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Friday · 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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    EST

    24A "Alea iacta ___" ("The die is cast")

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    SEE

    48A Call at the table?

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    EPA

    56D Org. that measures A.Q.I.

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    320
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    EKE

    54D Scrape (out)

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    236
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    ITO

    8D "Who am ___ question?"

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    SEW

    1D Put in stitches

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    169
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    REEL

    28A It holds the line

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    184
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    ATON

    29A Lots and lots

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    136
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    ELENA

    61A Novelist Ferrante

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  10. 10
    KEG

    37A It gets pumped at a party

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    106
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    EENIE

    14A Start of a count-off

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    48
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    ALPO

    39A Pet food brand whose name reflects its founding in Allentown, Pa.

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    138
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    CHIC

    6A Smart

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    83
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    FAR

    22D Repeated word in the "Star Wars" prologue

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    110
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    AMC

    45A "The Walking Dead" network

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    79
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    UTILE

    11D Serving a purpose

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    67
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    GUAC

    10A Dip that can be made in a molcajete, for short

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    28
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    NEWT

    60A Creature that can be "red-spotted"

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    94
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    GREW

    52D Waxed, in a way

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    50
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    HEPA

    51D Purifying filter acronym

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    8
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    ORD

    40D Chicago airport code

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    64
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    HALL

    7D Word with study or city

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    55
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    MAYI

    38A "Is this seat taken ...?"

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    19
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    ABODE

    45D Building … or a building material, if you swap its consonants

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    67
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    ATEAT

    20D Patronized, in a way

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    66
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    ALGORE

    25A Politician who organized the first congressional hearing on global warming (1981)

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    44
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    CHEST

    13D It's where the heart is

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    39
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    TEMPE

    30D City east of Phoenix

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    34
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    PANSY

    23D Variety of violet

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    32
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    GATO

    10D Enemigo de un ratón

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    30
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    CODAS

    26D Closing bars

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    23
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    PAH

    31A "Hogwash!"

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    35
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    WANNA

    17A "You interested?"

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    12
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    EDDA

    59A Icelandic saga

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    POW

    23A Comic book sound

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    43
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    ACMES

    12D High points

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    41
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    CARIB

    26A Indigenous person of northern South America

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    20
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    CENSOR

    9D Bowdlerize, maybe

    3
    13
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    HATEWATCH

    15A Stream with a lot of shade?

    3
    5
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    CREST

    49D Cockatoo feature

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    37
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    VERGE

    55A Border (on)

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    OEUVRE

    44D The works?

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    18
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    ROMPS

    41A Blowouts

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    17
  44. 44
    SETSAIL

    19A Embark

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    13
  45. 45
    ALONETIME

    18A Something a newlywed usually lacks

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    9
  46. 46
    EGOSURF

    34D Search for oneself

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    7
  47. 47
    FERRETS

    22A Flock : geese :: business : ___

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    7
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    BROHUG

    50A Greeting that combines a handshake and an embrace

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    3
  49. 49
    DEEPFAKES debut

    57A Digitally altered videos of celebrities, say

    2
    2
  50. 50
    STOLES

    21A Some wraps

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    14
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    CODED

    47D Made some Java, say

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    11
  52. 52
    REVUP

    58A Race, in a way

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    10
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    CREASED

    49A In need of an evening out?

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    9
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    PONDER

    43A Chew on

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    7
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    SWILL

    1A Hogwash

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    7
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    BANANAPEEL

    27D Classic thing to slip on

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    4
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    CHAIS

    6D Drinks made with cardamom

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    4
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    LEASER

    5D One receiving monthly payments

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    3
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    LINTROLLER

    4D Cleaning product commonly used by pet owners

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    3
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    ORDERHERE

    53A Sign before picking up

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    3
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    WEASELED

    2D Talked one's way (out of)

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    3
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    CIPRO

    35D Antibiotic used to treat anthrax

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    2
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    DELETEDSCENES

    33A Takes in the trash?

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    2
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    MRRED

    46D Cincinnati sports mascot

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    2
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    WETWIPE

    16D Diaper bag item

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    2
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    GROUPED debut

    52A Put together

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    1
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    HELDSERVE debut

    32D Didn't get broken

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    1
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    INNERGEEK debut

    3D It might be on display at Comic-Con

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    1
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    MEGHAN debut

    42D Duchess of Sussex beginning in 2018

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    1
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    SPEEDGUN debut

    36D Problem for someone who's pushing 90, say

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