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Friday · 70 answers · 7 debuts

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

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    SOS

    41D Message that might be signaled with smoke

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    IDEA

    39A Inkling

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    ISLE

    56A Key in a chain

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    TIL

    8D Before

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    169
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    NBA

    51A ___ Cup, tournament established in the 2020s

    26
    198
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    ORES

    50D They're sometimes picked for their rarity

    24
    244
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    SEC

    58A Brief bit

    23
    187
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    SLR

    5A Photographer's inits.

    23
    129
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    REPO

    7D Possible result of a default

    18
    146
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    AMID

    16A Within

    17
    136
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    RIPE

    13A Funky-smelling

    17
    106
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    STS

    37A Waze ways: Abbr.

    16
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    MER

    19D Debussy's "La ___"

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    157
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    SHOO

    14D "Skedaddle!"

    15
    112
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    AGUA

    28A Request after eating a habanero, perhaps

    13
    103
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    SNEER

    41A Villainous expression

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    139
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    ENID

    30D "Wheat Capital" of Oklahoma

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    FED

    4D Stoked

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    105
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    OOHS

    24D Sounds from fans

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    46
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    LEN

    53D Wiseman who directed "Ballerina" and "Live Free or Die Hard"

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    170
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    SATAN

    57A Figure with three faces, in Dante

    9
    81
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    SIM

    54D ___City

    9
    58
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    MATS

    59A They're stretched out before some workouts

    9
    57
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    CPAS

    35D Ones doing balancing acts?

    8
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    YESES

    12D Words of affirmation

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    CLEF

    1A Important figure on staff?

    8
    56
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    TINT

    36D Windows feature?

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    86
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    SEAN

    22D Jay ___, singer of the 2009 #1 hit "Down"

    7
    84
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    AMISS

    42D Off

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    77
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    BEL

    18A Unit of sound intensity

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    81
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    SWEAT

    44D Beads for an athlete

    6
    36
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    ISAAC

    46D Director Lee ___ Chung

    5
    134
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    MGS

    31A Small dosage amts.

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    46
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    SCION

    26A Member of a noble family

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    CLOP

    27D Clip follower

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    30
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    DOGE

    20A Lead-in to "coin" for a major cryptocurrency

    5
    29
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    LIEGE

    11D One doing the lord's work?

    4
    48
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    TRULY

    8A "For real"

    4
    16
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    ASSISI

    42A Home to the Basilica of St. Clare

    3
    69
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    LETT

    47D Neighbor of an Estonian, historically

    3
    50
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    SOFIA

    43D European capital with layers of Thracian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman history

    3
    39
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    CINEMA

    40D Pictures

    3
    33
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    SUEZ

    54A Site of a 1956 international conflict

    3
    29
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    LIGER

    25A Hybrid cat

    3
    9
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    NOISES

    49A Snap, crackle and pop

    2
    22
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    MOWN

    48A Like a golf course, regularly

    2
    20
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    WEALTH

    29A What comes from needing little, per Epictetus

    2
    11
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    PRIMPS

    38A Spends a long time in front of the mirror, maybe

    2
    8
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    SWEETIEPIE

    14A Sugar substitute?

    2
    7
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    CLOSEONE

    21A "Whew!"

    2
    5
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    NOONES

    23A Whose fault your mistake might be

    2
    4
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    READON

    9D Not stop at the end of a chapter, say

    2
    3
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    IFEELGREAT

    52A "Never been better!"

    2
    2
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    UPTON

    10D Suffragist Harriet Taylor ___

    1
    30
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    SWORN

    5D Like some enemies

    1
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    CANDY

    40A Word with cane or corn

    1
    11
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    MORMON

    19A Like Mitt Romney and Ken Jennings

    1
    6
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    GREENBELT

    32D Eco-friendly area around a city

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    5
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    LIMELIGHT

    2D Public eye

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    3
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    SIAMESECAT

    55A Animal chased by Toto in "The Wizard of Oz"

    1
    3
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    STARGAZES

    33D Stares into space

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    3
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    EPILOGUES

    3D Written posts?

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    2
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    MADEINUSA

    31D Label on some domestic products

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    2
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    CRABCLAWS debut

    1D Hard-shelled delicacies

    1
    1
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    HOTPILATES debut

    17A Core-focused workout in a humid room

    1
    1
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    LETMESAYMYPIECE debut

    6D "I need to get a word in!"

    1
    1
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    PILOTING debut

    45A Highly controlling?

    1
    1
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    TINNITUS debut

    15D Condition that can be caused by excess earwax

    1
    1
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    WARNINGS debut

    29D Some weather service messages

    1
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    WHENCANYOUSTART debut

    34A Question posed at the end of a successful job interview

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