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Thursday · 74 answers · 7 debuts

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

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    ANN

    13D ___ Petry, first African American woman to write a million-selling novel ("The Street," 1946)

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    ANTI

    10D Against

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    OLD

    41A Like nonagenarians

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    ESC

    20A High key?

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    YET

    54A So far

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    REN

    33D ___ Faire (medieval-themed festival)

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    EGOS

    32D Big ones might clash

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    TIRE

    44D Tread on me!

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    SUE

    37D Go after, in a way

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    SAC

    57D California's capital, in some of its nicknames

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    BRIE

    11D Creamy pairing with fig jam

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    HEE

    38A "Tee" follower

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    SCAT

    48A Sing like Ella Fitzgerald

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    TIME

    55D "Put your pens and pencils down"

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    ELBA

    5D Actor Idris

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    ADOS

    45A Kerfuffles

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    PBS

    64A "Antiques Roadshow" network

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    ARIAL

    14A Type type

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    OUT

    61A Openly gay

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    FOE

    15A Thanos, to the Avengers

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    GAH

    4D "This is terrible!"

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    AQUA

    51D Cousin of turquoise

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    MELEE

    62A Total brawl

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    METS

    19D M.L.B. team that awarded a record-breaking $765 million contract to Juan Soto in 2024

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    ZOO

    7D Wild scene

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    RIBS

    42A Joshes

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    PETA

    34D Grp. that's down on all furs?

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    REX

    59D "Vivat ___" ("Long live the king")

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    IRISH

    2D Like some wolfhounds and whiskeys

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    LARGE

    36A One way to live

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    EXERT

    65A Use, as one's influence

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    ODEON

    39A Greek theater

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    PETE

    34A St. ___ (city on a bay, informally)

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    ENRON

    16A Company that's the subject of the documentary "The Smartest Guys in the Room"

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    ONEDGE

    18D Anxious

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    CASTS

    63A Tosses out

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    OZS

    6A Deli counter units: Abbr.

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    HUB

    58D Center of activity

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    WAIT

    53D With 45-Down, "Hey, hold on!"

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    BOOR

    12D Obnoxious sort

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    RIDGE

    1A Feature of a mountain or fingerprint

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    NYETS

    47D Russian refusals

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    UTERO

    40A In ___ (developing)

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    ASEC

    45D See 53-Down

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    SERUM

    37A Skin-care product thinner than a moisturizer

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    ADT

    21A Big inits. in home security

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    RHOS

    23A Symbols for density, in physics

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    VALE

    27A Low-lying area

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    TWEET

    50D #'s place

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    AUDIT

    60A Check someone's checks?

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    DUDS

    52D Disappointments

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    YOW

    56A "Ouch!"

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    TITANS

    46A Losers to the Olympians

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    RAWER

    1D More cold and wet

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    RADIOS

    30D Ship-to-shore communicators

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    SHORTSTOP

    35D Person who's off-base?

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    SERENADED

    8D Sang to

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    EERIER

    22A Stranger

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    AOLER

    49D Many an early internet user, informally

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    SED

    35A Latin for "but"

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    OFFTO

    6D Bound for

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    GOINTO

    25A Select, as a career

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    YABBA

    9A "___ dabba doo!"

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    ADWARS

    51A Coke-versus-Pepsi and Apple-versus-Samsung, e.g.

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    EARTHREENTRY

    43A Process for a descending spacecraft

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    FASTWORKER

    29A Good person to give a time-consuming project, maybe

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    LEMONTARTS

    28D Some citrus desserts

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    DISCOVERER debut

    3D Lucky scientist, perhaps

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    IFEELYA debut

    26D "That's relatable"

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    KREBSCYCLE debut

    31D Essential biochemical process that releases energy in cells

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    SATURTHREE debut

    24D Gloomy, as an atmosphere

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    SQUARETHECIRCLE debut

    57A Complete an impossible task … or a hint to reading three Down answers in this puzzle

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    WISHBONEFORMATION debut

    17A Football offense arrangement that resembles an inverted Y shape

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    YEAROTWOLORD debut

    9D "Anno Domini" period

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