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Friday · 66 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ONE

    26D What a raised index finger may stand for

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    ELI

    60D Restaurateur Zabar

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    EAR

    59D Distinctive part of a Batman costume

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    NSA

    35D Org. with 1-Across

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    EAT

    2D Not fast

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    ABBA

    55D Group with a member-centric acronym

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    SPOT

    43A Assist with some heavy lifting

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    EDNA

    51A "Cimarron" novelist Ferber

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    CIA

    29A Org. with 1-Across

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    TEES

    17A They provide added height for a swing

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    HEN

    16A One with a nest egg

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    RATE

    4D Going amount

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    PGA

    42A Club club, for short

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    OUT

    57A Zonked

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    YALE

    19A Where to find the Whiffenpoofs, who have been singing since 1909

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    ETHER

    5D Fifth element, to Aristotle

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    EXEC

    49A V.P., e.g.

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    LEGO

    9D Kind of block

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    SALE

    23A Result of a good pitch

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    AREAS

    15D Spaces

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    DEERE

    48D Mower handle?

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    EDITS

    10D Corrects copy

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    SITH

    27A Darth Vader, e.g.

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    PATH

    46D Track

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    RICH

    21A Like sauces in French cuisine, typically

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    OPENS

    32A Warms up the crowd, say

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    SPLAT

    36D Sound associated with rotten tomatoes

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    LOUD

    47A Composer's "forte"

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    MOAT

    54A Water under the bridge?

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    NAGS

    53D Bugs

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    ELDER

    20D Matriarch, for example

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    FOB

    7D Key ___

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    TRIS

    56D Push-up targets, for short

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    CYST

    3D Dermatologist's concern

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    STELMO

    24A Seafarer's patron

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    ASLEEP

    45A Like a tingly foot, maybe

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    CITED

    22D Gave credit

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    ARLENE

    52A Animator Klasky who co-created "Rugrats"

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    SACRE

    36A Stravinsky's "Le ___ du Printemps"

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    PROLE

    33D Member of the working class

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    STANLEE

    1D Provenance of many superheroes

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    INBOX

    31D ___ zero (status of no unanswered emails)

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    HOOPS

    28D Stud alternatives

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    MOVES

    25D Rolls the dice, say

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    SHEATH

    12D Place to store a weapon

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    IMIGHT

    8D "We'll see"

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    EVENTENOR

    34A Steadiness

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    THESISSTATEMENT

    6D Heart of an academic paper

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    WHYS

    14D Reasons

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    AGORAS

    37D Ancient markets

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    PEEDEE

    44D River through the Carolinas

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    COPTO

    50D Admit

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    DEALIN

    13D Give a hand

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    TAKEADEEPBREATH

    58A "Stop ... don't panic"

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    WHATSTHEBIGIDEA

    14A "Whoa, there!"

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    BADSPORT

    39A Loser that loses it, say

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    CAULKED

    38D Filled in some gaps

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    HEDONIST

    30A Voluptuary

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    SADFACE

    11D :(

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    STAYATHOMEDAD

    12A Pop around a lot?

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    TENUTO

    41D "Hold it," in music

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    DESERTOASIS debut

    62A Place for a hot date?

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    GOTFAR debut

    18A Achieved success

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    REDOAKS debut

    40D Amazon comedy/drama set in a New Jersey country club in the 1980s

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    SECRETFILES debut

    1A Parts of a leak

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    SERGEANTBILKO debut

    61A Phil Silvers character of 1950s TV

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