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Thursday · 74 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ETAL

    57A Abbr. standing in for co-authors

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    ARTS

    18D Culture vulture's concerns

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    ELS

    33D Trains for the Chicago White Sox?

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    EELS

    42A Subjects of some European fishing bans

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    PTA

    58D Org. that might sponsor a read-a-thon, in brief

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    AFAR

    14A Where the Magi journeyed from

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    ELK

    61D Creature on the state flags of Michigan and Idaho

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    ICEE

    48D Drink that might turn your tongue blue

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    AGRA

    5D Tourist destination outside of Delhi

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    OPAL

    64A Gemstone found in hot springs

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    ATT

    35A Stat used to calculate a QB's passer rating

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    OPI

    59D Mani-pedi brand

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    AVA

    23D Director DuVernay

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    REM

    34D Dreamily named rock group?

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    DOS

    9D "Mesa para ___" (request at a Spanish restaurant)

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    ASTI

    10A Source for some bubbly

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    UFO

    2D What arrives in the film "Arrival"

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    NAN

    60D Grammy, in the U.K.

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    SSE

    44D Seattle-to-Mount Rainier dir.

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    TESLA

    63A Rivian competitor

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    LATTE

    21A Drink made with an artisanal flourish, maybe

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    LIT

    43D On fire

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    YALE

    30A School that's a rival of 37-Down

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    UTA

    32D ___ Hagen, Tony-winning actress and theater practitioner

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    MAP

    3D Dash display in some cars

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    BAT

    1D Be up

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    TINE

    62A Pitchfork point

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    LOAN

    16A One may be in default

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    PORE

    19A Target of an exfoliator

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    ALOUD

    5A Vocally

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    AVERSE

    27A Risk-___

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    HASAT

    22A Begins dealing with

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    GODNO

    15A "Over my dead body!"

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    OGRES

    50D Fiends of folklore

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    CASTE

    53A Level in a social hierarchy

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    HAY

    22D Kind of "fever" that's not actually a fever, and is typically caused by pollen

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    FCC

    39A Org. that monitors on-air obscenity

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    AGASSI

    29A Sporting great who said "Tennis uses the language of life"

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    PLASMA

    41A Matter in a neon sign

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    EPILOG

    28D Prose postscript

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    SADD

    65A Org. promoting sober motoring

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    EATSAT

    26D Rankles no end

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    RINK

    67A Winter sports venue

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    ALPACA

    10D Wool source

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    PUERTO

    31A P.R. piece?

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    INEEDIT

    13D "Gimme!"

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    SABLE

    52D Fur once favored by Russian royalty

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    OROMEO

    45A Start of a lovelorn soliloquy

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    UPENN

    37D School that's a rival of 30-Across, informally

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    BUMP

    1A Speeding check

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    13
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    CROATIA

    40D European land where much of "Game of Thrones" was filmed

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    LONGI

    6D Nighttime sound?

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    12
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    PRAGUE

    20A Birthplace of Madeleine Albright and Vaclav Havel

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    MAILED

    46D On its way, in a way

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    UNREP

    8D One with diplomatic plates in N.Y.C.

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    LEGARMOR

    38D Part of a jouster's protection

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    ASSED debut

    66A Half-___ (desultory)

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    DROSS

    51D Useless leftovers

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    LAGOS

    21D Financial center of West Africa

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    ODEUM

    7D Classical performance space

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    VLAD

    56D Baseball Hall-of-Famer Guerrero, to fans

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    GAMIN

    54A Street urchin

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    TIGRIS

    47A Bridges in Baghdad cross it

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    TARTEST

    12D Most pucker-inducing

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    FORGETS

    39D Thinks nothing of

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    GRAVER

    55A Less merry

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    IMPEACHED

    25A Chatted online, in brief

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    PREPARER

    4D Tax ___

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    SOOTHSAYERS

    11D Futures experts?

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    FRUITLESSLY debut

    36A In vain ... or how to read the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across

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    PROBLEMONE debut

    58A Investigate in detail

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    ROMANGODS debut

    49A Some fishing gear

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    SELFCOMMAND debut

    24D It's needed to stay calm

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    TOPEARNERS debut

    17A Mixtures in copier cartridges

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