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Wednesday · 78 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ABBA

    57D "SOS" band

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    192
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    UBER

    61A Above, in Berlin

    25
    119
  3. 3
    ABE

    31A Former New York mayor Beame

    18
    274
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    SCAB

    9A Strikebreaker

    17
    101
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    ABCS

    18A Basics

    16
    133
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    ABUT

    2D Border on

    15
    135
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    ELBA

    15A "Able was I ere I saw ___"

    13
    132
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    BIO

    62D Life, briefly

    13
    123
  9. 9
    NBC

    7D Brian Williams's network

    12
    90
  10. 10
    REBA

    28D Sitcom with the character B.J.

    10
    132
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    ABIT

    27D Before long, after "in"

    9
    100
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    ABHOR

    29A Not be able to stomach

    9
    67
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    SAAB

    69A "Born from jets" sloganeer

    8
    94
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    EBBS

    24A Flows back

    7
    90
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    ABETS

    25A Helps in a bank heist, say

    7
    75
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    LAMB

    60A Kebab meat

    7
    74
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    BABA

    1A Ali ___ of "The Arabian Nights"

    7
    66
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    ABOUT

    21D Bring ___ (cause)

    6
    52
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    BEEB

    56D English broadcaster, with "the"

    6
    29
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    BIEN

    65A Opposite of badly: Fr.

    6
    28
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    ALBA

    64A ___ Longa, where Romulus and Remus were born

    5
    76
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    SWAB

    59D Shipboard mop

    5
    71
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    BLAB

    55D Babble

    5
    49
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    BANS

    26D Prohibitions

    5
    42
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    BEBE

    54A Neuwirth of Broadway

    5
    41
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    BANC

    5A French bench

    5
    34
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    BOSSY

    48A Bovine nickname

    5
    30
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    GOBI

    35D Expanse south of Ulan Bator

    4
    62
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    BLUE

    36D Bawdy

    4
    58
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    RAMBO

    53D "First Blood" protagonist

    4
    38
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    DEBRA

    66A Raymond's wife on "Everybody Loves Raymond"

    4
    34
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    BAGS

    1D Pocketbooks

    4
    30
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    BUB

    47A Buddy

    4
    24
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    ELBOW

    63A Bendable body part

    3
    55
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    BOLO

    42A Cowboy's tie

    3
    36
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    BARD

    12D Shakespeare or Browning

    3
    31
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    BYOB

    30D Part of an invitation to an imbiber

    3
    29
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    ABBEY

    29D Setting for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose"

    3
    28
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    NIBS

    38A His ___ (the boss)

    3
    27
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    SOBE

    68A Juice brand

    3
    22
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    BEALE

    52D Memphis street with many jazz clubs

    3
    16
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    BEANS

    5D Baked ___

    2
    27
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    BOSE

    44D Big name in speakers

    2
    24
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    TABOR

    40A Its beat may accompany a fife

    2
    23
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    BRUSH

    52A Scrubber

    2
    12
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    BARRIO

    26A Bodega setting

    2
    11
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    SUBURBAN debut

    39D Beyond the city limits

    2
    4
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    BARS

    33D Beer places

    1
    54
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    ALBS

    6D Priests' robes

    1
    35
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    ABOMB

    13A Big blast maker, for short

    1
    29
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    REBEL

    41D Disobedient sort

    1
    28
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    ABBR

    19A Lb. or oz., e.g.

    1
    26
  53. 53
    ABBAS

    11D P.L.O. bigwig Mahmoud

    1
    19
  54. 54
    PABA

    16A Letters on beach lotion

    1
    16
  55. 55
    BELLES

    51D Ball girls

    1
    10
  56. 56
    CASBAH

    8D Citadel, in Arabic

    1
    9
  57. 57
    BABIES

    50A Cribs hold them

    1
    4
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    BELLLABS

    56A Research group associated with many Nobel Prizes in Physics

    1
    3
  59. 59
    CABOT

    10D Actor Sebastian

    0
    22
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    BORA

    58D When doubled, a Polynesian island

    0
    20
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    BERNE

    54D Capital SSW of Basel

    0
    15
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    BEARER

    55A ___ of bad news

    0
    11
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    AMBLER

    4D One walking comfortably

    0
    10
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    STAUB

    43A Baseball's Rusty

    0
    10
  65. 65
    REBEC

    45A Old stringed instrument with a narrow body

    0
    9
  66. 66
    SPARERIB

    9D Barbecue item

    0
    8
  67. 67
    SHRUBS

    49D Bougainvillea and others

    0
    6
  68. 68
    BEON

    67A "___ your best behavior"

    0
    4
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    BOBBIN

    14D Ribbon holder, maybe

    0
    4
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    GUMBO

    17A Southern cousin of bouillabaisse

    0
    4
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    RIGBY

    34A The Beatles' "Eleanor ___"

    0
    4
  72. 72
    BYROAD debut

    22A Subsidiary route

    0
    3
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    STALBANS

    20A Locale of Britain's first Christian martyr

    0
    3
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    NUBBY

    32A Uneven, as fabric

    0
    2
  75. 75
    BOMA debut

    3D Capital of the former Belgian Congo

    0
    1
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    CABLED debut

    46D Sent a message before fax machines, say

    0
    1
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    YBOR debut

    23D ___ City (Tampa neighborhood)

    0
    1
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    YOBS debut

    37D Rowdies, in British slang

    0
    1