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Friday · 70 answers · 8 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

    22A "Yesterday, I ___ a clock. It was very time-consuming" (groaner joke)

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    ALA

    31D Mimicking

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    END

    58D Period, with "the"

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    AXE

    11D ___ throwing (faddish sport)

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    ROE

    62D Norma McCorvey's alias in a famous court case

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    ACNE

    23A Bad marks for a high schooler

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    NEE

    46A Obituary word

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    APE

    56A Bruiser

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    OAT

    30A ___ Flakes (old Post cereal)

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    AMP

    6D Boomer at a concert

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    TIRE

    35D Part of many a tree swing

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    MAE

    5D Astronaut Jemison

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    CPR

    61D Y.M.C.A. course

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    SSE

    37D Chicago-to-Indianapolis dir.

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    TSP

    25A 1/768 of a gal.

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    BIO

    19A Dating app blurb

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    TECH

    29D Stock market sector, for short

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    BIB

    53A Shirt protector

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    HELLO

    10D Pick-up line?

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    EXERT

    16A Apply

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    WOK

    50A Round-bottomed vessel

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    ROSY

    9D Promising

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    MASK

    32A Hide

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    NOIDEA

    26A "Haven't the foggiest"

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    STREAK

    14D Zoom

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    SEINE

    63A Locale of the Île de la Cité

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    DISH

    55D Trade gossip

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    HEEDS

    65A Minds

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    AHISEE

    44D "It all makes sense now"

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    GAME

    43A Up (or down) for something

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    AGNES

    49D ___ Scott College, one of the Seven Sisters of the South

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    OTOES

    51D Tribe that traditionally spoke Chiwere

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    GODOT

    54A Beckett title character

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    HANGS

    10A Chills

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    LEVAR

    18A Burton who hosted "Reading Rainbow"

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    NEVADA

    12D Where Colin Kaepernick played college football

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    PHISH

    40A Look for people to scam online

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    USTEN

    57A Hwy. through St. Paul, Minn.

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    NOV

    4D Mo. for Guy Fawkes Day

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    DYER

    52A Batik artist, e.g.

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    JAILS

    7D Puts away

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    ARRESTS

    42D Parts of a record

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    ONIONDIP

    3D Party bowlful with a sour cream base

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    DEICER

    33A Winter airplane need

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    GRATES

    13D Hazards for high heels

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    MANOAMANO

    15A Direct kind of fight

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    SLEEPONIT

    64A "Take some time to think"

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    WHODAT

    48A Slangy response to a knock at the door

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    GWBUSH debut

    43D Prez with the same initials as an N.Y.C. landmark

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    NEC

    60D Japanese electronics giant

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    LOYAL

    20A True

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    NEARER

    47A More warm, in a way

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    FLITS

    34A Darts

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    ESCAPED

    24D Got out

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    ONTOPOFTHEWORLD

    8D Elated

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    ANTITANK

    21D Kind of missile

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    TOREINTO

    25D Verbally attacked

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    IMSOMAD

    27D >:-(

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    NODSTO

    28A Silently acknowledges

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    ARMATA

    41A ___ di Mare (Italian fashion label)

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    ECONMAJOR

    1A Student who might take a crash course?

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    EMOBAND debut

    1D Taking Back Sunday or Dashboard Confessional

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    IRONCROSS

    59A Gymnastics rings feat with arms fully extended

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    STEEPSIN

    39D Infuses with

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    CALICOES debut

    2D Printed cotton fabrics

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    HDSCREENS debut

    66A They provide a clearer picture

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    MOBTIE debut

    45D Connection to the underworld

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    NARYAONE debut

    38D Zero

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    OLIVEPITS debut

    17A Leftovers from a Greek salad

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    SPACESTATIONS debut

    36A Homes all over the planet?

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