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Saturday · 70 answers · 7 debuts

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

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    ATE

    4D Took something with a grain of salt, maybe

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    ANTE

    39A It may be raised at a table

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    LSD

    8D Stuff in microdots

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    ACAI

    16A Fruit whose name is three-quarters vowels

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    SKA

    48A ___ punk (genre for No Doubt)

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    TEA

    54D It's typically taken in the afternoon

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    NASA

    47D Launch party?

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    MEET

    45A Reason to run in circles?

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    THAI

    58A ___ ginger, a.k.a. galangal

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    MISO

    30A High-protein paste

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    INIT

    38A Still a contender

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    TECH

    10A Big ___

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    SISI

    48D "Ciertamente!"

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    THOU

    2D Grand

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    INOT

    55A Beyond regulation, for short

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    HINT

    13D When doubled, comment made with a wink

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    ABIT

    46D "Ish"

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    HAH

    53D Taunting cry

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    AGENDA

    25A What to do?

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    BIOS

    51A Life sentences?

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    KNIT

    49D Close-___

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    NARY

    47A Less than hardly

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    WASP

    3D The fairyfly (the smallest known insect in the world) is one

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    AWRY

    1D Sideways

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    YUP

    19A "Mm-hmm"

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    SODOI

    24D "Likewise"

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    AAAS

    7D Thin cell types

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    NENES

    35D Spanish little ones

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    BALD

    31A Plain and blunt

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    SOBS

    23A Loudly lachrymates

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    TEMPO

    33A Pace

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    ATWAR

    1A Like the Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance, in science fiction

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    ACIDS

    32D One side of a chemistry scale

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    ATREST

    46A Still

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    ROOTS

    22D They get down and dirty

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    SOOTHE

    24A Calm

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    STEPON

    9D Squash or smoosh, maybe

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    WAITS

    59A Takes orders

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    ESCAPEROOM

    27D Breakout site

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    MARYI

    45D Daughter of Catherine of Aragon

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    MOSES

    29D Second-most frequently mentioned individual in the Quran, after Jesus

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    GOBS

    20A A whole bunch

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    AMUST

    25D Something critical to have

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    REFERS

    44A Hands off (to)

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    EASYDOESIT

    56A "Hold your horses"

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    DLINE

    28D Tackling group, for short

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    TAKETHEBAIT

    10D Fall for a trick, say

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    SHARENTING debut

    52A Constantly posting pictures and news about one's kids on social media

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    HALS

    6A Dutch Golden Age painter

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    AGTS

    50D Some Hollywood workers: Abbr.

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    HERBS

    6D Ingredients pronounced differently in American and British English

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    PRESET

    21A It's there by default

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    SMAZE

    37A Air pollution portmanteau

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    THIGHS

    42A Wing alternatives

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    TIMS

    57A Rice and Curry

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    UTTERED

    36D Said

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    HEYNOW

    43D "Whoa, calm down!"

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    KORN

    18A "Freak on a Leash" band

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    ARTSET

    41D Kit for creative types

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    BAOBABS

    15D "The Little Prince" trees

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    ROSEPARADE

    17A Annual New Year's Day event

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    RAPGOD

    5D Boastful Eminem title with the Guinness world record for "most words in a hit single" (1,560)

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    TAPENADE

    40A What's spread all over southern France?

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    DONOHARM

    28A Statement that is, in fact, not part of the Hippocratic oath

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    CAREERPATH debut

    12D Work in progress?

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    ECOSHAMING debut

    11D Criticizing a refusal to recycle, e.g.

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    GINMARTINI debut

    26D Two-ingredient cocktail usually served with an olive or lemon twist

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    SNOOZEFESTS debut

    23D Bores

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    UNCONSCIOUSBIAS debut

    34A Covert influencer

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    WHATABEAST debut

    14A Statement of admiration after someone's impressive feat

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