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Friday · 72 answers · 9 debuts

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

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    EEL

    4D Animal that's catadromous, meaning it lives in fresh water but goes to sea to breed

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    IDEA

    49D Sneaking suspicion

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    IDO

    49A Merger agreement?

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    OSLO

    46D Capital city that's home to the Vigeland sculpture park

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    ICEE

    2D Domed drink

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    ERASE

    32A Empty the Trash?

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    ALOT

    7D "Thanks" follower

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    ADELE

    39A "Easy on Me" singer, 2021

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    RTE

    35A Option for a road trip: Abbr.

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    APED

    12D Did an impression of

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    ABE

    9D Longest-serving prime minister of Japan

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    THE

    54D Helpful word in a cryptogram, often

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    175
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    WET

    19A Like some blankets and burritos

    17
    119
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    MBA

    24D Credential to climb the corp. ladder

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    NOSE

    52A It might run in the cold

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    EKED

    18A Barely made, with "out"

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    LETS

    22A "Sounds fun!"

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    HOLE

    55A Skee-Ball target

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    AROMA

    26D Bouquet feature

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    DOOR

    45D Option in the Monty Hall problem

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    RENEW

    31D Keep up to date on the issues?

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    DAY

    38D Word on either side of "after"

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    IDOLS

    44A Hidden treasures on "Survivor"

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    DEAR

    50D Treasured

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    SKYE

    42A Northernmost point in the Inner Hebrides

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    CRU

    53D Fine wine word

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    49
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    NSFW

    1D Letters next to a blurred image, perhaps

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    URNS

    58A Java servers

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    DANA

    6A CNN political correspondent Bash

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    INHD

    44D Very clear, as a stream

    8
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    NEARS

    59A Gets larger, visually

    7
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    HOPE

    16A Last thing left in Pandora's box

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    59
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    LEGIT

    25D Not sketchy

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    45
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    BEGIN

    36A Proctor's directive

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    OLDS

    51D Onetime Ford rival

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    KILT

    3D Pleated garment

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    ROKU

    11D Modern TV attachment

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    DROP

    57A Not keep harping on

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    CRAM

    10A Stuff

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    MEDS

    13D Doc's orders

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    CITES

    28D Credits

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    AVILA

    30D Spain's so-called "City of Saints and Stones"

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    DOTTY

    20A Eccentric

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    SCAMP

    47A Lovable rascal

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    MAMAS

    41D Cass Elliot and Michelle Phillips, in a 1960s group

    3
    28
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    FEUDS

    21A Long rows?

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    CNOTE

    15D Bill featuring Ben

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    BAKE

    43A Get a rise out of?

    2
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    HADON

    27D Sported

    2
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    LAHORE

    25A Capital of Punjab province

    2
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    NIKES

    1A Jordans, e.g.

    2
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    DELTS

    6D Arm raisers, informally

    2
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    CRAN

    48D Prefix in some juice names

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    BALDS

    43D Comes out on top?

    2
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    IMONADIET

    37A Dessert skipper's explanation

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    TIDALWAVE debut

    33A Massive onrush

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    2
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    CAGER

    29D Court figure, in old slang

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    CABLECAR

    28A 1873 invention first used in San Francisco

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    MCGRAW

    41A Hill's partner in publishing

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    TRIMESTER

    33D Prenatal period

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    CMAS

    23A Awards won by George Strait in three separate decades, familiarly

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    FELLINLOVE

    17A Became smitten

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    2
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    SCIENCELAB

    14A Place for student mixers?

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    TANGRAMS

    40A Seven-piece puzzles

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    2
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    CHEESEWEDGE debut

    10D Food item that's fittingly shaped like a mouse cursor

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    CTRLALTDEL debut

    53A "Three-finger salute" to help reboot

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    FALLBACKPLAN debut

    21D Contingency

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    GODIM debut

    34A Fade out

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    LOSINGSLEEP debut

    22D Tossing and turning, say

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    NAVYCADET debut

    8D Aspiring mariner

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    READSAHEAD debut

    56A Outpaces the syllabus, say

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    SNIDEREMARKS debut

    5D Cutting lines

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