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Friday · 70 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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    ADO

    7D Big scene

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    477
  2. 2
    ONCE

    16A Part of YOLO

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    326
  3. 3
    NBA

    53D L.A. and N.Y.C. are each represented in it twice

    26
    198
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    PAR

    36D Something to shoot for

    25
    218
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    EYES

    57A They move around in orbits

    24
    195
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    ANEW

    14A Freshly

    23
    237
  7. 7
    TRY

    32A Shot

    19
    181
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    LIP

    34A Part of a cup

    17
    136
  9. 9
    RASH

    45A Devil-may-care

    12
    122
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    BAT

    24D Be up

    10
    128
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    EMTS

    47D Many fire dept. members, by training

    10
    96
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    ONSET

    28D Dawn

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    141
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    ELMS

    6D Eugene O'Neill's "Desire Under the ___"

    9
    115
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    DAIS

    22A Politician's platform

    9
    106
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    META

    59A Like casting Michael Keaton in "Birdman" as an actor who used to play a superhero

    9
    87
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    FAST

    1D Unfading

    8
    69
  17. 17
    OLDER

    15A Like Venus vis-à-vis Serena Williams

    8
    51
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    AIDA

    29A Opera daughter of Amonasro

    7
    161
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    OVID

    56A Author of the six-book poem "Fasti"

    7
    99
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    DREW

    9D Acted sketchy?

    7
    82
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    TASE

    18D Leave stunned, in a way

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    47
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    USDA

    51D Certification letters

    6
    83
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    TCBY

    49D Big purveyor of frozen desserts

    4
    30
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    ASPIRE

    39D Have a target

    3
    44
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    NIELS

    25D With 5-Down, Nobel Prize-winning pioneer in atomic theory

    3
    26
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    TOKES

    23A Drags

    3
    11
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    TEVA

    38A Big name in sandals

    3
    5
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    BARMENU debut

    24A The drinks are on me!

    3
    4
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    RIAL

    48D Mideast capital

    2
    81
  30. 30
    RAND

    54A Writer who founded Objectivism

    2
    58
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    GIL

    31D Jazz great Evans

    2
    56
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    BEARD

    5A It might slowly grow on you

    2
    35
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    FUSS

    10A Be hot and bothered

    2
    24
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    EATOUT

    19D Go for a bite, say

    2
    17
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    IWOJIMA

    4D Literally, "sulfur island"

    2
    16
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    UNFIT

    26D Ill-suited

    2
    16
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    MAINST

    33D Central part of town: Abbr.

    2
    14
  38. 38
    REVS

    8D Races, in a way

    1
    52
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    CERES

    27D Dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter

    1
    43
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    PROW

    43D Projecting front

    1
    43
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    BOHR

    5D See 25-Down

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    39
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    SLAYS

    58A Knocks dead

    1
    32
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    SWORN

    44A Like some enemies

    1
    18
  44. 44
    HEYS

    50D Cries for attention

    1
    14
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    ATHEIST

    39A One in a state of disbelief

    1
    13
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    TABBY

    55A Striped cat

    1
    13
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    COOLEST

    27A Maximally neat

    1
    9
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    HOTONE

    41D Scorcher

    1
    9
  49. 49
    INGENUE

    30A Green sort

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    7
  50. 50
    FOXHOLE

    10D Shelter from attack

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    6
  51. 51
    FIJI

    1A Former British colony whose national flag includes the Union Jack

    0
    36
  52. 52
    STPETER

    42A Bigwig in the admissions dept.?

    0
    29
  53. 53
    SCALES

    12D Runs up and down?

    0
    20
  54. 54
    IVEHADIT

    35D "Oh, just stop!"

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    12
  55. 55
    MEFIRST

    33A Selfish demand

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    11
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    THOREAU

    49A He wrote "All good things are wild and free"

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    11
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    SEXIST

    13D Like policies prohibited by Title IX

    0
    9
  58. 58
    SWAHILI

    21A From which we get "Hakuna matata"

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    9
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    GALILEE

    37A Sea that's fed by the Jordan River

    0
    8
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    TEAROOM

    38D Russian ___ (iconic restaurant near New York's Central Park)

    0
    8
  61. 61
    UNLIKE

    11D As opposed to

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    6
  62. 62
    JEOPARDY

    3D What makes you question everything you know?

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    5
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    TWOWAY

    40D Involving a give-and-take

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    5
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    TIPJARS

    20A They're open to change

    0
    3
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    GERUNDS

    37D Kicking and screaming, often

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    2
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    INMIDAIR

    2D Flying

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    2
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    POTUSER

    46A Member of high society?

    0
    2
  68. 68
    IWONTMINCEWORDS debut

    52A "Let me be frank …"

    0
    1
  69. 69
    LETSERVE debut

    34D It's not your fault

    0
    1
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    SMOOTHMOVEEXLAX debut

    17A Putdown to a klutz, in dated slang

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    1