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Friday · 72 answers · 8 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

    42A Schooner filler

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    ELSE

    52D "What ___?"

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    ORAL

    33A Pronounced

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    AMEN

    36D Service call?

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    HER

    39A ___ Highness

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    ION

    30A Salt component

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    IOWA

    18A It has a higher population of pigs than people

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    ELMO

    48D Sesame Street resident

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    OLGA

    50D Kurylenko of "Black Widow"

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    WOE

    10D Trouble

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    LEAN

    8D Slight advantage, in political forecasting

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    ELON

    53D North Carolina college town

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    AGENT

    41A One who may wear a badge

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    LIES

    55A Reclines

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    MORE

    58A Seconds

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    WIT

    22A "The salt of conversation, not the food," per William Hazlitt

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    ALAN

    3D Page or Ameche of football

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    DENT

    19A Beginning of a large amount of work

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    LGA

    38D Luggage tag letters for a Delta hub

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    ITD

    5D "___ be an honor …"

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    AMOK

    40A Out of control

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    ABIT

    11A Rather

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    BETS

    43A Plays favorites, perhaps

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    MAG

    28D People, e.g., informally

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    ROPE

    2D Bit of cowboy gear

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    ETHOS

    48A Community spirit

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    POOR

    49A 1 on a scale of 1 to 5, maybe

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    NEWTS

    31D Cousins of axolotls

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    ALPHA

    25D Dominant

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    ATHENA

    45A Goddess who helped Perseus defeat Medusa

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    GUS

    47A "Better Call Saul" character ___ Fring

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    CRAP

    24D Losing dice roll

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    POOH

    16A Pantsless Disney character

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    ERASES

    44A Clears

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    POND

    54D Turtle's habitat

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    VENI

    20A "___ Vidi Vicious" (critically acclaimed 2000 album by the Hives)

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    JEEP

    51A Vehicle whose name may or may not be derived from the phrase "just enough essential parts"

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    YEE

    57D "___-haw!"

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    LOHAN

    32A Actress Lindsay

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    TUE

    34A When "NCIS" has aired for most of its run: Abbr.

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    LORD

    29A Tolkien's Sauron, for one

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    ONED

    60A Lacking width and depth, for short

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    THUD

    1D A bad joke might land with one

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    MLS

    56D Org. for D.C. United

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    THAD

    14D Jazz trumpeter Jones

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    ANTMAN

    25A Big little role in the Marvel Universe

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    IOWEYOUONE

    13D Words of appreciation

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    APIAN

    11D Like a hive mind?

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    EUROPE

    44D It's blue on a Risk board

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    FLEET

    7D Assembly of starships

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    SCANTY

    23A Speedo-like

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    BAKED

    21A High on marijuana, in slang

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    HOLYTOLEDO

    15A "Man, oh, man!"

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    GOLOW

    47D Use smear tactics, say

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    UPANDLEAVE debut

    17A Skedaddle unexpectedly

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    JERK

    51D No-goodnik

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    HOSED

    46D Cheated, in slang

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    GYNT

    4D Ibsen's "Peer ___"

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    THERETHERE

    27D "It's all gonna be OK"

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    LOCKS

    29D Secures

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    ADVISORY

    9D Like some boards

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    NORELATION

    26D Like singer Michelle Williams and actress Michelle Williams

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    WANNABES

    22D Poseurs

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    BADLIARS

    21D They're easy to read, typically

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    MELLOYELLO

    56A Citrus drink since 1979

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    BOOKTITLES debut

    12D Things on spines

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    COLVIN debut

    6D Civil rights pioneer Claudette of Montgomery

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    LEGOPERSON debut

    59A Toy brick figurine

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    NOTAPEEP debut

    37D "Shut your mouth!"

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    PREGNANCYPILLOW debut

    35A Firm support for a mom-to-be

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    SPAWEEKEND debut

    61A Some days reserved for wellness

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    TRAGICFLAW debut

    1A Protagonist's pride, often

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