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Wednesday · 78 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    ASIA

    15A It's east of Europe

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    OMNI

    19A Prefix with present

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    218
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    EELS

    63D Sushi fish

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    STIR

    13D Kool-Aid instruction

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    292
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    SRO

    51A Sellout sign

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    251
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    ADDS

    10A Writes as a postscript, say

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    179
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    OWL

    27A Barn ___

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    DIET

    46A Nuts and fruit, in part, for squirrels

    17
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    IRENE

    17A Cara of "Fame"

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    ALP

    30A Locale for an ibex

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    DEMO

    11D Infomercial part

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    105
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    RIM

    8D Backboard attachment

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    140
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    IRATE

    67A Fuming

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    ALIEN

    53D Bizarre

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    180
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    STET

    62D Typesetting direction

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    225
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    NORI

    64A "Me neither"

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    46
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    ELL

    24A Common desk shape

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    228
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    USO

    66D Tour grp.

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    RUIN

    65A Devastation

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    MDS

    39D E.R. figures

    10
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    OHNO

    68A "Yikes!"

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    PESTO

    35D Sauce made with pine nuts

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    NYC

    54A The Big Apple, for short

    9
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    USURP

    7D Seize

    9
    43
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    DANA

    12D ___ Perino, George W. Bush's last press secretary

    8
    74
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    SONY

    72A Memory Stick manufacturer

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    63
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    ALEE

    3D Sheltered, at sea

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    275
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    USED

    69A Not new

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    165
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    ANDY

    60D Humorist Rooney

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    93
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    MANE

    6D Shock of hair

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    SYS

    49A Method: Abbr.

    6
    79
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    TRACE

    44A Hint

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    62
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    ANGEL

    70A Christmas tree decoration

    6
    47
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    SNOB

    56D Hardly the hoi polloi type

    5
    105
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    SAGS

    61D Downturns

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    54
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    POSER

    23D Baffling problem

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    42
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    ARNO

    58D Florence's river

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    143
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    FEAR

    36A "___ is not a lasting teacher of duty": Cicero

    4
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    STELLA

    5D ___ Artois (beer)

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    42
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    DUMB

    38A Senseless

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    29
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    NSYNC

    43D "This I Promise You" group, 2000

    3
    52
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    FEAT

    16A Quite an achievement

    3
    47
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    GETAT

    42D Suggest

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    41
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    PEKOE

    25A Tea type

    3
    41
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    HOHO

    57D Syllables from Santa

    3
    40
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    NUMB

    18A Senseless

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    34
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    ICARUS

    48D Hubristic flier of myth

    3
    20
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    UPROAR

    22A Hullabaloo

    3
    17
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    MISSTEP

    32A Error

    3
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    HURT

    2D Offended

    2
    45
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    DONEE

    4D Gift recipient

    2
    37
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    BOON

    71A Godsend

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    31
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    TUNIS

    33D North African capital

    2
    17
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    CHIS

    1D X X X

    2
    16
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    SACRA

    52A Via ___ (main street of ancient Rome)

    2
    12
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    MURK

    6A It's difficult to see through

    2
    9
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    KABUKI

    9D Japanese dance-drama

    2
    7
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    EDGER

    34D Lawn tool

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    43
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    SHASTA

    56A Second-highest peak in the Cascades

    1
    37
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    EMBERS

    26D Poker targets?

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    13
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    PULSAR

    31D Distant radiation source

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    13
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    CYSTS

    73A Anatomical sacs

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    11
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    LACROSSE

    59A Sport not played officially in the Olympics since 1908

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    11
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    OFFTO

    27D Leaving for

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    11
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    CORNY

    55D Not subtle, as humor

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    10
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    OSSETIA

    47A Rebellious region of the Caucasus

    1
    3
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    SSRS

    45A Ukraine and others, once: Abbr.

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    CHADS

    1A Punched-out parts of paper ballots

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    12
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    EAUDE

    40A ___ vie

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    AFORESAID

    10D Raised above?

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    LAVAS

    29D Aa and pahoehoe

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    4
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    WEIRS

    28D Small dams

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    4
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    RECESSION

    37D Downturn

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    HULOT debut

    14A Monsieur ___ (Jacques Tati role)

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    2
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    STEELIER

    20A Stronger and harder

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    2
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    FIVEGOLDENRINGS debut

    41A One set of gifts in "The 12 Days of Christmas" ... as suggested by the circled squares?

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    1
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    ILLDO debut

    21D "___ Anything" (1994 Nick Nolte/Albert Brooks film)

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    1
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    SYRIAC debut

    50D Ancient Mideast language

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    1