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Friday · 70 answers · 7 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

    14D Stackers of plastic tubs, in brief

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    189
  2. 2
    ASIA

    37D ___ Minor

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    350
  3. 3
    ESP

    40A Second sight, say

    35
    344
  4. 4
    SIR

    39A Polite thing to call someone

    35
    271
  5. 5
    ISH

    38D Devil follower

    30
    193
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    TREE

    9D General Sherman, in Tulare County, Calif., is the world's largest one

    25
    309
  7. 7
    ENE

    56D Dir. traveled on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

    24
    403
  8. 8
    ASK

    19A Don't assume, say

    24
    204
  9. 9
    ETTA

    41A ___ Candy, best friend of Wonder Woman

    23
    254
  10. 10
    TAO

    33A "The ___ of Wu" (book by rapper RZA)

    21
    223
  11. 11
    BOA

    30A Neckwear that's not constricting, one hopes

    21
    168
  12. 12
    SMOG

    51D It's hard to see through

    19
    122
  13. 13
    ESTEE

    29D Lauder of cosmetics

    18
    185
  14. 14
    DEL

    35D "Barb and Star Go to Vista ___ Mar" (2021 film)

    18
    128
  15. 15
    OATH

    53D Initiation ritual

    16
    143
  16. 16
    EASY

    25A A snap

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    153
  17. 17
    CHI

    54A Letter after phi

    13
    148
  18. 18
    BAN

    55D Preventive measure

    13
    125
  19. 19
    AGENT

    32D Musician's mouthpiece

    12
    150
  20. 20
    HENS

    5D They rule the roost

    12
    93
  21. 21
    RENE

    28A Philosopher Girard who coined "mimetic desire"

    11
    221
  22. 22
    EDT

    24A Appalachian spring hrs.

    11
    131
  23. 23
    YOU

    27D "Oh, ___!"

    9
    83
  24. 24
    ORALB

    23D Brand whose "B" stands for "brush"

    9
    55
  25. 25
    SHY

    58D Not forward

    7
    107
  26. 26
    SANS

    26D Minus

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    82
  27. 27
    YOYO

    22A Waver wildly

    7
    81
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    ALEVE

    11D Analgesic with a soothing-sounding name

    7
    65
  29. 29
    ARESO

    2D Recess retort

    7
    57
  30. 30
    WAGE

    50D Conduct

    7
    50
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    OCCAM

    46D Name associated with simple explanations

    7
    31
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    MADAM

    36D Polite thing to call someone

    6
    63
  33. 33
    RING

    52D Word with pinky or promise

    5
    77
  34. 34
    MERIT

    43D Be worthy of

    5
    66
  35. 35
    HERR

    10D Doktor alternative

    4
    84
  36. 36
    FAA

    44A Air safety org.

    4
    76
  37. 37
    ERASER

    15A Mistake fixer

    4
    68
  38. 38
    SIPS

    8D Doesn't drink much

    4
    53
  39. 39
    CSA

    4D Farm-fresh box letters

    3
    98
  40. 40
    IWONT

    7D "Can't make me!"

    3
    27
  41. 41
    IST

    13D "Das ___ gut!"

    2
    95
  42. 42
    HIRED

    48D Brought on

    2
    25
  43. 43
    BIGLEAD

    30D Don't blow it!

    2
    6
  44. 44
    SHANE

    47D Baseball's ___ Victorino, nicknamed "The Flyin' Hawaiian"

    1
    44
  45. 45
    NASCAR

    57A Daytona 500 org.

    1
    27
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    MOSH

    45A Kind of pit

    1
    19
  47. 47
    FADES

    44D Some short cuts

    1
    10
  48. 48
    HAIM

    42A Rock band with the 2020 Album of the Year nominee "Women in Music Pt. III"

    1
    8
  49. 49
    DECANT

    17A Transfer, as wine

    1
    7
  50. 50
    MEDAY

    1D Time to focus on oneself

    1
    5
  51. 51
    IDEAMAP

    21D Brainstorming diagram

    1
    4
  52. 52
    MATCHA

    1A Powdered green tea

    1
    4
  53. 53
    BEERAMID

    55A Portmanteau structure built from discarded cans

    1
    3
  54. 54
    RHYMED debut

    62A Wrote some hip-hop lyrics, say

    1
    2
  55. 55
    ETHANE

    60A C2H6 compound

    0
    43
  56. 56
    OPERETTA

    18A Leonard Bernstein's "Candide," e.g.

    0
    21
  57. 57
    TACKY

    3D Like leaving the price tag on a gift

    0
    17
  58. 58
    ANTIGONE

    59A Third of Sophocles' Theban plays

    0
    11
  59. 59
    TETEATETE

    12D Little confab

    0
    11
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    NESTEGGS

    61A They "hatch" late in life

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    10
  61. 61
    CLARINETS

    34D Subsection of an orchestra

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    3
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    ONRETAINER

    31D How a lawyer might be kept

    0
    3
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    SPINSERVE

    20A One way to start a point

    0
    2
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    WIRELESS

    16A Like Bluetooth connections

    0
    2
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    ALLTIMEGREATS debut

    37A Best of the best

    0
    1
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    ARTPENCILS debut

    6D Sketching tools

    0
    1
  67. 67
    CASCADINGMENU debut

    34A Computer flow like [Insert -> Picture -> From File]

    0
    1
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    ISABELALLENDE debut

    38A "The House of the Spirits" novelist

    0
    1
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    ISTHATIT debut

    7A "Nothing else?"

    0
    1
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    NEWSRADIO debut

    49A Cult 1990s sitcom set at WNYX

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    1