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Thursday · 74 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ELI

    56A Wearer of a "Y" sweatshirt

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    ARE

    63D Is after you?

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    533
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    ERE

    32D Old-fashioned preposition

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    ETNA

    18A Sicily's highest peak

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    334
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    IDEA

    59D Bit of creativity

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    EKE

    55D Just scrape (by)

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    236
  7. 7
    LEI

    62D Scented souvenir

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    310
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    ABLE

    60A Fit for the task

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    259
  9. 9
    ALOT

    13A Q: How much does it cost to park at stadiums? A: ___

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    262
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    EERIE

    65A Like many a campfire story

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    260
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    LOO

    49A Head across the pond?

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    162
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    RES

    7D Hi-___

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    279
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    UFO

    6D World traveler?

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    131
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    OMIT

    9A Leave off

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    218
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    NEMO

    15A Captain in "The Mysterious Island"

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    156
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    AMASS

    47A Hoard

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    135
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    SRS

    38D Typical college interviewees: Abbr.

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    SCAT

    51A Ella Fitzgerald forte

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    141
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    PCS

    34D Microsoft Surfaces, e.g.

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    109
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    LIEN

    68A It may be on the house

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    131
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    EWER

    66A Water pitcher

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    146
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    STOW

    4D Put (away)

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    SER

    35A Spanish 101 verb

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    100
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    CAM

    39A Mitch's husband on "Modern Family"

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    DEF

    17D Absolutely, informally

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    88
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    HEAT

    67A Pressure, informally

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    82
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    LITE

    54D Diet-friendly

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    75
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    LEGS

    1A Long-term appeal

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    64
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    NOLA

    37D The Big Easy

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    61
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    TYPO

    33A Run for fun, perhaps

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    51
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    ALLY

    69A One who's got your back

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    86
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    SADE

    64A Marquis de ___

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    84
  33. 33
    ONEDGE

    9D Wired

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    48
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    DUD

    27D Lemon or turkey

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    53
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    NRA

    28A Food industry lobby, for short

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    NOBEL

    53D Prize declined by Sartre

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    30
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    TREVI

    8D Fountain near the Spanish Steps

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    36
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    ENSURE

    30A Not leave to chance

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    KAYO

    25D Prizefight ending

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    20
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    TOASTER

    12D Glass elevator?

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    13
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    VERSE

    29A Frost bit?

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    33
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    DEFER

    14A Postpone, as enrollment

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    28
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    KENKEN

    5D Puzzle whose name comes from the Japanese for "cleverness squared"

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    9
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    COED

    26A Like Swarthmore, but not Bryn Mawr

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    60
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    STREET

    48D Word with fair or fight

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    47
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    DYER

    14D Easter egg decorator

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    46
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    WEIRDO

    57A Wackadoodle

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    22
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    KURT

    5A Rock star Cobain

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    MATILDA

    41D Roald Dahl heroine

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    13
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    METEORS

    10D Shooting stars

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    9
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    ELLISON

    2D National Medal of Arts recipient whose novel "Juneteenth" was published posthumously

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    8
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    STIRFRY

    46D Recipe that might call for ginger and soy sauce

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    8
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    LABMICE

    1D Maze runners

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    5
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    TIKIBAR

    58A Stand by the pool, maybe

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    3
  55. 55
    ISI

    22A "It ___" (pompous arrival's declaration)

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    SERIFS

    43A Calligraphy details

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    AMOEBAE

    40D Creatures named for their changing shape

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    RAISED

    31D Upped the ante

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    CARWASH

    39D Business that offers body waxing

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    7
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    IEOH

    42A Architect ___ Ming Pei

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    7
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    INVOKE

    21D Call upon

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    OPTSIN

    50D Chooses to receive marketing emails, say

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    7
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    VIDEOS

    20A YouTube content

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    FALAFEL

    45D Balls in a pocket

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    4
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    ICEBOWL

    44D Nickname for the subzero 1967 N.F.L. Championship Game

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    3
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    ARTSHOP

    24D Place to purchase pencils and paint

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    2
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    BLOODYNOSE debut

    16A "My allergies are really acting up!"

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    2
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    MIDWEEK

    19A Unusual time to start a vacation

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    2
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    ROTTENAPPLE

    52A "My iPhone never works!"

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    2
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    BLASTEDOFF debut

    61A "This bug spray is useless!"

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    1
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    DARNSOCKS debut

    36A "I keep losing things in the dryer!"

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    1
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    FREAKINGOUT debut

    23A "That third strike cost us the game!"

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    1
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    GOODIES debut

    3D Special treats

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    1
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    IMNOUSE debut

    11D "What's the point in me even trying"

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