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Friday · 70 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ATE

    9D Past-tense verb that becomes its present tense when you move its last letter to the front

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    ACE

    43D Unreturnable pickleball shot

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    AREA

    49D What's distorted in a Mercator projection

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    PSST

    52D Poke alternative

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    EASE

    33D Slip (into)

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    ASIA

    37A ___ Minor

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    ENO

    19A U2 producer Brian

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    ODD

    4D "How ___"

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    ACTS

    46A Play group

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    ACME

    16A Fictional company famous for its duds

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    REEL

    13D Instagram : ___ :: YouTube : Short

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    ROME

    18A Forum setting

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    AKIN

    2D Analogous

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    GPA

    55D Transcript fig.

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    LAP

    39A "Karma is a cat / Purring in my ___ 'cause it loves me" (Taylor Swift lyric)

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    ANAL

    7D Second Freudian stage

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    CANOE

    1A Olympic slalom equipment

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    BIT

    21D Skosh

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    PEDI

    34A Procedure after which you might wear flip-flops, informally

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    PEP

    54D Vim

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    PAIR

    50D Part of a full house

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    LADLE

    20A Stew on it!

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    AVEC

    26D "___ plaisir" ("You're welcome," in French)

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    ECIG

    38A Pen that isn't used for writing, in brief

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    GEAR

    10A First, second or third

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    CITE

    1D Give credit to, in a way

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    ALIA

    53A Actress Shawkat

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    PEAS

    59A Morsels often found in fried rice

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    CLEO

    51D Ptolemaic royal, familiarly

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    GAPE

    25D Look stunned

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    TAROT

    60A The Devil's domain

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    AMISS

    35A Off

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    AVERSE

    29A Disinclined

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    PCP

    50A Go-to doc

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    BLOC

    56A Alliance

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    LABS

    47D Discovery sites

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    DIEM

    32D Per ___

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    BELL

    22A Device seen on a front desk

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    BANAL

    21A Like a whodunit in which the butler did it [duh!]

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    LETBE

    47A Not bother

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    SINK

    58A One might be meat-only or dairy-only in a kosher household

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    CAVA

    6A Spanish sparkling wine

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    NINO

    3D ___ Sarratore, "My Brilliant Friend" character

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    CELLI

    45D Instruments in chamber groups

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    VOTESYES

    8D Gives one's approval, in a way

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    BIDE

    31A ___ one's time

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    AMMAN

    12D World capital once known as Philadelphia

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    SWIPE

    28D Take without paying ... or a motion made while paying

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    EYELETS

    5D Certain loopholes

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    IKIDYOUNOT

    14A "For real!"

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    WEK

    30A Supermodel Alek

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    NANTES

    40A Port on the Loire

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    MADAMS

    44D Polite titles

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    CATCHY

    45A Like an earworm

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    SAIGON

    23A Ho Chi Minh City's former name

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    JADEN

    48A Rapper and actor Smith

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    ANTNEST

    41D Residence that can have thousands of chambers

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    BERIGHTBACK

    22D "Hang on a sec"

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    CUDDLE

    6D Spoon, e.g.

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    ECONOMISTS

    11D Some experts of interest?

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    GAMETHESYSTEM

    25A Exploit a loophole, e.g.

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    MARYJANE

    36D Ganja

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    ORALHEALTH

    15D Focus for the foul-mouthed?

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    THATREMINDSME

    42A "Speaking of which ..."

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    ASKSNICELY debut

    24D Says "please," say

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    ENEMYSPIES debut

    57A Invasive plants?

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    GARAGEBANDS debut

    10D Sources of some rock

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    MEDITATION debut

    27D Breathtaking activity?

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    PARALEGALS debut

    54A Ones providing brief assistance?

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    TINDERDATE debut

    17A Outcome of a match, maybe

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