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Thursday · 76 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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    ORA

    56D Singer/songwriter Rita

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  2. 2
    AVE

    26A Michigan, e.g.: Abbr.

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  3. 3
    ARM

    33D Knockoff of a Greek sculpture?

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    264
  4. 4
    SLY

    34A Artful

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    264
  5. 5
    OTS

    31A Extra periods, for short

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    128
  6. 6
    AIDE

    50D Hill worker

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    192
  7. 7
    CNN

    36D Default for many airport TVs

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  8. 8
    IOS

    47A One of the Cyclades

    19
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  9. 9
    PLEA

    24A Something heard in court

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    154
  10. 10
    KEN

    23D Burns up in film?

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    144
  11. 11
    GRE

    4D Hurdle for an M.A. pursuer

    18
    119
  12. 12
    FIR

    40A Christmas season purchase

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  13. 13
    EGGS

    51D Items carried in spoons in an outdoor race

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    116
  14. 14
    SORT

    5D Breed

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    MINI

    54A Easy-to-park car

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    ADOS

    58A Troubles

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    EIN

    30A Fig. on some I.R.S. forms

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    TETE

    48A Place for un béret

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    FOE

    9D Challenger

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    112
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    ERMA

    19A Bombeck who wrote "I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression"

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    TINE

    18A Point for Poseidon

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  22. 22
    LOAN

    53A Student ___

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    ADHOC

    25D Stopgap, maybe

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    ASIF

    6A "Like, no way!"

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    IONS

    8D Cannon ammo in sci-fi

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  26. 26
    MAG

    54D Time, e.g., in brief

    9
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    FAT

    40D It's chewed by the chatty

    8
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    DOM

    52A Role for Vin Diesel in the "Fast & Furious" movies

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    54
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    GODNO

    55A "Don't make me laugh!"

    7
    17
  30. 30
    CAIRO

    14A "The City of a Thousand Minarets"

    6
    67
  31. 31
    GETS

    61A Picks up

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    57
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    ALTER

    17A Tweak

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    ANIMAL

    45A 20 Questions category

    5
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    SULU

    57A Role for John Cho in the "Star Trek" movies

    5
    54
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    FOP

    39A Snazzy dresser

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    47
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    GREEN

    59A Easiest rating for a ski slope

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    NESSIE

    27A Mysterious monster, familiarly

    4
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    ASKME

    50A "Go ahead, shoot!"

    4
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    CHOO

    15A Sound from a toy train

    3
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  40. 40
    LETAT

    49A Free to attack

    3
    24
  41. 41
    ZAC

    37A Efron of Hollywood

    3
    22
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    SKEET

    34D Something to shoot for

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    55
  43. 43
    SHINE

    7D Liking

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  44. 44
    ATONED

    43D Made good

    2
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  45. 45
    LALALA

    2D "I'm not listening to you!"

    2
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  46. 46
    LEIF

    16A First name of an early explorer of Vinland

    2
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  47. 47
    KNOCK

    23A Rap

    2
    13
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    AAMILNE

    38A "When We Were Very Young" author, 1924

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  49. 49
    GLENS

    10D Vales

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    EITHER

    3D Whichever

    1
    26
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    MANUP

    46D "Put your big boy pants on!"

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    5
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    SIMCITY

    12D Video game series since 1989

    1
    5
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    LEMONWEDGE

    44D Common seafood garnish

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    BOOTLEGS

    1A Pirates, say

    1
    3
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    ACTIVEWEAR debut

    6D Athleisure, e.g.

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    2
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    MAH

    20A ___-jongg

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    33
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    ISNOT

    47D Immature retort

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    MINERAL

    41A 20 Questions category

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    IOR

    29D "Should ___ shouldn't ..."

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    REDDEN

    42D Ripen, maybe

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    SARDINE

    28A Rush-hour subway commuter, metaphorically

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    10
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    AEROSOLS

    11D "Sssss" makers

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    FLATTOP

    60A Type of short haircut

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    8
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    HOGWASH

    32A "Oh, baloney!"

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    8
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    THINS

    21A Whittles down

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    8
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    SANDWEDGE

    62A Bunker need

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    GASPUMP

    10A Refilling site

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    3
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    ZONEOUT

    37D Daydream

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    3
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    BOOTCAMPS

    1D Rigorous training courses

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    ESKIMOKISS

    30D Affectionate nose-rubbing

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    2
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    HANGNAIL

    22D Target for clippers

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    2
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    NIHILISM

    27D In which nothing is everything

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    2
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    CAPITALO debut

    35D University of Oregon logo

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    1
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    CORNERKICKS debut

    35A Goal-scoring opportunities in soccer ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme

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    1
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    FALLSFLAT debut

    39D Doesn't land, as a joke

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    1
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    PUMPFAKES debut

    13D Deceptive basketball moves

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    1