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Friday · 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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    TNT

    4D Cause of a boom

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    338
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    TEA

    53D Occasion that may involve fine china

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    374
  3. 3
    ELM

    18A Wych ___ (tree type)

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    240
  4. 4
    ENO

    8D Brian of ambient music

    29
    285
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    OMEN

    14A Dog howling at night, maybe

    29
    257
  6. 6
    OVER

    56A "Your turn to speak"

    25
    247
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    IRAN

    24D Setting for the graphic novel series "Persepolis"

    22
    276
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    EVEN

    19D Uniform

    19
    202
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    NIT

    23A Annual coll. basketball competition

    19
    143
  10. 10
    ESL

    25A Class for some aspiring bilinguals, in brief

    18
    153
  11. 11
    MESS

    58A Hot ___

    17
    145
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    ISTO

    10D :

    13
    95
  13. 13
    CAPE

    54A Magician's accessory

    10
    66
  14. 14
    EWW

    45A "Nasty!"

    9
    33
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    THAW

    34D Break the ice?

    8
    80
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    WAN

    51A Sickly-looking

    7
    85
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    COM

    54D Common end to an address

    7
    58
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    GMC

    42A Sierra, e.g.

    7
    41
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    STEAL

    13D "I can't believe that price" bargain

    6
    87
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    DOES

    35A Pulls off

    6
    68
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    OGRES

    49A Figures in "Puss in Boots" and "Hop-o'-My-Thumb"

    6
    67
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    MATT

    16A Good name for a yoga instructor?

    5
    59
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    INEZ

    6D Mother of Don Juan

    5
    46
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    READE

    47A Duane ___ (New York-based pharmacy chain)

    5
    37
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    GYRO

    50D Food item whose name comes from the Greek for "turn"

    5
    34
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    SHAKE

    40A Give a hand?

    5
    21
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    EATIN

    29A Like some kitchens

    4
    52
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    SEGUE

    27D Transition

    4
    39
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    TIEUP

    41D Moor

    4
    29
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    BALED

    15D Made hay?

    4
    13
  31. 31
    BESS

    39D Friend of Nancy Drew

    3
    58
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    METER

    43D Element of a poetry analysis, maybe

    3
    51
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    ELIZA

    19A Miss Doolittle of "Pygmalion"

    3
    48
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    FRED

    33A MacMurray of "Double Indemnity"

    3
    40
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    ADIDAS

    22D Puma rival

    3
    39
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    REUSE

    11D Get new life out of

    3
    39
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    CROON

    46D Sing like Michael Bublé

    3
    32
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    EAMES

    12D Eponym for a lounge chair

    3
    29
  39. 39
    DUDS

    48D Threads

    3
    27
  40. 40
    GRIND

    42D Daily ___

    3
    16
  41. 41
    TAGON

    34A Throw in at the end

    3
    9
  42. 42
    IMALLEARS

    2D "Tell me!"

    3
    8
  43. 43
    WASHTUB

    9D Part of a bass in a jug band

    3
    4
  44. 44
    HOSEA

    20A Civil rights activist Williams, an associate of Martin Luther King Jr.

    2
    54
  45. 45
    STRUM

    27A Play casually, say

    2
    28
  46. 46
    HILT

    1A To the ___ (as much as possible)

    2
    25
  47. 47
    LAPIS

    5D Material for the blue eyebrows on the mask of Tutankhamen, in brief

    2
    24
  48. 48
    BEGAT

    39A Sired

    2
    17
  49. 49
    CASEY

    44D Baseball's Stengel

    2
    15
  50. 50
    MODELT

    28D Competitor of the early Chevrolet 490

    2
    15
  51. 51
    ITSUPTOYOU

    52A "I don't care either way"

    2
    4
  52. 52
    NEEDLEDROP

    55A Use of a popular song to make a scene iconic, in film-speak

    2
    2
  53. 53
    CLEAVES

    21A Splits apart

    1
    5
  54. 54
    DRYSEASON

    57A Difficult time for farmers

    1
    4
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    CISTERN

    46A Rainwater reservoir

    1
    3
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    SHEEPLE

    38D Blind followers, informally

    1
    3
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    VACANTLOT

    7D Here goes nothing!

    1
    3
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    BANANASEAT

    15A Vintage bike feature

    1
    2
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    HEADED

    26A Led

    1
    2
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    HOMECHEF

    1D Big name in meal prep kits

    1
    2
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    STUNNERS

    36D Knockouts

    1
    2
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    APECOSTUME debut

    17A Hairy get-up

    1
    1
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    BACKWOODS debut

    30D "Sticks"

    1
    1
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    BELABORS debut

    30A Harps on

    1
    1
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    LETMEATEM debut

    3D Line of attack?

    1
    1
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    LIVEWIRES debut

    5A Electrifying people, so to speak

    1
    1
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    ROGUEWAVE debut

    31D Dangerous ocean phenomenon

    1
    1
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    SEAGRAPES debut

    32D Edible algae dubbed "green caviar"

    1
    1
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    SMASHCUT debut

    37A Jarring film transition to a new scene

    1
    1
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    TELUGU debut

    41A Language of southern India

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    1