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Tuesday · 76 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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    ERA

    31A Modern ___

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    YES

    12D What a bobbing fist indicates in American Sign Language

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    365
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    IRA

    34D Apt name for a financial adviser?

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    448
  4. 4
    ANTE

    54A Part of a pot

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    461
  5. 5
    AHA

    55A "Now I see!"

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    379
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    EVE

    11D Noted wearer of a fig leaf

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    373
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    IDLE

    57A Sitting on the bench, say

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    259
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    ELM

    60D Tree with serrated leaves

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    240
  9. 9
    AND

    42A Story extender

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    239
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    AMEN

    56D "Preach it!"

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    TAR

    27D Road crew goo

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    351
  12. 12
    ATLAS

    62A Book of legends

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  13. 13
    RAM

    40D Smash (into)

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    ETE

    59D Shorts season in Strasbourg

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    SRO

    8D Sign of a packed house

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    251
  16. 16
    ASK

    43A Pose a question

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    204
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    NESS

    65A Largest loch in Scotland by volume

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    202
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    ROT

    29D Start to attract fruit flies, perhaps

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    214
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    TAT

    30A Bit of body art, informally

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    174
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    DAS

    67A "___ Auto" (Volkswagen slogan)

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    115
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    OMAN

    21A Country that produces surprisingly little Muscat wine

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    201
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    TALE

    19A Edgar Allan Poe writing

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    ARID

    26D Like much of Utah

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    222
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    IMS

    38D Some Gmail convos

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    78
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    ICU

    64A Hosp. area

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    128
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    LOLA

    18D 1970 classic by the Kinks

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    131
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    INK

    4D ___ saver (printing option for a crossword)

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    166
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    INCAS

    49D Residents of the Realm of the Four Parts

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    PIER

    5D Crabbing spot

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    ESO

    13A That, in Spanish

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  31. 31
    ROI

    20A Reine's counterpart

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  32. 32
    SEEM

    44D Appear to be

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    ITALY

    25D Winner of four World Cups

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    PECAN

    9D Praline nugget

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    ACTOR

    6D Person who may have to deal with long lines

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    FAIR

    35A Where you might have to exchange tickets for food

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    PATIO

    50D Barbecue setting, often

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    SETI

    23D Org. concerned with life beyond Earth

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    YRS

    61D Mos. on end

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    WAN

    58D Lacking color

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    DETER

    28A Dissuade

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    MONO

    36D "The kissing disease," for short

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    DIG

    1A Biting comment

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    IPASS

    4A "No thanks"

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    UTOPIA

    32A Paradise on earth

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    SEPIA

    7D Color whose name comes from the Greek word for "cuttlefish"

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    LEAVE

    15A Job perk that might accumulate

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    ALTOS

    43D Singers with a range from F3 to F5

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    RODE

    40A Got carried along by

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  50. 50
    LIMIT

    15D Hard cap

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    SPAMS

    45A Deluges with emails

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    29
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    PREY

    9A Bottom of the food chain, say

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  53. 53
    PHOTO

    51D Insta post

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  54. 54
    ISLAND

    2D Setting for the game Myst

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    NICER

    14A Easier to get along with

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    MOONS

    66A Many ___ (a long time)

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  57. 57
    SNIPS

    22A Uses scissors on

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    26
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    POLKA

    33D Dance performed in Smetana's "The Bartered Bride"

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    GOALIE

    3D Netminder

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    NEPTUNE

    17D Only planet in the solar system not visible to the naked eye

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    17
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    SILICA

    47D ___ gel (moisture-absorbing stuff marked "Do not eat")

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    STAIR

    52A Series of steps

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    ZAPS

    39D Throws in the microwave

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    DEBTS

    1D Net worth negatives

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    REBUS

    53D An eye for an I?

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    LAYMAN

    41A Nonexpert

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    RAINGEAR

    10D Galoshes and umbrellas

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    LITER

    63A Unit of engine capacity

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    MADRID

    46D City that's home to el Museo del Prado

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    FANATIC

    35D Huge supporter

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    ODDBALLS

    37D Quirky types

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    BLANKETPOLICIES

    16A Catchalls of the insurance industry

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    MOBILEAPP

    48A Play Store purchase

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    MONITORLIZARD debut

    36A Reptile that can reach up to 10 feet in length

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    RAILINGAT debut

    24A Really giving an earful

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    WELCOMETOMYCRIB debut

    58A Catchphrase of a classic MTV show … or a hint for the starts of 16-, 24-, 36- and 48-Across

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