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Tuesday · 78 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ATE

    26A Cleaned one's plate

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    ALA

    29D Pie ___ mode

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    EAR

    18D Musician's asset

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  4. 4
    TSA

    44A Org. that cares what's in your pockets

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    ERIE

    58A Native American tribe with a namesake lake

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    510
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    USE

    33D "___ the Force, Luke"

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    AREA

    15A 4,700 square feet, for a basketball court

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    SAD

    31D Low-spirited

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    ELS

    36D Golfer Ernie

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    LEI

    53D Ring around Hawaii?

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    ALSO

    21A In addition

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    OPEN

    34A Like some minds and marriages

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    STEP

    66A One of 354 in the Statue of Liberty

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    ASHE

    41A Court legend Arthur

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    OER

    5D "___ the fields we go ..."

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    EDGE

    42A Advantage

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    SAY

    45D Perhaps

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    HAS

    54A Possesses

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    175
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    LAS

    30D Vegas intro

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    173
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    NYE

    37D Science educator Bill

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    125
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    ICU

    22D Where R.N.s treat critical patients

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    128
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    SOAR

    60A Fly high

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    125
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    ERROR

    51D 2 + 2 = 5, for example

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    161
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    AROSE

    43A Greeted the day

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    154
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    MTV

    61D VH1 sister channel

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    58
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    TROT

    64A Gait faster than a walk

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    EXIT

    16A Kind of row with extra legroom

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    151
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    ACHOO

    1A Sound triggered by pollen

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    ALTAR

    29A End of a walk down the aisle

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    125
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    TARA

    63A Olympic champion Lipinski

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    154
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    DEAN

    39D Student leader?

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    121
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    DEERE

    50D Big name in farm equipment

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    STYLE

    56D "Gangnam ___" (first YouTube video to pass a billion views)

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    LUNA

    59D Moon goddess

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    CERA

    24D Actor Michael of "Juno"

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    AMES

    20A Iowa State's home

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    VERA

    67A Designer Wang

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    65
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    APSO

    19A Lhasa ___ (dog)

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    TRACE

    14A Faintest amount

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    SPUR

    31A ___ of the moment

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    IMEAN

    22A "Er ... well ... um ..."

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    60
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    LOFT

    59A Where choirs sing and artists paint

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    46
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    ALLEY

    57A Place with balls and strikes

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    35
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    ONEAL

    65A Shaq's surname

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    PIG

    32D Truffle-finding animal

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    FOB

    62D Keyless car key

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    44
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    DDT

    46A Insecticide whose 1972 ban led to the comeback of the bald eagle

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    BASTE

    68A Moisten, as a turkey

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    ATWAR

    1D Battling

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    NUB

    28A Pencil at the end of its life

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    TCBY

    6A Frozen dessert chain

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    30
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    FLOAT

    48D Parade entry

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    EXPEL

    11D Kick out

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    OCHS

    4D Counterculture singer Phil

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    BESS

    10A "Porgy and ___"

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    FLARE

    49D Lighted distress signal

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    CRIME

    2D Perjury or piracy

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    33
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    STONY

    13D Like New England fields

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    CRISP

    7D Like a brand-new dollar bill

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    REW

    23A Opposite of FF

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    HATEWATCH debut

    3D View in order to mock or criticize, perhaps

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    5
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    SISAL

    12D Rope fiber

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    AFLAT

    55D Black piano key above G

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    OASTS

    47D Ovens for drying hops

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    TALLY

    6D Add up

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    INRI

    25D Crucifix inscription

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    YAH

    9D "Fargo" assent

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    BESOT

    8D Intoxicate

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    PLOTHOLES debut

    35D Glaring inconsistencies in story lines

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    DICTA

    52D Authoritative pronouncements

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    CADY

    40D Women's rights pioneer Elizabeth ___ Stanton

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    TAKETHERAP

    27D Accept blame

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    OFFHANDEDLY

    47A "I've learned my lesson about feeding the tigers," said Tom ___

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    BEAMABOARD

    10D Transport onto the Enterprise, in a way

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    CRYPTICALLY debut

    24A "You're making a grave mistake," said Tom ___

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    LACKADAISICALLY debut

    38A "I can't find a flower for 'She loves me, she loves me not,'" said Tom ___

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    MERCIFULLY debut

    61A "Many thanks for your help in Paris," said Tom ___

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    WITHRELISH debut

    17A "This hot dog is absolute perfection!," said Tom ___

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