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

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   SET

   6D Murderer of Osiris, in myth

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   ENO

   25A Rocker Brian

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   IOWA

   47D Where the Red Delicious apple originated

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   OTTER

   26D Animal known to hold another's paws while sleeping

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   HERE

   5D Accounted for

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   FIT

   21A Concern for a seamstress

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   ESSAY

   44A Certain exposition

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   LETS

   22A "Sounds good!"

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    LOSS

    10D Competitor's setback

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    TSARS

    4D The first of these was Terrible

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    HEIR

    48D Dauphin, e.g.

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    OASES

    26A Green spots

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    CASH

    24A "Green"

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    SPARE

    19A Treat mercifully

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    INLAW

    47A Something you might get at a wedding

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    ENDAT

    44D Finish up with

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    AXON

    43A Neural transmitter

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    RAF

    42A Org. whose motto translates to "Through adversity to the stars"

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    OLDEN

    29D From time past

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    EGOIST

    13D One prioritizing self-care?

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    DRESS

    27D Attire

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    HENRI

    48A Grand duke of Luxembourg until 2025

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    DVD

    51D It might have a director's commentary

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    CABAL

    24D Vicious circle?

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    HEALS

    9D Recovers

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    DENIAL

    51A No comment?

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    DUMAS

    23A Best-selling author who founded Paris's Théâtre Historique

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    IHOPENOT

    2D "Perish the thought!"

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    DARTS

    27A Game with a board numbered from 1 to 20

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    TOOFAR

    12D How a troublemaker might go

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    OHISEE

    15A "Ah, right right right"

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    DAWDLE

    38D Dillydally

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    WTF

    46A ?!?!?!

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    RIGATONI

    3D Tubes that go down?

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    DOTER

    38A One who's generous to a fault, say

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    RESALES

    37D Secondhand offerings

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    ATHLETES

    7A They might have good track records

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    VINNIE

    53A Role for John Travolta on "Welcome Back, Kotter"

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    SERFS

    41A They're held in bondage

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    ATTIMES

    7D Every now and then

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    JEFF

    45A Children's author Kinney

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    BOGART

    17A Oscar winner for "The African Queen"

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    ELEVATES

    54A Takes to the next level

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    TOFFEE

    40D Brittle confection

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    BILLS

    20A Charges

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    ELP

    11D Half of hip-hop's Run the Jewels, alongside Killer Mike

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    JENNY

    45D Female donkey

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    KARENINA

    33D Surname of a Tolstoy heroine

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    LIEAWAKE

    52A Toss and turn, perhaps

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    STILTON

    31A "The best cheese of its type in the world," per George Orwell

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    UNIFY

    30D Coalesce

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    DADOS

    23D Woodworkers' grooves

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    TEASPOON

    18A Low volume?

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    BIRTHS

    1A Once-in-a-lifetime events

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    DRYADS

    55A Tree nymphs

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    FAV

    50D Number one, informally

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    OXTAIL

    39D Hearty soup ingredient in Caribbean cooking

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    BOBSLEDS

    1D Goes downhill at the Olympics, in a way

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    DAFFODIL

    49A It has a light bulb

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    BUSINESSLIKE debut

    20D Professional

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    DESERTISLAND debut

    36A Where somebody might be washed up?

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    DONOTDISTURB debut

    28A Peace sign?

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    PDFFILES debut

    35D Acrobat's display

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    SNEAKUP debut

    32A Approach surreptitiously

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    SYNTHS debut

    14D Electronica instruments, informally

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    THELASTSTRAW debut

    8D You just can't take it

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    THEOLOGY debut

    16A Field for both Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr.

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    UNAFRAID debut

    34D Game

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