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Thursday · 70 answers · 7 debuts

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

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    ONO

    8D Fuyumi ___, author of the "Twelve Kingdoms" fantasy novels

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    EON

    53A 1,000,000,000 years, in astronomy

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    AVE

    55D Boston's Mass ___

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    246
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    INS

    40A Mix-___ (ice cream shop supply)

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    224
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    EVER

    58A Follower of "4" on a love note

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    235
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    DEE

    56D 1.0 G.P.A.

    22
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    TIA

    4D Hermana de la madre

    20
    144
  8. 8
    ACME

    10A Supplier to Wile E. Coyote

    19
    210
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    ENG

    13D Lit. course

    17
    160
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    LOL

    20A "ur funny"

    17
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    IVE

    30A "___ Been to the Mountaintop" (M.L.K. Jr. speech)

    15
    158
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    RYES

    60A They might be seeded

    15
    116
  13. 13
    URDU

    57A Relative of Hindi

    15
    85
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    EENIE

    59A Start of a selection process

    14
    48
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    SASH

    27A Word rhymed with "flash" in "A Visit From St. Nicholas"

    12
    125
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    ITSME

    34D Nonspecific response to "Who's there?"

    10
    70
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    FUR

    54D Traditional parka material

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    66
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    GIST

    21A Essence

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    NESTS

    1A Prepares for offspring

    8
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    PHASE

    24D The terrible twos, for one

    8
    49
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    ROAN

    16A Horse with a muted coat

    7
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    ARNIE

    10D Former governor Schwarzenegger, informally

    7
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    EEYORE

    37D Kid-lit character who says "It’s not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it"

    7
    46
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    OUTIE

    14A Employee after working hours, on "Severance"

    7
    37
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    BIN

    38D Where many things get tossed

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    90
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    AIDED

    33A Gave a hand

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    30
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    PED

    26D "Of the foot" prefix

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    39
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    FLEW

    52D What time did in fun times

    4
    27
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    LONE

    15A Sole

    3
    105
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    CHOP

    6A Hack

    3
    45
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    SEDGE

    5D "The ___ is wither'd from the lake": Keats

    3
    31
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    EUROPA

    2D Moon of Jupiter that has a liquid ocean under its surface

    3
    15
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    GARISH

    28A Obnoxiously blingy

    3
    13
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    WINGIT

    18D Improvise

    3
    12
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    TOONIE

    45D $2 coin, eh?

    3
    8
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    BINET

    38A Alfred ___, co-creator of the original I.Q. test

    2
    25
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    SEGER

    62A Bob with the Silver Bullet Band

    2
    24
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    STINE

    22A "Goosebumps" author

    2
    22
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    METH

    43A Downfall of the boy in 2018's "Beautiful Boy," in brief

    2
    21
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    WINES

    50D Cellar stock

    2
    19
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    GURUS

    48D Masters

    2
    13
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    GRUNT

    51A [So heavy!]

    2
    10
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    RARED

    29D Rose (up), in dialect

    2
    10
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    ANIMAS

    31A Feminine sides

    2
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    DEWS

    61A Some yellow-green sodas, informally

    2
    9
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    FAIRYTALEENDING

    54A Ale?

    2
    3
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    STOLIS

    3D Absolut alternatives

    2
    2
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    HOYT

    7D Big name in archery equipment

    1
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    NETGAIN

    47A Total after costs

    1
    8
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    NOBLES

    1D Argon, krypton and xenon, informally

    1
    8
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    RELETS

    39A Rents out again

    1
    5
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    ETCHANT

    19D Chemical agent used to make frosted glass

    1
    4
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    IOWEYOU

    49A "Next one's on me"

    1
    4
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    MANEUVER

    12D Skillful move

    1
    4
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    EPIPENS

    23A Adrenaline surge providers

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    3
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    FMRI

    52A Mind-reading scan, in a way

    1
    3
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    PEPSIS

    9D Colas in the "cola wars"

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    3
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    VINEGARY

    35D Like pickles and some potato salads

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    3
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    COINCIDE

    11D Occur at the same time

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    2
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    DICECUP

    25A Bit of Yahtzee equipment

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    2
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    EYEING

    44D Checking out

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    2
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    INSTRIDE

    36D Chill way to take things

    1
    2
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    NITTANY

    32D ___ Lion, Penn State mascot

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    2
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    BROADWAYOPENING debut

    17A Bro?

    1
    1
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    CLASSAMORON debut

    6D Bona fide numbskull

    1
    1
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    DISCLAIMERS debut

    25D "Use at your own risk" and "Not professional advice," for two

    1
    1
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    HUNGER debut

    46D Drive

    1
    1
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    TWODAY debut

    41A Like shipping that's not quite overnight

    1
    1
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    VISITORCENTER debut

    35A Sit?

    1
    1
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    WITTED debut

    42D Follower of quick or dim

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    1