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Saturday · 68 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    ERA

    9D Reconstruction, e.g.

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    USA

    51A Today preceder

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    261
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    ARI

    55D Lennox of R&B

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    378
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    ETNA

    52A It started smoking again in 2021

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    334
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    AMI

    21A Soirée invitee

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    302
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    UTE

    41A People credited with discovering mechanoluminescence, using quartz crystals to generate light

    27
    263
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    ESE

    7D Sri Lanka-to-Singapore dir.

    26
    386
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    ASP

    38A Symbol on an ancient sarcophagus

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    265
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    ASIS

    48D Unchanged

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    183
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    ELAN

    52D Vivacity

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    SIN

    56D Vice principle

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    177
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    IPA

    27A Draft letters

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    80
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    PER

    8D ___ curiam (by the court)

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    270
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    CPA

    57D Book reviewer?

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    189
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    LOO

    49A Head of Hogwarts?

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    162
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    NETS

    18A Realizes

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    172
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    AWL

    32D Tool with an eye

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    FDR

    5D Who famously offered this speaking advice: "Be sincere, be brief, be seated," in brief

    10
    72
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    PASTE

    59A Collage application

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    66
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    ETTE

    20A Kitchen extension?

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    225
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    OSU

    19A Where Jesse Owens ran college track, in brief

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    100
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    CAMO

    50A Bit of hunting gear, for short

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    31
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    PUP

    29A Spot early on?

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    61
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    STEEP

    15D Rather inclined

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    72
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    OYL

    54D Castor ___ (old cartoon character)

    4
    76
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    BOSC

    14D Anjou alternative

    4
    56
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    FEES

    4D Schedule listings

    3
    43
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    STALK

    46A Something out standing in its field

    3
    29
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    BICEP

    22A Big gun, you might say

    3
    18
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    ANTED

    61A Put up

    2
    63
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    AILED

    13A Felt off

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    38
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    REVUE

    6D Variety offering

    2
    30
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    SOCKS

    45D Hits hard

    2
    21
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    SCOFF

    1A Act the cynic, maybe

    2
    20
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    COPES

    31D Deals

    2
    16
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    ABCTV

    38D Where "Lost" could be found

    2
    15
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    TOETAP

    11D Maneuver in dancing or football

    2
    15
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    SEAHAG

    39D Foe of Popeye

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    13
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    TUTEE

    47D One in a one-on-one session

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    33
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    NIGEL

    10D Man's name that's an African country if you change the last letter

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    25
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    PAMELA

    40D Emmy-winning actress Adlon

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    20
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    NEONATE

    37D Newborn

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    16
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    SAUNAS

    1D Hot spots

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    13
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    BLAZE

    24A Brilliant display

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    12
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    ROARED

    43D Didn't just tee-hee

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    10
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    GASLINE

    60A Dangerous place for a leak

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    5
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    SUNTZU

    12D He wrote "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak"

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    5
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    OOZIER

    42A More like mud

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    3
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    BEAST

    44A Savage

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    37
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    PREZ

    26D 5-Down, e.g., in brief

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    GETZ

    33D Jazz great Stan

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    14
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    PIPPA

    23D England's Middleton, younger sister of Kate

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    8
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    REPENTS

    6A Embarks on a newly righteous path

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    8
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    SAMPAN

    25A Small boat of East Asia

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    6
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    COINSLOT

    17D It welcomes change

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    5
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    UNDERCOVERAGENT

    16A Operative

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    5
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    BAILOUT

    22D Rescue

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    4
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    CINEMAX

    2D Channel owned by HBO

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    4
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    BANGKOK

    24D The world's most-visited city (20+ million travelers annually)

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    3
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    BESERIOUS

    14A "This is no laughing matter!"

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    3
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    OLDTIMEY

    3D Prompting nostalgia, say

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    2
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    THECOASTISCLEAR

    53A "You can come out now"

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    2
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    XERISCAPING

    30A Gardening practice that minimizes the need for water

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    2
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    ZOOPLANKTON

    36A Low member of a marine ecosystem

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    2
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    PIANOLAS debut

    28D Self-playing instruments

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    1
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    SOILTEST debut

    35D One might determine fertility

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    1
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    VALKYRIES debut

    58A Those tending to the fallen warriors called einherjar, in myth

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    1
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    YELLOWPAGES debut

    34A The book of numbers

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    1