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Saturday · 70 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    EAR

    6D Hammer home?

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    485
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    NSA

    40A Org. associated with interceptions

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    233
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    EWE

    21A Fleece "wearer"

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    302
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    APE

    51A Lug

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    415
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    OAT

    29D Bit of farm food

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    290
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    REP

    56D Title in D.C.: Abbr.

    23
    192
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    ASEA

    53D In the Red, say

    22
    326
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    STAY

    54D "___ alert"

    20
    159
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    APP

    57D With 50-Down, many people making downloads

    19
    133
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    URLS

    9D Things typically copied-and-pasted — rather than typed manually — in messages

    19
    69
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    MAE

    20A Contemporary artist Carrie ___ Weems

    18
    181
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    MSG

    34D Umami enhancer

    13
    92
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    ICED

    5D Like some drinks and injuries

    11
    106
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    DEERE

    45D Inventor of the steel plow

    10
    118
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    LEST

    23A A word before we forget?

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    104
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    USERS

    50D See 57-Down

    10
    96
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    INSET

    13D Map of Hawaii, often

    10
    94
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    CRU

    48A French word in vineyards

    9
    49
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    MII

    10D Find ___ (Nintendo minigame)

    9
    34
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    TAI

    26A James Clavell best seller "___-Pan"

    8
    154
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    RENEE

    49D Woman's name with an accent on its fourth letter

    8
    129
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    RICE

    22D Hot bed?

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    100
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    WIN

    33D Good thing to have on the record

    8
    96
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    ASHES

    53A Word on either side of "to"

    7
    109
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    ALIBI

    24A Detective story?

    7
    108
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    NOSES

    42A Butts (in)

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    45
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    FADS

    43A Wordle and others

    7
    33
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    LASH

    37D Verbally lose it, with "out"

    6
    80
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    APHID

    44D Honeydew producer

    6
    59
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    STEAD

    38A Place

    6
    54
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    CASTE

    1D ___ system

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    51
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    COLT

    52D Relative of a filly

    4
    47
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    NANAS

    12D Grams

    4
    43
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    SMELL

    7D Be ripe

    3
    43
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    ASIANS

    24D Sherpas, e.g.

    3
    35
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    POLLS

    19A Where to make one's voice heard, with "the"

    3
    8
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    DIVE

    4D Great fall

    2
    34
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    DRAKE

    3D Rapper Aubrey Graham, who's known professionally by his middle name

    2
    30
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    ISIAH

    46A Basketball legend Thomas

    2
    30
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    ETO

    35D W.W. II combat inits.

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    140
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    HMS

    28D Inits. before Queen Elizabeth

    1
    46
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    URE

    30D Suffix with press

    1
    46
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    LENDS

    25D Gives, but not for good

    1
    31
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    SEEST

    47D "This is dear mercy, and thou ___ it not": "Romeo and Juliet"

    1
    22
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    ANOTE

    27D Make ___ of

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    12
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    FATWA

    43D Certain religious ruling

    1
    11
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    PELLET

    8D Bit of fish food

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    10
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    CADDIE

    1A One who's left holding the bag?

    1
    6
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    MARINEBIOLOGIST

    36A Sort who might be testing the waters

    1
    4
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    ROLLE

    22A Esther of "Good Times"

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    21
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    OCOME

    11D Christmas carol title starter

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    12
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    LIEGES

    23D Feudal superiors

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    10
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    NEWME

    32A Post-op persona, perhaps

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    10
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    CHOKE

    48D Fail under pressure

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    9
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    PAYEES

    60A Remittance recipients

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    9
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    CRESC

    52A Music score abbr.

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    8
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    ADEPTAT

    59A Having down pat

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    7
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    AIRSEA

    41D Kind of rescue search

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    6
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    TOKED

    18A Took a hit

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    6
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    AFRICANAMERICAN

    14A Like roughly one-eighth of the U.S. population

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    4
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    AFLOW

    2D Like water in a stream

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    3
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    SOLOACTS

    31D Stand-up comedians, typically

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    3
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    THEROSETTASTONE

    55A Key to understanding ancient history?

    0
    3
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    YOLATENGO

    39A Rock band with the 2023 album "This Stupid World"

    0
    3
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    SPUMONI

    7A Dessert with layers

    0
    2
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    ABOLITIONISTS debut

    16D Republicans in the 1850s, typically

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    1
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    HOUSECATS debut

    28A Tabbies, e.g.

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    1
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    NEPOBABY debut

    15D Modern coinage for someone turned successful through their celebrity parents

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    1
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    SLAVEREBELLIONS debut

    17A The Haitian Revolution and the Aponte Conspiracy of 1812, e.g.

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    1
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    WIRELESSSPEAKER debut

    58A What you might use to play music on a beach

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    1