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Thursday · 70 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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    SET

    35A Situated

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    ORCA

    18D It's all black and white

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  3. 3
    ONIT

    42A Tackling work

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    STIR

    50D Ruckus

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  5. 5
    ONTO

    16A "You're ___ something!"

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    SAG

    29D What an old roof might start to do

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    TON

    8D Truckload

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    ABEL

    14A First to die in the Bible

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    OMAN

    7D Easternmost member of the Arab League

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  10. 10
    SCI

    22A Any of four of the six Nobel Prize categories: Abbr.

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    SLAB

    54D Big hunk

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    STET

    12D Leave in a text, say

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    NOW

    47A The present

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    ELKS

    60A C.F.L. team in Edmonton

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    SERB

    62A Neighbor of a Montenegrin

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    102
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    HOST

    10A One initiating a Zoom meeting

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    SNOG

    29A Make out, in England

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    34
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    GAH

    38A Cry of frustration

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    25
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    HULA

    6D ___ skirt

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    89
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    INLAW

    24D Acquisition through marriage

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    RAMEN

    46A Non-sushi option at some sushi bars

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    43
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    OBIE

    2D Award won by a young Meryl Streep for her role in "Alice in Concert" (1981)

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    COG

    31A Menial worker in a big company, metaphorically

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    ARNIE

    23A Nickname for golfer Palmer

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    SOIL

    49D Tarnish, as a reputation

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    AVIAN

    58A Like flickers and flamingos

    7
    57
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    COLD

    45D Robitussin target

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    40
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    LICE

    57A Causes of dog bites

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    37
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    TLDR

    53D "In summary ...," in internet shorthand

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    11
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    ALTOS

    33A Some saxes

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    54
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    SOLID

    28D Cube, e.g.

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    47
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    CALM

    1D Tranquil

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    56
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    USEON

    27D Hit with, as a pickup line

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    12
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    ORDERIN

    9D Get delivery, say

    5
    11
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    PHOTO

    5A Snap

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    41
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    TORY

    13D Labourite's opponent

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    41
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    KHAN

    51D Central Asian chieftain

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    ASHTON

    23D Kutcher on "Two and a Half Men"

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    19
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    RUMOR

    15A Word has it

    3
    34
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    HOAGIE

    10D Hero of Philly?

    3
    14
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    TURNT

    61A Drunk, in modern slang

    3
    9
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    LSDTAB

    48A Paper you can trip on?

    3
    5
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    PLEASEGO

    4D "I think you should leave"

    3
    4
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    LYLE

    48D Crocodile in a classic children's book

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    34
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    CORP

    1A Fortune 500 listing: Abbr.

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    22
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    BOSTON

    26D Classic card game with a geographical name

    2
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    GOSHNO

    30A "Wow, that can't be right!"

    2
    5
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    HOTWIRES

    37D Gets started the wrong way?

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    5
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    SKILIFTS

    50A Ways of getting to the top

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    5
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    ICEBOAT

    40D Arctic craft

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    4
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    WVU

    56D Mountaineers' sch.

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    4
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    FIXE

    52D Prix ___

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    LENIENT

    41D Lax

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    LATKES

    44D Fried bites for the Festival of Lights

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    WHELP

    36A Puppy

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    11
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    EIGHTY

    21A Number that Jerry Rice wore for his entire N.F.L. career

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    10
  57. 57
    SALMAN

    34D Author Rushdie

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    WINNOW

    19D Separate (out)

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    YOUKNOWTHEDRILL

    55A It's ... (what am I trying to say?) ... it's what my dentist uses

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    3
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    EXDA

    59A Many a politician with a legal background, for short

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    METARZAN

    20A Ape-man's introduction

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    2
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    MOTHERDUCK

    25D She has a lot of young followers

    1
    2
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    AITOOL debut

    39A Modern-day aid for a data job, maybe

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    1
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    GPT debut

    32D Chat follower

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    1
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    IMEANBUSINESS debut

    24A An, uh, expensive air passenger class

    1
    1
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    LIKEOILANDWATER debut

    17A Um, two bases for paint

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    1
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    ONTHESCENE debut

    11D Where things are happening

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    1
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    PRIZING debut

    5D Holding in high esteem

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    1
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    REKT debut

    3D Totally destroyed, in gamer-speak

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    1
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    WELLCONNECTED debut

    43A Another way to say, er, "online"

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