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Thursday · 70 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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    IRA

    55A A Gershwin brother

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    SNL

    57D Its youngest host was a seven-year-old Drew Barrymore in '82

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    IMO

    59D "If u ask me …"

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    PAR

    40A Goal to shoot for

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    EOS

    10D Sister of Helios, in Greek myth

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    LAP

    45A Steeplechase unit

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    HUE

    28D Quality to which a unique six-character code is assigned, in graphic design

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    AMID

    35D Inside of

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    136
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    ARF

    19A Variety of bark?

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    SELF

    52A First person?

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    OTHER

    33D Multiple-choice catchall

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    EIN

    29A One in Bonn

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    SPAR

    54D Play-fight

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    DOHA

    7D Mideast capital

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    38
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    NEPAL

    48A It borders the Indian state of Sikkim

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    VAT

    36D Large chemical container

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    INERTIA

    13D Slothfulness

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    42
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    SDSU

    30A Sch. with a satellite campus in Calexico

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    13
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    PLASMA

    37A Heart-pumping stuff?

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    36
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    FEM

    4D Like the French article "la": Abbr.

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    27
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    GOSSIP

    53A Spread some dirt

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    19
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    EARLS

    27A Counterparts of countesses in British peerage

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    LYON

    26D France's third-largest city, after Paris and Marseille

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    LARS

    22A ___ Ulrich, Metallica drummer

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    37
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    SIEGE

    51D Invader's tactic

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    STILE

    11D Barrier to entry

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    SARTRE

    51A Philosopher who wrote "Words are loaded pistols"

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    DOODAD

    32A Thingum

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    NAPLES

    48D Italy's third-largest city, after Rome and Milan

    3
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    IFNOT

    50D Words before a contingency plan

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    ELCID

    6D Nickname for the medieval Spanish knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar

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    51
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    INGOT

    46A Bar from the bank?

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    34
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    OTHELLO

    15A Game played with black-and-white pieces on an 8x8 board

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    ITSONME

    60A "Don't worry about the check"

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    20
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    GNOMES

    47D Garden guardians

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    PELICAN

    58A Action star Jet, in a nutshell

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    ELUDES

    5D Gets away from

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    15
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    HONG

    41A ___ Kong

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    15
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    DIAPER

    20A Something you might change on a bed

    2
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    CUZ

    31A Terse reply to "Why?"

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    12
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    ROTATES

    1D Takes turns

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    OPTICAL

    42D Kind of illusion

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    GIDEON

    8D Victorious military underdog in the Bible

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    NARRATE

    43D Do some storytelling

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    TRANSAM

    56A Muscle car whose name evokes a U.S. road trip

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    AGEMATE

    61A Close contemporary

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    GLEANED

    44D Ascertained bit by bit

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    IVOTENO

    16A "Thumbs down from me"

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    3
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    SLURS

    24D Curved lines on sheet music

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    ROULETTE

    25A Tennis do-over, in a way

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    11
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    TEASED

    23A Gave a sneak preview of

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    DESIRED

    18A Sought-after

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    GODSEND

    14D Fortuitous gift

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    RESOLED

    63A Like some shoes at a cobbler's

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    BERATED

    12D Chewed out

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    CASTLES

    62A O-O and O-O-O, in chess notation

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    PLASTIC

    37D Credit cards, so to speak

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    ACCIDENT

    49A Passport or driver's license, in a manner of speaking

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    HINNY

    28A Equine hybrid

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    LACERTA

    38D Constellation whose name is Latin for "lizard"

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    OVERUNDER

    9D Sports bet based on total points scored

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    RSSFEED

    1A Customizable, all-in-one internet digest

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    3
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    TOOMUCH

    17A Meditation chant, in a sense

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    3
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    STOREAD

    2D One might say "Big savings all week!"

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    2
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    APCLASS debut

    39D U.S. History or Calculus BC, e.g.

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    1
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    CRANEGAME debut

    31D Arcade staple with a joystick

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    GOESBIG debut

    8A Shoots for the stars

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    PRIZEPOTS debut

    21D Holdings of winnings

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    RAREEVENT debut

    34A Superman portrayer Christopher, in so many words

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    SHOFARS debut

    3D Rosh Hashana horns

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