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Friday · 72 answers · 8 debuts

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

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    ALOE

    52A Tiger ___ (spiky houseplant)

    46
    496
  2. 2
    PSST

    57A [Look at me!]

    44
    250
  3. 3
    ETSY

    13D "Keep Commerce Human" website

    41
    116
  4. 4
    AGO

    34A A long time follower?

    39
    291
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    ROE

    51D Pseudonym cited repeatedly in the 2022 Dobbs decision

    33
    283
  6. 6
    ISLE

    11D Part of a key chain

    31
    316
  7. 7
    SKA

    4D Export from Jamaica

    31
    163
  8. 8
    ENDS

    56A Wraps

    27
    303
  9. 9
    ITEM

    5A It's the thing

    27
    274
  10. 10
    EARS

    7D Sound wave amplifiers

    27
    163
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    ORC

    49A Guard at the gates of Mordor

    26
    128
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    LSAT

    29D Trial that an attorney may not remember fondly?

    25
    172
  13. 13
    AGRA

    45D City where Shah Jahan built a monument to his wife, Mumtaz Mahal

    24
    197
  14. 14
    INCA

    17A People who worshiped the rain god Illapa

    23
    212
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    EGOS

    1A Impediments to collaboration

    23
    210
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    ASP

    52D "The pretty worm of Nilus," per Shakespeare's Cleopatra

    22
    265
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    TIA

    19A Singer/actress Carrere

    20
    144
  18. 18
    SEEN

    54A How one might feel at a support group meeting

    16
    170
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    LAY

    39A Put down

    13
    90
  20. 20
    MTV

    8D Network debut of 1981

    13
    58
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    DESK

    14A Anchor's spot

    12
    105
  22. 22
    PHDS

    20A U.S. senators Warnock and Duckworth, for two

    11
    55
  23. 23
    ALAN

    46D Film composer Silvestri

    10
    232
  24. 24
    IONS

    42A Particles in a particle accelerator

    9
    94
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    SPEED

    25A Barrel (along)

    9
    62
  26. 26
    IOTAS

    42D Ptolemy III?

    8
    80
  27. 27
    TILL

    30D Cash register part

    8
    58
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    ANDSO

    55A "Ergo ..."

    8
    38
  29. 29
    SPUD

    48A Chip source, informally

    7
    48
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    SPEND

    43D Welcome advice from a financial planner

    7
    47
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    DAL

    27A Lentils prepared with ghee, perhaps

    7
    18
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    DENIM

    23D Fabric related to chambray

    6
    52
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    PILL

    12D Prop in "The Matrix"

    6
    42
  34. 34
    HASNT

    32D Lacks

    6
    33
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    SANTA

    35A Expert in worldwide fulfillment and distribution operations?

    5
    119
  36. 36
    IDRIS

    33A Actor Elba

    5
    13
  37. 37
    LEVI

    26A Big name in 23-Down

    4
    97
  38. 38
    SCENT

    44D Lavender or lilac

    4
    66
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    EDITH

    1D ___ Ann (classic Lily Tomlin character)

    4
    48
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    SPUN

    48D Like silk or yarn

    4
    40
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    LEGOS

    26D Bricks used in some castles

    4
    27
  42. 42
    GSUIT

    38A Attire for a high-pressure job?

    4
    20
  43. 43
    TIANA

    30A Jazz Age Disney princess

    4
    8
  44. 44
    WEARS

    10D Sports

    3
    18
  45. 45
    DERIVE

    16D Infer (from)

    3
    15
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    THUDS

    6D Sounds of fall?

    3
    11
  47. 47
    BELOW

    24D Down under

    2
    28
  48. 48
    BIDS

    24A Nods at a lot?

    2
    25
  49. 49
    BIND

    47D Pickle

    2
    22
  50. 50
    SWIPE

    9A Motion on a screen

    2
    17
  51. 51
    KINDER

    37D More compassionate

    2
    6
  52. 52
    RARELY

    21A How often blue moons occur

    2
    6
  53. 53
    SOOTHES

    43A Comforts

    2
    4
  54. 54
    THATDOESIT

    15A "I've had enough of this!"

    2
    3
  55. 55
    DIGS

    40A Pad

    1
    28
  56. 56
    MONTH

    41A Ramadan, e.g.

    1
    22
  57. 57
    TANGS

    31D Blue ___ (coral reef swimmers like Pixar's Dory)

    1
    14
  58. 58
    MOUNDS

    41D Candy bar in the jingle that begins "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't"

    1
    9
  59. 59
    ITCHED

    5D Had a hankering

    1
    7
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    CURVEBALLS

    18A Unexpected twists

    1
    5
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    AABOND

    45A Fairly low-risk investment

    1
    4
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    HURDLES

    22A Track-and-field challenges

    1
    3
  63. 63
    TELETHONS

    31A Drives for money?

    1
    3
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    PLEASEDONTGO

    20D "I'll be sad if you leave"

    1
    2
  65. 65
    ANTIHEROES debut

    28D Flawed protagonists

    1
    1
  66. 66
    DONUTHOLES debut

    27D Timbits from Tim Hortons, e.g.

    1
    1
  67. 67
    GENIUSIDEA debut

    2D "That's brilliant!"

    1
    1
  68. 68
    GLITTERPEN debut

    50A Tool for adding sparkle to lackluster prose?

    1
    1
  69. 69
    LETMEKNOW debut

    36A "I'll wait for your update"

    1
    1
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    OSCARPARTY debut

    3D Hollywood post-broadcast fete

    1
    1
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    RANAGROUND debut

    53A Steered too close to the shoreline, say

    1
    1
  72. 72
    SOBADITSGOOD debut

    9D Assessment of something enjoyed ironically

    1
    1