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Wednesday · 78 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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    ONE

    22A Lunch hour, maybe

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  2. 2
    SEE

    42D Understand

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    ELSE

    63A "What ___ could I do?"

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    440
  4. 4
    ERAS

    58A Paleozoic and Cenozoic

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    295
  5. 5
    OMNI

    50D Old Dodge

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    218
  6. 6
    ITEM

    37D News bit

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    274
  7. 7
    TAR

    8D Cigarette stat

    26
    351
  8. 8
    OVER

    3D In excess of

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    247
  9. 9
    SLY

    9D Winking, maybe

    24
    264
  10. 10
    NEON

    39A Element #10

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    219
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    ANON

    16A Mysterious byline, for short

    20
    275
  12. 12
    EERIE

    6D Spooky

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  13. 13
    MENU

    24D Waiter's offering

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    183
  14. 14
    MESS

    35D Word before call or hall

    17
    145
  15. 15
    ORSO

    27D Guess qualifier

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    145
  16. 16
    TADA

    32D Unveiler's cry

    16
    138
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    ALMA

    34D "Summer and Smoke" heroine

    15
    130
  18. 18
    TIME

    55A Proctor's announcement

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    92
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    SELF

    42A Ego

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    90
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    CONE

    26D Christmas decoration

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    88
  21. 21
    CBS

    21D Dan Rather's employer

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    AWES

    29A Causes gasps

    12
    80
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    RENE

    54D Actress Russo

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    221
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    TAOS

    40A New Mexico resort

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    103
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    EGAN

    7D Cardinal O'Connor's successor

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    ANGLE

    13D Turn sharply

    10
    76
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    SPIN

    25D Test drive

    9
    104
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    TEAM

    32A Kind of spirit

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    98
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    META

    10A Prefix with carpal

    9
    87
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    ITALY

    31D Part of a continental tour

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    75
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    AZTEC

    44D Montezuma, e.g.

    9
    71
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    BEETS

    5A Borscht makings

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    34
  33. 33
    LITE

    2D For the calorie-conscious

    7
    75
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    FIE

    48A Cousin of "Ugh!"

    7
    60
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    BMW

    56D Audi competitor

    7
    56
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    BLOC

    1A Black Caucus, e.g.

    6
    86
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    CAIRO

    45D Where "Aida" premiered

    6
    67
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    REGAL

    15A More than fancy

    6
    64
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    THIN

    60A Like a beanpole

    6
    61
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    DRESS

    47D Toggery

    5
    76
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    DAHL

    52D Author Roald

    5
    73
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    TOGAS

    12D "Animal House" party wear

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    50
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    NITE

    51D Dark time, informally

    4
    71
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    BRAG

    1D Crow

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    49
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    CORAL

    21A Reef material

    4
    45
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    COTS

    61A Tent furniture

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    35
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    PORNO

    30A Skin flicks

    4
    19
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    ENERO

    11D Año starter

    3
    137
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    ZAIRE

    49A Congo Basin river

    3
    41
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    EBAN

    33D Abba of Israel

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    AIMAT

    46D Shoot for

    2
    47
  52. 52
    MAYOR

    10D 1984 Ed Koch best seller

    2
    21
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    FLAIL

    48D Thrash

    2
    17
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    SCOOTS

    25A Vamooses

    2
    12
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    WHILE debut

    62A Indefinite wait

    2
    6
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    YAH

    57D Derisive cry

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    29
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    EDAMS

    41A Cheeses in red wax

    1
    26
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    MANIC

    59A Hyperactive

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    26
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    CAMS

    4D Engine parts

    1
    23
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    ACADEMY

    44A Private school

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    10
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    ONAN

    28D Son of Judah

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    EGIS

    53D Patronage: Var.

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    INAN

    31A Put ___ appearance

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    29
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    YEGG

    19A Burglar

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    29
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    AWACS

    23D Radar-equipped plane

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    15
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    OLEANDER

    50A Pink-flowered shrub

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    15
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    BIERCE

    43D See 23-Across

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    8
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    RIVA

    14A 1972 Kentucky Derby winner ___ Ridge

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    7
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    AMBROSE debut

    23A With 43-Down, author of the definition

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    6
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    PHOTON debut

    18D Massless particle

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    6
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    BROWNS debut

    5D Seven-time N.F.L. East champions in the 1950's

    0
    3
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    GERSHWIN

    20A "Oh, Lady, Be Good" writer

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    3
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    BWANAS

    43A Safari chiefs

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    2
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    REWEAR

    38D Don't change out of

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    2
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    ANYOF debut

    29D "Don't give me ___ your lip!"

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    1
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    ATEMPORARY debut

    17A Start of a cynic's definition of "love"

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    1
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    BYMARRIAGE debut

    56A End of the definition

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    1
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    INSANITYCURABLE debut

    36A Middle of the definition

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    1