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Friday · 68 answers · 11 debuts

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

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    ALE

    22A It may be bitter

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  2. 2
    ART

    45A Word with thou

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    384
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    ESSO

    55A Big name in petrol

    30
    276
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    ATARI

    44A Company whose name comes from a term in the board game Go

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    224
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    SLY

    10D Foxy

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    264
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    NEON

    14A Element between fluorine and sodium

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    219
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    OKS

    37A Authorizes

    24
    127
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    DAS

    18D Court figs.

    18
    115
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    TET

    24A Holiday that's also a Hebrew letter

    16
    178
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    OARS

    1A Sticks in locks

    16
    154
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    LAIR

    26D Place to hibernate

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    143
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    SCAN

    10A CAT or PET follower

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    149
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    NINA

    48D "Project Runway" judge Garcia

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    108
  14. 14
    RKO

    50D "King Kong" studio

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    89
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    POSSE

    42A Retinue

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    73
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    NAPE

    54A Scruff : cat :: ___ : human

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    115
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    OLIN

    5D "Hunters" actress Lena

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    112
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    OPUS

    34D Impressive work

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    96
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    WAG

    28A Sign of canine contentment

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    54
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    AFOOT

    8D Underway

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    52
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    MMA

    43A Combat sport, for short

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    29
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    OBOES

    23A Some winds

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    79
  23. 23
    HEAT

    47D Part of a race

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    82
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    GEMS

    27A Baguettes, e.g.

    7
    51
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    OCCAM

    5A Philosopher who championed simple explanations

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    31
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    OLSEN

    25A "WandaVision" co-star Elizabeth ___

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    76
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    THETA

    56A Angle variable, in math

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    57
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    LIPO

    16A Body-sculpting procedure, informally

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    43
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    MAITAI

    39D Tiki bar staple

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    41
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    LOOFA

    15A Spongy exfoliator

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    29
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    ACTIN

    53A Myosin's partner protein

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    21
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    ACC

    44D U.N.C.'s athletic org.

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    60
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    YAPS

    19A Talks and talks

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    44
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    AMFM

    38A Satellite alternative

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    57
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    LURK

    52A Skulk in the shadows

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    24
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    ATHAND

    38D Convenient

    4
    20
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    MISSES

    41D Section of a dress shop

    4
    13
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    CELLS

    29D There are approximately 30 trillion of these in the human body

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    12
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    AEROBE

    2D Oxygen-dependent micro-organism

    3
    18
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    MERCH

    43D Swag

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    9
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    ROMCOM

    3D "Crazy Rich Asians," for one

    3
    8
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    BOER

    49A Dutch for "farmer"

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    47
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    SNAKES

    4D Backstabbers

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    11
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    ANNULS

    36A Voids

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    9
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    COASTS

    29A Rests on one's laurels

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    7
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    MASA

    9D Dough in tamales

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    7
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    FREEPR

    40D What positive news coverage is for business

    2
    5
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    NOSENSE

    13D What a babbler makes

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    5
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    MILLET

    30D Gluten-free grain

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    4
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    CIAASSET

    11D Plant overseas, perhaps

    2
    2
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    WALES

    28D Home of Swansea and Wrexham

    1
    20
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    DOOLEY

    21D "Tom ___" (classic folk song that became a #1 hit in 1958)

    1
    6
  53. 53
    CAPABLE

    35D Adjective that's synonymous with its last four letters

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    4
  54. 54
    DIRS

    57A ENE and WSW

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    4
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    ERADICATES

    51A Eliminates entirely

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    4
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    ONALOG

    1D Bump's place, idiomatically

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    4
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    LOCKANDLOAD

    20A Prepare, in military slang

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    2
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    APPLETVS debut

    12D Devices that come with Siri Remotes

    1
    1
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    ARMADILLOS debut

    17A Animals whose Aztec name translates to "turtle-rabbit"

    1
    1
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    BANKAUDIT debut

    31D Annual F.D.I.C. requirement

    1
    1
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    COLDTAKES debut

    6D Uncontroversial opinions

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    1
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    COLLEGEROOMMATE debut

    7D Dorm buddy

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    1
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    COUPLESONLY debut

    35A Like some romantic resorts

    1
    1
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    MAKEBELIEVE debut

    30A Storybook, say

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    1
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    PUNSTERS debut

    33D Lovers of homophones, say

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    1
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    SONOROUS debut

    32D Deep and full

    1
    1
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    SPOILERALERTS debut

    32A Announcements before giveaways?

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    1
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    THEMUNCHIES debut

    46A A craving for snacks

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    1