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Wednesday · 78 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    AREA

    11D Domain

    46
    631
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    EGO

    38A A star may have a big one

    42
    393
  3. 3
    ANTI

    58D Opposed to

    32
    364
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    ASA

    6D Simile's center

    27
    230
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    AFAR

    18A From a distance

    25
    233
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    ARENA

    14A Boxing locale

    24
    334
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    ASK

    47D Pop a question

    24
    204
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    ITS

    24A "___ not my fault!"

    23
    257
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    ERIN

    49A Limerick's land

    19
    279
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    URN

    42D Coffee container

    19
    244
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    AGES

    6A Grows old

    19
    202
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    REAL

    61D "Keep it ___"

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    160
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    SEEN

    30D Spotted

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    170
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    IMAC

    12D Computer that once came in Bondi Blue

    16
    154
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    ACTI

    66A When the nude scene occurs in 10-Across

    16
    129
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    PHI

    23D Greek symbol for the golden ratio

    15
    112
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    LANE

    5D Lovers' ___

    14
    142
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    BAA

    27D Sheep's sound

    13
    167
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    REIN

    69A Dancer's strap?

    12
    147
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    TKOS

    70A Ring results, briefly

    12
    73
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    AGEE

    31D James who co-wrote the script for 39-Across

    10
    201
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    AJAR

    56D Cracked

    10
    192
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    SAME

    15A [See blurb]

    9
    107
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    ROAM

    63A Wander

    9
    94
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    SUIT

    67A [See blurb]

    9
    70
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    RABBI

    1D One of three people walking into a bar, in jokes

    9
    58
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    OATES

    68A Hall's partner in pop music

    8
    70
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    HAIR

    10A "Easy to Be Hard" musical

    7
    90
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    ORBIT

    2D Go around

    5
    64
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    LEASH

    55D Dog restraint

    5
    49
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    MTS

    64D Peaks: Abbr.

    4
    57
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    NADIR

    21D Low point

    4
    49
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    GAFFE

    7D Faux pas

    4
    30
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    THIRST

    48D Strong desire

    4
    14
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    TONY

    32D Playwright's prize

    3
    59
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    RANK

    13D Captain, for one

    3
    48
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    GERM

    35D It might make you sick

    2
    52
  38. 38
    MCI

    36D Former telecom giant

    2
    48
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    ROYAL

    1A [See blurb]

    2
    44
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    BIDE

    27A Wait

    2
    38
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    BAL

    53A French dance

    2
    31
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    INF

    28D Like Beethoven's Symphony No. 8

    2
    30
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    JEAN

    19A Shepherd who co-wrote "A Christmas Story"

    2
    28
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    LUCE

    57D Time founder Henry

    2
    19
  45. 45
    SAGET

    37D Bob of "Full House"

    2
    19
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    COMBAT

    45A Warfare

    2
    14
  47. 47
    EMALL

    8D "Kill ___" (Metallica's triple-platinum debut album)

    2
    6
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    OTIC

    33D Ear-related

    1
    67
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    IER

    43A Suffix with front

    1
    55
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    BANTU

    53D Zulu, e.g.

    1
    33
  51. 51
    ASHANTI

    50A One-named female singer with the 2002 #1 hit "Foolish"

    1
    20
  52. 52
    SERAPH

    9D One of the highest order of angels

    1
    14
  53. 53
    AIRACE

    59A *Shooting star?

    1
    12
  54. 54
    HISSAT

    29A Show disdain for, in a way

    1
    12
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    SENNA

    65A Medicinal shrub

    0
    24
  56. 56
    NGAIO

    52D Mystery writer Marsh

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    20
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    ANUT

    4D "... some kind of ___?"

    0
    19
  58. 58
    BBGUN

    17A Requested gift in "A Christmas Story"

    0
    19
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    ANOUK

    51D Actress Aimée of "La Dolce Vita"

    0
    18
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    QUI

    41D "___ transtulit sustinet" (motto of Connecticut)

    0
    15
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    RHEO

    34D Prefix with -stat

    0
    11
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    YEGGS

    3D Safecrackers

    0
    9
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    ARMA

    16A First word of the "Aeneid"

    0
    8
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    THEAFRICANQUEEN

    39A *1951 Bogart/Hepburn film

    0
    8
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    ADELPHI

    25A Long Island university

    0
    7
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    ISOF

    60D "It ___ no concern"

    0
    7
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    JUNK

    62A Kind of mail

    0
    7
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    FLUSH

    71A [See blurb]

    0
    5
  69. 69
    ACNES

    54D Dermatologists' concerns

    0
    4
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    ALANKING

    56A *Billy Crystal's "Memories of Me" co-star

    0
    4
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    FLAPJACK

    22A *Pancake

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    4
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    BIGTEN

    20A *Midwest conference

    0
    3
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    NORIA

    40D Waterwheel

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    3
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    HAJJIS

    10D Pilgrims to Mecca

    0
    2
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    BANKIN debut

    46D Shoot off the backboard successfully

    0
    1
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    DESIS debut

    26D Lucy's husband and son

    0
    1
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    ORGANISMS debut

    33A Creatures

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    1
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    SIGOURNEY debut

    44A Weaver of tales on the big screen

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    1