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Friday · 68 answers · 2 debuts

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

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    ODE

    35D "Dejection" is a famous one

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    SOS

    30D Letters that shouldn't be written big for air rescue (a single V or X is best)

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    IDO

    25A Promising reply

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    336
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    RAE

    6D Hip-hop duo ___ Sremmurd

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    278
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    INN

    26A Public house

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    258
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    ORS

    46A Appendectomy sites, in brief

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    161
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    ODDS

    10D Things a bettor better know

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    171
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    ORB

    45A Crystal object featured in Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," the most expensive painting ever sold

    22
    195
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    SAGA

    52D It's a long story

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    USES

    56A A Swiss Army knife has many

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    ROD

    42A Word with tie or fly

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    157
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    DARE

    16A Choice in a slumber party game

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    116
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    TOT

    24A One using a bib, maybe

    16
    200
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    AGAR

    7D Petri dish medium

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    172
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    OPTS

    10A Picks

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    132
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    TECH

    27A ___ support

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    ARENAS

    40D Grounds for a fight

    8
    82
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    ARGUE

    57A Bicker

    8
    61
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    CODE

    37A A message from the Pentagon might be in this

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    66
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    ALEE

    14A On the safe side, at sea

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    275
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    SNORE

    47D Real bore

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    92
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    TARP

    1A It can cover all the bases

    6
    78
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    BOLT

    33A Take off in a hurry

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    37
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    ECLAT

    23D Splashy display

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    113
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    SYNE

    61A New Year's Eve song word

    5
    87
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    PERK

    59A Extra

    5
    54
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    MASK

    51D Screen

    5
    33
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    HUM

    55D What many air conditioners do

    4
    43
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    SILOS

    31A Grain stores

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    43
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    NEHI

    41A Orange soda brand

    3
    96
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    TROD

    58A Put one's foot down

    3
    90
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    PEERS

    4D Jury members

    3
    47
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    SHRED

    32D Play a mean guitar, slangily

    3
    47
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    OBERON

    43D "Wuthering Heights" actress Merle ___

    3
    39
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    SEAMS

    60A Bee lines?

    3
    30
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    TIRED

    38A Unimaginative

    2
    51
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    GETIT

    8D "See?"

    2
    37
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    TARTS

    49D Some bakers' wares

    2
    31
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    INAROW

    20A Lined up

    2
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    CAROUSE

    37D Party

    2
    9
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    CAMERA

    39A Smartphone, at times

    1
    35
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    NASCAR

    29A Organization with a strong track record?

    1
    27
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    SENSOR

    13D Motion detector, e.g.

    1
    23
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    RETAIN

    3D Don't forget

    1
    18
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    HOPIN

    28D Go along for the ride, say

    1
    16
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    SNAPON

    9D Easily attached, in a way

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    15
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    TAHINI

    1D Hummus ingredient

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    15
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    NOISOME

    22A Foul-smelling

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    8
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    TRUEDAT

    12D "Uh-huh, you said it!"

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    8
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    ALANON

    2D Friends-and-family support group

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    20
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    DERIDE

    44D Insult

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    ROTARY

    42D Retro phone type

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    HAGEN

    15A Tom ___, consigliere in "The Godfather"

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    13
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    CRAGS

    5A Rocks out?

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    ZOOMLENS

    50A What helps you see the big picture?

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    6
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    PARTICLE

    11D Quark or lepton

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    5
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    RIPOSTES

    21A Comebacks

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    4
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    SEATER

    53A Two-___ (many a sports car)

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    4
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    TOOTSIEROLL

    18D Penny candy morsel since 1907

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    4
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    NOTABADIDEA

    19D "That could work!"

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    3
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    REHASHES

    36D Goes over again

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    3
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    CHOWMEIN

    5D Chinese takeout staple

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    2
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    COINAPHRASE

    34A Neologize

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    2
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    COMBOVER

    34D Part for a balding man?

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    2
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    COZYUP

    39D Get close

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    2
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    HATETOEATANDRUN

    17A Apologetic comment from a dinner guest

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    2
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    DADTOBE debut

    48A One purchasing cigars, maybe

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    YUVALNOAHHARARI debut

    54A Best-selling Israeli author of "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind"

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