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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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    ODE

    13D A famous one by Percy Bysshe Shelley begins "Hail to thee, blithe spirit!"

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    USE

    55D Take advantage of

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    PSST

    53D [Over here!]

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    ICE

    37D Word repeated in "___ or no ___?"

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    ETS

    8D Many "Men in Black" characters, informally

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    OAR

    38D It makes stroke after stroke

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    OSLO

    31A 1952 Winter Olympics host

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    ISLE

    18D Key

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    ACT

    29D Not sit idly by

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    ONIT

    52D Words after get or sleep

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    ELS

    12D Golfer nicknamed "The Big Easy"

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    ASK

    50A Inquire

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    STU

    20A Early Beatle Sutcliffe

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    USSR

    24D Geographical inits. until 1991

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    SIA

    56D Singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills"

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    TAD

    57D Bit

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    TSP

    27A About 5 mL

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    EVIL

    36D Satanic

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    BIO

    30D Bit of dust jacket info

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    IPAS

    21A Some hoppy drafts, for short

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    RAG

    44A Newspaper, disparagingly

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    SNAFU

    32D Reason for an apology, maybe

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    SAX

    14D "Wailing" instrument

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    MAINE

    48D Northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail

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    ASHES

    4D Furnace residue

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    TOOL

    28D Level or lathe

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    DEF

    11D Assuredly, in slang

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    IMOUT

    10D "You all can keep playing"

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    SELA

    49A Emmy-winning Ward

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    SOBER

    49D Clearheaded

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    PINA

    51D ___ colada

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    SLOB

    25D Pig

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    RIVAL

    39A Archcompetitor

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    ALERTS

    45D Warnings

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    ENTRAP

    3D Snare

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    JAR

    54D Holder of jelly beans in a guessing contest

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    LOAD

    7D Whites or darks for laundry, say

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    LIKE

    43D What a thumbs-up icon might represent

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    BOOST

    23D Help by speaking well of

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    ICANT

    40A Terse turndown to an invitation

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    BUNS

    33D Places dogs go at cookouts

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    HONG

    26D ___ Kong

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    MRED

    5D Talking horse of old TV

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    GAM

    58D Group of whales

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    ANISETTE

    60A Sweet liqueur

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    ALDERS

    42A Birch relatives

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    REPUTE

    44D Standing

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    FLORIDA

    22D ___ Keys

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    PROSIT

    1D Oktoberfest toast

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    BOSON

    33A Subatomic particle named for an Indian physicist

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    MATTRESS

    62A King or queen

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    ASIANA

    59A Air carrier based in Seoul

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    COLUMBIA

    47A Law school where 54-Across finished at the top of the class

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    RUNSRIOT

    15A Goes wild

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    HILO

    35D Biggest city on the island of Hawaii

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    TRAC

    34D Gillette brand name

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    BIBI

    6D Israel's Netanyahu, familiarly

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    IMELDA

    16A ___ Marcos, longtime first lady of the Philippines

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    ALIF

    41A Start of the Arabic alphabet

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    SOCIO

    32A Prefix with economics

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    ABSCAM

    42D Sting that was the inspiration for the 2013 film "American Hustle"

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    VISTAS

    9D Scenic views

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    GANGES

    46D River to the Bay of Bengal

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    TABLES

    28A Saves to discuss later

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    VIDEOS

    9A YouTube postings

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    SUREDID

    19A "Yep, I took care of it!"

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    FLATBUSH

    22A Brooklyn neighborhood where 54-Across grew up

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    POPOPEN

    51A Burst

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    PREAMBLE

    1A Segment of the Constitution that starts "We the People"

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    RUNUPS

    2D Prologues

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    JUSTICEGINSBURG debut

    54A Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you"

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    ONTHEBASISOFSEX debut

    17A 2018 biopic about 54-Across

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    READEM debut

    61A What to do "and weep," in an expression

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    THENOTORIOUSRBG debut

    34A Tongue-in-cheek nickname for 54-Across

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