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Wednesday · 78 answers · 12 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ARE

    23A "___ you kidding?"

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    ALOE

    56D Medicinal plant

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    OGRE

    60A Grimm beast

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    IRS

    45A 1040 sender

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    246
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    UNO

    47A Numero ___

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    241
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    ALTO

    5A A chorister

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    ENE

    24A Wind dir.

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    403
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    ETRE

    41A French 101 verb

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    241
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    ARAL

    10D Asia's ___ Sea

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    TALC

    7D Barber's powder

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    145
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    COT

    48A Camp sack

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    128
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    ARID

    50D Nearly rainless

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    222
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    OLGA

    14A One of Chekhov's "Three Sisters"

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    SRA

    30A Mexican Mrs.

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    186
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    ELECT

    33D Vote in

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    99
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    SPREE

    34D Binge

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    97
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    REED

    44A Bassoonist's buy

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    YALE

    4D Brown rival

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    137
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    ARIEL

    16A Israel's Sharon

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    ALAN

    63A Astronaut Shepard

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    AGEE

    3D "The Morning Watch" author

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    HALO

    52D Angelic feature

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    ALIA

    61A Inter ___

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    SHES

    31A Tom Jones hit "___ a Lady"

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    NEIN

    39D Düsseldorf denial

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    MIST

    57D Atomizer output

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    69
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    TANG

    55D Zingy taste

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    59
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    BLUR

    2D Mr. Magoo's vision

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    58
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    EYED

    42A Checked out

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    125
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    NARC

    25D D.E.A. agent

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    121
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    LANAI

    21D Island west of Maui

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    80
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    AGATE

    27D Banded stone

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    78
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    MELT

    66A Hot sandwich

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    76
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    NACRE

    28D Button material

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    59
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    OGLE

    54D Gawk at

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    200
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    TITLE

    62A Earl or viscount

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    USHER

    47D Person with a program

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    BEAN

    15A Noggin

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    63
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    HENNA

    32D Dye source

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    41
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    LEON

    12D Rocker Russell

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    TITO

    51D One of the Jackson 5

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    NOSY

    64A Like a yenta

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    SHOES

    30D Cobblers' output

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    CANINE

    26A Like some pets

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    23
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    SHRUB

    31D Yard adornment

    5
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    LEONE

    6D Director Sergio

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    URIAH

    59A Fictional Heep

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    51
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    CORAL

    48D Reef buildup

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    HELP

    37A Butler, maid, etc.

    3
    52
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    OATHS

    49A "Rats!" and others

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    INKED

    29D Signed one's name to

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    33
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    FUEL

    17A Gasohol, e.g.

    3
    32
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    CLANG

    22A Trolley sound

    2
    21
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    JOLT

    18A Shake up

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    26
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    DUNCE

    43A One wearing a conical cap

    1
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    CABER debut

    26D Highlander's fling?

    1
    7
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    BACKLOG

    13D In-basket stack

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    4
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    ONTHEROAD debut

    8D Like Charles Kuralt, perennially

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    4
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    ODETS

    40D "Waiting for Lefty" playwright

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    65
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    LIZA

    11D Maugham's "___ of Lambeth"

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    REBATE

    46A Manufacturer's offer

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    SHOR

    36A Restaurateur Toots

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    RODENT

    46D Porcupine, e.g.

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    YAZOO

    19A Mississippi tributary

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    AGANA

    35A Capital of Guam, old-style

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    9
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    CAYCE

    9D Psychic Edgar

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    6
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    ABJURE

    5D Repudiate

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    BACKBAY debut

    1A Tony section of Boston

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    4
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    OUTBACK

    49D Bushman's home

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    4
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    BACKOFF debut

    1D "Keep your distance!"

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    3
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    CALLBACK debut

    9A End of a layoff

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    2
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    FOODSTAMP debut

    53A Coupon for the needy

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    2
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    GETBACK debut

    67A 1969 Beatles hit

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    2
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    PAYBACK debut

    58D Retribution

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    2
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    BACKDOOR debut

    65A Tryster's escape route, maybe

    0
    1
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    BACKINTOACORNER debut

    38A Theme of this puzzle

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    1
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    FREELUNCH debut

    20A Mythical thing in the business world

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    1
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    STYROFOAM debut

    36D Inedible peanuts

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    1