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Tuesday · 76 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    SET

    39A Moviemaking backdrop

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    ARI

    8D News anchor Melber

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    EPA

    32A Water-testing org.

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    ROE

    57D Fish eggs

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    ARTS

    34D Lincoln Center focus

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    LIE

    58D "It's not you, it's me," often

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    SEC

    62A "Just a ___!"

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    ASEA

    53D Not on firm ground?

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    AKIN

    59A Similar (to)

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  10. 10
    SAC

    52A Anatomical pouch

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    CHER

    17D The so-called "Goddess of Pop"

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    104
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    EASEL

    28A Potter : wheel :: painter : ___

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    ABCS

    25D Fundamentals

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    SITE

    15A ___ for sore eyes (www.optometrists.com?)

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    SHOO

    20A "Go on now, git!"

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    112
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    MINI

    55A Skirt with a high hemline

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    ALARM

    48D Worry greatly

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    ODORS

    42A Smells

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    POLE

    26D Fire station fixture

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    PAIR

    33D Unexciting holding in poker

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    YESNO

    23D Like the questions asked in Guess Who?

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    55
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    SLANG

    1A "Snow job" or "rainmaker," e.g.

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    51
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    CTRL

    54D ___+C ("copy" on a PC)

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    43
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    CBD

    56D Ingredient in some trendy gummies, for short

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    14
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    WREN

    18A Cactus ___ (Arizona's state bird)

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    MENSA

    12D High-I.Q. society

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    SAX

    19A Lisa Simpson's musical instrument

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    UTERI

    11D Wombs

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    LUIGI

    49D Video game character in a green hat

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    LIRA

    2D Old Italian money

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    NOG

    4D Yuletide drink

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    TEC

    9D Private eye, in old crime novels

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    FRAT

    6A Beer pong locale

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    OILER

    61A Fuel ship

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    SGTS

    1D March V.I.P.s?: Abbr.

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    LURE

    14A Tempt

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    ALIKE

    47D The same

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    40
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    SILT

    52D River residue

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    AJAX

    3D Cleaning product with a mythical name

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    ALEPH

    50A Start of the Hebrew alphabet

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    44
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    ENOCH

    36D Son of Cain

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    BOHO

    29A ___ chic (fashion style)

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    CEOS

    22D Co. heads

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    GATO

    24D Feline, to Felipe

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    LABORS

    44A Herculean tasks

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    DEMI

    63A Moore of "The Substance"

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    BASIC

    21D Fundamental

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    MUM

    10A Tight-lipped

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    BARR

    37D Former attorney general Bill

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    APPEAR

    25A Seem

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    25
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    NARCO

    40A D.E.A. agent, informally

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    CRIT

    41A Lit ___

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    23
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    RUMOR

    7D Something heard through the grapevine

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    GIJOE

    13A Figure once marketed as "America's movable fighting man"

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    MAMAS

    46D Some bedtime story readers

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    BOARS

    21A Wild pigs

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    ICBM

    38D Warhead weapon, in brief

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    BORG

    60A Six-time French Open champ Björn

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    FETAL

    64A Prenatal

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    GEISHA

    5D Performer at ozashiki parties

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    LUNK

    51A Dum-dum

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    10
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    CRAIGSLIST

    56A Online marketplace with a "barter" category

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    3
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    TRAGICOMIC debut

    16A Like a film that's both sad and funny

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    FLOOR

    6D Lower limit

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    29
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    SWORE

    15D Said "%$#@!"

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    LING

    44D Suffix with duck or suck

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    CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR

    35A Not quite right ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters

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    MURSE

    30D Container for keys, wallet, razor, etc., in a modern portmanteau

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    6
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    MUSTI

    30A "Can't you get someone else?"

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    ASKSOF

    45D Requests from

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    DIPIN

    43D Take out a small part of one's savings, say

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    PHOTOGENIC

    27D Camera-friendly

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    MIRACLEGRO

    10D Big name in fertilizers

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    CHERRYGARCIA debut

    22A Ben & Jerry's flavor honoring a jam band legend

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    MAGICREALISM debut

    46A Genre for Gabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

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    UTC debut

    31D World clock std.

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