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Thursday · 69 answers · 5 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ONE

    21D Small bill

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    SNL

    4D Show that spawned "Wayne's World," in brief

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    NSA

    57D Org. whose logo has an eagle grasping a key

    38
    233
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    ADE

    31D Punchy ending?

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    277
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    NTH

    55D Advanced degree?

    30
    251
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    ACHE

    63A Not just smart

    28
    282
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    ODDS

    9A 1:15 or 1:30, e.g.

    23
    171
  8. 8
    UCLA

    14A Its motto is "Fiat lux"

    22
    174
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    TAO

    53A "The ___ of Pooh"

    21
    223
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    THE

    41A Not just "a"

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    175
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    ENG

    19A H.S. class

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    160
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    LAO

    27A ___ People's Democratic Republic

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    154
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    CDS

    32D AOL freebies, once

    14
    147
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    EVES

    52D Some big nights

    14
    108
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    ORBS

    1A Earth and Mars, e.g.

    14
    107
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    OTHER

    1D [Not shown here]

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    114
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    ATTIC

    47D Top story

    13
    108
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    SESH

    61A Meeting, informally

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    26
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    OMAR

    28D Ilhan in Congress

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    252
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    YALE

    59A Its motto is "Lux et veritas"

    11
    137
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    GET

    22A Trick

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    118
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    AILS

    62A Feels crummy

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    104
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    SEEYA

    43D "Bye!"

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    75
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    ICON

    34A Representation

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    ERATO

    29A Goddess whose name means "lovely"

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    ORALB

    46A It's famous for doing the floss

    9
    55
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    NSFW

    5A "Office-inappropriate" tag

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    36
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    NUDE

    5D Wearing just a smile, say

    8
    92
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    RHINO

    2D It has Javan and Sumatran varieties

    8
    59
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    ANNIE

    39A She met her husband Frank after beating him in a shooting match

    7
    89
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    OFF

    9D Switch position

    7
    72
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    ERST

    58A Formerly, once

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    155
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    BEL

    50A ___ canto

    6
    81
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    FRET

    15A Part of a guitar

    6
    77
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    SIGN

    60A Make binding, in a way

    6
    65
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    LYON

    54A City on the Rhône

    4
    43
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    SWIT

    33D "M*A*S*H" Emmy winner

    4
    32
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    ASHORE

    36D Where flotsam and jetsam may end up

    3
    47
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    WASTE

    8D Eggshells and coffee grounds, typically

    3
    41
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    FAME

    18A "If you come to ___ not understanding who you are, it will define who you are": Oprah Winfrey

    3
    32
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    LAUGH

    48D Crack up

    3
    14
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    EUR

    40D It covers 6.8% of the earth's land area: Abbr.

    2
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    THAN

    13A Part of a comparison

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    ENLAI

    44D China's Zhou ___

    2
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  45. 45
    BORNE

    49D Lifted

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    44
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    ROYCE

    23A Rolls follower

    2
    14
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    BARS

    37A Measures of cellular strength

    1
    54
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    SCARF

    6D Accessory for a soccer fan

    1
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    SNELL

    45D Fishhook attachment

    1
    20
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    STETSON

    12D Western hat

    1
    19
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    JANEEYRE

    35D 1847 novel originally subtitled "An Autobiography"

    1
    8
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    FLYER

    7D Philadelphia athlete

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    7
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    IHEART

    17D Start of some souvenir shirt slogans

    1
    6
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    DRAGRACES

    10D Some street fights?

    1
    3
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    HERETO

    20A Regarding this matter

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    22
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    CLASSIC

    24D Like works of Shakespeare or Frank Sinatra

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    11
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    BAGGY

    3D Like Hammer pants

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    7
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    RESISTS

    38A Counters

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    6
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    RENNER

    51A Actor Jeremy of "The Hurt Locker"

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    4
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    CRITTER

    26D Varmint

    0
    3
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    DEMENTOR

    11D Soul sucker in the Harry Potter books

    0
    2
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    JUSTADDWATER

    35A Simple recipe instruction ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues

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    2
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    TARMACS

    30A Airport aprons

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    2
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    TURNALOSS

    30D See red?

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    2
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    BABBLES debut

    37D Talks endlessly

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    1
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    BEACUSES debut

    42A *Cape Cod retreats

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    1
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    ELEVENTUR debut

    56A *Last possible second

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    1
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    FRENCRNS debut

    25A *The wolf in "Peter and the Wolf"

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    1
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    HIGLIDAYS debut

    16A *Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur

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    1