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Thursday · 78 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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    SET

    52A Word before foot, fire or free

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    402
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    ASS

    47D Pack animal

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    409
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    AREA

    56A Surface ___

    46
    631
  4. 4
    SEA

    29D Pirates' sphere

    40
    370
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    ISEE

    31D "Gotcha"

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    360
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    SHE

    38A Elvis Costello hit featured in "Notting Hill"

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    345
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    IDEA

    4D That's a thought

    33
    396
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    ETAL

    18A Ones who are out of cite, in brief?

    32
    327
  9. 9
    IDLE

    63A Like some chatter

    30
    259
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    REN

    60D Cartoon canine

    27
    198
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    TMI

    59D "You're oversharing"

    27
    122
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    GEL

    9D Come together

    26
    185
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    ORC

    40D Tolkien creature

    26
    128
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    ASSET

    51D Plus

    25
    188
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    TIARA

    22A Expensive topper

    24
    152
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    AIM

    57D Target

    21
    177
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    EDAM

    10A Mild cheese

    19
    216
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    NIT

    34A Small sticking point

    19
    143
  19. 19
    APP

    23A Subject of evaluation by a college panel, informally

    19
    133
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    SMOG

    6A Environmental concern in Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax"

    19
    122
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    ABE

    1D Prez on a penny

    18
    274
  22. 22
    LAS

    43D ___ Vegan (resident of Nevada's largest city)

    17
    173
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    ORG

    61D Alternative to .com

    17
    108
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    OMIT

    19A Skip over

    16
    218
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    ROW

    21D Part of a seat assignment

    16
    95
  26. 26
    ISIT

    33D "You sure?"

    14
    72
  27. 27
    ATTIC

    1A Top tier

    13
    108
  28. 28
    STEER

    32A Navigate

    12
    132
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    ISSUE

    33A Talking point at a political debate

    12
    89
  30. 30
    TIC

    3D Nervous twitch

    11
    134
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    AILS

    57A Afflicts

    11
    104
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    ARMOR

    44A Something carried into battle

    10
    76
  33. 33
    PETRI

    24D ___ dish

    10
    54
  34. 34
    FLU

    27D Seasonal malady

    9
    83
  35. 35
    TAX

    2D Burden

    9
    83
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    DASH

    50A Sprint

    9
    69
  37. 37
    ARRAY

    37A Layout of solar panels, e.g.

    9
    51
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    FIDO

    54D Classic pet name

    9
    47
  39. 39
    OKAY

    8D Agree to

    8
    92
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    ASSAM

    23D Region known for its silk and tea

    8
    63
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    REALM

    48D Kingdom

    8
    54
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    MIR

    41A Precursor of the International Space Station

    7
    140
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    NITRO

    58A Explosive stuff, familiarly

    7
    55
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    ALIKE

    42A Similar

    7
    40
  45. 45
    MOANA

    39A Film heroine in search of the demigod Maui

    6
    23
  46. 46
    NOSY

    26A Intrusive

    5
    71
  47. 47
    ERRATA

    45A Section at the end of a textbook, often

    5
    64
  48. 48
    LAWN

    62A Setting for some White House events

    5
    42
  49. 49
    INONE

    35D Words often appearing after a number and a hyphen

    5
    41
  50. 50
    LILT

    55D Cheerful air

    4
    59
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    MOST

    66A Yearbook superlative

    4
    54
  52. 52
    EPICS

    53A Grand tales

    4
    48
  53. 53
    EXCEL

    17A Microsoft offering whose name sounds like two letters of the alphabet

    4
    40
  54. 54
    AKIRA

    12D Director Kurosawa

    4
    36
  55. 55
    METAL

    13D Headbanger's genre

    3
    58
  56. 56
    SHEDS

    6D Makes a mess, in a way, as a pet

    3
    38
  57. 57
    TOKE

    16A Drag

    3
    37
  58. 58
    ETOILE

    10D Alpha Centauri A, par exemple

    3
    33
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    MYST

    65A Pioneering puzzle-laden computer game

    3
    29
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    ACCENT

    47A Manner of speaking

    3
    23
  61. 61
    TARTT

    36D Jamie ___, "Ted Lasso" character

    3
    7
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    STING

    67A Smart

    2
    45
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    FOSSIL

    54A Badlands discovery, maybe

    2
    11
  64. 64
    FILIAL

    27A Like respect for a parent

    2
    8
  65. 65
    DOMAINNAMES

    11D (Bucks' (lady's (roadside stopover) title) mates)

    2
    3
  66. 66
    ELMER

    64A Cartoon character who says "Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet"

    1
    72
  67. 67
    SEESAW

    28A It has its ups and downs

    1
    42
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    RECANT

    46D Withdraw one's testimony

    1
    18
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    AIRDRY

    20A Hang outdoors, say

    1
    10
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    OILMEN

    30A Characters in "There Will Be Blood"

    1
    9
  71. 71
    HAKE

    15A Flaky white fish

    1
    8
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    RIVETS

    48A Jet wing fasteners

    1
    6
  73. 73
    IPRAY

    49D "Here's hoping …"

    1
    5
  74. 74
    BAIDU

    14A Search engine giant based in China

    1
    2
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    MATRYOSHKADOLLS

    7D Compact wooden figures ... and a hint to 5-, 11-, 22- and 25-Down

    1
    2
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    CULINARYARTS debut

    5D (Stops (false (not any) witness) filming)

    1
    1
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    PEERREVIEWS debut

    25D (Church (Buffalo's (minister, informally) waters) seats)

    1
    1
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    TIMEMACHINES debut

    22D (Baseball (German (physicist Ernst) possessive) rarities)

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    1