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Thursday · 83 answers · 1 debut

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

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    ATE

    16A Absorbed, as a loss

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    ART

    13D "A jealous mistress," per Emerson

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    384
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    SIR

    32D Dear fellow

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    271
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    ANA

    65D Carrier to Japan

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    367
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    NTH

    39A Indefinite ordinal

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    251
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    REN

    66D Rapper MC ___

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    198
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    IDOL

    60A Statue of Ganesha, e.g.

    23
    293
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    APT

    67A Apposite

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    217
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    OTTO

    46A Real first name of Spider-Man villain Doctor Octopus

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    273
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    ASP

    67D Shakespeare's "poor venomous fool"

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    265
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    DEN

    59A Animal house

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    WAS

    12D Functioned as

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    128
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    OFT

    44A O'er and o'er

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    113
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    MOP

    64D Swab

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    104
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    SCI

    70A Part of STEM: Abbr.

    13
    179
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    CIAO

    26D "Bye now!"

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    HORN

    23A Important part of a taxi

    11
    75
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    OAF

    44D Bungler

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    144
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    GEO

    8D Bygone Chevrolet division

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    87
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    ILE

    24A Suffix with infant

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    234
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    OCT

    29D Bat Appreciation Month, appropriately: Abbr.

    8
    152
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    PST

    73A L.A. winter hrs.

    8
    82
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    ALIBI

    52A Cover story

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    108
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    TIDE

    63D Current event

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    92
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    FLA

    45D Where some keys are found: Abbr.

    7
    69
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    OPENS

    5D Warms up the crowd, in a way

    7
    56
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    COSMO

    1A Pink alcoholic drink, for short

    6
    45
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    TRAIN

    33A Coach

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    36
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    YDS

    14D Sari measure: Abbr.

    5
    125
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    ALIST

    50A V.I.P.s

    5
    77
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    ATHENA

    7D To whom the Greeks dedicated the Parthenon

    5
    60
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    DIEM

    61D Per ___

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    54
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    COLE

    42D Suitable-sounding name for a kid on Santa's naughty list?

    5
    53
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    HINDU

    23D One studying the Vedas

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    35
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    IRAISE

    35A Poker declaration

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    25
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    SOOT

    36D Pipe buildup

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    ADUE

    37A Together, in music

    4
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    NOH

    30D Japanese dance/drama

    4
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    JAG

    6A Spree

    4
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    NATS

    31A 2019 World Series champs

    4
    39
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    ELEMENT

    48D U, V, W or Y, but not X

    4
    32
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    MALI

    4D Bad start?

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    ATTEST

    22D Validate, with "to"

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    49
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    NIGER

    68A Media exec Robert

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    39
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    DCON

    27A Raid shelfmate

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    BENIN

    58D Hippie happening

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    23
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    FACT

    56A Datum

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    TONGA

    57D Grab by pinching, as an ice cube

    2
    44
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    BEATIT

    54D "Amscray!"

    2
    25
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    METH

    34D Drug in "Breaking Bad"

    2
    21
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    STAHL

    41D Lesley of "60 Minutes"

    2
    20
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    COASTS

    20A Bikes without pedaling

    2
    7
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    IDING

    71A Naming, informally

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    7
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    SCALE

    18A Important map information

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    61
  55. 55
    PANAMA

    72A First airline to complete a round-the-world flight

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    24
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    STENCIL

    25A Need for making pochoir prints

    1
    18
  57. 57
    STIGMA

    51D Blot

    1
    17
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    RWANDA

    11D Title character in a classic John Cleese comedy

    1
    15
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    SYNERGY

    49D Jargony rationale for a business merger

    1
    10
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    NICOL

    9D Actor Williamson who played Merlin in "Excalibur"

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    9
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    SCARETACTIC

    3D Strategy that stokes fear

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    4
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    THEBEEB

    57A English channel, familiarly

    1
    3
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    ONOR

    10D ___ about

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    ASCAP

    15A Music rights org.

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    RRR

    43D Elem. school basics

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    37
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    MHO

    19A Measure of conductance

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    20
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    UNTIED

    38D Loose

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    12
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    NETTY

    74A Meshlike

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    MARGIN

    64A Wiggle room

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    9
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    THROES

    47A Pangs

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    8
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    NORWAY

    9A "Not a chance!"

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    7
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    INWARD

    17A Where to turn for self-knowledge

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    6
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    CASSINI

    1D First space probe to enter Saturn's orbit

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    5
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    MAACO

    34A "Uh-oh. Better get ___" (auto repair slogan)

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    4
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    CANYOUDIGIT

    28D "Capisce?," in '70s slang

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    3
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    MADETIME

    62A Found an occasion

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    3
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    SURINAME

    21A It comes first in China, but second in the U.S.

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    3
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    CROSSCOUNTRY

    40A One way to run ... or a hint to four geographical intersections found in this grid

    0
    2
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    IBMPCS

    53D Predecessors of Lenovos

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    2
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    ONEMEG

    69A Small storage unit

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    2
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    OSCULAR

    2D Kissing-related

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    2
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    RULY

    55A Neat and orderly

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    2
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    JAMMER debut

    6D Signal-blocking device

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