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Thursday · 72 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERA

    61A The Middle Ages or the Renaissance

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    ELI

    16A Hebrew name meaning "my God"

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    599
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    AXE

    32D Big feller?

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    269
  4. 4
    LED

    31D Was up

    34
    222
  5. 5
    AMI

    56D Bon ___

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    302
  6. 6
    STIR

    4D Use a spoon, say

    27
    292
  7. 7
    HER

    49D Billy Joel's "Tell ___ About It"

    27
    237
  8. 8
    IFS

    55A Possibilities

    21
    112
  9. 9
    ALAMO

    8D Don't you forget it!

    20
    181
  10. 10
    RARE

    24D Half-baked?

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    257
  11. 11
    CIA

    57D K.G.B. rival during the Cold War

    19
    206
  12. 12
    ROME

    21A Only city that entirely surrounds a country

    19
    111
  13. 13
    OTOH

    54D "Then again …," in a text

    18
    60
  14. 14
    INRE

    52A Regarding

    17
    251
  15. 15
    NAP

    50A Toddler's need, maybe

    17
    192
  16. 16
    MEET

    59A Cross paths

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    144
  17. 17
    ISLA

    62A ___ Nublar, fictional setting of "Jurassic Park"

    17
    119
  18. 18
    TAD

    6D Thomas Lincoln, familiarly

    16
    169
  19. 19
    CON

    19A No pro

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    123
  20. 20
    KOI

    58A Ornamental pond fish

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    60
  21. 21
    RDA

    23A Nutrition fig.

    13
    138
  22. 22
    ALUM

    15A One who might make a comeback?

    13
    123
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    AHOY

    5D What Alexander Graham Bell suggested as the standard telephone-answering greeting

    13
    108
  24. 24
    MORE

    22A Request from Oliver Twist

    12
    80
  25. 25
    HALT

    37D "Stop right there!"

    12
    64
  26. 26
    INTEL

    47D Dirt

    11
    83
  27. 27
    BFF

    11A #1 pal

    11
    37
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    AGENDA

    2D What is to be done?

    9
    60
  29. 29
    MMA

    10D Violent sport, for short

    9
    29
  30. 30
    FAST

    53D Observe Ramadan, in a way

    8
    69
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    PCP

    33D Drug also called "rocket fuel" or "ozone," for short

    7
    33
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    ADSALE

    40A Commercial success?

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    14
  33. 33
    GRETA

    48D Climate activist Thunberg

    6
    58
  34. 34
    BARON

    7D Industry mogul

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    40
  35. 35
    BALM

    7A Salve

    5
    38
  36. 36
    ENTRY

    20A It's often gained by knocking

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    55
  37. 37
    LEAS

    51A Grassy expanses

    4
    55
  38. 38
    ATHENS

    63A Ending point of the first marathon

    4
    31
  39. 39
    AGATHA

    14A Hercule's creator

    3
    26
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    RASSLE

    28D Do some grapplin'

    3
    24
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    DEPART

    39A Take off

    3
    14
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    TODIEFOR

    35D Absolutely amazing

    3
    11
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    SATINS

    29A Silky fabrics

    3
    9
  44. 44
    MUTANTS

    22D Blue lobsters and white tigers, e.g.

    3
    8
  45. 45
    DRU

    18D Gru's twin brother in the "Despicable Me" franchise

    2
    37
  46. 46
    ISOPOD

    60A Pill bug, e.g.

    2
    16
  47. 47
    TARTAN

    3D Pattern of intersecting stripes

    2
    16
  48. 48
    FINESSE

    13D Touch

    2
    15
  49. 49
    EARLAP

    30A Hunting cap feature

    2
    14
  50. 50
    UPENDS

    45D Overturns

    2
    10
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    LUMENS

    9D Light units

    2
    8
  52. 52
    EFILES

    41D Uses TurboTax, perhaps

    2
    5
  53. 53
    FANART

    25D Drawings that might encounter problems with intellectual property law

    2
    5
  54. 54
    NANCE

    34A 1930s vice president John ___ Garner

    1
    29
  55. 55
    SANDRA

    26A She served on the court with Antonin and Anthony

    1
    17
  56. 56
    FORGE

    53A Build, as a relationship

    1
    16
  57. 57
    UNRIPE

    43D Green, say

    1
    16
  58. 58
    BOATS

    38A Harbor sights

    1
    14
  59. 59
    LAGOON

    44D Scenic spot to snorkel

    1
    13
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    EASTASIA

    36D One side of a perpetual war in Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four"

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    11
  61. 61
    CAPERS

    1D Sprinkling on a lox bagel

    1
    6
  62. 62
    CATSAT

    1A Fed the kitty, perhaps

    1
    4
  63. 63
    FLORENCE

    12D First city in Europe with paved streets (1339)

    1
    3
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    LTSULU

    42A Shipmate of Capt. Kirk

    1
    3
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    ALTERCATION

    56A Punny summary of the battle between editor and writer seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 46-Across?

    1
    2
  66. 66
    TITLEFIGHT

    46A Brawl over what to call a piece of writing?

    1
    2
  67. 67
    BATLIKE debut

    38D Tall and pointy, as ears

    1
    1
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    BECOMING debut

    11D Flattering, as clothing

    1
    1
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    DENTALS debut

    27D Consonants articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth

    1
    1
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    PERIODDRAMA debut

    17A Much ado about some punctuation?

    1
    1
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    RUNONFUMES debut

    24A Anger over a grammatically incorrect sentence?

    1
    1
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    TENSEEXCHANGE debut

    35A Harsh words regarding the past and the present?

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    1