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Tuesday · 76 answers · 3 debuts

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

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    ADS

    48A Show stoppers?

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    325
  2. 2
    OREO

    15A Dirt pie ingredient

    45
    408
  3. 3
    SNL

    25A Show on which Tina Fey and Seth Meyers have worked as head writers, in brief

    40
    263
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    NOR

    47D Negative connector

    33
    332
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    OSLO

    29D Scandinavian capital

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    324
  6. 6
    OVER

    58D Done

    25
    247
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    LOT

    45A Auction unit

    25
    189
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    ORES

    6D Magnetite and bauxite

    24
    244
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    ETCH

    14A Engrave

    23
    174
  10. 10
    SKI

    31A Go downhill fast

    21
    180
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    IRON

    33D Smooth out, as a wrinkled shirt

    18
    284
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    USSR

    65A Initials on a map until 1991

    17
    171
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    OATS

    34A Feedbag contents

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    133
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    ERODE

    19A Gradually eat away

    16
    175
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    ABUT

    23A Lie next to

    15
    135
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    IFSO

    61D "Should that be true …"

    13
    70
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    AGENT

    35D Talent broker

    12
    150
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    FOE

    27D Adversary

    12
    112
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    AROD

    11D Longtime Yankee slugger, familiarly

    12
    86
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    TKOS

    68A Boxing stats

    12
    73
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    DRAT

    49D "Curses!"

    11
    109
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    HORN

    10D Car's honker

    11
    75
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    EGAN

    43A Jennifer who wrote "A Visit From the Goon Squad"

    10
    81
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    ROTS

    51A Goes bad

    10
    70
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    SWAP

    56D Substitute

    9
    90
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    MID

    38D Mediocre, in modern slang

    9
    70
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    UTILE

    2D Handy

    9
    67
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    PEER

    13D Member of a jury

    8
    116
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    LULL

    28D Quiet period

    8
    49
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    PARTY

    67A –

    8
    34
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    WEST

    30D Toward sunset

    7
    94
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    MADE

    12D Earned

    7
    75
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    WRAP

    66A Shindig for the cast and crew after filming is done … with a hint to entering this answer and three others in the grid

    7
    64
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    CUT

    63D Word before "one's losses" or "both ways"

    7
    59
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    CESAR

    1D ___ Millan, celebrity dog trainer

    7
    45
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    AVOID

    42A Skirt, as an issue

    6
    72
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    SOT

    8D Barfly

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    152
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    SWAB

    31D Mop, as the deck

    5
    71
  39. 39
    LEAPS

    55D Bounds

    4
    34
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    WELT

    59D Mark left by a whip

    4
    25
  41. 41
    SYMS

    69A Jazz singer Sylvia

    4
    24
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    ASIAM

    54D "Take me ___"

    4
    18
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    HOUSE

    36A Shindig for someone settling into a new home

    3
    34
  44. 44
    REVEAL

    22A –

    3
    18
  45. 45
    HAKA

    57D Ceremonial Maori dance

    3
    3
  46. 46
    BASRA

    24D Major Iraqi port city

    2
    39
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    CULT

    1A ___ classic ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show" or "Pulp Fiction," e.g.)

    2
    24
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    BOGS

    5A Spongy wetlands

    2
    19
  49. 49
    CHAMP

    9A Titleholder

    2
    18
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    SHOWER

    56A –

    2
    13
  51. 51
    KAVA

    32D Polynesian brew

    2
    12
  52. 52
    GESTALT

    7D Whole that's greater than the sum of its parts, from the German

    2
    10
  53. 53
    THERES

    4D "Ay, ___ the rub"

    2
    9
  54. 54
    DERRY

    53D Second-largest city in Northern Ireland

    2
    8
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    SINEWS

    50D Fibrous connecting tissues

    2
    7
  56. 56
    QUAN

    18D Ke Huy ___, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" actor

    2
    3
  57. 57
    ALTRUIST

    20A Selfless sort

    2
    2
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    AKELA

    64A Wolf in "The Jungle Book"

    1
    26
  59. 59
    HORAE

    16A Greek goddesses of the seasons

    1
    15
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    BRIDAL

    52A Shindig for someone who's about to tie the knot

    1
    13
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    WAVES

    62A Surfers ride them

    1
    13
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    GUV

    21D Boss, in Britain

    1
    12
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    IDARESAY

    39D "’Tis entirely likely"

    1
    8
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    GASMASK

    44D Item worn with a hazmat suit

    1
    7
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    LCDTV

    3D High-def flat screen, for short

    1
    7
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    CAFETERIA

    63A Lunchroom

    1
    6
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    MILANESE

    60A Like a dish of veal or chicken dipped in egg and breadcrumbs, then fried in butter

    1
    6
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    GENDER

    21A Shindig for someone to announce whether they're having a boy or a girl

    1
    5
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    CHEETAHS

    9D Spotted African sprinters

    1
    4
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    ENABLERS

    41D Those going along with others' unhealthy habits

    1
    4
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    RESELLS

    40A Flips, say

    1
    4
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    BANDANNA

    46A Cowboy's kerchief

    1
    3
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    WARMING

    37A –

    1
    2
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    BOUILLON debut

    5D Broth that might come from a dissolved cube

    1
    1
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    LAVAFLOW debut

    26A Tropical cocktail with bananas, strawberries, rum and coconut cream

    1
    1
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    SIDEQUEST debut

    17A Optional mission in a video game

    1
    1