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Thursday · 72 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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    ASH

    39A *Hasty

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    EGO

    10D Teamwork inhibitor

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    393
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    ACAI

    1A ___ bowl (healthful dish)

    37
    135
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    EMIT

    10A Give out

    30
    262
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    ELM

    29A *Red denizen of Sesame Street

    30
    240
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    HER

    22A 2013 movie co-starring Scarlett Johansson in which she is never seen

    27
    237
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    ABET

    1D Help with a crime

    22
    228
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    LIAR

    55D Yarn spinner

    18
    177
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    ERGO

    17A "And so …"

    17
    198
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    FIR

    45A *"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a ___ to be kindled": Plutarch

    16
    101
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    TAS

    13D Many Ph.D. students

    13
    99
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    PTSD

    53D Veteran's affliction, in brief

    13
    30
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    FEN

    48A Bog

    12
    79
  14. 14
    PEAR

    47A *Pickle or asparagus unit

    10
    95
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    ILE

    12D Spot dans la Seine

    9
    234
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    UHNO

    44A "Hmm, I don't think so"

    9
    14
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    TREES

    38A See 64-Across

    8
    77
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    INCH

    8D Crawl (along)

    8
    75
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    APPLE

    52A *Small, embedded program

    8
    67
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    GILA

    16A Cold-blooded kind of monster

    8
    55
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    ARNIE

    34D "___ the Doughnut," start of a children's book series

    7
    93
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    FLA

    51A State with 1,350 miles of coastline (second-most after Alaska): Abbr.

    7
    69
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    LOTUS

    25A *Abigail Adams or Eleanor Roosevelt, informally

    7
    26
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    HOW

    57D ___-to

    6
    54
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    ANGEL

    3D Early investor

    6
    47
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    CAROL

    2D Apt name for a December baby

    6
    45
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    ACTIN

    5A Cellular protein

    6
    21
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    SST

    60D The last one flew in 10/03

    5
    199
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    BANS

    14A Expels

    5
    42
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    SENORA

    32D ___ Presidenta, term of address for Mexico's leader beginning in 2024

    4
    45
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    FTC

    36A Consumer protection agcy.

    4
    28
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    BRUNO

    15A Mars with bars

    4
    19
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    FOREST

    64A What you can't see due to the 38-Across in this puzzle?

    4
    17
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    EES

    59D Some M.I.T. grads, in brief

    3
    57
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    MIX

    11D Word with cake or trail

    3
    41
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    TPS

    56D Does a certain prank on, informally

    3
    24
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    SABLE

    33A Animal with luxurious fur

    2
    49
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    TUN

    7D Large cask for beer or wine

    2
    31
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    STAFF

    33D Wizard's weapon, maybe

    2
    27
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    HOLES

    21D Plot problems

    2
    23
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    NOHELP

    9D What a bad assistant might be

    2
    13
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    PAULO

    54A São ___, most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere

    2
    13
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    POSSESS

    61A Own

    2
    10
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    CRISPED

    49A Placed in an air fryer instead of a microwave, say

    2
    4
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    ESPOUSES

    30A Advocates for

    2
    4
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    ISOSCELES

    4D Literally, "equal legs"

    2
    4
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    TOESHOE

    20A Bit of ballet wear

    2
    4
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    DUPLO

    50D Brand of oversize Lego bricks

    2
    3
  49. 49
    MCPHEE

    46D John ___, author of "Annals of the Former World"

    2
    3
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    ANAS

    41A Santa ___ (hot winds)

    1
    44
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    SETIN

    40A Become fixed

    1
    37
  52. 52
    CRUEL

    6D Draconian

    1
    23
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    SWEDES

    63A Almost half of Scandinavians

    1
    17
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    CROWD

    42A What three is

    1
    14
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    MARNER

    46A Eliot protagonist

    1
    14
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    SEMINAL

    28D Original and influential

    1
    10
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    ABLOOM

    5D Like many a plant in spring

    1
    8
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    MNEME

    37A Muse of memory

    1
    7
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    LLCOOLJ

    23A "Going Back to Cali" rapper, 1998

    1
    6
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    EMPIRES

    58A Ancient Rome and Persia

    1
    5
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    BROOMS

    19D Some Halloween "transports"

    1
    4
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    SOLACES

    62A Comforts

    1
    4
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    TUNEUP

    26D Refurbish, as an old piano

    1
    4
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    DREAMOF

    43D Aspire to

    1
    3
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    THITHER

    56A Toward that place, quaintly

    1
    3
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    USETHEFORCE

    27D What one may have to do to destroy a Death Star

    1
    3
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    CARLESS

    42D Like one who might have to hoof it

    1
    2
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    JETSONS

    24D ABC's first program broadcast in color, with "The"

    1
    2
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    LUNCHBOXES

    18A Common back-to-school purchases

    1
    2
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    BEARNAISE debut

    35D Classic French sauce

    1
    1
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    FARRIERS debut

    36D Horseshoe enthusiasts?

    1
    1
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    SCHWEPPES debut

    31D Big name in soft drinks

    1
    1