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Wednesday · 76 answers · 5 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ART

    39A "Without ___, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable": Shaw

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    384
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    EVE

    37D Christmas ___

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    373
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    AIR

    48D Lungful

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    304
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    OVA

    41A In vitro cells

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    259
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    TSK

    5D "Uh-uh, bad!"

    23
    189
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    OED

    65D Orthographer's ref.

    22
    141
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    TWO

    11D See 32-Down

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    165
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    SPEC

    35D A writer may work on it

    18
    120
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    WAR

    32D Card game for 11-Down

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    149
  10. 10
    OMAHA

    51D 1935 Triple Crown horse

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    137
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    PEP

    67D Vim

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    126
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    EENIE

    14D Start of a counting rhyme

    14
    48
  13. 13
    DIP

    46D Brief swim

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    111
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    YEAR

    63D Strangely, it's shorter than a day on Venus

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    126
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    ANODE

    71A + end

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    107
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    ITD

    34D "___ be an honor"

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    54
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    UNA

    27D Article in El Mundo

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    115
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    POL

    36D Washington pro

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    99
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    THAW

    61D Midwinter phenomenon, sometimes

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    80
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    RPM

    6D Tach reading

    8
    79
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    TEC

    4D Sam Spade type

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    80
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    TEX

    49A Lone Star State cowboy

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    93
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    YEAS

    7D Votes for

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    71
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    MFA

    47D Design deg.

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    32
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    JABS

    1D Pointed criticisms

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    37
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    ZAP

    40A Instantly fry

    4
    82
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    ROY

    62A Artist Lichtenstein

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    81
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    NOLAN

    52D Christopher who directed "The Dark Knight"

    4
    50
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    AWAKE

    16A Conscious

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    47
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    OXIDE

    45D Nitrous ___

    4
    33
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    MAGE

    8D Gandalf, for one

    4
    24
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    ADOUT

    59A Break point score, perhaps

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    20
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    SAS

    38D Carrier to Copenhagen

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    116
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    EHS

    66D Frequent Canadian interjections

    3
    64
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    OKAPI

    13D Animal with striped legs

    3
    55
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    TRAMP

    56D Charlie Chaplin persona

    3
    37
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    SCIFI

    50A Trekkies' genre

    3
    35
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    BOCCE

    57D Ball-rolling game

    3
    30
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    PARTB

    55A Medical insurance portion of Medicare

    3
    15
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    ASWESPEAK

    15A This very moment

    3
    6
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    UPI

    21A Reuters competitor

    2
    95
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    MOA

    58A Extinct cousin of the kiwi

    2
    45
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    SENAT

    20A It might pass une loi

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    39
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    VIN

    31A Burgundy or Chablis

    2
    39
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    HATER

    69A Misanthrope

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    37
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    EKING

    9D Barely making (out)

    2
    25
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    UTNE

    60D ___ Reader

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    HRE

    33D Onetime realm of central Eur.

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    STR

    19A Orch. section

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    71
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    BTW

    43D "Oh yeah ...," in a text message

    1
    34
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    HRH

    25D Buckingham Palace letters

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    29
  52. 52
    ABT

    23D U.S. dance grp.

    1
    16
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    CARVE

    18D Have turkey-serving duty, say

    1
    14
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    QUADS

    30D Campus areas

    1
    14
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    ONAWHIM

    51A Impulsively

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    8
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    BOZO

    29D Schmo

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    52
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    SAE

    24D It facilitates replying to a MS.

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    MORAN

    54D Erin of "Happy Days"

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    18
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    LIA

    68D ___ Fáil, Irish coronation stone

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    16
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    AALTO

    53D Finnish architect Alvar ___

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    11
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    STJOE

    10A The Hawks of the Atlantic 10 conference, informally

    0
    11
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    ADASH

    22A Tiny recipe amount

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    8
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    BARBQ

    28A Kind of pit, briefly

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    8
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    JAMUP

    12D Become blocked

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    7
  65. 65
    GROUPIE

    26A Idol worshiper?

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    6
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    LEHAVRE

    44D France's second-busiest port

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    6
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    SAWTOIT

    10D Took care of business

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    SWARD

    3D Stretch of grass

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    6
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    USLTA

    2D Org. that used to bring people to court?

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    5
  70. 70
    ALLOVERTHEPLACE debut

    64A Varying wildly

    0
    3
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    ANAHEIMCA

    70A Part of a postal address for Disneyland

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    3
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    NEWSPAPER

    72A Answer to an old riddle alluded to by the starts of 17-, 32-, 42- and 64-Across

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    3
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    BLACKMAGICWOMAN debut

    17A 1970 Santana hit

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    1
  74. 74
    JUSTTRYME debut

    1A "I dare you"

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    1
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    REDBLOODEDMALES debut

    42A Macho types

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    1
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    WHITEHOUSETAPES debut

    32A Evidence in the Watergate scandal

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    1