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Saturday · 70 answers · 9 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ALA

    35A Chicken ___ king

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    513
  2. 2
    IDLE

    55A Running, but not moving

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    259
  3. 3
    NTH

    57D Unspecified term in a sequence

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    251
  4. 4
    ADD

    5D Button next to a suggested contact, maybe

    27
    224
  5. 5
    ABBA

    9A Group that got Sweden its first Eurovision win

    25
    192
  6. 6
    ABET

    12D Give some immoral support, perhaps?

    22
    228
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    ENTER

    41A "Come in!"

    19
    217
  8. 8
    SEES

    40A Peeps at

    19
    131
  9. 9
    AGAR

    52D Vegan alternative to gelatin

    15
    172
  10. 10
    EVES

    2D Times to look forward

    14
    108
  11. 11
    CONE

    7D Possible indicator of construction ahead

    14
    88
  12. 12
    ARCH

    5A Playful in tone

    13
    159
  13. 13
    SESH

    61A Casual hangout

    13
    26
  14. 14
    EMUS

    30D Denizens of the Great Victoria Desert

    12
    103
  15. 15
    SEDAN

    23D Street racer, usually

    12
    93
  16. 16
    LIME

    49D Common guacamole ingredient

    9
    90
  17. 17
    KEYS

    60A Things on rings

    9
    77
  18. 18
    ASAMI

    21D "Same here!"

    9
    45
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    YESES

    46D Acceptances

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    72
  20. 20
    GAPE

    31D Go like :O

    8
    54
  21. 21
    LULL

    58A Eye of the storm

    8
    49
  22. 22
    SETI

    53D ___ Institute, home to the Carl Sagan Center

    8
    43
  23. 23
    BABA

    1D Rum-soaked cake

    7
    66
  24. 24
    TAKE

    18A Word with hot or double

    7
    61
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    LAIN

    15D Sprawled out, say

    7
    60
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    AMPLE

    29A Enough

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    59
  27. 27
    FACTS

    43D "Get your ___ first and then you can distort them as much as you please": Mark Twain

    7
    27
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    CZAR

    33D Government policy bigwig

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    96
  29. 29
    ERIK

    62A Composer Satie

    6
    91
  30. 30
    SWAT

    45D Pop flies?

    6
    85
  31. 31
    BOLT

    3D Leave quickly

    6
    37
  32. 32
    ROOM

    6D Quarters

    5
    80
  33. 33
    LAPS

    50D Goes around, in a way

    5
    53
  34. 34
    BEBE

    1A Pop singer Rexha

    5
    41
  35. 35
    HINDU

    8D Rishi Sunak was the first one to become a British prime minister

    5
    35
  36. 36
    PGS

    22A Dictionaries have many of these: Abbr.

    5
    17
  37. 37
    ASTIR

    19A Starting to move

    4
    77
  38. 38
    CRIB

    16A Home, in slang

    4
    67
  39. 39
    LOCI

    27D Sites of mutations on chromosomes

    4
    64
  40. 40
    CLASP

    51A Feature of many a handbag

    4
    39
  41. 41
    STUMP

    28D Flummox

    4
    20
  42. 42
    MAX

    47A Uppermost limit

    3
    35
  43. 43
    MILK

    48D Exploit over time

    3
    27
  44. 44
    AARGH

    14D "This is sooo frustrating!"

    3
    14
  45. 45
    PREK

    54D Avenue for early learning, in brief

    3
    13
  46. 46
    GAME

    31A Squash, e.g.

    2
    68
  47. 47
    WVU

    37A Sch. that's home to the Mountaineers

    2
    4
  48. 48
    CURTSY

    44A Alternative to a bow

    2
    3
  49. 49
    PACKANIMAL

    38A Beast of burden

    2
    3
  50. 50
    ECLIPSE

    4D Overshadow

    1
    24
  51. 51
    JACUZZI

    36A When you're in it, you're in hot water

    1
    7
  52. 52
    JARTS

    36D Lawn recreation with a portmanteau name

    1
    5
  53. 53
    KERNELS

    39D Germs of ideas

    1
    4
  54. 54
    UNSUNG

    24A Underappreciated

    1
    4
  55. 55
    AVOCADOOIL

    13A Sautéing option with a high smoke point

    1
    3
  56. 56
    TEMPTSFATE

    59A Plays dice with God, so to speak

    1
    3
  57. 57
    BALANCEDUE

    25D Billing line

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    2
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    BELLADONNA

    17A Poisonous plant rumored to have killed the emperor Augustus

    1
    2
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    BUSHELS

    25A Lots and lots

    1
    2
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    DOTCOMBOOM

    32A Period coinciding with the growth of the internet

    1
    2
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    MEANSWELL

    48A Has only the best intentions

    1
    2
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    ACTDUMB debut

    9D Play the fool

    1
    1
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    ASIANTIGER debut

    56A Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea or Taiwan, to an economist

    1
    1
  64. 64
    BIKEGLOVES debut

    11D They separate hands and handlebars

    1
    1
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    BRAINPOWER debut

    10D Smarts

    1
    1
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    MEDIADIET debut

    20A What one reads, watches and listens to, collectively

    1
    1
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    OZLEM debut

    34D ___ Türeci, physician/scientist who co-founded BioNTech

    1
    1
  68. 68
    PREFERS debut

    42A Leans toward

    1
    1
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    SEXLIFE debut

    40D Possible topic for a couples therapist

    1
    1
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    UMACTUALLY debut

    26D "Well, as it happens …"

    1
    1