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Thursday · 80 answers · 4 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    USE

    40D "What's the ___?"

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    ALOE

    61A Soothing succulent

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    SOS

    35D Palindromic plea

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    251
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    ONCE

    14A Years ago

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    ACT

    7D Exam that many take in H.S.

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    302
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    ATM

    34A It helps you find your balance

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    260
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    ONIT

    2D "I'll handle that!"

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    147
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    TAR

    24A Besmirch

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    351
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    TED

    43A *Dullsville

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    245
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    ASTO

    52D Concerning

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    DEE

    45A Actress Ruby who emceed 1963's March on Washington

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    182
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    UCLA

    3D Sch. whose colors are blue and gold

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    TAO

    50A "___ Te Ching"

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    CAN

    46D Has the wherewithal

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    SPEC

    19A *Misleadingly plausible

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    120
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    ISLA

    58A "La ___," informal title for the Mexican version of "Survivor"

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    119
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    DAB

    36D Skosh

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    124
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    ELMO

    55D Muppet host of "The Not-Too-Late Show"

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    174
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    SIC

    35A [As written]

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    116
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    HAN

    29A Multiple-episode pilot?

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    113
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    ALPO

    11D T-Bonz brand

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    138
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    TENS

    57D *Causes of stress

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    128
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    USB

    42A Port type

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    59
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    LIEU

    12D Stead

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    113
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    PASS

    6D *Fiery feelings

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    ERUPT

    63A Blow

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    54
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    NILE

    17A River whose celestial mirror is the Milky Way, in ancient myths

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    HIS

    29D Part of H.R.H.

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    ALIA

    16A Others, in Latin

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    108
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    SLEDS

    33D Save them for a snowy day

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    IONS

    1D Particles proposed by Michael Faraday in the 1830s

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    MISS

    51D *Video game quests

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    64
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    EMOTE

    31D OverDO it as an ACtor

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    ESTER

    18A Fragrant compound

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    STUD

    62A *Earnestly hitting the books

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    CALF

    10A Babe in the pasture

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    43
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    IMON

    64A "That's my cue!"

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    OLSEN

    44A Co-worker of Kent and Lane

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    76
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    IOUS

    1A Markers, of a sort

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    54
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    STALL

    27D *Male zebras

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    54
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    STRUT

    9D Take a stride with pride

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    CUB

    60D Babe in the woods

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    DESIRE

    45D Yearning

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    SOBS

    65A Breaks down

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    NOOB

    56D T0tal r00kie

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    ZAP

    21D Comic book sound effect

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    TONER

    39D Cartridge filler

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    SEWER

    23D Frequent setting for the Ninja Turtles

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    52
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    IPADS

    5A Ones touched to be of service?

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    DANES

    32D Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, for two

    3
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    PABLO

    26D Picasso, for one

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    34
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    WEEDS

    30A Mary-Louise Parker show about a suburban mom dealing pot

    3
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    FACET

    15A *Inappropriately jocular

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    VICAR

    59A *Experienced through another

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    IFEAR

    5D "What's worrying is …"

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    HOTAIR

    47D Blowhard's exhalation

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    FACT

    13D *Political groups

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    EELER

    48A Wriggler wrangler

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    DEBTS

    66A Figures on a balance sheet

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    CAPT

    54D *Descriptive lines under photos

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    YMCAS

    28D Gym-and-swim facilities

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    PSYOP

    26A Campaign to influence emotions and morale, informally

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    CHESS

    46A "A foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time," per Shaw

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    CLUB

    53D Disco or cabaret

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    ROBS

    67A Holds up

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    TORTS

    50D First-year law course

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    SEENTO

    4D Taken care of

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    LETEM

    25A "They should just go ahead and do that"

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    LLANOS

    41A Grasslands of South America

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    STANZAS

    20A Pieces of poetry

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    CASHMERE

    10D Pashmina fabric

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    DEEPEN

    8D Get more complex, as a mystery

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    DERMAL

    36A Skinny?

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    LOVED

    49D Held dear

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    CONTENT

    54A *Likely to cause an argument

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    BACKTOSQUAREONE

    37A Where you may go after reaching an impasse … or a hint for solving this puzzle's 12 starred clues

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    KNEEPADS debut

    38D Roller derby protection

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    LACQUER debut

    25D Shiny coat

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    MACPROS debut

    51A Apple varieties

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    PUSHOUT debut

    22A Forcibly remove

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