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Thursday · 74 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    ETA

    53A Beginning of the spelling of "Hera"

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    ACE

    63D Of first rank

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    ALOE

    2D It's vera soothing!

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    NEO

    47A Opposite of paleo-

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    ETSY

    50A Site for indie designers

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    ASIA

    56A It has Earth's highest and lowest points

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    IDEA

    59D "Here's an ___ …"

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    NEE

    40A Homophone of 39-Across

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    AFAR

    28D Miles away

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    TED

    42A ___ Lasso, fictional A.F.C. Richmond coach

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    SIRI

    48A Voice of the modern age

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    TEST

    60D Final, e.g.

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    APED

    30A Mimicked

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    AFRO

    57D Do for Jimi Hendrix

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    IDS

    23A Cards in a wallet or purse, informally

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    NETS

    37D Lepidopterists' needs

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    DIE

    6D German "the"

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    ELITE

    58A N.C.A.A.'s ___ Eight

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    EKES

    22A Scratches (out)

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    TESSA

    54D ___ Virtue, three-time gold medalist ice dancer

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    LAG

    32A Online gamer's bane

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    APNEA

    13D Nighttime woe

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    NUN

    10D Part of an order

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    DDAY

    38D Operation Neptune, familiarly

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    SALEM

    24D Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"

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    TAFT

    1D First president to sit in the Oval Office

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    GASH

    7D Deep cut

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    NAY

    39A "Decidedly not"

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    IRK

    41A Peeve

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    RAGS

    27A Clothes that are ready to be thrown away

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    ALIKE

    26D Analogous

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    BOWL

    55D Word after finger or poke

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    SAMOA

    51D Nation whose name sounds like a plea for seconds

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    RING

    27D Word with napkin or nose

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    FOG

    65D Noted San Francisco weather phenomenon

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    DEISM

    9D Thomas Jefferson's belief

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    ANDOR

    34D Choice words

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    BAGS

    14D Luggage

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    OMEGAS

    62A Certain fatty acids, informally

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    ONLSD

    5D Tripping, in a way

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    ESTS

    61D Contractors' figs.

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    TEXAS

    19A Where to find the towns Bigfoot and Tarzan

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    ENSURE

    8D Lock in, so to speak

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    EMERITA

    45A ___ badge

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    EUROPA

    16A Moon that's a neighbor of Ganymede and Io

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    MASKS

    52D Catchers' wear

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    YOGAMATS

    69A Locations for some posers

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    ARSENAL

    11D Ordnance depot

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    LASSES

    68A Gaelic gals

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    XBOX

    3D Halo console

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    IDIOCY

    49D Utter foolishness

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    ALBANIAN

    15A Like the national dish tavë kosi (baked lamb with yogurt sauce)

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    STORMED

    51A Crooner Mel

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    GRANDMA

    43A Big Bad Wolf's disguise

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    INSONG

    18A How Jean Valjean repeatedly breaks out in "Les Misérables"

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    PLEASES

    31D Tickles

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    CROSSEST

    67A At peak pique

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    ROMANIA

    25A Resident of Muscat

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    DNALAB

    9A Forensic analyst's workspace

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    BAHN

    55A U-___ (German subway)

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    TAILEND

    35A Rump

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    HUGS

    20A The o's in xoxo, symbolically

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    DADAIST

    4D Jean Arp, e.g.

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    REALISM

    46D Showing things as they are

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    NEONGAS

    44D Electric sign filler

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    IFATALL

    33A Like some flaws

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    ARMIE

    36D Actor Hammer

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    OFFSIDES

    64A Certain hockey and soccer infractions … or a hint to this puzzle's circled and shaded squares

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    TAXDODGE

    1A Exploiting an I.R.S. loophole, e.g.

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    WOMACK

    66A Country singer Lee Ann

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    FOODLESS debut

    17A A boatload

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    GAYANTHEMS debut

    29D Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" and Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out," to name two

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    GODTIER debut

    21D Master class?

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    LOOKIGETIT debut

    12D "Hey, no argument here"

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