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Friday · 68 answers · 5 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

  1. 1
    ORAL

    45A Kind of phase

    42
    367
  2. 2
    AHA

    2D "Eureka!"

    40
    379
  3. 3
    TEN

    3D Hamilton

    39
    369
  4. 4
    ACAI

    53D Kind of palm or berry

    37
    135
  5. 5
    ONCE

    9D Way back when

    32
    326
  6. 6
    EMU

    59D Runner with vestigial wings

    27
    295
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    ONTO

    55D One step ahead of, say

    26
    244
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    SARA

    10D Emmy-nominated Gilbert

    19
    181
  9. 9
    TARO

    32D Polynesian staple

    15
    122
  10. 10
    IDAHO

    12D "Napoleon Dynamite" setting

    15
    121
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    ASAHI

    51D Beverage brand founded in Osaka

    14
    45
  12. 12
    DIP

    60D Some smokeless tobacco

    13
    111
  13. 13
    MTV

    1D "Becoming a Popstar" airer

    13
    58
  14. 14
    HIT

    43D Best seller

    10
    101
  15. 15
    ARBOR

    47D Setting for a green wedding, perhaps

    9
    60
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    WIN

    44A What a sports fan might call a "dub"

    8
    96
  17. 17
    SINAI

    49D Where early tablets were first unveiled?

    8
    90
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    RIGA

    33D World capital where it's illegal to display the Soviet hammer and sickle

    8
    86
  19. 19
    TEENS

    37D Main characters in "Booksmart" and "Easy A"

    8
    86
  20. 20
    TERSE

    50D To the point

    7
    142
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    OPRAH

    45D Highest-rated daytime talk show in American history

    7
    92
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    SNORE

    14D [What a bore!]

    6
    92
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    BIN

    25A Waste ___

    6
    90
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    CAFE

    29D Commercial follower of Mc- or Nes-

    6
    65
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    ELLIS

    6D Bret Easton ___, "American Psycho" author

    6
    65
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    SNARL

    23D Junkyard warning

    6
    53
  27. 27
    GIT

    58D "Skedaddle!"

    6
    43
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    ROUTE

    46D Waze calculation

    5
    61
  29. 29
    COMET

    13D Ajax competitor

    5
    30
  30. 30
    ADASTRA

    30A "To the stars," in Latin

    5
    16
  31. 31
    EDO

    20D Where the Tokugawa shogunate was established

    4
    94
  32. 32
    OBAMA

    21D Who said "Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues"

    4
    89
  33. 33
    DOTE

    24A Pour on the affection

    4
    66
  34. 34
    MOST

    8D 50.1%, technically

    4
    54
  35. 35
    EYESORE

    41A House painted with polka dots, you might say

    4
    30
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    GROWL

    35D Junkyard warning

    4
    10
  37. 37
    THEY

    28D Gender-neutral pronoun

    3
    48
  38. 38
    ATOMANT

    61A Foe of Ferocious Flea in Hanna-Barbera cartoons

    3
    10
  39. 39
    PERIL

    36D Threat

    2
    63
  40. 40
    ATLARGE

    40A Loose

    2
    35
  41. 41
    PONG

    54D Early sports video game

    2
    28
  42. 42
    SASHIMI

    62A Raw fish dish

    2
    15
  43. 43
    ENRAGED

    57A Seeing red

    2
    11
  44. 44
    LOATHE

    42A Absolutely hate

    1
    30
  45. 45
    BIDET

    22D European hotel amenity

    1
    17
  46. 46
    ONANDON

    16A Interminably

    1
    16
  47. 47
    VANILLA

    17A Tame, metaphorically

    1
    10
  48. 48
    SCREENTEST

    27D Paramount requirement?

    1
    8
  49. 49
    COSTCO

    26A Where more hot dogs are sold than at all Major League Baseball stadiums combined

    1
    7
  50. 50
    HEREIGO

    63A "Wish me luck!"

    1
    6
  51. 51
    MATCHES

    1A Ones getting lit at a party, maybe

    1
    5
  52. 52
    ANECDOTES

    11D Some speech starters

    1
    4
  53. 53
    MOSAICS

    8A Some subway art

    1
    4
  54. 54
    SCREAMO

    18A Rock subgenre named for its aggressive vocals

    1
    4
  55. 55
    TIEITUP debut

    64A Make things even

    1
    2
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    REFEREE

    39A Flag bearer

    0
    12
  57. 57
    CHIVE

    4D Herb in many potato dishes

    0
    10
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    SPACECADET

    7D Scatterbrain

    0
    8
  59. 59
    OBSESSED

    21A All in, in a way

    0
    6
  60. 60
    MERMAID

    38A Figure with exactly 10 digits?

    0
    5
  61. 61
    INSTALLS

    48A Adds, as an app

    0
    4
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    RUBICON

    56A Point of no return

    0
    4
  63. 63
    THEHELP

    15A Hit 2011 film based on a 2009 novel by Kathryn Stockett

    0
    4
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    PORTAPOTTIES

    52A Music festival lineup

    0
    2
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    CHATGPT debut

    34A Focus of some modern ethical debates

    0
    1
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    HELOS debut

    5D Choppers

    0
    1
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    SMALLTIME debut

    31D Two-bit

    0
    1
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    VOICETEACHER debut

    19A Pitching coach?

    0
    1