← Fill Atlas

Thursday · 74 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    SET

    13A Determined

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  2. 2
    SPA

    28A Place for a peel

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  3. 3
    EAR

    25D Meaning of the prefix "oto-"

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  4. 4
    STY

    8D Total mess

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  5. 5
    TRI

    52D Prefix with athlete

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  6. 6
    IRS

    38A Apr. addressee

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  7. 7
    EKE

    12D Scratch (out)

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    ABS

    1A They're made in the kitchen and not at the gym, it's said

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  9. 9
    DEN

    53D Groundhog's home

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  10. 10
    TIP

    36D Farthermost point

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    MIA

    56A Italian possessive

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  12. 12
    RANT

    19A Go on and on, maybe

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  13. 13
    UTES

    57A Western tribe

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    GNU

    51D Hyena's prey

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    TROT

    49D Bring (out)

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    TUB

    49A Ice cream container

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    READ

    35D Interpretation

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    POSE

    9A Prepare for a shot

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    FUR

    4D Trade from which John Jacob Astor made his fortune

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    PEER

    32A Equal

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    TAPE

    36A Bad thing to be caught on

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    PITT

    27A Norton's "Fight Club" co-star

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    58
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    LEGAL

    26A Within bounds

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    TIDY

    7D Not messy

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    40
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    PITAS

    27D Pockets for falafel

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    INOIL

    5D How latkes are cooked

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    34
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    SCH

    59A Duke, but not duchess: Abbr.

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    UNLIT

    14A Totally in the dark?

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    51
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    ASTRAL

    1D Kind of projection

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    31
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    FISTS

    4A "Dukes"

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    26
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    ITSIN

    58A Tennis announcer's cry

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    13
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    ATOMS

    40A Q: "Why don't scientists trust ___?" A: "Because they make up everything!"

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    NOKIA

    54A Samsung competitor

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    BUOYS

    46D Channel guides?

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    ABACI

    47D Counting devices of old

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    CITY

    50A It has its limits

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    CLEAT

    15D It can help you get a grip

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    BEHAVE

    2D Parent's demand

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    GOTYA

    39D April Fools' Day declaration

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    IVY

    20A Brown, e.g.

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    52
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    LITRE

    18A Petrol purchase

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    ALOP

    23D Off-kilter

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    34
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    SLAVS

    6D Some Balkan natives

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    FRETS

    48A What bass guitars have that double basses do not

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    METRIC

    42D Standard for evaluation

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    PLIED

    9D Worked steadily at

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    ROYCE

    55A Rolls-___

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    SOLOIST

    29A Player one?

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    POTTED

    21D Like bonsai trees

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    GOOFY

    51A Disney toon originally called Dippy Dawg

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  51. 51
    PEETA

    21A Katniss's partner in "The Hunger Games"

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  52. 52
    RISHI

    24D Sunak of British politics

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    BAREFOOT

    33D How many people walk along the beach

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    GRES

    39A Tests for college seniors, for short

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    ONRED

    31D When a right may be made

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    BADIDEA

    46A "Yeah, don't do that"

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    LIBRAS

    30D Some fall babies

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    STENOG

    3D Court figure, for short

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    PORTICO

    32D Staple of classical Greek architecture

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    ODIUMS

    41D Intense aversions

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    OUTTOSEA

    10D Living off the land?

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    CLUCK

    15A Disapproving sound

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    SAYSAH

    43D Opens up to a doctor, in a way

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    AVOWALS

    22A Professions

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    ITWASME

    17D *sheepishly raises hand*

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    REFIS

    45D Some mortgage loans, in brief

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    BRAIDER

    37A Hairstylist, at times

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    SCRAPPED

    11D Got rid of

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    BUMPINTHEROAD debut

    33A Minor setback … or a hint to entering 16-, 24-, 44- and 52-Across

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    PETROAD debut

    44A Saint Petersburg, once

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    1
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    ROADOPE debut

    24A Defensive boxing strategy

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    THEIROADY debut

    16A 2011 Margaret Thatcher biopic

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    1
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    TROADOURS debut

    52A Musicians of the Middle Ages

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    UPSTROKE debut

    34D Certain calligraphy mark

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