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Friday · 68 answers · 5 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    EDEN

    52A Biblical locale in a Steinbeck title

    42
    457
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    ISEE

    15A Understanding response

    36
    360
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    LET

    18D Court call

    33
    287
  4. 4
    ANNE

    14A Pulitzer-winning historian and journalist Applebaum

    26
    283
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    STEM

    29A Stalk

    26
    228
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    ERASE

    51A Wipe

    24
    295
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    TEND

    56A Gravitate

    22
    122
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    SCAR

    25A Sign of healing

    20
    188
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    AER

    50D ___ Lingus

    19
    148
  10. 10
    CON

    45D With, in Spanish

    15
    123
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    SERA

    35A Lab liquids

    14
    172
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    NUT

    37A Corn ___ (snack misnomer)

    14
    112
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    ASSES

    13D Insufferable sorts

    11
    103
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    TINY

    28A Fun-size, so to speak

    10
    64
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    SALEM

    42D Capital that's home to the oldest university in the Western U.S. (1842)

    9
    107
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    MOSS

    5A Plant often confused with algae

    9
    60
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    DIRE

    55A Bleak

    8
    91
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    VINE

    47D Plant on a pergola

    8
    55
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    HOPI

    41A Arizona tribe with matrilineal clans

    6
    92
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    JEST

    1A What a comment might be made in

    6
    45
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    EEG

    27A Mental image, for short?

    5
    75
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    CHAIR

    11D Word with easy or high

    5
    25
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    LUNAR

    48A ___ month

    4
    43
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    METED

    54A Rationed (out)

    4
    22
  25. 25
    COUNT

    12D Matter

    4
    12
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    INURE

    43D Habituate

    3
    68
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    WICCA

    9A "The Craft"

    3
    16
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    ICEWATER

    10D Drink that comes with free refills

    3
    15
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    TERSER

    4D Less prolix

    3
    15
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    UNSET

    23A Not fixed, as a stone

    3
    13
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    COPED

    45A Survived, so to speak

    3
    10
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    CAUSES

    20A Sets in motion

    3
    9
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    HOLDIT

    41D "Stop the presses!"

    3
    9
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    RITAORA

    26D British singer with the hits "R.I.P." and "Radioactive"

    3
    6
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    SENAT

    44D Upper house of the French parliament

    2
    39
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    ISAO

    53A Golfer Aoki

    2
    37
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    CAPT

    33D America, for one: Abbr.

    2
    28
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    VOLARE

    47A Popular name of the 1958 Italian hit "Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu"

    2
    13
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    OSX

    6D Mac platform renamed in 2016

    2
    6
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    TIDEPOD

    38D Certain unit of detergent

    2
    6
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    ECHOS

    16A Amazon smart speakers

    2
    5
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    SECRECY

    7D Condition of discretion

    2
    5
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    BRAINDUMP

    49A Act of writing down whatever comes to mind in order to clear mental clutter

    2
    2
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    CHARLIXCX debut

    17A British singer with the top 10 albums "Crash" and "Brat"

    2
    2
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    BAER

    36A Max ___, boxer nicknamed "Madcap Maxie"

    1
    42
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    BENS

    24D Bills worth 100 buckaroos

    1
    16
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    BACARDI

    36D Brand of rum mentioned in Hemingway novels

    1
    11
  48. 48
    BEAUS

    19A Some suitors

    1
    9
  49. 49
    SUPERMAN

    34D DC figure since 1938

    1
    7
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    CHORES

    33A Taking out the trash and others

    1
    5
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    ENHANCED

    2D Improved

    1
    5
  52. 52
    JACCUSE

    1D Historic Émile Zola letter of 1898

    1
    5
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    RECRUIT

    26A New service member

    1
    5
  54. 54
    DEBUTS

    31A First releases

    1
    4
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    SISTERACT

    42A 1992 Whoopi Goldberg comedy

    1
    4
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    BEERDARTS

    24A Drinking game with projectiles

    1
    3
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    BESTCASE

    32D Hoped-for scenario

    1
    3
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    RICEWINE

    21A Sake, for one

    1
    3
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    SEXIER

    8D More seductive

    1
    3
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    SNOCAPS

    39A Longtime Nestlé candy brand

    1
    3
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    TURNEDRED

    28D Showed embarrassment, say

    1
    3
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    ANECDATA

    46A Portmanteau for evidence based solely on personal accounts

    1
    2
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    CATBED

    40D Pet gear often eschewed in favor of someone's lap

    1
    2
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    WEBEDITOR

    9D One managing online content

    1
    2
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    CRUSHES debut

    22D Handles beautifully, in slang

    1
    1
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    MENOPAUSE debut

    30D Event typically occurring in one's late 40s or early 50s

    1
    1
  67. 67
    MIIS debut

    5D Customizable Nintendo avatars

    1
    1
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    SNAUSAGES debut

    3D Meaty dog treats "in a blanket"

    1
    1