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Wednesday · 78 answers · 6 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

    2D Formula ___

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    612
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    ERR

    44A Mess up

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    522
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    SEE

    52A Get the picture

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    430
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    ELSE

    62A "What ___?"

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    440
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    IDEA

    34A Plan of action

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    396
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    LET

    60D Court ruling?

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    287
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    RAE

    22D Charlotte of "The Facts of Life"

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    278
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    OVER

    8D Done with

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    247
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    SLY

    61D Surreptitious

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    264
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    EYES

    66A They're crossable

    24
    195
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    OED

    25A Voluminous ref. set

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    141
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    YETI

    5D Mysterious Himalayan

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    SKI

    50A Handle some hills

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    180
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    ITCH

    55D Result of a bite, maybe

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    135
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    SARA

    56D Mystery writer Paretsky

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    181
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    INANE

    14A Foolish

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    192
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    CHE

    23A Friend of Fidel

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    162
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    COD

    21D New England catch

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    RISE

    28D Good news on Wall Street

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    150
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    FOE

    30A Adversary

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    112
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    ORR

    33D Eight-time Norris Trophy winner

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    235
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    AGEE

    18A "A Death in the Family" writer

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    RIB

    1D Part of a cage

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    113
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    EAGLE

    36D Scout rank

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    EPEES

    49D Fencing needs

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    104
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    TRESS

    13D Lock of hair

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    101
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    STATE

    50D Union member

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    90
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    LEVEE

    12D River embankment

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    63
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    KNOT

    4D Nautical unit

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    100
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    FAIR

    32D Place for a ride

    8
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    ROVE

    19A Go all over

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    68
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    MIR

    45D Russian for peace

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    140
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    ECOLI

    47D Meat problem

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    103
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    MELT

    10A Tuna ___

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    76
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    DROP

    6A Discontinue

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    82
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    WORE

    57A Sported

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    DDE

    40D 1952 political inits.

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    UPTO

    63A Plotting

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    NURSE

    48D Sip

    4
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    DIES

    65A Fizzles out

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    48
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    DINGO

    43A Australian predator

    4
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    RAVE

    15A Thumbs-up write-up

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    115
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    SENECA

    46A Iroquois Confederacy tribe

    3
    49
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    CREEL

    64A Angler's accessory

    3
    23
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    HASTY

    67A Rash

    3
    23
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    ESSE

    41A Cicero's existence

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    AIRY

    42A Unsubstantial

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    59
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    EPOCH

    11D Historical period

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    49
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    FOOL

    32A Court entertainer

    2
    33
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    DRAKE

    6D Des Moines university

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    COPY

    54D Text

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    22
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    APER

    16A Copycat

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    ENC

    29D Business letter abbr.

    1
    74
  54. 54
    GOAD

    58A Egg on

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    51
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    IBID

    34D Footnote abbr.

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    50
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    HARES

    24D Long-eared animals

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    36
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    BESOT

    17A Affect strangely

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    27
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    RAGED

    7D Fulminated

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    24
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    ANOSE

    37D Win by ___

    1
    20
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    CHAFE

    23D Overstarched collar problem

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    FOGY

    30D Mossback

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    13
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    SAWED

    46D Did some carpentry

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    12
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    ROCKY

    1A 1976 Best Picture

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    9
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    PEEPHOLE

    9D Resident's security device

    1
    8
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    ECU

    44D Old French coin

    0
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    TAILS

    59A Flip response?

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    MARIS

    10D His 1961 record had an asterisk

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    KUDOS

    51D Praise

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    MEDALS

    45A Military awards

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    HATRED

    27A Churchill called it "soul-destroying"

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    HARANGUE

    39D Scolding

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    HASHES

    26A Minces

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    CASSETTES debut

    3D Blockbuster rentals

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    2
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    ACUPUNCTURIST debut

    53A See 38-Across

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    1
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    ARTIN debut

    31A "Our Father which ___ heaven ..."

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    1
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    DYNASTIES debut

    35D Chou and others

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    1
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    FEESCHARGEDBYAN debut

    38A With 53-Across, a daffynition of 20-Across

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    STICKERPRICES debut

    20A See 38-Across

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