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Tuesday · 79 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    EST

    35D Winter setting in D.C.

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    TEE

    34A Tie-dyed bit of attire, often

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    OREO

    58A Black bits in cookies and cream

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    ETS

    36D Sci-fi space travelers

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    OGRE

    58D Shrek, e.g.

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    LET

    5D Allow to

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    SOS

    25A "Come to our rescue!"

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    EAT

    19D Have a meal

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    ARTS

    21A Painting and sculpture

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    OPS

    42A Word after photo or covert

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    ELM

    7A Historic tree in Boston Common

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    SASS

    45A Cheeky attitude

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    IAN

    22A Actor McKellen who played Magneto

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    260
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    ION

    41D + or – particle

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    258
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    LOO

    8D Where to go in the U.K.?

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    162
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    HOT

    57A Scorching

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    134
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    LIP

    32D Stiff upper ___

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    ROW

    62D Part of a seat assignment

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    POE

    67A "The Tell-Tale Heart" author

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    IRATE

    13D Absolutely steaming

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    AINT

    30A "Say it ___ so!"

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    ELECT

    50D Vote into office

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    99
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    UMP

    64A Caller of balls and strikes

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    SFO

    31D Where to catch a Bay Area flight

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    SOU

    16A Not worth a ___

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    87
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    CBD

    53A Kind of oil extracted from hemp, for short

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    14
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    AIRS

    4D Broadcasts

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    NIECE

    63A Brother's daughter

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    104
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    RODEO

    49D Event with cowboys and clowns

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    SITAR

    20A Classical Indian stringed instrument

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    MOW

    52D Cut the grass

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    BLUR

    28A Image problem?

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    ACRID

    10A Stinging, as an odor

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    ASSIST

    10D Basketball datum

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    ASTRO

    2D Houston ballplayer

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    HMO

    61D Type of medical network, for short

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    LPS

    29D Vinyl records, familiarly

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    MESAS

    1D Flat-topped hills

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    RETIE

    12D Knot again

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    PONE

    46A Southern cornbread

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    ESPNU

    7D Channel for collegiate sports fans

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    16
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    UNDER

    59A Beneath

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    RUES

    43A Regrets

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    DARED

    14D Showed some courage

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    SHERA

    17A He-Man's superheroine twin sister

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    LINK

    33A Online connection

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    IHOPE

    51D "With any luck ..."

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    SLAPS

    31A Is awesome, in slang

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    GUST

    26D Sudden burst of wind

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    NORMIE

    65A Person with mainstream likes, pejoratively

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    TRACT

    38D Plot of land

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    STARES

    45D Looks slack-jawed (at)

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    SCOTS

    66A Residents of Edinburgh and Glasgow

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    DOTES

    55D Lavishes love (on)

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    BEFIT

    54D Prove appropriate for

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    MASALA

    1A Garam ___ (South Asian spice blend)

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    TONIC

    48D What accompanies gin and a lime wedge

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    ROUTS

    44A Defeats going away

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    STUNS

    47D Leaves shocked

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    FROS

    40D Some natural hairstyles, informally

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    TOOLATE

    56A "They already left"

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    TWEETS

    68A Sounds from baby robins

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    AMIRITE

    23A "Don't you agree with me?," informally

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    STIRTHEPOT

    18A Intentionally cause drama

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    ESPIES

    15A Notices

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    ASHIER

    6D Less rosy-cheeked

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    PAINS

    27D Advil targets

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    CHIRP

    11D Cricket's call

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    LIESL

    33D Eldest von Trapp daughter in "The Sound of Music"

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    MONKS

    24D Abbey residents

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    POTENT

    46D Like a cocktail with an extra shot

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    TRUECRIME

    34D Genre for wannabe sleuths

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    SHOWERGIFT

    60A Present for an expectant mom or bride-to-be

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    FIRSTTHINGSFIRST debut

    37A "Before we discuss other matters ..." or a hint to the starts of 18-, 26-, 47- and 60-Across

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    GETUPTOSPEED debut

    26A Learn all the latest info

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    HUSHESUP debut

    39D Keeps from being publicly known

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    MUTATING debut

    9D Changing genetically

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    SPITSBARS debut

    3D Raps freestyle, in slang

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    STRETCHLIMOS debut

    47A Promgoers' luxurious rides

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