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Monday · 76 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ORCA

    61A Predator sometimes called the "wolf of the sea"

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    NOR

    31D "We can neither confirm ___ deny that this is our first tweet" (how @CIA opened its Twitter account)

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    EDIT

    62A "To write is human, to ___ is divine": Stephen King

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    OMNI

    56D Prefix meaning "everything"

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    OLD

    48A Passé

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    ELS

    33D Chi-town trains

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    UNIT

    26A Subdivision

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    ANNE

    47A Green Gables girl

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    ABS

    38D Six-pack muscles

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    NEON

    35D Highlighter-colored

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    TIARA

    28D Bejeweled topper

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    EDGE

    18A Upper hand

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    SODA

    6D Bubbly beverage

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    RNS

    25A Drs.' colleagues

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    ADAM

    10D Politician Schiff or Kinzinger

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    NASA

    65A Grp. whose logo features an orbiting spacecraft

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    PLEA

    17A "Guilty," e.g.

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    IMP

    13D Little hell-raiser

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    RIPE

    11D Like yellow bananas

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    ACTI

    59D Play opener

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    HAN

    36D Chinese dynasty during which paper was invented

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    ACLU

    22D Free speech grp.

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    CBS

    51A Stephen Colbert's network

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    UFOS

    30D Sci-fi vehicles

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    OLA

    37D Hello, in Portuguese

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    EXIT

    67A Sign in a parking garage

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    DYES

    68A Some food additives

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    TSPS

    5A Baker's amts.

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    IDIOM

    16A "Break the ice" or "break a leg"

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    AMEND

    54D Change, as a bill or a will

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    TUBA

    43D What's deep in a pit?

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    KEEL

    45D Ship's spine

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    UPDO

    57D Hairstyle that's swept

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    IPOD

    1A Discontinued Apple music player

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    CRUX

    58D Pivotal point

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    IMDB

    27D Online source for cinephiles

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    SNORE

    52D Apt rhyme for "bore"

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    SOUR

    12D Like lemons

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    HOAX

    36A Prank on the public

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    TEMPO

    60A Pianist's pace

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    OCEANS

    3D Vast blue expanses

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    HOOP

    15A Backboard attachment

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    RUTS

    64A Humdrum routines

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    MUCH

    14A Shania Twain's "That Don't Impress Me ___"

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    AXES

    34D x and y, on a graph

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    UNION

    66A The "U" of 22-Down

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    GIG

    32D Short-term engagement

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    LCD

    24A Flat-screen TV type, for short

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    SPELL

    8D Compete in a bee

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    FARSI

    9A Iranian language

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    BEANIE

    53A ___ Babies (stuffed toys)

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    DAE

    39A Actor Daniel ___ Kim

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    AZUL

    21D Blue, in Spanish

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    ORGS

    40A Assns.

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    NASSAU

    46A Capital of the Bahamas

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    ONEDAY

    48D Eventually

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    DELTAS

    50D Triangular Greek letters

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    RACCOON

    42D Trash-loving critter

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    YEUN

    55D Steven ___, Oscar-nominated actor for "Minari"

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    THU

    60D Two after Tue.

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    LAPUP

    19A Accept eagerly

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    IONIZE

    23A Give a positive or negative charge

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    LOUNGE

    29A Relax, or a place to relax

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    POGS

    7D Collectible cardboard caps of the 1990s

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    HUNDO

    63A $100, in slang

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    LIAISE

    49D Work together (with)

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    IMPAIR

    1D Cause damage to

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    DHABI

    4D Abu ___

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    PULLON

    2D Like many comfy pants

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    ALUMINUMFOIL

    34A Crinkly kitchen wrap

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    FILMDOM

    9D The movie industry

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    ALABAMASLAMMER debut

    20A Cocktail made with Southern Comfort, sloe gin, amaretto and orange juice

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    ALBERTBROOKS debut

    41A Writer, director and co-star of "Defending Your Life," 1991

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    ONBLAST debut

    44D Subjected to public condemnation, in modern slang

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    THEMENU debut

    5D 2022 dark comedy that satirized haute cuisine

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    YOUCANCALLMEAL debut

    55A 1986 hit song for Paul Simon ... or an instruction from the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across?

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