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Saturday · 68 answers · 9 debuts

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

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    EAR

    42D Middle ___

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  2. 2
    SNL

    57D 1975 TV debut, in brief

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  3. 3
    TAN

    6D Sin/cos

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    238
  4. 4
    GAS

    48A Purchase on an island?

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    218
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    ALL

    29D What "tutti" means on scores

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    299
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    PAR

    31A It's a hole thing

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    218
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    OVAL

    52A Nearly-round figure

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    216
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    IAN

    22A British sci-fi novelist McDonald

    23
    260
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    PEA

    11A Plant also known as Pisum sativum

    23
    230
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    OED

    36A Work whose first installment spanned 352 pages and ended with "ant," in brief

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    141
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    STE

    5D Abbr. in many French church names

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    274
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    ALEC

    37A Guinness of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"

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    279
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    AKA

    7D Letters before a handle

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    211
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    IOS

    26D Greek island south of Naxos

    19
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    ARAL

    21A Sea shrunk by Soviet siphoning

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    184
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    ARCO

    51D Musical counterpart of pizzicato

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    114
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    ALIA

    17A Actress Shawkat who played Maeby on "Arrested Development"

    10
    108
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    TIED

    9D In knots

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    80
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    RUT

    35D Dirt road hazard

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    LOB

    56D Shot one waits to knock back

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    87
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    MIL

    60A Unit equivalent to one-thousandth of an inch

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    77
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    ECCE

    30A Behold, in Latin

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    84
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    GNATS

    48D Creatures in God's third plague in Exodus

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    35
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    TOMS

    15A Certain cats

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    41
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    CINE

    18A Domaine d'Agnès Varda

    3
    51
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    CORA

    49A Character name in "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Downton Abbey"

    3
    44
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    COOK

    53A Falsify, in a way

    3
    21
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    REGAN

    8D "King Lear" part

    3
    20
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    ALTIMA

    27D Accord alternative

    3
    17
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    MUTANTS

    43A Professor Xavier's students, e.g.

    3
    8
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    ACTIONITEM

    59A To-do following a business meeting

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    5
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    TACOPIE

    40D Tex-Mex casserole

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    4
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    ALOOGOBI

    32D Indian dish of potatoes and cauliflower

    3
    3
  34. 34
    ABLY

    58A With faculty

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    28
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    TATTLE

    15D Spill

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    27
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    WIE

    55D "___ geht's?" (German "How's it going?")

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    26
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    EMINENCE

    12D Height

    2
    9
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    ROLAIDS

    25A Antacid brand

    2
    9
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    TOOTALL

    28A Moniker for 6'9" N.F.L. star Ed Jones

    2
    6
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    HALIBUT

    39A Fish in the flounder family

    2
    3
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    NONREAL

    41A Like i, say

    2
    3
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    AGRARIAN debut

    50A Of the land

    2
    2
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    SWELTER

    34A Get hot and bothered

    1
    8
  44. 44
    ICHIRO

    2D Mononymous baseball star who played 28 seasons professionally

    1
    7
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    SALEMS

    46D "___ Lot"

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    7
  46. 46
    RENTROLL

    33D Landlord's register

    1
    6
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    TRACED

    45D Like scents and stencils

    1
    6
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    AGELINE

    27A Wrinkle of time?

    1
    5
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    DOTOAT

    47A Accomplish with precision

    1
    5
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    KITCAR

    1D Ride arranged on one's own

    1
    5
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    POLITICO

    11D Party person

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    5
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    ADULTING

    19A Making a car payment, dusting the living room, scheduling a doctor's appointment, etc.

    1
    4
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    GUTTER

    24A Place for a mind or a ball

    1
    4
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    CRAWLSPACE

    54A Very short story?

    1
    3
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    ASTEAL

    23D So much cheaper than expected, say

    1
    2
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    CARNAL

    3D Body-related

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    2
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    CROAKY

    38D Deep and hoarse

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    2
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    KICKSTARTS

    1A Gets going

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    2
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    KNEELAT

    4D Pray in front of, as an altar

    1
    2
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    NOVATE

    44D Replace with a new contract, in legalese

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    2
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    ASAGREED debut

    13D "Per our negotiations ..."

    1
    1
  62. 62
    ICANTAKEIT debut

    14A "Give me your worst!"

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    1
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    IDOWHATICAN debut

    22D Modest reply to a compliment

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    1
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    LUE debut

    20D Tyronn ___, N.B.A. champion as both player and coach

    1
    1
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    NOSEBLEEDS debut

    61A Stadium section

    1
    1
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    PANDACAM debut

    31D Producer of black-and-white footage?

    1
    1
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    STRUGGLEBUS debut

    10D Something the floundering are said to be on

    1
    1
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    THREENAGER debut

    16A Portmanteau for a moody and strong-willed toddler

    1
    1