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Wednesday · 76 answers · 9 debuts

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

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    ATE

    68A Broke a fast

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    EST

    26D Approx. number

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    428
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    ORE

    55A Metalliferous rock

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    581
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    ANN

    16A English novelist Radcliffe

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    300
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    ANY

    13D "Pick a number, ___ number"

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    249
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    ISH

    22D Noncommittal suffix

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    193
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    SRI

    41A ___ Lanka

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    238
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    ITEM

    59D Twosome

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    274
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    INN

    23A No room at the ___

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    258
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    ONTO

    7D Not duped by

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    244
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    ELLE

    58D She, in Cherbourg

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    221
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    ETE

    28D Time off from l'école

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    320
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    OTOE

    64A Plains Indian

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    198
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    BOA

    11A Jungle menace

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    168
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    STE

    44A Fr. holy woman

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    274
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    GEE

    40D Exclamation before "I didn't know that!"

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    200
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    REEL

    10D Recite rapidly, with "off"

    19
    184
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    EMMA

    9D Novel on which "Clueless" is based

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    173
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    TEL

    34A Business card abbr.

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    183
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    SHH

    41D Library admonishment

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    100
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    ALONE

    54D Unassisted

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    191
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    RENO

    14A "___ 911!" (former Comedy Central show)

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    230
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    DEER

    57D ___ Xing

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    154
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    CHI

    62A The Windy City, briefly

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    148
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    DRY

    19A Like zinfandel wines

    13
    115
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    SOME

    25A Not all

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    100
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    NOVA

    60D ___ Scotia

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    125
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    ATTN

    17A Abbr. before a name in a memo

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    134
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    MAD

    31D Magazine featuring 47-Down

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    126
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    LIEU

    43A In ___ of

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    113
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    EEO

    39D Abbr. in help-wanted ads

    10
    76
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    DST

    37A When clocks are set ahead: Abbr.

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    97
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    HIP

    65A Cool, man

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    88
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    TONS

    4D Lots and lots

    7
    62
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    CHA

    62D When doubled, a dance

    6
    85
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    TOLD

    61D Tattled

    5
    53
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    CEDED

    27A Gave up

    5
    33
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    TRAGIC

    1D Like some irony

    5
    20
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    LEVI

    67A Johnston in 2008-09 news

    4
    97
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    RPI

    24A The Engineers of the N.C.A.A.: Abbr.

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    76
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    AVIS

    32D Alamo competitor

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    96
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    ESA

    46D That, to Juanita

    3
    93
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    ELEVEN

    66A Nearing midnight

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    54
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    HUES

    52A Tints

    3
    39
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    ELTORO

    63A Fearsome wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure

    3
    35
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    INTEND

    3D Mean

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    24
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    ANNUM

    30D Per ___

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    15
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    TWIT

    1A Ninny

    2
    60
  49. 49
    ONTIME

    18A Promptly

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    35
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    ALFRED

    47D ___ E. Neuman

    2
    14
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    GROUP

    5D Congregation

    2
    11
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    LAIC

    35D Not of the cloth

    1
    74
  53. 53
    LAI

    53A China's Chou En-___

    1
    62
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    DRED

    70A Harriet Beecher Stowe novel

    1
    41
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    VAIN

    8D Futile

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    37
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    NAVY

    36A Shade of blue

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    36
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    AENEID

    51D Origin of the phrase "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts"

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    34
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    HELGA

    48A Wife of Hägar the Horrible

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    33
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    RENAME

    15A Dub over

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    23
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    LOITER

    49D Hang around

    1
    14
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    GROOVE

    50D Pronounced rhythm, in music

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    10
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    GRADEINFLATION debut

    56A Modern educational phenomenon ... or a hint to 20-, 29-, 38- and 45-Across

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    2
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    LENTIL

    6D Soup bean

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    16
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    REMADE

    69A Newly fashioned

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    ORDERLY

    21D Hospital attendant

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    ONRAMPS

    12D Interstate entrances

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    GLOVER

    5A Actor Danny of "The Color Purple"

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    4
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    ROUGHIT

    42D Camp in the wild

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    4
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    WETONE debut

    2D Sloppy kiss

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    3
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    BADMOODS debut

    11D Peevish states

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    1
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    CYNTHIA debut

    33D "Sex and the City" actress Nixon

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    1
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    GOESOUTONALIMA debut

    20A Chokes after bean eating?

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    1
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    HONEYCOMA debut

    45A Result of a sweetener overload?

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    1
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    LAMACHOPS debut

    29A Monk's karate blows?

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    1
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    VERAENDINGS debut

    38A Movie finales featuring actress Miles?

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    1
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    VINERIPE debut

    38D Like some tomatoes

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    1