59A Sound of a flop

    2
    46
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    WING

    24D Turkey piece

    2
    44
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    ABSENT

    44D Not answering at roll call

    2
    31
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    PULP

    30A Papermaking material

    1
    21
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    POINTE

    42D Ballet position on tiptoe

    1
    17
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    PAINTBALL

    51A Sport that can leave you with welts

    1
    6
  52. 52
    FRATS

    38A Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi and Sigma Pi

    1
    5
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    FRESHAIR

    33D One may open a window for it

    1
    5
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    ILLBET

    40D "Yeah, right!"

    1
    5
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    HUGELY

    48A In an overwhelming way

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    4
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    LASERSHOW debut

    18A Lighting display at many a rock concert

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    2
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    GRIEF

    37A Mourner's emotion

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    19
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    BREAK

    47D Start of a billiards game

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    17
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    DINA

    55A Actress Merrill of "BUtterfield 8"

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    17
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    SEENAS

    9D Perceived to be

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    14
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    SERIFS

    50A Letter flourishes

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    ADWARE

    1D "Congratulations! You've been selected ..." program

    0
    11
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    RIYADH

    41D Saudi capital

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    10
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    COLORS

    35A See 33-Across

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    9
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    INSULT

    8D "Yo mama" joke, e.g.

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    9
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    FLYING

    33A With 35-Across, complete success ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 46- and 51-Across

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    8
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    APOSTLES

    12D Guests at the Last Supper

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    7
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    IMFREE

    43D Escapee's cry

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    6
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    ALTEREGOS

    32D Clark Kent and Mr. Hyde, for two

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    5
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    JOHNMUIR

    11D Who said "In every walk with Nature, one receives far more than he seeks"

    0
    2
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    LINGUINE

    34D Pasta often served with clam sauce

    0
    2
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    GLITTERBOMB debut

    46A Comeuppance for a package thief

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    1
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    ITSABIGIF debut

    5D "Things may well not happen the way you suppose"

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    1
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    RAINBOWFLAG debut

    23A Symbol of pride

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