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Saturday · 70 answers · 13 debuts

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

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    SPA

    49A Eponymous Belgian tourist spot

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    ELSE

    62A Computer programming keyword

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    EON

    41D Long spell

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    SOS

    26A Cry for help

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    251
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    ESAU

    54A Son of Isaac and Rebekah

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    245
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    OER

    24D Poetic preposition

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    248
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    CSI

    33D Franchise based in Vegas and N.Y., among others

    19
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    ALES

    19A Bass output

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    240
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    MESS

    4D Futz around (with)

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    145
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    ANAL

    56A Tending to get fixated, say

    17
    67
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    NADA

    18A Zippo

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    145
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    CHI

    59D Home of the White Sox, for short

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    148
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    ASL

    37A Subj. of some interpretive work

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    90
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    ATEAM

    8D Top unit

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    122
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    SLOE

    53D Blackthorn berry

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    164
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    SHEL

    55D Poet Silverstein

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    75
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    SKIT

    21A Small drama

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    78
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    ITSME

    39A How some people self-identify

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    ATF

    5D Fed. agency that investigates arson

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    58
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    PSAT

    11A National Merit Scholarship qualifying exam

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    106
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    OCT

    58D Mo. when Supreme Court terms begin

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    152
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    GAPS

    52A Intervals

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    36
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    SPUD

    55A Common tater

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    48
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    SSR

    45A Onetime union member: Abbr.

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    161
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    OSAGE

    47D Tribe in "Killers of the Flower Moon"

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    90
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    UHUH

    16A "Nope"

    6
    57
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    ISR

    22A Country that is more than 50% desert: Abbr.

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    142
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    LOA

    6D Hawaiian for "long"

    5
    99
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    INTER

    3D Prefix with change

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    75
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    ADLER

    51D Renata ___, longtime journalist for The New Yorker

    5
    59
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    REIKI

    9D Japanese energy-healing technique

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    7
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    MAYO

    60A Remoulade base, informally

    4
    55
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    LADEN

    48D Weighed down

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    43
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    NOELS

    2D Winter airs

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    43
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    SPIEL

    49D Pitcher's output

    4
    37
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    HONK

    44A [Get out of my way!]

    4
    24
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    PUNS

    11D "The lowest form of human behavior," per John Oliver

    4
    20
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    PULSE

    50D Beat

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    30
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    PROAM

    36A Like some tournaments

    3
    24
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    TAKI

    20A Spicy alternative to a Frito

    3
    3
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    BIER

    27A Löwenbräu product

    2
    32
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    BEAMS

    27D Rays

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    19
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    METIER

    10D Calling

    2
    9
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    TIESUP

    42A Gets out of the way, as hair

    2
    8
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    HOKUM

    38A Malarkey

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    7
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    ANIMALFARM

    1A Source of the line "Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend"

    2
    6
  47. 47
    ARTISANAL debut

    31D Made using traditional methods

    2
    2
  48. 48
    ADLAI

    1D "___ and Estes — The Bestest" (1956 campaign slogan)

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    64
  49. 49
    GLUON

    35A Subatomic particle that binds quarks together

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    6
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    LIKEICARE

    40A "Whatever"

    1
    4
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    PROLONG

    46A Draw out

    1
    4
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    SALEPRICE

    30A Ubiquitous figure during the holiday season

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    3
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    AUDIOTOUR

    13D Museum offering with a headset

    1
    2
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    ELKHOUNDS

    34D Norwegian hunting dogs

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    2
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    GLOCK

    29D Pistol brand

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    2
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    RIGHTO

    28A "Yessiree!"

    1
    2
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    SPITSGAME

    30D Tries to talk smoothly, in slang

    1
    2
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    THATSONME

    14D "I'm responsible for what happened"

    1
    2
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    AGEDCHEESE debut

    61A Manchego curado or Asiago d'allevo

    1
    1
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    BENSTILLER debut

    63A Director and co-star of 2013's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"

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    1
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    DONETOATEE debut

    15A Nailed

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    1
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    FACTORIAL debut

    7D !, in mathematics

    1
    1
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    HADNOCHILL debut

    57A Was way too keyed up, in modern slang

    1
    1
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    LETSFACEIT debut

    17A "Can we be real for a second?!"

    1
    1
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    LOSERPAYS debut

    32D Stakes of some bar bets

    1
    1
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    PREHAB debut

    43D Physical therapy before an operation, familiarly

    1
    1
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    SHAKSHUKA debut

    12D North African egg-and-tomato dish

    1
    1
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    SIGHING debut

    25D Showing exasperation, in a way

    1
    1
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    ZIPMEUP debut

    23D Request from someone getting dressed

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    1
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    ZOOMIES debut

    23A Frenetic bursts of energy in pets, colloquially

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    1