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Thursday · 72 answers · 1 debut

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

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    ELSE

    55D Conditional word in programming

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    440
  2. 2
    ORAL

    10D ___ exam

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    367
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    ERAS

    4D Civil War and Reconstruction, e.g.

    38
    295
  4. 4
    ANN

    29D Raggedy ___

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    300
  5. 5
    TIL

    57D Up to, briefly

    29
    169
  6. 6
    UBER

    53D Transportation app banned in Denmark, Hungary and Thailand

    25
    119
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    ETTA

    55A Name suffix that can combine with "Henri"

    23
    254
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    EURO

    26A Currency of 20 countries

    22
    221
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    SIRI

    28D "Wake word" for an Apple device

    21
    77
  10. 10
    SARA

    47A Bareilles of Broadway

    19
    181
  11. 11
    LIP

    9D Body part just below the philtrum

    17
    136
  12. 12
    ORG

    46A Foundation, e.g., for short

    17
    108
  13. 13
    NAN

    49A Palindromic family nickname

    16
    118
  14. 14
    TAG

    36D Playground game

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    132
  15. 15
    AROSE

    48D Materialized

    14
    154
  16. 16
    LAT

    25A Something found near a trap

    14
    109
  17. 17
    DISS

    34D Burn, so to speak

    13
    29
  18. 18
    IDA

    22A Civil rights leader ___ B. Wells

    12
    251
  19. 19
    LATE

    21A Like hotel checkouts that may cost extra

    12
    125
  20. 20
    LAV

    59D Loo

    12
    63
  21. 21
    AFEW

    7D Not many

    10
    57
  22. 22
    REEK

    50A Smell

    9
    67
  23. 23
    PANEL

    31D Group of cable news talking heads

    9
    65
  24. 24
    HAITI

    37A Nation to which the island of Tortuga belongs

    9
    60
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    LON

    5D Longtime college basketball coach Kruger

    8
    100
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    OATES

    33D Author Joyce Carol ___

    8
    70
  27. 27
    DRAMA

    34A Reality TV staple

    7
    73
  28. 28
    SAID

    28A Got the word out?

    7
    62
  29. 29
    OPTIC

    27D Related to vision

    6
    60
  30. 30
    FENCE

    43A What has posts all around a site

    6
    33
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    ERASERS

    61A They take marks off at school

    6
    28
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    PERE

    54D Parisian patriarch

    5
    62
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    PEAK

    23A Maximum

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    40
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    IPODS

    30A Bygone Apple products

    4
    37
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    LEVY

    45A Impose, as a tax

    4
    28
  36. 36
    LOGS

    6D Makes a note of

    4
    28
  37. 37
    RUNUP

    52A Period preceding a big event

    4
    7
  38. 38
    REVERSE

    63A See 62-Across

    3
    19
  39. 39
    SYNAPSE

    42D Point of contact between neurons

    3
    17
  40. 40
    ANGELOU

    38D She recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at Clinton's first inauguration

    3
    13
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    GAMMA

    8D Kind of radiation

    2
    25
  42. 42
    HIRED

    15D Like some goons

    2
    25
  43. 43
    SWARM

    19A Crowd

    2
    22
  44. 44
    EGOTIST

    60A One whose mentality begins with M-E?

    2
    13
  45. 45
    ZITS

    18A Some hormonal flare-ups

    2
    12
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    KIROV

    24D Russian ballet company

    2
    11
  47. 47
    AVATARS

    41D Game faces?

    2
    10
  48. 48
    GRUNT

    44D Powerlifter's sound

    2
    10
  49. 49
    UPSTART

    3D Sudden riser in status

    2
    10
  50. 50
    CRUELLA

    1A Wonder drug

    2
    7
  51. 51
    LASVEGAS

    39A Rescues

    2
    6
  52. 52
    KILOTON

    56A Unit of explosive power

    2
    5
  53. 53
    SETPOINT

    32A Command to a getaway driver

    2
    5
  54. 54
    BELLLAP

    58A Final circuit in a track race

    2
    4
  55. 55
    APITALIAN

    20D Advanced H.S. course taught by a professoressa, say

    2
    2
  56. 56
    IMPASSE

    17A Intractable situation

    1
    22
  57. 57
    GIGS

    44A Band dates

    1
    17
  58. 58
    TOSTADA

    12D Dish with a crispy tortilla shell

    1
    17
  59. 59
    DOUBLE

    62A With 63-Across, tricky football play ... as represented by this puzzle's shaded squares?

    1
    14
  60. 60
    SWEETS

    13D They're often sugarcoated

    1
    12
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    RESIDUE

    2D Film that lasts a while?

    1
    9
  62. 62
    GENTLER

    40D More forgiving

    1
    8
  63. 63
    GLOATS

    8A Have the final turn

    1
    8
  64. 64
    ABSALOM

    11D Biblical figure whose name is repeated in a Faulkner title

    1
    7
  65. 65
    FORKED

    43D Like lightning and some tongues

    1
    6
  66. 66
    HEREIGO

    37D Announcement before taking a leap

    1
    6
  67. 67
    ASSANGE

    16A Julian who founded WikiLeaks

    1
    5
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    HAIRBOW

    15A Prominent feature of Hello Kitty

    1
    4
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    CRAZIES

    1D Kooks

    1
    3
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    KOTB

    51D Hoda of morning TV

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    3
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    TARNATION

    35A Three-time nominee for Best Director (1994, 2009, 2019)

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    2
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    REPROOF debut

    14A Scolding

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    1