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Saturday · 68 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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    SEA

    12D It's "wine-dark," in Homer's "Odyssey"

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    370
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    IRS

    7D Org. whose logo includes scales and an olive branch

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    246
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    ARTS

    53D They may be fine

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    222
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    OPERA

    50A "People are wrong when they say ___ is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it": Noël Coward

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    247
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    PTA

    48A Child support, in brief?

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    240
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    ATL

    34A Delta hub, in brief

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    171
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    EARL

    23D Rank above viscount

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    195
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    NAE

    28A Not from Scotland?

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    171
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    EEK

    19A Sound from a chicken

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    163
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    TAS

    6D Many lab instructors, informally

    13
    99
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    MCS

    38D Makes some introductions, informally

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    79
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    PIN

    33A Bubble burster, perhaps

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    103
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    GALA

    49D Ball

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    115
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    READ

    52D Verb before lips and palms

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    115
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    EATEN

    10D Polished off

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    88
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    EEO

    36A Inits. in a job posting

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    76
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    FUR

    24D Subject of trade that gave rise to St. Louis and Detroit

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    66
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    CREE

    43A First Nations people

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    105
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    TGIF

    11D Cry of relief

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    98
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    BEG

    57D Solicit

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    59
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    DRAMA

    32D Much "Real Housewives" doings

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    73
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    VERA

    3D Unseen wife on "Cheers"

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    65
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    ALAI

    25A Half of a rhyming game name

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    181
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    ERN

    56D Directional suffix

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    177
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    TIT

    55D Small songbird

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    81
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    INERTIA

    4D It keeps things going

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    42
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    SHARK

    17A Animal that's born with a full set of teeth

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    19
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    FETE

    24A Bash

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    PRY

    35A Nose around

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    BAAS

    31D Some farm sounds

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    HUM

    42A Nothing needs to be said to do it

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    43
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    OPAH

    2D Sea creature also known as a redfin ocean pan

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    41
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    DISCS

    41A Checkers, e.g.

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    37
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    MOUTH

    47D Be sassy, with "off"

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    12
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    ELEA

    51D Ancient home to many pre-Socratic philosophers

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    59
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    PAYS

    29D Is worth the effort

    3
    32
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    PLUG

    35D Bang the drum for

    3
    22
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    GORP

    49A High-energy snack

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    21
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    KNITS

    22D Unites after a break

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    20
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    NOVEL

    45D Unprecedented

    2
    29
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    UNIS

    44A Down Under colleges

    2
    27
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    DARWIN

    32A 19th-century naturalist buried in Westminster Abbey

    2
    15
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    KINTE

    9D "Roots" surname

    2
    15
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    BRINK

    46D Lip

    2
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    CLASSACT

    39A Dignified and gracious sort

    2
    8
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    PUPPY

    29A A little husky?

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    8
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    CRESTED

    8D Reached the maximum

    2
    6
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    AMPEDUP

    25D Jazzed

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    4
  49. 49
    AMNESIACS

    27D Ones with big blocks?

    2
    3
  50. 50
    BAREESSENTIALS

    15A Things you can't do without

    2
    2
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    EMEKA

    5D ___ Okafor, 6'10" Charlotte player who was the N.B.A.'s 2005 Rookie of the Year

    2
    2
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    MOBS

    1D Packs

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    26
  53. 53
    TAKETEN

    21A Stop working, say

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    13
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    SETPIECE

    16D Free kick, e.g., in soccer lingo

    1
    8
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    KEYNOTE

    20D Special delivery at a conference

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    6
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    NBAGAME

    45A Jazz fest?

    1
    5
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    SCEPTRE

    40D British royal Rod of Equity and Mercy, e.g.

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    5
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    MAMABIRD

    30A One preparing eggs

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    4
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    EDEMAS

    37A Swellings in bodily tissues

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    2
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    LAIDINTO

    26D Went at

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    2
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    SLEEPWEAR

    14D Pajamas

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    2
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    STEF

    18A Actress Dawson of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay"

    1
    2
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    CHAPATI debut

    39D Bread whose dough is rolled on a chakla

    1
    1
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    MOVIETICKETS debut

    1A They help you see the big picture

    1
    1
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    OCTAVIAEBUTLER debut

    54A First science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship

    1
    1
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    OPENMARRIAGES debut

    13A Swing states?

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    1
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    SILENTRETREAT debut

    58A Reflective period

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    1
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    TALKINGHEADS debut

    59A Many TV panelists

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    1