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Friday · 70 answers · 14 debuts

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

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    ERA

    16A Section of a timeline

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    ELI

    59A Hebrew name meaning "high"

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    ALA

    55D Like

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    IRE

    5D Red state

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    OBOE

    30D Instrument usually pitched in C

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    AMI

    56A Date in France?

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    ITO

    36A Skater who lit the Olympic cauldron in 1998

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    SEW

    42D Patch, say

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    ROD

    18A Staff

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    ROME

    2D Twin city?

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    THE

    32A Off-grid connection?

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    HAD

    21D Conned

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    SLAP

    47D Insult, metaphorically

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    LAB

    53A Spot for a flask

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    NOIR

    14D Film ___

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    NOM

    31D Awards season announcement, for short

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    PDF

    10A Common export, nowadays

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    ARCH

    7D A military parade might go through it

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    OBIT

    29D Last words?

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    HEM

    23D Clothing line

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    RENE

    28D French director Clair

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    SNOW

    49A Word with ball or board

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    PIC

    40D Insta post

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    IMUP

    3D Morning announcement

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    BETS

    45D "All ___ are off!"

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    PEC

    58A Bench press target, informally

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    THAW

    1D Spring event

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    FADS

    12D They're hot, until they're not

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    WEPT

    19A Reacted to capturing a championship, perhaps

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    ATECROW

    9D Admitted fault

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    SHARK

    22A Terrorizer of Amity Island, in a 1975 blockbuster film

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    TUSK

    15D Certain canine

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    BARR

    33A Former attorney general Bill

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    WORN

    52D Run-down

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    WRAPS

    24A Finishes filming

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    NEWS

    50D What's going on

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    BOB

    34A Short cut

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    SHEET

    44A Stamp purchase

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    BNAI

    48D Children of, in Hebrew

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    AJA

    7A ___ Wilson, four-time M.V.P. of the 27-Down

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    WNBA

    27D See 7-Across

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    WAFER

    25A Epitome of thinness

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    REBS

    46D Losing side in the Battle of Shiloh, informally

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    BEIN

    35A "___ Green" (Kermit the Frog song)

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    BANKSHOT

    35D What might go off the rails?

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    TRITIP

    1A Cut of beef used in Santa Maria-style barbecue

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    DROPSAHINT

    11D Mentions one's ring size, maybe

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    TAPSHOE

    41A Maker of sole music?

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    THEEDGE

    37D Guitarist who played the first-ever rock concert at the Sistine Chapel

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    WHATASHAME

    25D "Too bad!"

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    HOTROLL

    38D Item in a basket at the dinner table

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    YATSEN

    60A Chinese revolutionary Sun ___

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    BROCK

    45A Companion of Ash and Misty in Pokémon anime

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    GLASSBLOWER

    57A One concerned with transparency in the workplace?

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    PERIPETEIA

    10D Sudden reversal of fortune, in literature

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    TESTSFOR

    4D Tries to identify, as a medical issue

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    ACROPHOBIC debut

    26D Preferring to keep one's feet on the ground?

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    AMUSEBOUCHE debut

    17A Chef's complimentary bite

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    DONTBEAHERO debut

    54A "That sounds brave ... but very stupid!"

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    FISHNCHIPS debut

    20A Dish often served with tartar sauce, informally

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    HOMERUNTROT debut

    13A Field trip?

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    JOHNWOO debut

    8D Director of "Face/Off" and "Mission: Impossible II"

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    OHCOMEONNOW debut

    29A "You've gotta be kidding me!"

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    OREE debut

    51D Willie ___, first Black player in the N.H.L.

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    PUBFARE debut

    6D 20-Across, e.g.

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    SHOWERBEER debut

    47A Cold one enjoyed during a hot wash

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    SWOREBY debut

    39D Felt completely confident in

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    THOMASPAINE debut

    37A Political philosopher who wrote "The state of a king shuts him from the world, yet the business of a king requires him to know it thoroughly"

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    WINAT debut

    43A Succeed in

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    WOODEAR debut

    27A Mushroom named for its resemblance to a body part

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