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Friday · 70 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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    SPA

    41A Many a resort on the Dead Sea

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    ALA

    40A Like

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    513
  3. 3
    AFAR

    47D 48-Down away

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    233
  4. 4
    SPOT

    58D Lend a few bucks to, say

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    153
  5. 5
    ASPS

    10A Ancient symbols of royalty

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    157
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    SOSO

    64A Nothing to write home about

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    154
  7. 7
    ALEC

    36D The spy in "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold"

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    279
  8. 8
    PAT

    5D A nice touch

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    168
  9. 9
    ERGO

    16D So

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    198
  10. 10
    TOO

    24A What "2" can mean

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    189
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    TAB

    35A Check

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    167
  12. 12
    CANOE

    50D One might be seen by a bank

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    113
  13. 13
    RAGU

    57D Pasta topper

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    99
  14. 14
    SNO

    51A ___-Seal (waterproofing treatment brand)

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    188
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    DAM

    61D Army Corps of Engineers project

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    132
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    ASIAN

    26A Like sun bears and sloth bears

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    137
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    UNDO

    56D Void

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    129
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    AMIE

    47A Many a demoiselle d'honneur

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    170
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    STEER

    51D What coxswains do

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    132
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    ATMS

    26D They take cards or cash

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    119
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    TORO

    7D Bull mascot of the Houston Texans

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    115
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    RESET

    62A Change hands, in a way?

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    109
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    NABS

    19A Hauls in

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    54
  24. 24
    EVAN

    1D First name that, reversed, is part of a church

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    122
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    MOM

    38A ___ jeans

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    92
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    RAS

    34D ___ the Exhorter, character in Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man"

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    84
  27. 27
    SHOP

    27D Oniomania, n. the uncontrollable desire to ___

    8
    81
  28. 28
    AIMS

    10D Designs

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    73
  29. 29
    AVERT

    8D Fend off

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    65
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    NSC

    49A Situation Room grp.

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    59
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    INEPT

    6D Maladroit

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    76
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    ALEVE

    59A Over-the-counter name for naproxen

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    65
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    LETO

    53D Jared who played the Joker in "Suicide Squad"

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    59
  34. 34
    TIT

    22A Half of an exchange

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    81
  35. 35
    IHOPE

    15A [Fingers crossed!]

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    39
  36. 36
    BARK

    37D Speak in a husky voice?

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    34
  37. 37
    GLOAT

    44A Crow, say

    4
    24
  38. 38
    FURS

    55A PETA pet peeves

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    19
  39. 39
    MOLAR

    18A Grinder

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    39
  40. 40
    FEMA

    54D Disaster relief org.

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    36
  41. 41
    MILES

    48D A long way

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    19
  42. 42
    SHOWER

    11D Start of the day for many people

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    13
  43. 43
    TORRE

    29A His number "6" was retired by the Yankees in 2014

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    42
  44. 44
    CLUB

    3D Iron, e.g.

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    41
  45. 45
    ALLSTAR

    4D Kind of cast

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  46. 46
    SPANK

    13D Defeat soundly

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  47. 47
    STRAND

    32D Hair piece

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  48. 48
    RENOWN

    30D Fame

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  49. 49
    ELCAPITAN

    1A Peak climbed in the 2018 Oscar-winning documentary "Free Solo"

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    9
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    THATSRICH

    33D Response to unfair criticism

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    3
  51. 51
    VILLANOVA

    14A Catholic university outside Philadelphia

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    3
  52. 52
    POLICETAPE debut

    12D It's found around a crime scene

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    2
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    INDIGO

    23D Part of Roy G. Biv

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    22
  54. 54
    ECKO

    25A Fashion designer Marc

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    10
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    INEEDANAP

    60A Translation of some loud yawns

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    8
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    LEAVES

    45D Fall fall

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    6
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    GRASSHOPPER

    42A Southern cocktail made with crème de menthe, crème de cacao and cream

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    5
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    HOOKAH

    21D Word with bar or pipe

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    5
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    ITHACAN

    39A Resident of a certain Ivy League town

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    5
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    LIDA

    2D "___ Rose" (song from "The Music Man")

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    5
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    WRECK

    46A Ruin

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    4
  62. 62
    IIMAGINESO

    28D "That seems likely"

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    3
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    PORCHSWING

    20A Cozy seating for outdoor reading

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    3
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    PROFANE

    43D Blasphemous

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    3
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    ADULTERER

    17A Cheating sort

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    2
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    HEARMEOUT

    65A "Wait, just listen"

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    2
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    COMEANDGO debut

    63A Not last

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    1
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    FINALDRAFT debut

    52A Result of multiple paper cuts?

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    1
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    NARCOTICS debut

    9D Unit for several detectives on "The Wire"

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    1
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    THIRDSTRIKE debut

    31A Last straw on "Family Feud"

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    1