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Tuesday · 76 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ELI

    19A Whitney who invented the cotton gin

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    599
  2. 2
    ODE

    11A Form of poetry Pablo Neruda used to praise socks, onions and salt

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    523
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    YES

    1D Answer equivalent to "I do"

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    365
  4. 4
    ADO

    35A Song and dance

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    477
  5. 5
    DNA

    62A "Blueprint" for life

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    260
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    EWE

    10D Female form of the animal that outnumbers humans in Iceland

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    302
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    ESSO

    55D Canadian gas brand

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    276
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    AVE

    28A Lexington or Madison in N.Y.C.: Abbr.

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    246
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    INN

    47A B&B

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    258
  10. 10
    OVER

    23D ___ the moon

    25
    247
  11. 11
    EYES

    40D Visually sizes up

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    195
  12. 12
    ASPS

    51A Reptiles on papyrus

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    157
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    SETS

    6D Tennis match units

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    170
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    DOE

    48A Bambi's mother, for one

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    192
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    REO

    60D ___ Speedwagon

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    196
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    IMP

    2D Mischievous devil

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    166
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    NEMO

    24D Captain in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"

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    156
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    EPI

    3D Prefix with center

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    141
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    NOM

    16A ___ de plume

    14
    96
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    APR

    29A Mo. with Aries and Taurus signs

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    170
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    LIES

    63A Falsehoods

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    97
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    GOD

    9D Zeus or Odin

    12
    79
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    AMY

    59D Funny Schumer or Poehler

    11
    136
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    SEX

    65A "On the Basis of ___" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic)

    11
    118
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    SAGE

    7A Wise thinker

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    115
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    LIN

    41A Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda

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    90
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    HIM

    56A "But Daddy I Love ___" (Taylor Swift song)

    10
    62
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    TGIF

    54D "Almost time for the weekend!"

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    98
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    LIU

    58D Common Chinese surname

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    79
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    ASTOR

    51D Businessman John Jacob ___

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    70
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    TRU

    61D "___ dat" (slangy agreement)

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    83
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    CALF

    22D Bovine baby

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    43
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    ITLL

    21A "___ have to do"

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    67
  34. 34
    FLY

    57D Cool, in ’90s slang

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    46
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    CONS

    22A Grifters' schemes

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    45
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    EMPIRE

    14A Realm of the Aztecs or Incas

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    26
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    PLIE

    52A Ballet bend

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    88
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    CLOP

    39D Hoofbeat

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    30
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    WRIST

    50D Body part that's flicked

    5
    27
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    ISOMER

    64A Chemical "twin"

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    26
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    ERM

    34D Hesitation sound across the pond

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    10
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    PLOW

    15A Do some farmwork

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    46
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    IDIOTS

    21D Not the brightest bulbs, so to speak

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    23
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    ABSORB

    20A Soak up

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    19
  45. 45
    YURT

    66A Circular tent

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    14
  46. 46
    LIRAS

    4D Coins spent in Turkey

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    36
  47. 47
    ONETWO

    11D Boxing combo

    3
    27
  48. 48
    IEDS

    38D Some military hazards, for short

    3
    7
  49. 49
    ANTIFA

    29D Left-wing protest group

    3
    5
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    ALIBIS

    8D They may crumble under cross-examination

    2
    27
  51. 51
    SPURN

    7D Snub

    2
    21
  52. 52
    DRIB

    5D Tiny drop

    2
    18
  53. 53
    SENIORS

    31A Soon-to-be graduates

    2
    13
  54. 54
    YIELDS

    1A Surrenders

    2
    11
  55. 55
    PAINED

    30D Tormented

    2
    10
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    GOURDE

    18D Haitian currency unit

    2
    8
  57. 57
    ONLATE

    33D Like "The Tonight Show" and "Saturday Night Live"

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    8
  58. 58
    CELINE

    44D ___ Dion, the "Queen of Power Ballads"

    2
    7
  59. 59
    DOLLAR

    12D Big name in rental cars

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    12
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    SAWYER

    46D Literary friend of Finn

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    11
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    LEMONADE

    32A Offering from an entrepreneurial child's stand

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    8
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    CLIMAX

    45D Apex

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    6
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    JOININ

    37D Enter the chat, so to speak

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    5
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    DELTADAWN

    49A 1972 country hit for Tanya Tucker

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    3
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    EMILYS

    13D ___ List (PAC for Democratic female candidates)

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    3
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    ENDSON

    27D Finishes with

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    3
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    TEAURN

    26D Steeping container

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    3
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    WRITES

    53A Puts pen to paper

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    3
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    FORYOU

    67A Words often accompanying a present

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    2
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    MOROSELY

    42A In a gloomy way

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    2
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    UNITEDWAY

    25A Major charity whose recipients include the Red Cross and Salvation Army

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    2
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    FLYINGSTART debut

    57A Early advantage ... or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across

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    1
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    FRONTIERJUSTICE debut

    36A Wild West way of settling disputes

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    1
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    MCCAFES debut

    43A Starbucks alternatives from the Golden Arches

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    1
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    MDPHDS debut

    43D Dual degrees for physicians

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    1
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    SPIRITGUIDE debut

    17A Mentor from the beyond

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