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Saturday · 68 answers · 7 debuts

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

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    LEO

    27D Francis's successor

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    TOE

    36D Support while "en pointe"

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    NEED

    29A Hardly a luxury

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    EYES

    11A Set of 24 for a box jellyfish

    24
    195
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    ANEW

    20A From scratch

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    237
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    ODDS

    51D The longer they are, the harder they'll be to beat

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    171
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    IRAN

    25D Major exporter of pistachios

    22
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    INON

    53D Part of

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    166
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    REAL

    16A Straight-up

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    DESI

    60A ___ Lydic of "The Daily Show"

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    139
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    SEEN

    62A Acknowledged

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    170
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    REDS

    57D Wine list header

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    159
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    RAIN

    1D "Into each life some ___ must fall": Longfellow

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    139
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    ESTA

    18A ___ noche (tonight, in Spanish)

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    MSN

    50A Portal released concurrently with Windows 95

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    EKES

    56D Barely makes (out)

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    OPED

    51A Many a guest writer's piece

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    LEG

    23D Segment

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    SPREE

    48D Binge

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    EATEN

    13D Down the hatch, perhaps

    11
    88
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    SHEL

    7D Author Silverstein

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    75
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    SHIP

    32D Icebreaker, e.g.

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    60
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    ANNO

    2D Common word in Latin dating

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    128
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    TAUT

    54D Lacking slack

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    80
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    EMIRS

    9D Many members of Kuwait's al-Sabah royal line

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    47
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    TOME

    8D "As I see it ..."

    8
    92
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    SHAG

    33D Iconic hairstyle of Jane Fonda and Stevie Nicks

    8
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    KID

    41D Engage in tomfoolery

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    DREW

    58A Tied up with?

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    COIL

    45A What might wind up in your mattress?

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    47
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    SLAW

    14D Popular topping for fish tacos

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    89
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    ROUTE

    35A It includes a series of stations

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    61
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    BYES

    3D Tournament passes?

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    27
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    LUG

    21A Haul

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    SNARK

    39A Irreverence, of a sort

    3
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    EREADER

    11D Volume control device?

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    20
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    GROSS

    31A Net alternative

    2
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    BBQS

    24D Smoking events, for short

    2
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    WESSON

    10D Crisco competitor

    2
    11
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    UPSTART

    43D Arriviste

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    10
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    WHAMO

    49D Maker of the Hacky Sack and Hula-Hoop

    2
    8
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    SNUCK

    28D Dipped (out)

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    7
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    ANYONEHOME

    15A "Hello?" follower

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    NOSPOILERS

    19A "Let's talk about it afterward"

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    LOWBID

    46D Contract winner, typically

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    SHADOW

    48A Follow around

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    ELEMENTS

    37D I, O, U and Y, but not A or E

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  48. 48
    GAGE

    55D Greenish plum variety

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    QAT

    34A Mideast shrub with leaves that are chewed as a stimulant

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    BRETHREN

    30A Fellow fellows

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    MINICAR

    44D Subcompact vehicle

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    SOLDON

    22A Convinced of

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    COLUMBIA

    42A Name shared by the locales of University of South Carolina and the University of Missouri

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    TERIGARR

    6D She played Sandy Lester in "Tootsie"

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    UHH

    38A "Lemme think …"

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    IMOUTRAGED

    61A "This is a travesty!"

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    3
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    INTOUCH

    5D Having communication

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    BANANACAKE

    59A It's commonly made upside down

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    INEXTREMIS

    17A Beset by impossible circumstances

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    ROADWIN

    40D Success in another's field, say

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    YESNODOUBT

    12D "Absolutely, positively!"

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    2
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    BIFOCALS debut

    24A Benjamin Franklin invention of the 1780s

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    1
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    BOXPLOT debut

    4D Analytical graphic that divides data into quartiles

    1
    1
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    DONTSTRESS debut

    63A "Relax, it'll be fine"

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    1
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    FETACHEESE debut

    26D Tidbits of Greek culture?

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    1
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    KEEPITPG debut

    47A Refrain from foul language, say

    1
    1
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    RABBITSTEW debut

    1A Dish such as Germany's hasenpfeffer

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    WHITETIGER debut

    52A Genetically rare feline that represents autumn in Chinese astronomy

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