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Friday · 70 answers · 9 debuts

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

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    ALE

    23A Fermented beverage

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    570
  2. 2
    SPA

    22D Brazilian's place

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    475
  3. 3
    EAT

    57D Gobble up

    33
    399
  4. 4
    SIS

    24A Frequent maid of honor, in brief

    26
    210
  5. 5
    TIARA

    17A Meghan Markle's "something borrowed"

    24
    152
  6. 6
    INCA

    5A Creator of terraced agricultural fields known as andenes

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    212
  7. 7
    ACTS

    1A Source of the quote "It is more blessed to give than to receive"

    21
    214
  8. 8
    PEN

    25A Writers' org. with apt initials

    19
    187
  9. 9
    EEK

    40D High-pitched cry

    19
    163
  10. 10
    ESTEE

    27D Signature scent introduced in 1968

    18
    185
  11. 11
    SEEP

    41A Leak (through)

    18
    128
  12. 12
    RATE

    28A Mortgage offering

    16
    182
  13. 13
    URGE

    31D Itch

    12
    208
  14. 14
    AFT

    1D Toward the tail

    12
    144
  15. 15
    ABATE

    46D Ease

    12
    108
  16. 16
    ASHY

    23D Pallid

    12
    97
  17. 17
    SNOT

    62A Impertinent sort

    12
    29
  18. 18
    COO

    7D Say "You're so-o-o cute!," e.g.

    10
    144
  19. 19
    MOOR

    61A "Wuthering Heights" setting

    10
    81
  20. 20
    SELL

    9D Persuade

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    103
  21. 21
    APU

    46A "The Simpsons" character with an 18-letter last name

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    95
  22. 22
    SOFT

    9A Not alcoholic

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    47
  23. 23
    TREES

    12D Things that parks and families have

    8
    77
  24. 24
    SAYS

    52D States

    8
    55
  25. 25
    ETES

    60A Part of a French 101 conjugation

    7
    148
  26. 26
    DUO

    55D What Salt-N-Pepa were not, despite their name

    7
    105
  27. 27
    ELISE

    56A Renée ___ Goldsberry of "Hamilton"

    7
    75
  28. 28
    SARAN

    4D Brand once produced by Dow Chemical

    7
    65
  29. 29
    ANTES

    26A Alternative to blinds

    6
    92
  30. 30
    NORM

    6D Summer temperatures of 120º F, in Death Valley

    5
    92
  31. 31
    BESO

    53D X, maybe, in Spanish

    5
    24
  32. 32
    IPSO

    35D ___ facto

    4
    69
  33. 33
    IDE

    45A Chemical suffix

    4
    54
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    SENORA

    20D Title for Frida Kahlo

    4
    45
  35. 35
    TEDLASSO debut

    37D TV character who said "I do love a locker room. It smells like potential"

    3
    5
  36. 36
    EUGENE

    42D ___ Gant, protagonist of Thomas Wolfe's "Look Homeward, Angel"

    2
    32
  37. 37
    SEPTA

    43A BART : San Francisco :: ___ : Philadelphia

    2
    28
  38. 38
    ADVIL

    8D "Stronger than pain" sloganeer

    2
    17
  39. 39
    FREAK

    13A Wig (out)

    2
    15
  40. 40
    SPIRIT

    41D Christmas ___

    2
    15
  41. 41
    VROOM

    48D When doubled, racing sound

    2
    13
  42. 42
    TRANSAM

    19A Good auto for an L.A.-to-N.Y.C. road trip?

    2
    6
  43. 43
    GOAPE

    38A Flip

    1
    31
  44. 44
    OBOIST

    10D Uncommon member of a high school band

    1
    22
  45. 45
    LLOSA

    59A Author Mario Vargas ___

    1
    16
  46. 46
    INPART

    5D Somewhat

    1
    10
  47. 47
    SHISH

    32A Literally, "skewer"

    1
    9
  48. 48
    BURRATA debut

    53A Cheese from the south of Italy

    1
    3
  49. 49
    TINYHOUSE debut

    58A Kind of architectural movement with the philosophy of living with less

    1
    2
  50. 50
    OVO

    47A Record label co-founded by Drake

    0
    57
  51. 51
    ARTURO

    30A Historian Schomburg of the Harlem Renaissance

    0
    25
  52. 52
    AREACODES

    54A Numbers that come after 1

    0
    15
  53. 53
    ISHTAR

    33D Mesopotamian goddess of love and war

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    14
  54. 54
    STINGER

    22A Queen's protection

    0
    10
  55. 55
    TEARINTO

    3D Dress down

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    10
  56. 56
    AVIATION

    36D Ohio claims to be its birthplace

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    8
  57. 57
    AHUM

    29D Alive with excitement

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    6
  58. 58
    PROVOLONE

    18A Cheesesteak topper

    0
    6
  59. 59
    TALLS

    50D They're denoted by T's, for tees

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    6
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    FANNIE

    11D Civil rights activist ___ Lou Hamer

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    4
  61. 61
    HUMVEE

    39A Jeep successor

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    4
  62. 62
    BIGSUR

    51A Home to California's Limekiln State Park

    0
    3
  63. 63
    CRITTERS

    2D Polecats, raccoons, squirrels, etc.

    0
    3
  64. 64
    IVLINE debut

    21A R.N.'s insertion

    0
    2
  65. 65
    PCUSER

    44D Windows might be opened by one

    0
    2
  66. 66
    CARTALK debut

    49A Longtime NPR call-in show

    0
    1
  67. 67
    KANGAROOPOUCH debut

    14D Marsupium, by another name

    0
    1
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    LOVERSQUARREL debut

    16D Cause of a breakup

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    1
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    NOODLEBAR debut

    15A Place to slurp ramen

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    1
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    SORORITYSQUAT debut

    34A Group photo pose during a rush

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    1