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Thursday · 76 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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    YES

    42A What a nod usually means

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    PSST

    8A Sound from a note passer

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    NSA

    22A Org. protecting U.S. information systems

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    ORCA

    38A Squid predator

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    ONCE

    28D "Back in my day …"

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    OBOE

    31D A woodwind

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    RNA

    43A Genetic messenger

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    ELSA

    1A Pataky of the "Fast & Furious" franchise

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    TEST

    11D Word with run or drive

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    NAE

    5A Scot's "not"

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    AWE

    33D Leave thunderstruck

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    ANAL

    55D Like many a fussbudget

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    STS

    63A Canal and Mott, in N.Y.C.

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    IBET

    44A "Mmm-hmm. If you say so"

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    OLGA

    21D Korbut of gymnastics

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    AUTO

    56A Self-

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    TOP

    27A Shirt or blouse

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    TENS

    25A Some bills

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    SINE

    10D 0, for 180 degrees

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    HENS

    62A Brooding sorts

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    OBEY

    35A Heed

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    HUT

    58D Unpretentious home

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    OPIE

    15A Mayberry boy of classic TV

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    EMIRS

    48D Mideast leaders

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    ARS

    49A "___ Poetica"

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    PEAS

    29D Pod set

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    PATH

    52D Track

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    LURE

    53D There may be a catch to this

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    SINS

    18A Offenses

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    SANTA

    3D Noted coal provider

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    AUG

    26A Summer mo.

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    AGGIE

    49D Texas A&M athlete

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    CATE

    24D Oscar-winning Blanchett

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    TOON

    17D Drawn-out character

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    TRIG

    59A Pre-calc course

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    LETT

    64A Dweller on the Baltic Sea

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    BUSES

    41A School lineup

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    LOUT

    34D Boor

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    TTYL

    25D Texter's "Bye for now"

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    TURF

    60A Territory

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    FIND

    14A Ctrl+F action

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    RAINN

    61A Comedic actor Wilson who wrote the 2023 best-seller "Soul Boom"

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    5
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    GROG

    40D Diluted rum

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    NISEI

    5D American-born Japanese

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    ANDIE

    6D Actress MacDowell

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    BUNT

    45D Hit without swinging

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    FEWER

    36A Like Canadian provinces vis-à-vis U.S. states

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    EMAJ

    37D Key of Rossini's "William Tell" Overture: Abbr.

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    LUAUS

    2D Feasts where kalua pua‘a might be served

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    MONTY

    30A A "full" one can be very revealing

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    FANGS

    14D Part of a vampire costume

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    BESTIR

    41D Rouse to action

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    MOBY

    30D Name before Dick

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    BOWLGAME

    39A End-of-season sports event

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    OUTSHONE debut

    19A Upstaged

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    EGGON

    1D Incite

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    GUAVA

    12A Agua fresca fruit

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    ASHLEY

    13D Scarlett's first love in "Gone With the Wind"

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    PLEDGE

    52A Promise

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    AVGS

    4D Batting stats: Abbr.

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    ATEALONE

    33A Enjoyed a dinner date with oneself, perhaps

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    BOTNET

    20A Group of computers commandeered in a cyberattack

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    MONTAGUE

    54A "What's in a name?" name

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    POSTDOC

    8D Fellowship recipient at a research lab, perhaps

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    SEDIMENT

    51D River deposit

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    SPINDOCTORS

    9D Pros at redirecting the narrative

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    BULLDOGS

    47D University of Georgia athletes

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    ISOFF

    44D Seems suspect

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    RUDIMENT

    50D Basic principle

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    BULLBULLOFJESUS debut

    46A "The Good Samaritan" and "The Prodigal Son," for example

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    EDDIEBAUER debut

    7D J.Crew competitor

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    FANFESTS debut

    36D New York Comic Con and Treklanta, for two

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    GANGSTASDIEDIE debut

    16A 1995 Coolio song featured in the film "Dangerous Minds"

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    LOGICALDOCDOC debut

    23A "This statement is false," for one

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    NEWSBULLETIN debut

    32D Program interrupter, perhaps

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    SHIFTINGDIMEDIME debut

    57A Effecting fundamental changes to perceptions

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