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Tuesday · 74 answers · 11 debuts

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

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    EEL

    2D Typically nocturnal predatory fish

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    ADO

    3D "Without further ___ …"

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    AGO

    38A In the past

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    OPT

    55D Choose, with "for"

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    ION

    53D Particle in an electrolyte

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    SNIT

    61A Foul mood

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    REDO

    14A Second chance

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    MOI

    54D "Pretentious? ___?"

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    HANOI

    51A Capital of Vietnam

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    SELF

    44A Ego

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    ALPO

    15A Brand owned by Purina

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    ENOLA

    16A ___ Holmes, teen detective played by Millie Bobby Brown

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    INIT

    35A Still standing, so to speak

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    SCOT

    5A Edinburgher or Glaswegian

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    SLOT

    12D Assigned position

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    MED

    34A Pre-___ (undergrad track)

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    BAIL

    36D Abandon one's social plans

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    NEIL

    50D Astronaut Armstrong

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    SLOG

    60A Real grind

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    RODS

    11D Certain pretzel shapes

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    USURP

    56A Illegally seize

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    TANS

    13D Treats, as animal hide

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    LOOP

    58A Prominent part of a bowline knot

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    MIEN

    57A Demeanor

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    VASE

    47D Florist's container

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    SLOMO

    28D Instant replay effect

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    CAMEO

    45D Celebrity appearance, say

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    BRB

    1D Texter's "Hang on a sec"

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    UMNO

    26D "That's just … completely incorrect"

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    EMERGE

    29D Move from darkness into light, perhaps

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    LEDON

    19A Strung along

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    EVICT

    46A Kick out

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    LISTS

    21A "Naughty" and "Nice," e.g.

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    CALMS

    39A Soothes

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    DEKES

    59A Hockey fake-outs

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    DAIRY

    18D Eating it with meat isn't kosher

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    INUK

    48D Arctic native

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    CARTE

    40A ___ blanche

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    CLYDE

    6D Basketball great Drexler

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    INALIE

    49A How the mendacious might be caught

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    SATINS

    5D Luxurious fabrics

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    GOLONG

    43D "Get ready for a deep pass!"

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    OPPO

    7D Research on a rival, in D.C.-speak

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    BEAT

    1A Tuckered out

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    WORST

    9A Bottom of the barrel

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    COLIN

    40D Jost of "Saturday Night Live"

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    EHUD

    46D ___ Barak, former prime minister of Israel

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    COLBERT

    45A Late-night host who coined the word "truthiness"

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    PUGS

    25A Wrinkle-faced dogs

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    BUONO

    36A Italian for "good"

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    GORGES

    43A Stuffs (oneself)

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    ICEWINE

    22A Dessert drink made from frozen grapes

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    CUETIPS debut

    39D Targets of pool chalk

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    BEND

    37A What one might do to the rules or the truth

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    CLINE

    33A Singer Patsy

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    ODDEST

    31D Most offbeat

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    ELLIOT

    24D Page of Hollywood

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    DALEY

    32A Father/son surname in Chicago politics

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    RENTER

    30D Resident with monthly payments

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    INDIAN

    22D Like some tigers, rhinoceroses and elephants

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    SAIDOK

    20A Verbally gave the thumbs-up

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    ONEISH

    10D Vague early afternoon time

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    BARBELLS

    37D People are often spotted pressing them

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    QSCORE

    42D Brand popularity metric

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    BLOODTYPO debut

    17A "AB negatve" or "B poditive"?

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    CHANGO debut

    23D "Presto ___!" ... or a hint to 17-, 28-, 41- and 52-Across

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    CULTFILMS debut

    33D "Rushmore" and "Clerks," for two

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    LEMONLIMO debut

    52A Prom transport that keeps breaking down?

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    NHLERS debut

    27A Islanders and Sharks, for short

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    NOTQUITO debut

    41A Surprising answer to the question "What is Ecuador's most populous city?"

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    SAMEHERO debut

    28A Odysseus vis-à-vis Ulysses?

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    TOOKPAINS debut

    8D Made significant efforts

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    TOOSWEET debut

    4D Cloying

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    WELLGEE debut

    9D "Why, I'll be!"

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