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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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    ONE

    50A "___ Short Day" ("Wicked" song)

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    ALE

    33D Brewer's barrelful

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    ALI

    35A Tony-winning actress Stroker

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    SSN

    13D Grp. of nine, divided in three?

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    EON

    20A It's been a long time

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  6. 6
    USA

    52D Land that goes from coast to coast, in brief

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    IDEA

    31D "Any ___?"

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  8. 8
    ETON

    12D The Kynge's College of Our Ladye of ___ besyde Windesore

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  9. 9
    SASS

    57A Freshness

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  10. 10
    ORS

    42A Sites with clamps and curettes, for short

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  11. 11
    EVER

    54A "Happier Than ___" (Billie Eilish hit)

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    TRIO

    11D Alvin and the Chipmunks, e.g.

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  13. 13
    AERO

    14A Travel lead-in to "méxico"

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    OTIS

    48D Eponym of the company that marketed the first escalator

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    REEL

    29D It might wind up near a tackle box

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    SOD

    4D Ground cover

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    HAN

    51D World's largest ethnic group

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    ASKS

    58A Poses

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    SORE

    15A Aching

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    ELBA

    28D Third-largest of Italy's islands, after Sicily and Sardinia

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    ISIS

    26D Goddess referenced in "Aida"

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    102
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    HENS

    25A ___ teeth (proverbial rarity)

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  23. 23
    SECT

    55A They've split

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    137
  24. 24
    OTC

    24A Unrestricted, in a way, in brief

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    LIED

    17A Invented something, say

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    EDGY

    5A Like many fringe festival acts

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  27. 27
    DASH

    30D Colon replacement

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    NESTS

    56A Targets of some Audubon cameras

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  29. 29
    ANISE

    53A Liqueur herb

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    110
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    CATS

    1A 2019 film co-starring Taylor Swift as Bombalurina

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    AEIOU

    2D Macronutrient group?

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    60
  32. 32
    CARD

    32D Part of a hand

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  33. 33
    UVEA

    52A Eye part whose name shares the same etymological root as a throat part

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  34. 34
    SUES

    49D Doesn't settle, say

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    42
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    DONE

    47D Finish line?

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    CALEB

    1D First name that contains four of the first five letters of the alphabet

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    36
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    DOLCE

    6D Opposite of agitato, in music

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    24
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    SHIVA

    43D Hindu god with three eyes

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    23
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    PECS

    41A Push-up targets, informally

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    51
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    SEATS

    46D Parking spots?

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  41. 41
    ADOPT

    34A Take on

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    52
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    ESSAYS

    5D Pieces of writing from the French for "try"

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    49
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    PEDAL

    39A Bass drum attachment

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    36
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    DICED

    30A Like the ingredients in a French chef's mirepoix

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  45. 45
    YEWS

    8D Some hedge shrubs

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  46. 46
    MOONS

    19D Juliet, Ophelia and Desdemona, to an astronomer

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  47. 47
    OASTS

    38D Ovens for hops

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  48. 48
    PROBE

    36A Unmanned NASA craft

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  49. 49
    MOTES

    44D Specks of dust

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    HURTS

    16A Aches

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  51. 51
    CASSEROLE

    32A Classic potluck dish

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    4
  52. 52
    GROKS

    7D Grasps, informally

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    BACKSOSOON

    21A "Didn't we just say goodbye?"

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    2
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    GATES

    9A Logic components in electric circuits

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    28
  55. 55
    VNECK

    45D Kind of sweater

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  56. 56
    PAPERS

    41D Pentagon ___ (subject of a 1971 Supreme Court ruling)

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    TRENCHCOAT

    3D Cover-up in an old detective film?

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  58. 58
    INPOWER

    26A Running things

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    SLOWMOTION

    18A Aid in evaluating some calls

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    SEASHORES

    37A Places for intertidal ecosystems

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    AUTOCORRECT

    10D Common fix for a prolbem?

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    BENDTHERULES

    21D Take some liberties

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    BUCKEYES

    22A Trees whose nuts and leaves are toxic to humans

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    2
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    DONUTSHOPS debut

    47A "Hole-sale" outlets?

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    GHOSTPEPPERS debut

    9D They're at least 170 times hotter than Tabasco sauce

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    1
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    HATHEAD debut

    40A Result of keeping a lid on too long?

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    1
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    HOTELSUITE debut

    51A Lodging option for a trip with extended family

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    1
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    KEEPSHONEST debut

    23D Monitors for accuracy, just because

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    1
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    SMARTTVS debut

    43A Screens that stream

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    WOODSTOVES debut

    27D Cordless heaters that you might order cords for?

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