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Saturday · 66 answers · 7 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 Period

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  2. 2
    SEA

    26A Word with bass or bed

    40
    370
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    ACT

    41A Part of a play group?

    31
    302
  4. 4
    GAS

    45D Oomph

    30
    218
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    ELLE

    23A Palindromic periodical title

    25
    221
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    OUR

    47D "___ Mutual Friend" (Dickens's last completed novel)

    21
    160
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    CANOE

    43A "I can row a boat. ___?" (groaner joke)

    16
    113
  8. 8
    ARMY

    5D Horde

    13
    76
  9. 9
    DIY

    22A Like typical projects in Popular Mechanics magazine, in brief

    12
    35
  10. 10
    REED

    8D Kind of grass

    11
    187
  11. 11
    LENA

    38A Horne of music

    11
    140
  12. 12
    ORIOLE

    2D Colorful bird in the blackbird family

    10
    93
  13. 13
    FAST

    40A Live on water, say

    8
    69
  14. 14
    DIN

    35A It's a racket

    7
    109
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    RAISE

    4D Subject of an end-of-year office memo, maybe

    6
    93
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    ANDES

    7D Home to the highest active volcano in the world

    6
    76
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    BYTE

    25A Memory measure

    5
    61
  18. 18
    ISOMER

    36D Compound with a chemical "twin"

    5
    26
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    BONDS

    39D Gets tight (with)

    5
    15
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    DANUBE

    35D River that flows through or beside 10 countries

    4
    16
  21. 21
    DUB

    6D Talk over?

    3
    30
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    LATKE

    27D Holiday pancake

    3
    27
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    NEBULA

    3D Crab ___

    3
    21
  24. 24
    AREPAS

    7A Maize patties

    3
    6
  25. 25
    LIRE

    42D Bygone Vatican money

    2
    67
  26. 26
    BRASS

    28D Majors, say

    2
    35
  27. 27
    AREARUG

    13A Throw on the floor

    2
    26
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    PRICE

    33A Part of a quote

    2
    20
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    BUSTS

    39A Disbands

    2
    19
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    LOWER

    27A Humble

    2
    19
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    PERPS

    24A Crime show extras, for short

    2
    19
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    PLANET

    33D Hollywood precursor?

    2
    19
  33. 33
    NERUDA

    15A Poet who wrote "Love is so short, forgetting is so long"

    2
    15
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    FAKED

    40D Staged

    2
    11
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    NOGGIN

    44A Dome

    2
    9
  36. 36
    DEADLY

    18A Silent partner?

    2
    5
  37. 37
    TENSES

    50A Gets tight

    1
    31
  38. 38
    BEENE

    25D Eponym of a lifetime achievement award in fashion since 1984

    1
    30
  39. 39
    RENDS

    34A Tears

    1
    30
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    TASED

    20A Like the villainous Max Shreck, at the end of "Batman Returns"

    1
    14
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    SUREBET

    49A There's no doubt about it

    1
    12
  42. 42
    CONRAD

    1A Birdie of Broadway's "Bye Bye Birdie"

    1
    10
  43. 43
    CABLES

    1D Old-time messages

    1
    5
  44. 44
    LOUSY

    19A Replete (with)

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    19
  45. 45
    NTESTS

    37D Nonproliferation treaty subjects, in brief

    0
    19
  46. 46
    SAYYES

    12D Accept a proposal

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    15
  47. 47
    PONTE

    24D ___ Vecchio

    0
    9
  48. 48
    CORY

    43D Booker of the Senate

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    8
  49. 49
    LOGIA

    42A Sayings attributed to Jesus

    0
    6
  50. 50
    BECCA

    29D Kufrin of "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette"

    0
    4
  51. 51
    EDUARD

    48A Russian writer and dissident Limonov

    0
    4
  52. 52
    BETES

    28A ___ noires (bugbears)

    0
    3
  53. 53
    RYDERS

    51A "Ruff ___ Anthem," 1998 hit single for DMX

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    3
  54. 54
    BANANACREAM

    29A Certain pie filling

    0
    2
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    BIBIMBAP

    16A Korean rice dish often served in a hot stone bowl

    0
    2
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    PAINTGUN

    31D One way to put on a coat

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    2
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    PARENTHESIS

    17D The right one can produce a smile

    0
    2
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    PETTYTYRANT

    31A Archetypal bossypants

    0
    2
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    PUDDYTAT

    10D Sighting in a classic Looney Tunes cartoon

    0
    2
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    ADLITEM debut

    11D Appointed by the court

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    1
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    CRUDS debut

    30D Disgusting buildups

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    1
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    GATEWAYDRUG debut

    14D Marijuana, some say

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    1
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    PACKEDHOUSE debut

    32A Result of selling out

    0
    1
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    PRECODE debut

    32D Like early uncensored Hollywood films

    0
    1
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    SNOOKUMS debut

    46A Sugar substitute?

    0
    1
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    SPRAYONTANS debut

    21D Bronze producers

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    1