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Friday · 68 answers · 3 debuts

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

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    END

    44A Close

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    TEND

    39A Mind

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    DOS

    47A They're OK

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    DOH

    9D [Facepalm emoji]

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    LIP

    49D Part of a bottle

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    ELATE

    3D Uplift

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    ALPS

    8D Range crossing eight countries

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    POD

    18A Storage unit

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    NONO

    23A Something best avoided

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    AGOG

    22A Eagerly excited

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    TENSE

    37D Perfect, e.g.

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    HENS

    24D Ones laying around in the country?

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    MEGA

    45D Big-time

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    RIDS

    41A Purges

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    NODE

    40A Network connection

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    OCT

    16A National Bullying Prevention mo.

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    LOOP

    46D Keep informed, with "in"

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    DINO

    29A Bird's ancestor, for short

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    RIC

    2D Singer Ocasek

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    TIT

    50D Bird that can be "fire-capped" or "yellow-browed"

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    SCADS

    6A A whole lot

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    BELL

    25D Welcome sound for a bored student

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    SPATS

    53A Signs of friction

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    TETONS

    39D Where Jackson Hole ski resort is found

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    PINS

    27D Some chess tactics

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    SPANS

    52A Crosses

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    WRITE

    19A Set down

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    APRES

    31D "___ vous" (polite French phrase)

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    LETIN

    42D Admit

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    BENIN

    43A Porto-Novo's country

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    SNOOZE

    13D Time-buying button

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    SALONS

    6D Intellectual gatherings

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    ALLDONE

    22D "Still working on that?"

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    METGALA

    45A Big Apple fund-raiser with a kind of apple in its name

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    FUNFACTS

    30D Cool bits of trivia

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    BASRA

    43D Iraqi port city

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    HOLD

    28D Contend

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    CLERK

    7D One for the record books?

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    APRONS

    31A They hang around in kitchens

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    HANK

    21A Bunch of hair

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    FOLD

    30A Step in a pastry recipe

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    IDIOMS

    36D Contents of some dictionaries

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    LEIF

    42A ___ the Lucky, nickname of a noted explorer

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    ANTIHERO

    5D Lisbeth Salander in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," for one

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    PLUGS

    38A Gauge earrings

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    TAILORS

    17A Finds a line of best fit, say

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    PLINKO

    32D "The Price Is Right" game

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    FULLOFIT

    34A Talking nonsense

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    EDGER

    15D Gardening tool

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    TOWNS

    14D Dots on a map

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    STOPGAP

    10D Temporary solution

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    HEYS

    24A Informal greetings

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    BLAZE

    25A Trail marking

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    CREMA

    1A Mexican condiment

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    MICRON

    11D One-millionth of a meter

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    FEIGNS

    34D Plays at

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    MINA

    4D Sports analyst Kimes

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    CANTINA

    1D Bar

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    HELPER

    28A Second hand

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    TOPDOGS

    20D Big enchiladas

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    FONDUES

    35D Dipping dishes

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    BELAYS

    12D Secures, as a rope

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    RUDDERS

    33D Cruise control features?

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    ORIGINSTORIES

    51A Many superheroes have them

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    SNAPPERS

    26A Some long-tailed turtles

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    MAILINBALLOTS debut

    11A Alternatives to booths, perhaps

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    SKELETONCOSTUME debut

    48A Bare-bones outfit

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    TINCANTELEPHONE debut

    14A Device for an on-line conversation?

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