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Saturday · 72 answers · 10 debuts

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

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    LEE

    16D Guess alternative

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    ELM

    49A ___ Grove, Missouri locale that marked the original starting point for the Oregon Trail

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    ECON

    40A Utility subject, in brief

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    LIP

    21A Something you might gloss over

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    DEA

    50D Agcy. founded by Nixon

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    DEMO

    44A Tech expo offering

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    SHOO

    57A Cry while swishing one's hand

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    SLEW

    58A Host

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    PHO

    53D Soup eaten with chopsticks

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    NCAA

    10A Org. with eligibility requirements

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    BOT

    38A One stymied by security questions, say

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    GOO

    31A Mousse, e.g.

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    GOT

    28D Successfully pranked

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    YESNO

    59A Kind of question

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    RILE

    51D Work up

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    DEW

    48A "Enjoy the honey-heavy ___ of slumber": Shak.

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    PETRI

    9D Eponym for a dish

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    LANA

    27A Turner who said "Forsaking glamour is like forsaking my identity"

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    NHL

    10D They don't care for icing, for short

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    PTAS

    41A Some fund-raising grps.

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    DAH

    22A T, in a code

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    GAPE

    43A Expression of shock

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    AREPA

    13D Street food filled with queso

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    POOR

    45A Slipshod

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    MOS

    33D Personal styles, in brief

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    CIG

    30A Butt to bum

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    GONG

    28A Music disc?

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    AVAIL

    14A Benefit

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    SKIP

    6A Whimsically move from here to there

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    SLYLY

    5D On the D.L.

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    TOMATO

    42D Shade of red

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    GAD

    39A Go all over

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    DRAG

    25A Fit for a queen?

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    IGUANA

    8D Jason's pet in "FoxTrot"

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    GIBE

    4D Taunt

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    GAYBAR

    26D Place to go out and be out

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    LOLCAT

    20D Early 2000s meme

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    AVEMARIA

    2D Song title shared by Schubert and Beyoncé

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    RASPY

    47D Like the voice of Joan Jett or Janis Joplin

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    GALPAL

    43D Bestie, perhaps

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    SIENA

    54A Tuscan city

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    BONA

    24A Latin opposite of "mala"

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    LILA

    29A Marion Crane's sister in "Psycho"

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    PLAID

    56A Checks for clothes

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    DERBY

    17A Felt hat

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    PANGS

    1A Evidence of hunger

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    POLISH

    41D Smoothness, so to speak

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    HAPPYNOW

    34D Question that's more of a comment meaning "Look at what you've done!"

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    HOTMICS

    34A Causes of some P.R. nightmares

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    JORTS

    46D Modern fashion portmanteau

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    PEDIS

    45D Jobs done on one's feet?

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    JASPER

    46A Quartz variety

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    CALLON

    11D Tap

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    GODEEP

    31D Really open up in therapy

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    BOOMED

    24D Grew rapidly, in a way

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    DOLLYPARTON

    50A Musician who once joked "I'm not offended by all of the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb … and I also know that I'm not blonde"

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    GASLINE

    39D Fuel conduit

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    AIMING

    12D Finding the bull's-eye

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    ANGELHAIR

    15A Capellini lookalike

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    ICEDTEAS

    35D Cold brews

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    COMEONIN

    36D "The door's open!"

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    DIAPERPIN

    52A What's sharp near the bottom?

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    EASYMAN debut

    32A "Chill, bro"

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    IMWELLAWARE debut

    19A "Thanks for the update," when said sarcastically

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    ISTHATANO debut

    55A "So … thumbs-down?"

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    KNOWING debut

    7D Like some smiles and winks

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    NARWHALS debut

    3D Creatures with the scientific name Monodon monoceros

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    PADIDDLE debut

    1D Game played on a road trip

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    SAYAGAIN debut

    6D "Huh?"

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    SNOWNADO debut

    37D Portmanteau for a rare winter phenomenon

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    YOGINI debut

    23A Spiritual teacher in Hinduism or Buddhism

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    YOUTELLME debut

    18A Request for enlightenment

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