← Fill Atlas

Wednesday · 74 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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    ART

    45A "Making something out of nothing and selling it," per Frank Zappa

    40
    384
  2. 2
    ETC

    19A "Yada yada yada"

    37
    268
  3. 3
    DNA

    31D Paternity test factor

    37
    260
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    IRS

    32D Quarterly payment recipient, for short

    36
    246
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    EDIT

    16A Fine-tune, as a script

    32
    302
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    ACNE

    60A Prom night worry

    32
    233
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    RAT

    4D Unpopular mobster

    29
    280
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    INS

    61A Helpful connections

    28
    224
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    IOTA

    18A Wee bit

    25
    243
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    SORE

    58A Ruing the workout, maybe

    13
    157
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    OTHER

    27D None of the above

    13
    114
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    ORDER

    25A What to do at a drive-thru window

    11
    88
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    BAS

    57D Many undergrad degs.

    9
    96
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    BIOS

    57A Dust jacket bits

    9
    42
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    EMOTE

    44D Be melodramatic

    8
    152
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    SOLE

    30A It's under a foot

    8
    138
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    RACE

    51D Where "They're off!" may be heard

    8
    131
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    DALI

    53D "The Persistence of Memory" artist

    8
    108
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    AXON

    6D Neural transmitter

    8
    53
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    OLDEN

    34D Of yore

    6
    43
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    POX

    10A "A ___ on you!"

    5
    27
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    ADIN

    8D Point before "game," maybe

    4
    118
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    OVALS

    21D Cameo shapes

    4
    38
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    OXIDE

    14A Laughing gas, for one

    4
    33
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    JEEP

    39A Ride for Hawkeye or Radar

    4
    30
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    DJED debut

    35D Spun 45s, say

    4
    20
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    NOKIA

    17A Finland-based communications giant

    4
    19
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    ASSISI

    41D Home of St. Francis

    3
    69
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    CBER

    1A "Roger that" sayer

    3
    61
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    FEY

    46D Palin parodist

    3
    49
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    FERAL

    46A Like dogs in packs

    3
    39
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    SEAMS

    9D Clothes lines

    3
    30
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    SVELTE

    24A Alluringly slender

    3
    30
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    FEDORA

    49A Classic Sinatra topper

    3
    22
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    ANTED

    41A Chipped in

    2
    63
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    BONUS

    5D Boss's good news

    2
    17
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    JETTA

    26D Midrange Volkswagen

    2
    16
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    SEAMEN

    47A Carrier crew

    2
    16
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    GAUNT

    28D All skin and bones

    2
    15
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    ECOLE

    59A Where élèves study

    1
    82
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    SSGT

    63A Army NCO

    1
    31
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    REDID

    62A Overhauled

    1
    30
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    POUR

    15A Mixologist's instruction

    1
    29
  44. 44
    JOG

    26A Do some cardio

    1
    28
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    ERICIDLE

    3D Monty Python member

    1
    14
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    THIGHS

    22A KFC servings

    1
    10
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    LATENS

    38A Grows darker

    1
    8
  48. 48
    IZOD

    52D Preppy shirt brand

    0
    70
  49. 49
    BLY

    54A Nellie who circled the world

    0
    25
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    ILET

    55A "How could ___ this happen?"

    0
    23
  51. 51
    BABAS

    5A Cakes with a kick

    0
    18
  52. 52
    DETAIL

    31A Bullet-point item

    0
    17
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    TATERS

    43D Home runs, in slang

    0
    16
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    FARED

    49D Got along

    0
    12
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    NEALON

    42D "S.N.L." alum Kevin

    0
    12
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    POODLE

    10D Sometimes-dyed dog

    0
    10
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    HARA

    13A ___-kiri

    0
    8
  58. 58
    BIKO

    7D Steven ___, subject of "Cry Freedom"

    0
    6
  59. 59
    NFLER

    48D Buc or Niner

    0
    6
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    PINER

    15D Yearning sort

    0
    6
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    SHR

    20D Stock unit: Abbr.

    0
    6
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    GEED

    23D Turned right, like Dobbin

    0
    5
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    LAZAR

    56A Agent Swifty

    0
    5
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    AREED

    29A Thin as ___

    0
    4
  65. 65
    OUTATE

    11D Bested at Nathan's on July 4, e.g.

    0
    4
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    XRAYED

    12D Got an inside look at?

    0
    4
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    CHEETOS debut

    1D Orange munchies

    0
    3
  68. 68
    PLAYSET debut

    40D Jungle gym, swings, etc.

    0
    3
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    AEROBICS

    36D Gym class set to music

    0
    2
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    YEARLONG debut

    37D Like many magazine subscriptions

    0
    2
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    BADTHROW debut

    2D Ball field error

    0
    1
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    SATONFRIDAY debut

    50A Ironic exam schedule?

    0
    1
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    SUNONMONDAY debut

    20A Ironic weather forecast?

    0
    1
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    WEDONTHURSDAY debut

    33A Ironic marriage plan?

    0
    1