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Thursday · 76 answers · 9 debuts

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

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    ERA

    37D K's help it

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    ANTE

    19A Chip in, in a way

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    SEA

    68A Main

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    ETNA

    14D Italian stratovolcano

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    EVE

    65A New Year's ___

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    EAT

    53D Chow down

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    ENO

    27A Brian in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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    285
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    ION

    46A What an electrolyte produces

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    258
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    ITS

    60D Often-mispunctuated word

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    ACTS

    57A Makes a scene?

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    TON

    66A Whole lot

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    EVA

    31D Actress Mendes

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    URN

    1A Java server

    19
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    USES

    39D Exercises

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    ELMO

    55D Resident at 123 Sesame Street

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    LAVA

    35A Volcanologist's study

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    SLEW

    45A Whole lot

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    115
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    CMON

    63A "Let's go already!"

    14
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    AONE

    18A Top of the line

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    EXTRA

    51D What's more

    11
    73
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    PJS

    9A Outfit rarely worn out, for short

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    ONYX

    24D Dark rock

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    VEE

    12A Migration formation

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    113
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    OVID

    7D Poet who said "Let others praise ancient times. I am glad I was born in these"

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    LOOSE

    49A Partner of fast

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    58
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    BMW

    6D "Ultimate driving machine," in ads

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    56
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    SOX

    44D Beantown team

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    50
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    EEYORE

    33A "Thanks for noticing me" character of kid-lit

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    46
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    DAL

    32D Indian lentil dish

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    18
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    TRIM

    15A Quick haircut

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    KEA

    61D Mauna ___

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    ASSAY

    67A Test, as ore

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    DAISY

    26A Symbol of freshness

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    25
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    SMEE

    11D Disney henchman with long, white sideburns

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    ORZO

    41A Grain-shaped pasta

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    IBEX

    23D Animal also called a steinbock

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    EFILE

    34D Return online?

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    THX

    4D Texter's message of appreciation

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    NEWS

    40D What's happening

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    ALII

    58A Et ___

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    ESSENCE

    52A Magazine with the annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards

    3
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    WAITS

    43A Twiddles one's thumbs, say

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    17
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    SXSW

    50D Annual Austin festival, familiarly

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    AUX

    5D Kind of TV cable: Abbr.

    3
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    FACT

    54D Bit of trivia

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    NESTEA

    48D Brand with a three-leaved logo

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    TABOR

    4A Drum typically played with one hand

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    GRABS

    29D Apt rhyme of "nabs"

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    XER

    17D Gen ___

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    53
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    DOW

    36D Blue-chip index

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    SRIS

    56D Hindu honorifics

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    24
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    OCTAVE

    47D A to A, say

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    22
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    JINX

    10D Bring bad luck

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    21
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    REININ

    2D Curtail

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    SAWED

    30A Worked in a wood shop, say

    1
    12
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    BNEG

    28A Rare blood type, for short

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    6
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    STRIKETHAT debut

    59A Words of correction ... or a hint to 16-, 20-, 36- and 54-Across

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    2
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    RESOD

    8D Do a landscaper's job on

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    XIS

    21D They follow the nus

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    ERY

    62D Suffix with brew or quack

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    IBISES

    42A Wetlands waders

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    NEXTTO

    3D Abutting

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    INCHES

    46D Marks of a ruler

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    LEOXI

    25D Pope whose pontificate lasted less than one month in 1605

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    WRITER

    64A One whose work is on the books?

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    HUMVEE

    13A Big wheels

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    4
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    EXOTOXIN

    33D Harmful bacterial secretion

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    2
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    UVWAVE

    1D Sunburn cause, for short

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    2
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    VITRIOL debut

    22A Bitter criticism

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    2
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    AZILLION debut

    38D More than can be imagined

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    1
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    DEAXXXXAFUNERAL debut

    36A 2007 black comedy directed by Frank Oz

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    1
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    DONXXXXE debut

    20A "Get your negative energy outta here"

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    1
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    FELXXXXS debut

    54A Fedoras, e.g.

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    1
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    PROXYWAR debut

    9D Conflict waged on behalf of superpowers

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    1
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    TAXSALES debut

    15D Results of some foreclosures

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    WIXXXXWIST debut

    16A Cocktail specification

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