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Wednesday · 78 answers · 8 debuts

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

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    ASS

    65D Zebra relative

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    409
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    ERR

    55A Act humanly

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    522
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    NSA

    37A "Red Storm Rising" grp.

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    233
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    ISLE

    30D Elba, for one

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    316
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    TOE

    58D Ungulate's hoof, essentially

    29
    293
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    TMI

    33A Pa. accident site of 1979

    27
    122
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    SIS

    19D Auntie, to Mom

    26
    210
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    ITS

    32A Often-misused possessive

    23
    257
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    NOS

    14D ZIP codes, e.g.: Abbr.

    21
    156
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    STE

    28D Division of an office bldg.

    20
    274
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    ARC

    59A Curve

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    265
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    ANNA

    63D "X-Men" actress Paquin

    17
    239
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    OMAN

    16A Eastern sultanate

    17
    201
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    LAS

    23A Jalisco article

    17
    173
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    LYE

    43D More common name for caustic soda

    17
    146
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    SLAT

    9D Unit for a chairmaker

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    141
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    RATE

    11D Words per minute, e.g.

    16
    182
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    ABCS

    51A Z is the last of them

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    133
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    ICES

    35D Hot-weather treats

    14
    120
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    SPED

    72A Lost no time

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    154
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    ENTS

    27A Middle-earth creatures

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    84
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    RBIS

    64D Yount had 1,406 of them

    12
    83
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    ROSS

    71A Katharine of "The Graduate"

    11
    98
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    OSSO

    61D Veal dish ___ bucco

    10
    64
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    COLA

    1A Aerated beverage

    9
    116
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    ASIF

    4D "Pshaw!," to a Valley girl

    9
    105
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    YOU

    48A Xavier Cugat film "___ Were Never Lovelier"

    9
    83
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    ETHIC

    22D Body of principles

    8
    74
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    NNE

    25A La.-to-Mich. dir.

    7
    205
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    ETD

    47A When to take off: Abbr.

    7
    113
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    PERT

    10D Vivacious

    6
    97
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    ANTES

    57D Throws in a chip

    6
    92
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    SMUT

    31D Filth

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    82
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    NOTRE

    5D Québécois's "our"

    6
    46
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    SEISM

    36A Quake

    5
    23
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    LEARN

    44A Verse oneself in

    4
    60
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    ESA

    26D Conductor ___-Pekka Salonen

    3
    93
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    MALI

    34D Guinea's neighbor to the northeast

    3
    91
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    AMAS

    15A Domitian's "you love"

    3
    73
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    NOME

    5A Bering Sea port

    3
    65
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    BADRAP

    52D Quite an injustice

    3
    13
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    ERTE

    68A Harper's Bazaar illustrator of the 1910s-'30s

    2
    165
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    ARISEN

    65A Emerged

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    43
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    LEADTO

    17A Forerun

    2
    13
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    SEURAT

    24A Kröller-Müller Museum artist

    2
    13
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    HASIT

    40D Knows the answer

    2
    9
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    EDA

    42D LeShan who wrote child-care books

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    61
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    CREATE

    53D Result in

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    29
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    IATE

    69A "It must've been something ___"

    1
    28
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    INTHAT

    56A Because

    1
    11
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    ARTOIS

    20A Historical region of France

    1
    10
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    SEESIN

    67A Greets at the door

    1
    10
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    RUNOVER

    45D Not stay within the allotted time

    1
    7
  54. 54
    MEIN

    62D Words after let or count

    0
    32
  55. 55
    ISSUES

    49A YM or Us output

    0
    19
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    LDL

    43A Under 100 mg per deciliter of this is considered optimal

    0
    14
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    OMAHAN

    2D Native Nebraskan

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    12
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    SPRAIN

    9A Common ankle injury

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    11
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    CATTLE

    1D "Moo" makers

    0
    10
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    MATHIS

    29A "No Love (But Your Love)" singer, 1958

    0
    9
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    NETZERO

    46D Online option since 1998

    0
    9
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    SEDONA

    70A John McCain ranch locale

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    8
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    SCREED

    54D Speech that harangues

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    6
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    SHIRTS

    50D Polos, e.g.

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    6
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    ADORNING

    12D Xmas tree activity

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    3
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    ENDLATE

    8D Take too long

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    3
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    MANTRAS

    7D Sacred words repeated in prayer

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    3
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    THEFIRSTLETTERS

    21A Including 38-, 41- and 60-Across, a description of this puzzle's theme

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    3
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    ITISNTSO debut

    13D "You're wrong!"

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    2
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    LAXEST debut

    3D Overpermissive to the extreme

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    2
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    ODORFREE

    38D Incapable of being detected, in a way

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    2
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    OMASUM

    6D Ruminant's third stomach

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    2
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    CLUEGO debut

    41A Third part of the description

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    1
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    FLURRIED debut

    39D Just left a dusting, say

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    1
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    FROMATOZINORDER debut

    60A Description's end

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    1
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    OFEACH debut

    38A Second part of the description

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    1
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    TAXISTAND debut

    18A Grand Central Terminal sight

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    1
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    VERTEBRAE debut

    66A Facet joints connect them

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    1