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Friday · 70 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    NEO

    22A ___-Latin (like some modern coinages)

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    MET

    38D Connected

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    EMT

    45A Certain care provider, for short

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    OWL

    11D Bevy : quail :: parliament : ___

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    OBI

    6D Broad band?

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    DIE

    49D Casting need

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    BLT

    51D Short diner order

    13
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    RETRO

    46A Re-fresh?

    13
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    OPINE

    36A Editorialize

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    MAI

    21D Half of a classic rum cocktail's name

    10
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    YTD

    26A Since Jan. 1, on a pay stub

    9
    60
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    PYRE

    5D Funeral ___

    9
    32
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    PILE

    47D Stack (up)

    8
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    GEODE

    19A One whose beauty is on the inside

    8
    43
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    NACRE

    24D Component of a nautilus shell

    7
    59
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    CALL

    25A A cold one is unexpected (and usually unappreciated)

    7
    46
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    TACOS

    29A Food that can be prepared de canasta

    6
    48
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    CAROL

    28A Song commonly performed outdoors

    6
    45
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    LILY

    23A Plant that's toxic to cats

    6
    39
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    KENYA

    43D Nation dubbed the "cradle of mankind"

    6
    33
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    CHANT

    28D Mantra

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    30
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    BRASH

    37A Overly self-assertive

    6
    14
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    THESE

    29D Nearby things

    5
    53
  24. 24
    GIFT

    44A Facility

    5
    23
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    NANAS

    24A Some babysitters

    4
    43
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    MARDI

    27A Tuesday, in French

    4
    19
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    PORNO

    47A It might be marked with an X

    4
    19
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    LONE

    42A Singular, with or without its first letter

    3
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    APIECE

    35A Individually

    3
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    RIFT

    46D Big break

    3
    48
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    MOIST

    38A Like a good sponge cake

    3
    32
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    GAMUT

    20A Whole kit and caboodle

    3
    27
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    OFNOTE

    40D Worth considering

    3
    25
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    MATCH

    27D Stick by a fireplace

    3
    19
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    KENTS

    43A Origin story family in DC Comics

    3
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    CARLE

    25D Eric who wrote and illustrated "Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me"

    3
    7
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    MOA

    39A Down Under bird that scientists are working to "de-extinct"

    2
    45
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    PESETA

    54A Old coin with a picture of Generalissimo Franco

    2
    42
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    SWISS

    30D Like the pope's guards

    2
    41
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    BOUT

    10D Contest

    2
    29
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    ATONED

    41D Made up

    2
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    ESTEEMED

    55A Treated with respect

    2
    13
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    LOSEIT

    2D Flip

    2
    13
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    TRUELOVE

    13D Mr. or Ms. Right

    2
    11
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    MIRIAM

    39D Sister of Moses

    2
    9
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    EPITOMES

    34D Great illustrations

    2
    7
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    TIEDIN

    48A Linked (with)

    2
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    ALBUS

    9D Professor Dumbledore

    2
    6
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    IPROMISE

    32D "You can absolutely count on me"

    2
    5
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    AMBITION

    50A Drive

    2
    3
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    ABORTS

    9A Cuts short

    1
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    WEEDY

    4D Like untended plots

    1
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    GOTME

    44D "Understood?"

    1
    12
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    ONHOLD

    3D Waiting for support, maybe

    1
    11
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    KANGAROO

    7D Royal Australian Air Force insignia

    1
    10
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    OSSIFY

    52A Harden and become resistant to change

    1
    10
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    SHROVE

    30A ___ Tuesday (end of the pre-Lenten season)

    1
    9
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    STROLLER

    14D Baby sitter?

    1
    8
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    CELLMATE

    53A Life partner, perhaps?

    1
    6
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    TABLETOP

    31D Area on which to eat or play cards

    1
    6
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    SLOWPOKE

    1A Dawdler

    1
    5
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    RAGNAROK

    12D The world's end, in Norse mythology

    1
    4
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    MONEYBAG

    15A Typical sight in a bank robbery cartoon

    1
    3
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    LOWART

    16A Kitsch

    1
    2
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    SMUGLY

    1D How a supervillain might brag

    1
    2
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    USHERING

    17A Doing some theater work

    1
    2
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    BULGUR debut

    18A Cracked wheat used in tabbouleh

    1
    1
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    EGGANDSPOONRACE debut

    8D Competition that combines speed with balance

    1
    1
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    GIANTESS debut

    33D Figure in sci-fi's "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," e.g.

    1
    1
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    TIGHTROPEWALKER debut

    31A One toeing the line?

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