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Thursday · 74 answers · 3 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

    58D Long stretch

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    ATE

    35A Downed

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    598
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    END

    2D Word after tight or defensive

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    447
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    OLE

    36A Part in a play

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    525
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    ADS

    8D Podcast interruptions

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    325
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    IRS

    23D Letters before ".gov"

    36
    246
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    APE

    10A Scruff of the neck

    28
    415
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    ATAD

    40A Not much

    25
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    DEN

    63A Not admit

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    260
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    AAA

    44D One level below the majors

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    230
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    SMOG

    17A Pollution portmanteau

    19
    122
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    THE

    4D Not just any

    18
    175
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    HOT

    18A Really peeved

    18
    134
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    STAB

    26D Sign abbr. meaning "founded in"

    17
    181
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    AAH

    37A "That's the spot!"

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    152
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    RAIN

    9D Frequent forecast in Seattle

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    139
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    ACL

    3D Knee stabilizer, in brief

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    50
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    SPAS

    52D Places to get masks

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    163
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    ROTI

    30D Unleavened South Asian flatbread

    15
    58
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    ALS

    42D Lou Gehrig's disease, for short

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    134
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    TROT

    31A Home run hitter's gait

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    171
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    AROD

    15A Three-time A.L. M.V.P. of the 2000s, familiarly

    12
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    DEI

    1D Agnus ___

    12
    84
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    ICED

    28D Coffee or tea specification

    11
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    FEW

    57D Handful

    11
    61
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    ARMOR

    10D Strong suit?

    10
    76
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    ADDON

    48D Extension

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    50
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    RACE

    30A Sprint, e.g.

    8
    131
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    TASTE

    7D Sweet or sour

    8
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    IPOD

    61A Tech product discontinued in 2022

    7
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    THIN

    34D Unnamed article

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    61
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    CREPE

    47D Crinkly fabric

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    51
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    SOLID

    46D Sphere, e.g.

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    47
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    USERID

    25A Password preceder

    5
    36
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    CANTI

    41A "Will you let me?"

    5
    17
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    LEDA

    54A Helen of Troy's mother

    4
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    SSA

    20D Org. with a list of popular baby names

    4
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    EDGED

    12D Follower of double or gilt

    4
    43
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    OATEN

    33D Like granola

    4
    39
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    ASCENT

    15D Budding

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    16
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    SCARAB

    46A Symbol of rebirth in ancient Egypt

    3
    26
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    TOPSY

    29A ___-turvy

    3
    22
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    BADU

    38A "Tyrone" singer Erykah

    3
    10
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    UNREAD

    39D Ill-prepared

    3
    7
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    IRT

    56D Original N.Y.C. subway line

    2
    70
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    RANTO

    32D Sought comfort from, say

    2
    37
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    SPOUSE

    14D Champion, as a cause

    2
    12
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    WACKO

    50D Totally bizarre

    2
    12
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    AMBLED

    40D Didn't stay on topic

    2
    11
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    NAMIB

    43A Desert for which an African country is named

    2
    8
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    DEATHSTAR

    1A More than just a disapproving look

    2
    7
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    POORI

    11D Unleavened South Asian flatbread

    2
    2
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    AGR

    59D Cabinet dept. since 1889

    1
    47
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    TYE

    60D Gospel musician Tribbett

    1
    18
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    UPPED

    22D Increased

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    16
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    QUOTA

    21D Minimum, in a way

    1
    15
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    ADV

    53A Wholly, but not holey or holy, e.g.: Abbr.

    1
    14
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    NISAN

    27A Passover month

    1
    14
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    ORDEALS

    51A Trials by fire

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    14
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    DNALABS

    24D Forensic facilities

    1
    9
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    MOLTEN

    45A Like obsidian rock, once

    1
    9
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    SLOOPS

    6D Single-masted vessels

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    9
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    MADDEN

    45D Infuriate

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    8
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    NOSCORE

    19A What a pointless game has?

    1
    8
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    ENCHILADAS

    13A Fondita offerings

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    3
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    IDLEGOSSIP

    16A "The Devil's radio"

    1
    3
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    QUIPPED

    21A Outfitted

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    3
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    SWANSON

    49A Last hurrah

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    3
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    CONVENE

    41D Come together

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    2
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    EPICDEFEAT

    55A Ignominious outcome

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    2
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    SUPRAS

    26A Former Toyota sports cars named for a Latin prefix

    1
    2
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    DARKENERGY debut

    62A Proposed cosmological phenomenon that could make up 70% of the universe — and six squares in this puzzle's grid?

    1
    1
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    HIGHPAY debut

    5D Attractive feature of a job

    1
    1
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    STONEWARE debut

    64A Pottery so named for its hardness

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