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Wednesday · 76 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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    ELI

    60D QB Manning

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    599
  2. 2
    ARE

    11A "We ___ the 99%"

    57
    533
  3. 3
    TAR

    16A ___ Heels (college team)

    26
    351
  4. 4
    ALTO

    38A Kind of clef

    25
    290
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    IOTA

    28D I as in Ilium?

    25
    243
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    ARLO

    17A First name in folk

    24
    245
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    ASK

    62A "Shoot!"

    24
    204
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    OSHA

    64A Hazmat-monitoring org.

    24
    192
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    SCAR

    1D Mark for life

    20
    188
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    SIN

    19A Confessional confession

    20
    177
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    STYE

    37D Eyelid woe

    20
    162
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    URN

    58A Ashes holder

    19
    244
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    ATSEA

    11D Where hurricanes originate

    18
    194
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    ESTEE

    44A Lauder of cosmetics

    18
    185
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    NASA

    55D Friendship org. of 1962

    18
    174
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    ISLA

    3D Tierra surrounded by agua

    17
    119
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    DES

    65A Prefix in some French surnames

    16
    154
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    ELITE

    32D A-listers

    15
    168
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    EYRE

    2D See 7-Down

    15
    150
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    CUE

    9D Word before card or stick

    14
    140
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    NONE

    33D Slim to ___ (poor odds)

    14
    132
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    TONI

    35D "Mickey" vocalist ___ Basil

    14
    117
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    HOLE

    27D Tunnel, e.g.

    12
    89
  24. 24
    EENY

    24A Counting-out rhyme start

    12
    83
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    MESA

    30D Natural table

    11
    151
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    NAST

    67A Condé ___

    11
    98
  27. 27
    ERNST

    13D With 61-Across, physicist who studied supersonics

    9
    101
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    MEAL

    21D ___ plan

    9
    89
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    LOOSE

    39A Like a fugitive

    7
    58
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    IDIG

    54D Hippie's "Got it!"

    7
    52
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    WHAT

    57D Word from the hard-of-hearing

    7
    38
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    SCENES

    45D Act parts

    7
    36
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    REAM

    41A Berate, with "out"

    6
    113
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    CZAR

    26D Executive branch V.I.P.

    6
    96
  35. 35
    ITEMS

    22A Checkout counter count

    6
    79
  36. 36
    SEIS

    1A Dos + dos + dos

    6
    37
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    ELDER

    51D One with seniority

    5
    84
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    APRON

    5D Butcher's wear

    5
    60
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    CYST

    14A Dermatologist's concern

    5
    39
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    PLANE

    50D Hughes's Spruce Goose, e.g.

    5
    39
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    UMAMI

    29A Taste whose name means "savoriness" in Japanese

    5
    34
  42. 42
    MACH

    61A See 13-Down

    5
    33
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    ELAINE

    63A "Seinfeld" woman

    4
    101
  44. 44
    EGGY

    8D Like a soufflé

    4
    32
  45. 45
    CURSE

    48D Wish evil on

    4
    29
  46. 46
    RAIMI

    12D "Spider-Man" director Sam

    4
    24
  47. 47
    EXAM

    43D Part of a dental visit

    3
    116
  48. 48
    OCHS

    56D Phil who sang "Draft Dodger Rag"

    3
    67
  49. 49
    PEAL

    50A Big Ben sound

    3
    55
  50. 50
    TOUT

    40A Hype up

    3
    42
  51. 51
    JANE

    7D With 2-Down, book that includes the line "Conventionality is not morality"

    2
    43
  52. 52
    CHINA

    26A Good dishes

    2
    40
  53. 53
    NULL

    36D Empty, as a math set

    2
    38
  54. 54
    OINKS

    49D Farm sounds

    2
    32
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    KASEM

    25D Casey of "American Top 40"

    2
    23
  56. 56
    USONE

    29D Rte. with a terminus in Key West, Fla.

    2
    18
  57. 57
    PRAGUE

    15A Capital on the Vltava River

    2
    9
  58. 58
    KUWAIT

    25A Oil-rich nation invaded in 1990

    2
    6
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    QUITE

    52A To a great extent

    1
    15
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    SCONCE

    47A Torch holder

    1
    15
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    TEDIUM

    10D Rote learning, to most people

    1
    12
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    SINGER

    66A Bing Crosby or David Crosby

    1
    8
  63. 63
    ABJECT

    5A Utterly hopeless

    1
    7
  64. 64
    NEWDAD debut

    59A One passing out cigars, maybe

    1
    3
  65. 65
    STNS

    34A Metro map points: Abbr.

    0
    22
  66. 66
    BRINY

    6D Like pickle juice

    0
    14
  67. 67
    SQUAD

    47D Nine, in baseball

    0
    11
  68. 68
    KWAN

    53D Olympic skater Michelle

    0
    8
  69. 69
    INNAMEONLY

    42A *Titularly

    0
    4
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    XFILE

    46A Case for Scully and Mulder

    0
    4
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    RINGED

    18A Like a raccoon's tail

    0
    2
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    KILLMENOW debut

    53A *Sarcastic remark upon hearing bad news

    0
    1
  73. 73
    REALMONEY debut

    20A *What paper profits aren't

    0
    1
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    STOLENMOMENT debut

    4D *Precious, brief time with a loved one

    0
    1
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    TWISTOFLEMON debut

    23D Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue

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    1
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    ZOOMLENSES debut

    31A *Photo gear with variable focal lengths

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    1