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Thursday · 71 answers · 3 debuts

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

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    ERR

    61A Human thing to do

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    ASH

    59D Tree with so-called helicopter seeds

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    ERAS

    56D ___ Tour, pop culture phenomenon of 2023-24

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    AIR

    22A Express publicly

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    ANTS

    6D Pantry problem

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    ETAS

    62A Waze figs.

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    SPOT

    16A Domino pip, e.g.

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    ETTA

    54D Pioneering blues guitarist Baker

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    ANEW

    35A Fresh

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    ASP

    47A "Cleopatra With the ___" (Reni painting)

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    ENTER

    4D Maze prompt

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    CSI

    37D Show with a "Cyber" spinoff

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    RNS

    48A Hosp. staffers

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    ARAL

    52D Kazakhstan's ___ Sea

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    TIER

    33A Cake part

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    HBO

    42A It makes Max profits

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    PAN

    46A Bit of kitchenware

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    RATE

    53D Quoted figure

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    RON

    25A "A Beautiful Mind" director Howard

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    TLC

    57D Pampering, for short

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    SAO

    23A Saint, in Rio

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    EVES

    40A Times for holiday parties

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    LATTE

    60A Matcha ___ (tea-based beverage)

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    INFO

    45D Deets

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    LAY

    28D Nonexpert

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    SESH

    65A Meeting, informally

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    URGE

    9D "Irresistible" feeling

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    AXIS

    18D x, y or z

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    SECT

    50A Branch of a sort

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    JAM

    5A Word with slow or strawberry

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    POSE

    1A Strike one!

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    HORN

    11D Motorist's warning

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    PJS

    1D A family might have matching ones, for short

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    DMS

    64A Hits up on Instagram, for short

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    OOPS

    2D "D'oh!"

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    DORA

    58A Toon with a monkey named Boots

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    CREE

    10D Language from which we get "Manitoba" and "Saskatchewan"

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    TUBA

    41A Boomer in a band

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    EARTH

    20D The world at your feet?

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    UNA

    14A Spanish article

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    NEWT

    26D Hogwarts exam after the O.W.L.

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    REUP

    34D Extend, as a contract

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    IGA

    32A ___ Swiatek, four-time French Open winner

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    AGAVE

    24D Plant used in xeriscaping because of its tolerance to drought

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    CLEAR

    63A Easy to understand

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    FIRM

    55D Unyielding

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    OZS

    12D The "40" in a malt liquor 40: Abbr.

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    MANTRA

    8D Mind repeating that?

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    BRAD

    21A Small nail

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    MARIA

    7D "I Feel Pretty" singer in "West Side Story"

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    JOHN

    13A Can

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    SIRED

    49D Begat

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    CODES

    51D Writes in C or R, say

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    MEDICI

    43A Italian dynasty that produced four popes

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    SALONS

    27A Balayage providers

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    CRATER

    44D Sign of impact

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    NEWBS

    30D Novice gamers, informally

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    SICEM

    23D Order to an attack dog

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    SWOOP

    31D Word after one fell?

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    ARROZ

    15A Paella base

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    AREAFIFTYONE

    52A Three-digit numbers in parentheses

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    SWEETSIXTEEN debut

    19A Part of a bat that produces the best contact

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    MUCHO

    8A "___ gusto" ("Nice to meet you," in Spanish)

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    TANEY

    39D Roger B. ___, justice who infamously authored the Dred Scott decision (1857)

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    TRATTORIA

    57A Low-key place for gnocchi

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    NBASTARS

    38D Suns that shine?

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    ONTHATNOTE

    29D "While we're discussing it ..."

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    STRANGERS

    17A Party crashers, perhaps

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    JUSTDOIT

    5D Line below a swoosh

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    CATCHTWENTYTWO debut

    36A Get serious hang time, as a skateboarder

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    SHOWBOATED debut

    3D Strutted one's stuff

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