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Thursday · 79 answers · 2 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

    44D It appears twice in the Fibonacci sequence

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    ACE

    64A Expert

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    493
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    TSA

    57A Screening grp.

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    ERE

    59D Lead-in to long

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    ICE

    25D Contents of a certain shelf

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    ESP

    61D Rafael Nadal's home country, in the Olympics

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    RAT

    19D Snitch

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    LIE

    16A "I was stuck in traffic," maybe

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    ALL

    53D ___ ears

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    SRO

    42A Sign of a hit

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    ODD

    6A Curious

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    IPO

    31A Tesla had one in 2010, for short

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    AKA

    21A Link between two names

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    ENG

    32A K-12 subj.

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    DEA

    5D Org. with strict schedules?

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    PRO

    47D Expert

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    AWOL

    33A Like someone receiving baseless accusations, maybe?

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    NON

    23D Prefix with binary

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    YER

    45A Gen ___

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    SEN

    67A Ottawa N.H.L.er, to fans

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    SOW

    9D Scatter

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    ABIDE

    10D Bear

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    PANEL

    68A Discussion group

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    ENTRE

    14D French lead-in to "chat"

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    DRONE

    15A Aerial view provider

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    YSL

    62D Designer inits.

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    MIN

    39D Low point: Abbr.

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    OLDS

    6D Parents and grandparents, in slang, with "the"

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    ADEN

    56D Mideast locale of Sira Fortress

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    ONEAL

    55A N.B.A. great with a doctorate in education

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    FOB

    30D Key ring item

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    44
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    ASTIN

    22A Sean of "Stranger Things"

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    ADDED

    1A Part of V.A.T.

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    SAGAN

    28D Astronomer Carl

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    29
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    HONDA

    54A Giant on both the Nikkei and N.Y.S.E. indexes

    4
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    LOSETO

    13D Not beat

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    ADZ

    1D Wood-shaping tool

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    WASTE

    34D Throw it away

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    AENEAS

    48D Trojan War hero

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    OBERON

    17A Titania's spouse, in Shakespeare

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    ENCASE

    66A Completely cover

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    HYATT

    26D Hilton alternative

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    SPEWS

    65A Spouts

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    DREAMON

    2D "Pigs will sooner fly!"

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    PETSPA

    50D Where lab coats get cleaned?

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    DINER

    24A Scene in Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks"

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    AYEAYE

    53A Roger on the high seas

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    FIONA

    30A Apple on Apple Music

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    NEUTER

    63A Fix, in a way

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    CONEY

    29A ___ dog

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    17
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    SAMPLE

    9A Taste

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    ROYALWE

    43D "I"

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    HATES

    52D Gives zero stars, say

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    34
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    UPTON

    49A Long Island home of Brookhaven National Laboratory

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    IMLATE

    58A "Alice in Wonderland" cry

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    25
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    GINS

    35A Generates dubiously, with "up"

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    DENIRO

    8D Co-star of 2019's "Joker"

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    20
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    ENGAGE

    4D Get involved

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    WHINE

    51D Be a kvetch

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    ITGUY

    36D He can help you after a crash

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    IMIGHT

    25A Wishy-washy R.S.V.P.

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    WIDEST

    20A Like "h" among "h," "i" and "j"

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    ZENGARDEN

    18A Fencer's cry

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    SORTDATA

    37D Spreadsheet command

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    TPAIN

    46A Rapper featured on Flo Rida's "Low"

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    JOTS

    40A Takes (down)

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    YEOMEN

    45D Buckingham Palace figures

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    EVIDENCE

    38D Prints, perhaps

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    STASSEN

    42D Harold who sought the Republican presidential nomination nine times over 48 years

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    10
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    PRENUPS

    12D Union agreements?

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    VING

    41A Actor Rhames

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    ENDLESSLY

    60A On and on ... or how to read 18-, 27-, 37- and 51-Across to understand this puzzle's theme?

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    DIETPILL

    7D Slimming aid

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    DONKING

    3D Rumble in the Jungle promoter

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    JEANLUC

    40D First name on "Star Trek: The Next Generation"

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    MEDICINE

    11D Something that nearly one million Americans practice regularly

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    PROSECUTE

    27A Style of diamond with a flat base

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    STABLEMATE debut

    37A Spot for a dinner plate

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    WEATHERED debut

    51A Roadside restaurant sign

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