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Friday · 70 answers · 7 debuts

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

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    ARTS

    56A Creative domain, with "the"

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    222
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    ALAS

    33A "Sad to say …"

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    ICEE

    46D Beverage that was invented in a Dairy Queen

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    91
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    ANEW

    3D Freshly

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    237
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    ESS

    24D Suffix with heir

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    413
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    SEW

    19A Hem, but not haw?

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    169
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    EERIE

    42A Like some silences

    19
    260
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    MERE

    54A Slight

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    155
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    DAS

    4D "___ Lied von der Erde" (Mahler work)

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    115
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    ERODE

    58A Weaken over time, as support

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    175
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    AGED

    49D Like some cheese

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    148
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    EYRE

    21A Literary heroine who described herself as "poor, obscure, plain and little"

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    150
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    HERE

    57A Classroom cry

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    150
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    RASP

    10A Ailment the morning after a loud concert, maybe

    15
    137
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    EVES

    29D Days of anticipation

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    108
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    CONE

    35A Bit of equipment in many athletic training exercises

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    88
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    BAN

    48A Word that becomes its own synonym when the last letter is changed to "r"

    13
    125
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    ARMY

    16A BTS ___ (K-pop group's fan base)

    13
    76
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    SHED

    43A Lose

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    115
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    GEAR

    47D What a backpacker packs

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    119
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    EVADE

    1A Shake off

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    117
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    NYSE

    50D Where Ferrari is "RACE," for short

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    113
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    IDOS

    51A Heartfelt exchange?

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    78
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    LIEN

    8D Something sold in a tax sale

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    STL

    36A The Blues, on N.H.L. scoreboards

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    111
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    CASA

    30D "___ dolce ___" (Italian saying)

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    75
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    PYRE

    13D Burning structure

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    32
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    ESOS

    1D Plural pronoun in Puebla

    8
    59
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    IRISES

    40D They surround pupils

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    41
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    GOV

    32A End of a mayoral address?

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    38
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    TERRA

    37A ___ incognita (unexplored area)

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    75
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    WEAR

    18A Sport

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    VANE

    2D Pointer up high

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    58
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    RHONE

    41D River sourced by a glacier in the Swiss Alps

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    44
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    ANGI

    7D Website for finding home services

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    7
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    CHAD

    35D Land with two official languages — French and Arabic

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    58
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    SHERA

    27D Cartoondom's "Princess of Power"

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    22
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    PAPI

    44A Spanish familial term of endearment

    6
    20
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    SHOES

    38A Things left at the entrance of a mosque

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    36
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    LTR

    53D Paper size: Abbr.

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    68
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    BEERS

    34A Case load?

    4
    34
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    TGI

    37D ___ Fridays

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    34
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    FURS

    22D Certain winter accouterments

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    BOLO

    48D Accessory out West

    3
    36
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    SEENOTE

    38D [More info below]

    3
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    FALL

    6A Collapse

    2
    34
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    PIMA

    44D Cotton variety

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    25
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    FOLD

    22A Give in

    2
    18
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    TRILL

    15D Pianist's flourish

    2
    17
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    SHOWS

    31A Network lineup

    2
    14
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    RAWEST

    10D Like one's most natural emotions

    2
    8
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    SANANTONIO

    14A Largest U.S. city with a majority-Hispanic population

    2
    8
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    BESOT

    23A Intoxicate, quaintly

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    27
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    ENTROPY

    5D Chaotic state

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    CURRY

    30A Chicken korma, e.g.

    1
    6
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    SMARTMONEY

    12D Bets from the experts

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    BEHEMOTH

    34D Beast

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    MIGNON

    45A French for "dainty"

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    4
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    RIDING

    20A Word with crop or shotgun

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    4
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    AREYOUGOOD

    11D Check-in line?

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    2
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    FOODDESERT

    6D Area bereft of grocery stores

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    2
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    OCEANOLOGY

    52A Deep study

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    TEAKETTLES

    55A They make a high-pitched noise when they're pretty heated

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    2
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    ALRIGHTALREADY debut

    39A "I get it, I get it!"

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    1
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    CORALSNAKE debut

    28D Reptile known for its distinct color bands

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    1
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    COUPLESCOSTUME debut

    25A Idea for a pair of trick-or-treaters

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    CULTLEADER debut

    25D Someone with a devoted following

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    1
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    LONGBOWS debut

    9D Medieval weapons traditionally made with yew

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    1
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    ONESTROGEN debut

    17A Receiving a certain hormone treatment

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    ORALREPORT debut

    26D Classroom delivery, perhaps

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