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Thursday · 79 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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    TSA

    45A They check out people who check in, in brief

    53
    189
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    TEE

    68D Bit of merch

    49
    395
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    ORE

    23D Iron Range haul

    48
    581
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    NEO

    32D Prefix with classical

    43
    332
  5. 5
    ETNA

    63D Sicilian skiing spot

    36
    334
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    ESP

    69D In particular: Abbr.

    35
    344
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    LET

    39D Frequent word before "x = …"

    34
    288
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    AXE

    55A Big feller?

    34
    269
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    LEI

    44A Necklace made from natural materials

    29
    310
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    RAT

    29A No-goodnik

    29
    280
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    APE

    28A Word after big or go

    28
    415
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    EROS

    6D God of fertility

    28
    321
  13. 13
    ARM

    9D Branch

    27
    264
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    ADD

    47D Do some basic arithmetic

    27
    224
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    ATL

    2D Hartsfield-Jackson airport code

    23
    171
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    ERRS

    34A Needs to be corrected

    22
    230
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    TAO

    31D "The way," per 48-Down

    21
    223
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    SNAP

    73A Just like *that*!

    20
    204
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    MEN

    20A Some people

    19
    145
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    CSI

    41D Long-running forensics drama

    19
    127
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    OTOH

    19D "And yet …" in a text

    18
    60
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    CEO

    37A Board hiree, in brief

    15
    177
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    OTTER

    59A Animal that might make a waterslide to play on

    15
    165
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    ELIE

    60D Novelist Wiesel with a Nobel Peace Prize

    14
    160
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    PDF

    5D Adobe file suffix

    14
    41
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    BAN

    64A Prohibition

    13
    125
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    RAGE

    62A Fad

    13
    122
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    MAA

    36A Goat's cry

    12
    48
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    MOOR

    11D Secure, in a way

    10
    81
  30. 30
    SKIT

    21A Playlet

    10
    78
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    EASES

    4D Moderates

    10
    74
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    OOP

    67D Alley ___

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    96
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    META

    46A Self-referential

    9
    87
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    MID

    54A Central

    9
    70
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    RICE

    61D Food often served in bed?

    8
    100
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    NARC

    24D Deal breaker?

    7
    121
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    SOLI

    35D Jus ___ (birthright citizenship)

    7
    62
  38. 38
    KEEP

    74A Fortified tower

    6
    55
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    SOUR

    56A Mouth-puckering

    6
    49
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    SNOB

    26A One who eschews all pop culture, say

    5
    105
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    PAC

    1D ___-Man

    5
    82
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    ONESEC

    23A "Gimme a moment"

    4
    34
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    TEM

    66D Pro ___

    3
    80
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    PAGE

    1A One side of a sheet

    3
    71
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    ESTEEM

    72A Great respect

    3
    64
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    DOOM

    33D Send to a terrible fate

    3
    53
  47. 47
    RIOTER

    17A Mob member

    3
    28
  48. 48
    TRIAD

    22A Simple chord

    3
    26
  49. 49
    LAOTSE

    48D Noted ancient philosopher

    2
    23
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    ALMOND

    57A ___ flour (macaron ingredient)

    2
    18
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    ATRIAL

    12D The "A" of A-fib

    2
    12
  52. 52
    SIFT

    10D Sort (through)

    1
    32
  53. 53
    EXTOLS

    49D Praises

    1
    12
  54. 54
    OORT

    51D Dutch astronomer with an eponymous "cloud"

    1
    12
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    SLUICE

    70A Water gate

    1
    12
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    LEMONADE

    42D Stereotypical product for a kid's first entrepreneurial endeavor

    1
    8
  57. 57
    TOOTIN

    43D "Yer darn ___!"

    1
    5
  58. 58
    PEDE

    5A Ending with centi- or milli-

    1
    4
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    NENEH

    16D ___ Cherry, singer with the 1988 hit "Buffalo Stance"

    1
    3
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    ENCINO

    8D Los Angeles neighborhood whose name means "oak" in Spanish

    0
    18
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    ASMARA

    9A Eritrea's capital

    0
    12
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    RETAPE

    13D Take over?

    0
    9
  63. 63
    GETOUT

    50D "Scram!"

    0
    7
  64. 64
    ARTOODETOO

    14D Film character whose lines were all bleeped out?

    0
    5
  65. 65
    MALIK

    58D Singer Zayn

    0
    4
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    TOOLBOX

    53D Place for a screwdriver

    0
    4
  67. 67
    BACHATA

    27D Romantic music genre originating in the Dominican Republic

    0
    2
  68. 68
    DARKSTAR

    7D Sci-fi cult classic of 1974

    0
    2
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    QUALMS

    52D Reservations

    0
    2
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    STURGEON

    40D Common caviar source

    0
    2
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    ATEANDRAN debut

    15A Made a fast break after breakfast, say

    0
    1
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    CLOSEFORCOMFORTTOO debut

    18A Dangerously near

    0
    1
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    COMFITS debut

    25D Candied fruits or nuts

    0
    1
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    COOLFORSCHOOLTOO debut

    38A Trendy and overconfident, slangily

    0
    1
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    GEOMETRO debut

    3D Onetime auto replaced by the Chevrolet Aveo

    0
    1
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    HOTTOHANDLETOO debut

    30A Like a controversial political issue, maybe

    0
    1
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    LEGITTOQUITTOO debut

    48A Triple-platinum 1991 Hammer album

    0
    1
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    MONOXIDES debut

    71A Some compound gases

    0
    1
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    TOOLITTLETOOLATE debut

    65A Not enough, and without the urgency, to make a difference … or a literal hint to 18-, 30-, 38- and 48-Across

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    1