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Saturday · 72 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ALOE

    56A Spiny-leaved plant in tropical and semitropical climates

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    497
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    SSN

    9D Fig. with two hyphens

    44
    242
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    EMO

    8D Rock type

    43
    256
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    DNA

    29A Cell info

    37
    260
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    SHE

    24A "___ Said" (2022 film)

    35
    345
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    STEM

    4D Check

    26
    228
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    DEN

    46A Herd : cattle :: ___ : snakes

    22
    260
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    ABC

    22A Airer of "Batman" on 1960s TV

    20
    153
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    TRES

    60A Number of stripes on la bandera de España

    16
    136
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    NAME

    58A ___ names

    13
    124
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    HALO

    25D Buddha is often depicted with one

    10
    151
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    MIST

    50D Symbol of forgetfulness in Ishiguro's "The Buried Giant"

    10
    69
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    SNAFU

    24D Grounds for an apology

    10
    58
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    FEE

    43A Downside of checking a bag

    9
    121
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    IMPS

    1A Pains in the you-know-what

    9
    87
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    META

    30A Parent company of WhatsApp

    9
    87
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    RUM

    23A Punch something?

    9
    69
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    RIFE

    35D Widespread

    7
    62
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    RIMS

    42A Some auto accessories

    7
    58
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    ADAMS

    28D Fourth president after Adams

    6
    67
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    BON

    47A Voyage preceder

    6
    50
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    DANCE

    46D What Terpsichore was the goddess of in Greek myth

    6
    47
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    ISR

    26A Country whose postal service has a special "Letters to God" dept.

    5
    142
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    WANE

    51D Become less brilliant

    5
    75
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    CANT

    52D Language common to a profession

    5
    49
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    PARSE

    38A Break down while reading

    5
    46
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    VAST

    7D Spanning multiple time zones

    5
    45
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    OBAMA

    49A Subject of a Kehinde Wiley portrait in the National Portrait Gallery

    4
    89
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    EVIE

    11D Wilcox daughter in "Howards End"

    4
    30
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    RISEN

    32D Up

    3
    51
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    MOLAR

    30D Grinder

    3
    39
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    LIKE

    17A When doubled, really like

    3
    33
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    BOCCE

    47D Ball game

    3
    30
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    LAIT

    15A Cochon de ___ (suckling pig)

    2
    54
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    CABLE

    10D Word with box or car

    2
    31
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    EXUDE

    31A Send off

    2
    24
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    SENTRA

    14D Japanese export beginning in 1982

    2
    18
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    MOHAIR

    27A Fabric for a sweater

    2
    17
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    ROOMBA

    42D It charges for cleaning

    2
    12
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    BEREAL

    44A "Stop kidding yourself"

    2
    6
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    ERIEPA

    20D City down Lake Erie from Buffalo, N.Y.

    1
    15
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    ELYSEES

    41D Champs can precede this

    1
    4
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    LABOUR

    5D One side in the British Parliament

    1
    3
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    PIKACHU

    3D Pikachu's cry in Pokémon

    1
    3
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    JAMAISVU debut

    36A Experience of feeling unfamiliar with something that's actually quite familiar to you

    1
    2
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    ODIUM

    6D Disgust

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    42
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    LEB

    55D Land bordering 26-Across: Abbr.

    0
    26
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    DELVE

    29D Go (into)

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    22
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    BIL

    54D Puppeteer Baird who performed for "The Sound of Music"

    0
    21
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    OMB

    45A Fed. fiscal group

    0
    20
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    EGOISTS

    13D Number one fans?

    0
    9
  52. 52
    LETIT

    21A "Who cares if that happens"

    0
    7
  53. 53
    REGULAR

    39D Going well?

    0
    7
  54. 54
    SAOTOME

    40D Capital of São Tomé and Príncipe

    0
    7
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    NASTIER

    12D Comparatively unpleasant

    0
    6
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    MENINBLACK

    53A Hit Will Smith song from 1997's "Men in Black"

    0
    5
  57. 57
    APRILFOOL

    34A Cry heard on April Fool's Day

    0
    4
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    MAILBOX

    2D Word that means the same thing even with several letters added?

    0
    4
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    BOOKER

    44D Annual book prize

    0
    3
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    ILLFAME

    1D Notoriety

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    3
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    REALTORS

    32A They have lots to deal with

    0
    3
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    WOODCUTS

    51A Art pieces that date back to the Han dynasty

    0
    3
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    ADAMSAVAGE debut

    16A One member of TV's "MythBusters"

    0
    2
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    AMBANDS

    37D They go from 540 to 1700, informally

    0
    2
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    AMSTELBEER

    59A Brew whose red-and-white logo was inspired by billiard balls

    0
    2
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    BADSCIENCE

    57A The "fact" that humans use only 10% of our brains, e.g.

    0
    2
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    JIMBEAM

    36D Noted employer in Clermont, Ky.

    0
    2
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    LOVESCENES

    5A Awkward things at family movie night

    0
    2
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    BISONBISON debut

    18A Scientific name for the American bison

    0
    1
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    FLAMEOUT debut

    19A Bomb

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    1
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    GOY debut

    48A Non-Jewish person, from the Yiddish

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    1
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    TOPEND debut

    33D High-quality

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    1