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Thursday · 70 answers · 8 debuts

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

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    EGO

    54D Something a barb can hurt

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    393
  2. 2
    LSD

    59A Acid

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    245
  3. 3
    ICE

    23D Cryophobe's fear

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    391
  4. 4
    ESP

    34A Second sight, for short

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    344
  5. 5
    ONCE

    8D Back then

    32
    326
  6. 6
    EDIT

    52A Cut and paste, e.g.

    32
    302
  7. 7
    ISH

    47D Sorta

    30
    193
  8. 8
    EMU

    2D Bird with vestigial wings

    27
    295
  9. 9
    ALAS

    20D "Too bad!"

    26
    321
  10. 10
    OSHA

    18A Dept. of Labor division

    24
    192
  11. 11
    EVER

    50D Sometime

    22
    235
  12. 12
    ERRS

    60A Slips

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    230
  13. 13
    AMINO

    13A Kind of acid

    15
    102
  14. 14
    SURE

    26D "Why not?!"

    14
    84
  15. 15
    SMEAR

    45D Defame

    12
    84
  16. 16
    SNOT

    6A Word that looks like an alternative to "tisn't"?

    12
    29
  17. 17
    TEASE

    12D Kid

    11
    127
  18. 18
    POSE

    15A Strike one!

    11
    88
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    PSY

    36D College department that might pay students to be test subjects: Abbr.

    11
    47
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    EMIL

    30D Expressionist painter Nolde

    10
    131
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    ESO

    17D That, in Spanish

    9
    141
  22. 22
    TEEM

    9D Abound

    9
    104
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    DON

    55D Oxford figure

    8
    111
  24. 24
    SLEET

    44A Fall in winter

    8
    94
  25. 25
    SETI

    39D Org. seeking alien life

    8
    43
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    SER

    35D Spanish 101 verb

    7
    100
  27. 27
    CANE

    14A Beanpole material, often

    7
    85
  28. 28
    SGTS

    51D Airman's superiors: Abbr.

    7
    69
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    DAP

    1D Fist bump

    7
    31
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    TUX

    24D Gala garb

    7
    29
  31. 31
    GUT

    10A Prep for a major renovation, say

    6
    55
  32. 32
    FIRM

    3D Like some handshakes

    6
    32
  33. 33
    LEES

    56A Wine dregs

    5
    97
  34. 34
    CROP

    27D Sorghum, e.g.

    5
    69
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    NAIVE

    7D Art style associated with Henri Rousseau

    5
    62
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    VAST

    29D Boundless

    5
    45
  37. 37
    VIBE

    49D Have good chemistry (with)

    5
    27
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    ITPRO

    23A Bug specialist, briefly

    5
    9
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    ORSON

    61A Name on a poster for 1942's "The Magnificent Ambersons"

    4
    59
  40. 40
    LOIRE

    22A ___ Valley, "the garden of France"

    4
    53
  41. 41
    IHOPE

    21A Wishful words

    4
    39
  42. 42
    SKIER

    45A One managing moguls

    4
    26
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    GETGO

    58A Very beginning

    4
    14
  44. 44
    EXO

    32A Lead-in to sphere

    3
    55
  45. 45
    SMELL

    44D "If you ___ what The Rock is cooking!" (old W.W.E. catchphrase)

    3
    43
  46. 46
    BEAK

    57A Cardinal point?

    3
    33
  47. 47
    SCRIP

    6D Makeshift money

    3
    32
  48. 48
    SCALPS

    26A Resells on game day, say

    3
    15
  49. 49
    DEFIB

    1A Apparatus used in CPR training, informally

    3
    8
  50. 50
    CAV

    31D Cleveland hoopster, familiarly

    2
    25
  51. 51
    USHERS

    11D Ballpark figures

    2
    14
  52. 52
    KICKS

    46D Shoes, slangily

    2
    11
  53. 53
    ATESTS

    38D Experiments seen in "Oppenheimer"

    1
    25
  54. 54
    SHTETL

    42A Historical setting sought in "Everything Is Illuminated"

    1
    19
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    AGESAGO

    40D Way back when

    1
    15
  56. 56
    SLIDES

    42D Some sandals

    1
    12
  57. 57
    GEHRY

    43A "The most important architect of our age," according to Vanity Fair

    1
    9
  58. 58
    SERENER

    41D Like a Zen garden vis-à-vis a zoo

    1
    8
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    AMARO

    33A Liqueur whose name translates as "bitter" in Italian

    1
    5
  60. 60
    BOLSHOI

    5D Ballet company that premiered "Swan Lake"

    1
    5
  61. 61
    INPAIRS

    4D Following the buddy system, say

    1
    3
  62. 62
    IVECHANGED

    53A "The old me is gone" ... or what happened between the first and second parts of 19-, 28-, 37- and 48-Across?

    1
    2
  63. 63
    CURSIVECURSES debut

    28A List in a fancy witchcraft guide?

    1
    1
  64. 64
    GOSSIPSESH debut

    10D Occasion to share dirt

    1
    1
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    MASSIVEMASSES debut

    19A Services at a megachurch?

    1
    1
  66. 66
    MISSIVEMISSES debut

    48A Long letters sent to the wrong person?

    1
    1
  67. 67
    PASSIVEPASSES debut

    37A What a tentative quarterback throws?

    1
    1
  68. 68
    POSOLE debut

    15D Traditional Mexican stew

    1
    1
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    PROPHESIED debut

    25D Foretold

    1
    1
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    PURPLERICE debut

    16A Colorful grain

    1
    1