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Wednesday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ALA

    14A Patterned after

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    513
  2. 2
    ANT

    32D Aardvark's morsel

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    401
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    ERE

    70A Bard's preposition

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    602
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    ICE

    6D It might go away for the summer

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    391
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    TNT

    30D Discharge letters?

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    338
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    LIE

    37D Factor in club selection

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    318
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    OPERA

    59D Record store section

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    247
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    ASK

    47A "Fire away!"

    24
    204
  9. 9
    REV

    28A Clerical nickname

    24
    147
  10. 10
    SEW

    45A Make darts, say

    20
    169
  11. 11
    PESO

    46A Bit of dinero

    20
    131
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    EOS

    38D Canon offering

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    173
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    IMP

    33A Little pain in the you-know-where

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    166
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    TOT

    65D Rug rat

    16
    200
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    IVE

    66D "You're all ___ got"

    15
    158
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    THAI

    30A Cuisine in which "phat mama" is a noodle dish

    15
    130
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    SNO

    39D Nestlé ___ Caps

    14
    188
  18. 18
    LARA

    27A ___ Croft (Angelina Jolie role)

    14
    138
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    ADORE

    10D Be wild for

    13
    184
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    REA

    41D Stephen of "Citizen X"

    12
    201
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    RAW

    1A Like a new recruit

    12
    139
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    SINE

    19D It has a reciprocal function

    12
    102
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    PCS

    34D IBM-compatibles, e.g.

    11
    109
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    PET

    67A Adopt-a-thon adoptee

    10
    149
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    LAD

    73A One in knickers

    10
    140
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    IDIOM

    16A "In the red," e.g.

    10
    68
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    ERECT

    20A At attention

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    150
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    SITAR

    11D Instrument with sympathetic strings

    9
    73
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    RAMEN

    1D Noodle dish

    9
    43
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    EMOTE

    13D Act badly, in a way

    8
    152
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    ISLES

    35A Archipelago makeup

    7
    79
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    IWIN

    43D "Heads ___, tails ..."

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    42
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    NOTED

    60D Jotted down

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    40
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    ERSE

    26A Gaelic tongue

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    160
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    LASER

    55D ___ tag

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    71
  36. 36
    VIP

    29D Big wheel

    6
    51
  37. 37
    REFI

    42D Lower one's A.P.R., perhaps

    6
    36
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    HOIST

    4A Raise, as Old Glory

    6
    29
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    SNOB

    48D Elitist

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    105
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    TEMPO

    63A Presto or largo

    5
    47
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    HANS

    62D A Katzenjammer kid

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    45
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    HAMS

    25D Prosciutto and others

    4
    44
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    TREMOR

    8D Something a seismograph picks up

    4
    33
  44. 44
    WASTE

    9A Fritter away

    3
    41
  45. 45
    ESSEN

    68A Krupp Works city

    2
    126
  46. 46
    LEERS

    71A Dirty looks?

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    50
  47. 47
    DUEL

    52A Contest with seconds

    2
    48
  48. 48
    WING

    9D Buffalo ___

    2
    44
  49. 49
    OCCUR

    15A Come to mind

    2
    37
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    STPETE

    36D Tropicana Field site, informally

    2
    27
  51. 51
    HOTTEA

    4D Cold sufferer's drink

    2
    21
  52. 52
    FIFE

    50A Instrument in the painting "The Spirit of '76"

    2
    20
  53. 53
    IMPEL

    58D Urge forward

    1
    49
  54. 54
    TITHE

    44A Mormon's obligation

    1
    46
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    TOWNS

    12D Dots on a map

    1
    19
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    DROVE

    69A Took a spin

    1
    16
  57. 57
    PRIE

    24D ___-dieu

    1
    16
  58. 58
    THERESNOTWO debut

    18A With 64-Across, words of certainty ... or a hint to 23-, 40- and 56-Across

    1
    2
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    WAYSABOUTIT debut

    64A See 18-Across

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    2
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    ALERO

    2D Last Oldsmobile

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    66
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    OATER

    72A "Cowboy and the Senorita," e.g.

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    63
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    HOI

    31D ___ polloi

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    52
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    DOWEL

    52D Carpentry peg

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    21
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    ELYSE

    54D "Family Ties" mother

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    21
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    SURER

    7D Not so iffy

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    21
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    MEX

    17A NAFTA signatory: Abbr.

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    20
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    UKASE

    53D Czar's edict

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    15
  68. 68
    MAURA

    57D Tierney of "ER"

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    12
  69. 69
    OCH

    5D Gaelic "Gee!"

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    11
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    OKLAHOMA

    61A Where the Joads were driven from

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    9
  71. 71
    WAXER

    3D Car wash machine

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    8
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    FATTER

    51D Like a "before" versus "after" photo subject, say

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    7
  73. 73
    CALIPH

    21D Self-proclaimed leader of ISIS, e.g.

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    5
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    KOMODO

    49D ___ dragon (huge lizard)

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    5
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    EMIGRANT

    22A One headed for Ellis Island, say

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    3
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    NOMINATION debut

    56A Convention outcome

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    1
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    NONPRESCRIPTION debut

    40A Like Advil vis-à-vis Vicodin

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    1
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    NORAEPHRON debut

    23A "Silkwood" screenwriter

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    1