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Wednesday · 76 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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    ERA

    21D Cause that NOW championed

    97
    791
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    ODE

    50A Keats's "To Autumn," e.g.

    58
    523
  3. 3
    EEL

    61D Mud ___

    53
    487
  4. 4
    TSAR

    13D Peter, e.g.

    33
    341
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    NOR

    8D Neither's partner

    33
    332
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    EAST

    59D 90 degrees

    33
    285
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    ARIA

    44A Mozart's "Il mio tesoro," e.g.

    30
    446
  8. 8
    ENO

    38A Roxy Music co-founder

    29
    285
  9. 9
    ALAS

    16A "Oh, were it not true!"

    26
    321
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    ALTO

    35A Choir voice

    25
    290
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    OHIO

    2D Oberlin locale

    23
    200
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    EDGE

    63A Head start

    21
    293
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    TAO

    41A Chinese "way"

    21
    223
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    ELSA

    28D Forbidden-question asker, in "Lohengrin"

    19
    220
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    ACID

    45A Tart

    17
    159
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    TAB

    49D Check

    16
    167
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    ULNA

    58D It parallels a radius

    15
    178
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    ERROR

    15A Trial's partner

    14
    161
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    AINT

    17A Gershwin's "It ___ Necessarily So"

    13
    136
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    RETRO

    42A Nostalgic look

    13
    109
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    RASH

    57D Reckless

    12
    122
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    SECT

    10A Small denomination

    11
    137
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    STERN

    29D Rear

    10
    113
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    TAI

    27D ___ chi ch'uan

    8
    154
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    LENS

    65A Camera part

    7
    129
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    ICET

    52D 80's-90's hip-hop star

    7
    110
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    DEF

    24A O.E.D. item

    7
    88
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    CAKE

    12D Party centerpiece

    7
    58
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    SPEND

    5A Shopaholic's watchword

    7
    47
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    ERAT

    68A Quod ___ faciendum

    6
    170
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    EWERS

    25D Decorative pitchers

    5
    59
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    OLIO

    36D Hodgepodge

    4
    157
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    MANET

    26D "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe" painter

    4
    45
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    ARA

    51A Altar in the sky

    3
    181
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    LAC

    40D "Le ___ des cygnes"

    3
    80
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    ALLS

    56D Shakespeare title starter

    3
    62
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    RHOS

    14A Sorority letters

    3
    45
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    IBERIA

    52A It's south of the Pyrenees

    3
    40
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    UNEASE

    19D Misgiving

    3
    35
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    SLUSH

    67A Kind of fund

    3
    12
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    ERTE

    7D Highly collectible lithographer

    2
    165
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    SEPT

    5D Important school mo.

    2
    55
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    BIDE

    53D Wait

    2
    38
  44. 44
    WAXY

    34A Having a pallor

    2
    19
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    ESTUARY debut

    4D River's end

    2
    13
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    REORDER debut

    43D Stock up on again

    2
    9
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    ELHI

    11D Like some textbook publishing

    1
    86
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    ENGR

    54D Technician: Abbr.

    1
    55
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    BODE

    1A Portend

    1
    42
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    STEELY

    46A Unbending

    1
    19
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    SAUNAS

    30A After-exercise refreshers

    1
    13
  52. 52
    EMIRATES

    25A Lands on the Persian Gulf

    1
    7
  53. 53
    BLAU

    55D Blue, in Bonn

    1
    6
  54. 54
    BARBECUE

    55A Family reunion activity

    1
    4
  55. 55
    UAR

    23A Short-lived Egypt-Syria union: Abbr.

    0
    89
  56. 56
    AMAIN

    32D With all one's might

    0
    47
  57. 57
    TERR

    66A Dak., once

    0
    47
  58. 58
    OKLA

    62A Kan. neighbor

    0
    31
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    BRAC

    1D Bric-a-___

    0
    17
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    YEARNS

    47D Longs (for)

    0
    17
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    PRET

    6D ___-à-porter (ready-to-wear)

    0
    15
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    NEALS

    64A Actress Patricia et al.

    0
    12
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    SLUMP

    37A Batter's woe

    0
    11
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    SPODE

    33D Some fine porcelain

    0
    10
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    AUREOLE debut

    45D Halo

    0
    8
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    DONQUIXOTE

    3D 1869 Minkus ballet

    0
    8
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    DROIDS debut

    9D "Star Wars" characters

    0
    8
  68. 68
    CINDERELLA

    60A 1945 Prokofiev ballet

    0
    6
  69. 69
    GISELLE

    39A 1841 Adam ballet

    0
    6
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    NOCTURNE

    48A Chopin specialty

    0
    5
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    INKIER

    22A Blacker

    0
    3
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    COQUETTE

    20A Flirt

    0
    2
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    SACKFUL debut

    10D Amount Santa carries

    0
    2
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    GOLDIE debut

    39D Hawn of Hollywood

    0
    1
  75. 75
    NUTCRACKER debut

    31D 1892 Tchaikovsky ballet, with "The"

    0
    1
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    PETROUCHKA debut

    18A 1911 Stravinsky ballet

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    1