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Friday · 72 answers · 11 debuts

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

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    EAT

    47A Assume, as costs

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    EMIT

    9D Release

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    OLD

    42A It takes a long time to get this

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    RNA

    28A Molecule that can self-splice

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    ALL

    57D Totally

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    OPEN

    34A Uncovered

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    NEED

    52A Financial aid basis

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    REP

    27D P.E. unit

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    ASHE

    37A Tennis great who had a tennis scholarship from U.C.L.A.

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    REM

    10D Kind of cycle

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    NANA

    52D Gram, by another name

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    FIR

    23A Wood used for flooring

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    MOP

    48A Do some cleaning

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    SNO

    5D Brand lead-in to Caps or Balls

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    FAN

    23D Tai chi accessory

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    OVERT

    49D Opposite of subtle

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    HIS

    36D ___ Excellency

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    ITOO

    19A Classic 1926 poem associated with the Harlem Renaissance

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    ANITA

    2D Oscar-winning musical role for Rita Moreno

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    RIND

    58A Parmesan cheese feature

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    GNAT

    18A Summer flier

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    EVAN

    55A Ian : Scotland :: ___ : Wales

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    SAYS

    21D Declares

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    SEALS

    21A Creatures that can turn into humans on land, in Scottish folklore

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    CAF

    56D Half-___

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    MOT

    41D Witticism

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    SITS

    60A Rests

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    WRAP

    11A Finish (up)

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    ERIK

    53D Composer Satie

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    CAW

    22A Sound around a summer cornfield

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    RAUL

    33D Julia of "The Addams Family"

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    DUST

    20A Do some cleaning

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    AAVE

    16A Dialect featured in the literature of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, for short

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    BASIC

    1D Bare-bones

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    FIVE

    54A Hand count?

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    WAGES

    11D Listing on a W-2 form

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    TENDS

    46D Leans

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    OHSURE

    7D "As if!"

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    YOKO

    4D "The Memory Police" author ___ Ogawa

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    MILAN

    48D Locale of a semiannual fashion week

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    CHOPS

    35A Some cuts of meat

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    GLORY

    26D Best Original Song Oscar winner from 2014's "Selma"

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    WOWS

    8D Blows away

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    PERMS

    50D Makes do for a while?

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    FIFA

    54D Goal-oriented global org.?

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    ANIMALFARM

    59A Novel whence the line "Four legs good, two legs bad"

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    ANYONEHOME

    15A "Hello-o-o?"

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    FLOTUS

    45A White House partner, for short

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    FOREX

    51A Market for currencies, informally

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    AMUSES

    40A Diverts

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    BYNOW

    3D Already

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    AVALANCHE

    13D Overwhelming amount

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    MEETME

    44D Start of a secret invitation, perhaps

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    DEODORANT

    31D Secret offering?

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    GASCAN

    24A Trunk item

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    FAUX

    39D Like leatherette

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    RANACROSS

    12D Stumbled upon

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    APOLLOVII

    30D First NASA mission broadcast live from orbit

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    ATSYMBOL

    43A Leading character on social media?

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    LETSROCK

    32A "Here we go!"

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    SINKORSWIM

    17A Scenario calling for self-reliance

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    BABYSHOWER debut

    1A Coming-out party?

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    BOOKFAIR debut

    38A Place for trading stories?

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    CARTRAILER debut

    56A One might help you hitch a ride

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    FAKEPLANTS debut

    61A They're green year-round

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    GETSABADRAP debut

    24D Receives unfair criticism

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    HERDINGCATS debut

    6D Unwieldy situation, metaphorically

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    JADING debut

    29A Enthusiasm-curbing

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    JANEGREY debut

    25A Shortest-reigning English monarch (9 days)

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    JINK debut

    25D Nimble, zigzagging maneuver

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    JOBOFFERS debut

    29D Invitations to come on board

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    PETSNAKES debut

    14D Some terrarium denizens

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