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Friday · 70 answers · 11 debuts

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

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    NSA

    6D Code-breaking grp.

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    233
  2. 2
    OVA

    27D Cells that can be vitrified and preserved for future use

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    259
  3. 3
    ONES

    53A Washington notes

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    295
  4. 4
    ITEM

    18A Hot pair

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    274
  5. 5
    EARS

    61A Elephant ___ (pastries)

    27
    163
  6. 6
    GEL

    23A Mesh

    26
    185
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    ERASE

    49D Clear one's name, say?

    24
    295
  8. 8
    SPOT

    24A Word with sweet or blind

    24
    153
  9. 9
    EGOS

    59A Obstacles to peace, sometimes

    23
    210
  10. 10
    OVEN

    13D Tandoor, e.g.

    22
    177
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    ALIT

    32D Settled down

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    220
  12. 12
    ATSEA

    3D Bamboozled

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    194
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    PLEA

    47A "Help," e.g.

    18
    154
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    SEED

    30D Very start, as of an idea

    17
    141
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    NERO

    54D Focus of the historians Tacitus and Suetonius

    15
    243
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    IAGO

    5D Speaker of the line "… your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs"

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    173
  17. 17
    AGENT

    36D Professional negotiator

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    150
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    GLEE

    51D Jouissance

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    112
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    MRT

    46A Muscleman of 1980s TV

    11
    98
  20. 20
    NAST

    20A Illustrator of the Tammany tiger

    11
    98
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    UTA

    38D Hagen of Broadway

    11
    86
  22. 22
    STENO

    19A Bygone office assistant

    10
    131
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    LIMO

    56A Long way to go?

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    101
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    MOSS

    31D Kind of floor covering

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    60
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    TEAT

    22A Milk source

    9
    42
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    STEEL

    41A Material refined through the Bessemer process

    8
    93
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    RIGA

    52D World capital on both banks of the Daugava River

    8
    86
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    NSC

    58D Pres. advisory grp.

    8
    59
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    DENTS

    10D Jobs for body shops

    8
    36
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    ADES

    9D Fruity beverages

    7
    126
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    ELOTE

    2D Mexican street corn

    7
    7
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    AEONS

    42A A long, long time

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    36
  33. 33
    ASNER

    50D Seven-time Emmy winner Ed

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    103
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    RAYS

    44A A vacationer might hope to catch them

    5
    61
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    TRENT

    4D Site of a Counter-Reformation council, 1545-63

    5
    59
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    POSER

    47D Phony one

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    42
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    SORTS

    45D Arranges

    4
    42
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    PINS

    21A Spare things?

    4
    33
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    LEVY

    16A Charge

    4
    28
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    GARBO

    23D "The Mysterious Lady" actress, 1928

    4
    25
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    FLOG

    11A Promote shamelessly

    3
    22
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    MAILER

    31A Shipping container

    3
    11
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    HAVA

    55D "___ Nagila"

    3
    6
  44. 44
    LETITRIDE

    12D Leave one's winnings on the table for another bet

    3
    4
  45. 45
    GRUB

    51A Victuals, informally

    2
    29
  46. 46
    GYMS

    14D Elliptical areas

    2
    17
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    ROSEGARDEN

    17A Noted feature of Paris's Parc de Bagatelle

    2
    9
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    SAYTO

    26A Tell

    2
    8
  49. 49
    SEEMLY

    26D Decorous

    2
    8
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    PYLONS

    25D Wire holders

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    6
  51. 51
    LUCRE

    48D Riches

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    27
  52. 52
    ENNEAD

    40A The Brady household, including Alice, e.g.

    1
    24
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    ORSINO

    43D Shakespearean duke

    1
    16
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    HOURS

    55A Time sheet calculation

    1
    12
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    YURTS

    28A Dwellings for nomads

    1
    10
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    OVALTINE

    35A Beverage featured in "A Christmas Story"

    1
    9
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    HURST

    1D Novelist Fannie who wrote "Imitation of Life" (1933)

    1
    4
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    GURNEY

    7D It might bring a patient to surgery

    1
    3
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    ULTRASUEDE

    15A Synthetic upholstery material

    1
    2
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    FLIPOUTON debut

    11D Lose all patience with

    1
    1
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    HEATINGPAD debut

    1A Pain reliever

    1
    1
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    IDLERUMOR debut

    33D Bit of wanton gossip

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    1
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    LIKEABOSS debut

    34D In an awesome way, slangily

    1
    1
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    OLDIEBUTAGOODIE debut

    37A Nostalgic tune

    1
    1
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    PEDALTOTHEMETAL debut

    8D "Step on it!"

    1
    1
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    RETINASCAN debut

    57A Modern identification method

    1
    1
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    SILKMOTH debut

    39A Domesticated insect entirely dependent on humans for reproduction

    1
    1
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    SOLOCAREER debut

    62A Pursuit after a breakup

    1
    1
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    TNIA debut

    29D "The Fall of the House of Usher" actress ___ Miller

    1
    1
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    TRANSVERSE debut

    60A Lying across

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    1