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

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    ARE

    44A Word that's often shortened to its middle letter in texts

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    IRE

    26D Fury

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    IRA

    31A Host Glass of radio's "This American Life"

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    SSN

    13D Something usually kept private, for short

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    EASE

    56D Comfort

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    AGO

    60D Long ___

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    ETON

    37D Kind of collar

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    GAS

    27D Grand old time, in slang

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    ELS

    33D Llama's head?

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    EVER

    53A Always

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    IAM

    39D "___ what ___"

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    REO

    22D ___ Speed Wagon (vintage vehicle)

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    BRO

    40D "Dude …"

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    RCA

    64A Record label for SZA and A$AP Rocky

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    INA

    5D ___ while

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    UFO

    12D Frequent conspiracy subject

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    SKY

    67A Cerulean expanse

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    PRO

    58D Reason to consider something favorably

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    ILLS

    25D Unfortunate situations

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    AWL

    57D Hole puncher

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    LIEU

    4D Place

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    ASHEN

    52D Visibly afraid

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    GOB

    30A Whole bunch

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    TMC

    45A Sister network of Paramount+, for short

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    EMOTE

    51D Overact

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    BOW

    14A Acknowledgment of applause, maybe

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    VANE

    38D It's blowing in the wind

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    BMW

    1A Auto on the autobahn

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    BRB

    6D "Hang on a sec"

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    TIT

    61D Relative of the chickadee

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    IBSEN

    39A "The Master Builder" playwright

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    APRON

    57A Bit of grillmaster's attire

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    AKRON

    19A Midwest city known as the "Rubber Capital of the World"

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    MPG

    46D Efficiency stat not needed in an E.V.

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    LIBRA

    4A Sign of justice

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    RELAY

    54D Race with an anchor

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    LOSES

    65A Falls short, say

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    EXILE

    56A Banish

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    AEGIS

    63A Protection

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    WRITE

    62A Compose

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    ROOFS

    16A Spots for solar panels

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    ELIHU

    20A ___ Root, U.S. secretary of war who received a Nobel Peace Prize

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    EAMES

    34A Noted chairman?

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    STARTS

    42A Launches

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    AMIGAS

    55A Girlfriends in Madrid

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    ANTEGG

    8D Tidbit popular in Thai cuisine

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    BOSSLEVEL

    36A Truly awesome implement for ensuring stability?

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    TNOTE

    66A Medium-term govt. security

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    DIVE

    23A Seedy bar

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    JUTS

    24D Protrudes

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    CPLUS

    9A Middling grade

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    TURTLE

    32A Pecan-chocolate-caramel candy

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    ONSTAR

    48A General Motors subsidiary

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    MOULIN

    2D "___ Rouge!" (2001 musical film)

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    ALTTEXT

    35D Description of an online image

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    CRAFTBEERS

    9D Artisanal brewers' offerings

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    NERFED

    21A Hobbled, in gamer slang

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    RELOCK

    49D Secure again, as a door

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    THETUBE

    18D London's underground

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    RUING

    7D Feeling remorse for

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    CLAWAT

    47D Scratch

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    LORDJIM

    11D Joseph Conrad novel made into a 1965 film starring Peter O'Toole

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    SAVIORS

    43D Hero lifeguards, e.g.

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    INRUN

    15A Lead-up to a ski jump

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    MODELPLANE

    50A Ideal instrument for shaping wood surfaces?

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    NETFUL

    28A Large catch of fish, say

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    POKEY

    10D Lockup

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    QUITEABIT

    17A Really spectacular drill component?

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    SEDARIS

    41D Humorist who describes his stint working as a Macy's Christmas elf in "Santaland Diaries"

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    WHATATOOL

    59A Something you might exclaim when talking about 17-, 24-, 36- or 50-Across?

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    WWIIVET

    3D One who may have stormed the beaches at Normandy, in brief

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    FRONTLINES

    29D Area of greatest danger

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    JIGGETYJIG

    24A Lively kind of saw for cutting intricate shapes?

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    BBQED debut

    1D Like some briskets and pork ribs, informally

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