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Saturday · 70 answers · 9 debuts

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

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    ATE

    30A "Aliens ___ My Homework," children's comedy/sci-fi book by Bruce Coville

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    ONE

    49D All together

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    612
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    IRE

    7D Hotness

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    TEE

    24A Top option

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    ORE

    47D Raw material

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    EGO

    10D Freudian origin of defense mechanisms

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    ATTA

    45D Flour used to make paratha

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    OPEN

    25D Ready for business

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    EMT

    44A Many an "SVU" extra

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    SIN

    40A "Some rise by ___, and some by virtue fall": Shak.

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    URLS

    42D Address strings

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    OARS

    25A Sporting blades

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    RAGU

    9D Classic meat sauce

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    EWES

    44D Farm females

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    BLT

    1D Counter order

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    TROT

    39A Easy gait

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    TKOS

    29D Ring stats

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    TBA

    23D Letters for those awaiting specifics

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    BFF

    34A Bosom buddy

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    37
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    TEAT

    54A Baby bottle component

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    STORE

    51A Keep

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    OLAY

    55A U Beauty competitor

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    BATS

    26A Flutters

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    54
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    WOK

    43A Deep-frying vessel

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    67
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    MALL

    31D Promenade

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    52
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    READS

    13D Auditions

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    51
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    SOUR

    38A Go bad

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    49
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    RECUR

    9A Come back

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    39
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    INTOW

    46A Following closely behind

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    38
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    TWIST

    39D Distort

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    28
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    GOTTA

    18A Des'ree's "You ___ Be"

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    34
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    HEDY

    6D "Bombshell: The ___ Lamarr Story" (2017 documentary)

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    24
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    PRONTO

    37D Lickety-split

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    FSU

    20A Sch. whose symbol is the Native American war leader Osceola

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    UPTURN

    12D Rise on the market

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    8
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    AGAPE

    16A Shocked ... shocked!

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    PELT

    32D Tanning target

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    LETT

    15D Latvian, old-style

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    50
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    TOKES

    53A Takes a hit

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    11
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    BRAY

    1A Behave like an ass

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    SNAPTO

    38D Become suddenly awake and focused

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    17
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    YAHOOS

    4D Vulgarians

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    TUNDRA

    41A 23-Across debut of 1999

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    ARRAYS

    45A Displays with variety

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    WHATABOUTISM

    5D Some deflections for argument's sake

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    FRA

    36D Title for a holy person

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    HUD

    22A Title role for Paul Newman, 1963

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    21
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    WHIG

    5A 18th-century British P.M. William Pitt, e.g.

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    ACOLYTE

    3D Follower

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    LEY

    50D Law of La Mancha

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    13
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    TOYOTA

    23A 41-Across maker

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    13
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    SESAMESTREET

    21D Noted series with over 200 Emmys … and an Oscar

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    4
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    TENSION

    24D Something cut or defused

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    4
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    BODYOIL

    34D Shimmering substance in the skin-care aisle

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    3
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    LOCALHERO

    14A Recipient of a key to the city, say

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    ROLLWITHIT

    28D Just go along

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    ROWBOAT

    2D Subject of outdoor paintings by Renoir, Monet and Homer

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    CATHAIR

    11D Strands from the litter?

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    GODFEARING

    8D Really, really believing

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    MOONRAKER

    31A 007 feature of 1979

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    PAULSIMON

    32A Writer of the 1969 hit "The Boxer"

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    BELTLINES debut

    33A Hip places?

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    BLOTTY debut

    19A Mottled

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    BOOKTOK debut

    33D Social media community for avid readers

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    BREASTPIN debut

    27A Jewelry that may double as a fastener

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    FURSONA debut

    35D Animal identity in role play

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    HOTELPOOL debut

    48A Where travelers might take the plunge on vacation

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    INTESTINE debut

    52A Inner tube?

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    POLLIWOGS debut

    37A They croak as soon as they grow up

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    TWOHEADED debut

    17A Like Thunderdell, the monster slain by Jack the Giant Killer

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