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Tuesday · 76 answers · 7 debuts

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

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    EST

    63D Ballpark guess: Abbr.

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    ESP

    47A "Ability" for Johnny Carson's Carnac the Magnificent

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    344
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    ANTS

    12D Animals that use pheromones to communicate

    33
    247
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    OMNI

    14A Lead-in to present or science

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    218
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    NEE

    21A Originally named

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    407
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    RNA

    55A Messenger molecule

    29
    322
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    IMO

    56A Texter's qualifier

    29
    107
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    ONTO

    42A Not deceived by

    26
    244
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    IRIS

    49D Body part that may be green

    26
    225
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    OKS

    13D Gives a thumbs-up

    24
    127
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    TSK

    31A Shaming sound

    23
    189
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    AHEM

    15A *Cough, cough*

    23
    171
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    OER

    35A "___ the fields we go …"

    22
    248
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    UCLA

    59D Sch. west of Beverly Hills

    22
    174
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    SNIT

    69A Hissy fit

    21
    159
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    ALOHA

    10D Island greeting

    19
    194
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    HAS

    22A "Everything ___ Changed" (Taylor Swift song)

    19
    175
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    SOLO

    1D All by oneself

    18
    135
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    ANNA

    3D Pulitzer-winning journalist and novelist Quindlen

    17
    239
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    OMAN

    57D Neighbor of the United Arab Emirates

    17
    201
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    SLAP

    18D Smack

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    123
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    AMOR

    2D Love, for Rafael Nadal

    16
    172
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    EPI

    64D ___Pen

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    141
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    ESPY

    61D Athletic award

    16
    130
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    LAOS

    54A Country that gained its independence from France in 1953

    16
    121
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    OHO

    6D "Would you look at that!"

    15
    148
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    COD

    62D Fish-and-chips fish, typically

    14
    97
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    EASY

    70A Like taking candy from a baby, it's said

    13
    153
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    NAPA

    66A Place for grape nuts?

    13
    112
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    MSG

    26D Flavor enhancer in Doritos, for short

    13
    92
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    TOFU

    5A Vegetarian's protein source

    11
    81
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    PIER

    24D Place to dock

    10
    97
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    PANE

    34A Something a window shopper might purchase?

    9
    90
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    TOIL

    40D Labor

    9
    90
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    SKIS

    60D Rentals that come with poles

    9
    66
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    HARP

    23A Instrument played by Sheila Bromberg on the Beatles' "She's Leaving Home"

    9
    56
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    AIDS

    38A Lends a hand to

    9
    46
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    SATON

    32D Used, as a chair

    9
    26
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    SAAB

    1A Swedish company that makes submarines (but no longer cars)

    8
    94
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    OBOES

    65A Smaller cousins of English horns

    8
    79
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    MPH

    9D Going rate?

    8
    64
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    ORACLE

    20A Prophet

    8
    51
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    SEXT

    19D NSFW message

    8
    29
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    CLIP

    67A Prepare to use, as a coupon

    7
    66
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    OCHRE

    52A Earth tone

    7
    59
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    FERN

    7D Plant in a stegosaurus's diet

    7
    53
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    CAMEO

    53D Small part

    7
    50
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    WOW

    45A "OMG!"

    6
    63
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    LAIRS

    28D Dens

    6
    35
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    TBH

    44D Frankly, in a text

    6
    7
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    SNOB

    46A One who only goes to the *best* restaurants, maybe

    5
    105
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    DEPOT

    68A End of the line, maybe

    4
    47
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    RUBE

    55D Cartoonist Goldberg who never actually built the machines he drew

    4
    45
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    GLEAN

    36A Extract, as information

    4
    23
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    GROWL

    30D Warning sound

    4
    10
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    TATERTOT

    5D Cylindrical alternative to a French fry

    4
    9
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    SPACE

    27D "The final frontier"

    3
    61
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    TROTS

    39A Jogs

    3
    30
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    LEMONS

    50D They can cause sour experiences for car owners

    2
    10
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    LOSESFACE

    37D Suffers embarrassment

    2
    3
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    JOEL

    51D Director Coen

    1
    26
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    MACAO

    9A So-called "Las Vegas of the East"

    1
    18
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    PLANK

    16A Hard core exercise?

    1
    16
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    CRUET

    43A Oil container

    1
    13
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    KNOBS

    33D Line adjusters on an Etch A Sketch

    1
    10
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    REFUSE

    58A Turn down

    1
    9
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    AXMAN

    25A Guitarist, informally

    1
    6
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    BIGCHEESE

    4D Head honcho

    1
    4
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    CARANTENNA

    11D Rod on the road

    1
    2
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    BILLIEJEANS debut

    48A Offering in Eilish's clothing brand?

    1
    1
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    CUTMESOMESLACKS debut

    62A Request to a custom tailor?

    1
    1
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    ENDUPONTOP debut

    29D Ultimately triumph

    1
    1
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    LONGSTORYSHORTS debut

    17A Bottoms decorated with characters from the "Odyssey"?

    1
    1
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    SLEEPTIGHTS debut

    27A Close-fitting pajamas?

    1
    1
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    SWEARSAT debut

    41D Curses out

    1
    1
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    UMYEAH debut

    8D "Well, duh!"

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