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Friday · 70 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ARE

    39D Is for some?

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    EEL

    9D Omakase serving

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    ALOE

    15A Hedgehog ___ (prickly plant)

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    ORAL

    32D Like some histories

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    ETSY

    52D Online marketplace headquartered in Brooklyn

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    NTH

    20A ___ prime (focus of a computational challenge in math)

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    RAE

    50A Issa of "American Fiction"

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    ITEM

    27D What's on the agenda

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    HOE

    55D Clear weeds, in a way

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    EYES

    60A Contact sites

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    ALOT

    2D More than some

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    DRE

    54D N.F.L. linebacker Greenlaw

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    ENYA

    34A Singer born Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin

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    ITCH

    10A Have a rash reaction

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    TIA

    4D ___ Maria (liqueur)

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    MERE

    6A Just

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    ANAL

    51D Overly fastidious

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    SIP

    35A Test the temperature of, perhaps

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    TORE

    36A Zipped

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    HAN

    26D China's ___ Dynasty

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    ELIE

    7D First name of fashion designers Tahari and Saab

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    NONE

    28D Zip

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    ACELA

    23A Successor of the Metroliner

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    YALE

    18D University that awarded the first Ph.D. in the U.S.

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    PASTE

    22A Screenwriter's way of reintroducing some characters?

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    BETS

    33D Red and black, e.g.

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    ROPE

    49D You can skip it

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    LEOS

    59A Midsummer arrivals

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    EWAN

    53A McGregor of "Moulin Rouge!"

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    RAPT

    57A Totally consumed

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    FERN

    1D Seedless plant

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    PETE

    22D Stinky ___, "Toy Story 2" antagonist

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    ELSIE

    14A Sally Bowles's flatmate in Chelsea, per a "Cabaret" number

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    DARED

    21A Tempted fate

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    TINS

    19A Spam containers

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    TWIST

    29D Checker's move

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    LINK

    56A Bit of hypertext

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    COLAS

    58A Certain pops

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    KELLY

    61A Grace who married Prince Rainier

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    THEKISS

    25A Masterpiece by Klimt or Rodin

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    THEO

    16A Teddy alternative

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    MORAL

    47A Takeaway from a tale

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    SMELL

    44D Sense that dolphins lack

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    CENTS

    12D Small change

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    TOADS

    30A Contrary to popular belief, they don't cause warts

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    FAITH

    1A Meaning of Imani, the seventh principle of Kwanzaa

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    SITAT

    40A Join, as a table

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    KILL

    38D Last word in the titles of two 1980s James Bond films

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    ADOPTS

    42D Votes to accept

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    GROUP

    48A One of 18 on the periodic table

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    WOWIE

    45D "Yowza!"

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    DROPSAHINT

    54A Suggests something subtly

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    MEERKATS debut

    37A Burrowing creatures of the African savanna

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    THISISNOTADRILL

    11D Urgent words during an emergency

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    NOUS

    43D We, to Louis

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    HOSES

    13D They're often lying in beds and might be kinky

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    SIXPACK

    40D Beer buy

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    HERDERS

    5D Collies and sheepdogs, by nature

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    SWOLLEN

    44A In need of ice, maybe

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    MADRAS

    6D Patterned cotton fabric originally from India

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    ROTARYDIAL

    17A Turning point in telecommunications history?

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    DOXED

    46A Outed online

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    ROADTRIP

    8D Good time to start an audiobook

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    STINGRAY

    35D Chevy sports car named for a boneless fish

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    WINESNOB

    31A One who gets all snooty when it's time to get a cab?

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    CEDARPLANKS debut

    24D Grilling surfaces made of fragrant wood

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    INTERESTRATES debut

    27A They might be fixed

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    ISTHATAYESORANO debut

    3D "Sorry, can you clarify your answer?"

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    ITTAKESTIME debut

    10D "These things don't happen overnight"

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    SPIRITANIMALS debut

    41A Sacred creatures in some Indigenous cultures

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