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Friday · 70 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    SET

    48A Unchanging

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  2. 2
    ARE

    7D Amount to

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    533
  3. 3
    STY

    12D Cluttered quarters

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    343
  4. 4
    DNA

    28A The "code" in Walter Isaacson's best-selling 2021 book "The Code Breaker"

    37
    260
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    AIR

    34A It's inspired

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    OVA

    47A Tube travelers?

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    259
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    IMO

    51D Text qualifier

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    SIT

    32A Something to do "criss-cross applesauce"

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    172
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    RAN

    25D Skedaddled

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    291
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    SLY

    4D Arch

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    264
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    ARK

    19A Container for the Ten Commandments

    24
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  12. 12
    OED

    38A Some 3.5 million quotations were gathered for it, for short

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    141
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    TIP

    52D Word with felt or hot

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    126
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    PESO

    55A Coin once known as the "piece of eight"

    20
    131
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    ALPS

    1A Locale for car chases in "Goldfinger" and "Quantum of Solace"

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    133
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    ORBS

    47D Components of imperial regalia

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    107
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    CAP

    49D Limit

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    137
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    PENS

    57A Mugful on a desk, perhaps

    13
    84
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    MCS

    29A Hosts

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    ROSS

    56A "Chain Reaction" singer, 1985

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    98
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    ALLA

    39A Italian menu word

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    81
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    MOM

    35D Million ___ March (political event of 2000)

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    AVERT

    53A Forestall

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    65
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    HERD

    27A Round up

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    70
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    ASSETS

    1D Good stuff

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    66
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    MIN

    37A Low point: Abbr.

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    62
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    CHAI

    5A Spiced tea

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    50
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    ELY

    18A English cathedral city

    5
    96
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    SAPS

    9A Slowly depletes

    5
    85
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    INTRO

    44D Wordless part of many songs

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    82
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    SECTS

    23D Broken-off branches

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    57
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    SPLIT

    15A Skedaddle

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    57
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    ONSALE

    45A Marked down

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    51
  34. 34
    RAINS

    31D Comes down

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    34
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    HONK

    6D Toot one's own horn?

    4
    24
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    RACKET

    36D Clatter

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    12
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    ELEVEN

    41D Number of sides for a hendecagon

    3
    54
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    DETERS

    42D Puts off

    3
    21
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    SPOOK

    9D Startle

    3
    10
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    LETLIE

    2D Leave undisturbed

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    4
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    STAIRS

    14D Things found in a well

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    29
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    FOLIO

    33D Leaf

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    25
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    SEDERS

    26A Meals that traditionally include four cups of wine

    2
    25
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    MONACO

    37D Most densely populated country in Europe

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    17
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    COMTE

    49A Cheese also known as French Gruyère

    2
    15
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    HOLLY

    17A Hunter on screen

    2
    8
  47. 47
    ITDEPENDS

    8D "Can't say for certain"

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    8
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    FORDS

    33A Expeditions, e.g.

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    7
  49. 49
    PILSENER

    11D Czech brew

    2
    7
  50. 50
    ALLKIDDINGASIDE

    10D "But seriously ..."

    2
    5
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    EBOOKS

    20A Libby offerings

    2
    5
  52. 52
    LONGED

    40A Had a hankering

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    4
  53. 53
    TIESIN

    22A Connects

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    9
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    SHONDA

    15D Showrunner Rhimes

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    8
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    ZENGARDEN

    30A Where lines may be drawn in the sand

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    5
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    CHURNS

    5D Cranks (out)

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    SHERMAN

    24D Artist Cindy known for her photographic self-portraits

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    4
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    BURGS

    21D Small towns

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    3
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    LOVERS

    40D Buffs

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    3
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    BANKON

    46A Trust

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    2
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    EMBROIDER

    54A Add exaggerated details to

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    2
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    MAGICIAN

    43A One known to disappear during work

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    MENSROOMS

    35A Some facilities

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    SEEABOVE

    32D [I won't repeat myself in this note]

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    SELLSHORT

    13A Not fully value

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    2
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    ZOOLANDER

    30D Film character who asks "Did you ever think that maybe there's more to life than being really, really, really ridiculously good-looking?"

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    2
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    DIRECTIVE debut

    50A That's an order!

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    1
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    PLAYEDMINDGAMES debut

    3D Was psychologically manipulative

    1
    1
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    SPUNKIER debut

    24A More spirited

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    1
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    STAYTUNED debut

    16A "More to come ..."

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