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Wednesday · 81 answers · 3 debuts

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

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    SPA

    31A Mother's Day destination, maybe

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    EPEE

    50D Poker game?

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    343
  3. 3
    ART

    60A Surprising discovery at the Lascaux cave that's 17,000 years old

    40
    384
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    ADE

    38A Hot weather cooler

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    277
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    EAST

    45D Big ___

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    285
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    BRA

    63A Supporter of a sort

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    229
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    EMU

    69D Bird with calf muscles

    27
    295
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    OIL

    10D Big Alaska resource

    27
    282
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    ERASE

    49A Wipe, as a hard drive

    24
    295
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    SAP

    54A Easy April Fools' victim

    24
    194
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    ESS

    12D Suffix with count

    22
    413
  12. 12
    ACTS

    59D Pulls the trigger, so to speak

    21
    214
  13. 13
    ANON

    64D Not long from now

    20
    275
  14. 14
    ITO

    48A "How was ___ know?"

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    240
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    EBB

    29A Decline, as in popularity

    20
    182
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    ESL

    4D Class for a future citizen, for short

    18
    153
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    BRO

    30D Dude

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    147
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    PIE

    47D Faceful for a clown

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    183
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    SAC

    43A Yolk container

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    167
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    WAR

    66A Word with cry or crime

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    149
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    UDON

    41A Hot Japanese bowlful

    15
    56
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    SCAT

    32A Riff, vocally

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    141
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    NIA

    68D Long of Showtime's "House of Lies"

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    138
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    DIP

    42A Slight downturn

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    111
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    TREAT

    58A Dog biscuit, e.g.

    13
    94
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    MEL

    11D With 67-Down, Polo Grounds star

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    151
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    TECH

    65A Programming pro, e.g.

    12
    101
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    ENS

    70D Type units

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    270
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    OTT

    67D See 11-Down

    10
    193
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    USERS

    1D ___ manual

    10
    96
  31. 31
    LOP

    36D Cut (off)

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    99
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    TODATE

    71A So far

    7
    34
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    HEY

    55A Casual greeting

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    87
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    WAY

    6D Direction

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    47
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    WERE

    14D "___ back"

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    91
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    TRENT

    62D Council site of 1545

    5
    59
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    URGED

    1A Pushed

    5
    33
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    XED

    21A Struck (out)

    4
    58
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    NOBEL

    8D See 15-Down

    4
    30
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    DEANS

    23A ___ list

    3
    46
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    PRIZE

    57D See 15-Down

    3
    26
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    NITS

    52A Lousy eggs?

    2
    58
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    MASC

    20D Like some Fr. nouns

    2
    40
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    REVUE

    2D Stage offering

    2
    30
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    GIMME

    51A "I want that ... NOW!"

    2
    26
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    MICRO

    33A Modern prefix with aggression

    2
    25
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    GETUP

    56A "Out of bed!"

    2
    19
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    RADIUM

    27D Bygone component in luminous paint

    2
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    IRMA

    19A Rombauer of cooking

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    RATON

    61D Finger

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    43
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    SEESAW

    13A Vacillate

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    42
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    DIDNT

    76A Failed to

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    22
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    EVOLVE

    16A Develop over time

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    20
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    ILEX

    7D Holly tree

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    18
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    INATIE

    34D How about one in three pro soccer games ends

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    17
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    SAUD

    24D Mideast royal house

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    16
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    EYEBALLS

    17A Scrutinizes

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    6
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    SOURON

    74A Grow tired of

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    6
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    SUBLET

    53D Apartment hunter's option

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    6
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    DAVIDBOWIE

    5D Rock star who refused a 37-Down in 2003

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    3
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    MUSING

    33D Often-idle thought

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    3
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    RUR

    18A 1921 play that introduced the word "robot"

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    69
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    NCR

    40D Big A.T.M. maker

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    46
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    STEPPE

    28D Onetime home of the Huns

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    29
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    DUI

    72D Some bad P.R. for a celeb

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    25
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    SPADES

    9D Black suit

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    21
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    ONELINER

    67A Quick quip

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    19
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    SEG

    22A Part of a geom. line

    0
    19
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    ICEL

    44A Home of the elves known as huldufólk: Abbr.

    0
    13
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    CAULK

    35A Certain sealant

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    11
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    TIMEZONE

    73A Vertical strip on a map

    0
    7
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    WINSOME

    6A Charming

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    6
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    LEARS

    25A Some jets

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    4
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    ACADEMYAWARD

    26D See 3-Down

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    3
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    JALOPIES

    15A Hardly luxury cars

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    3
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    GEORGECSCOTT

    3D Actor who refused a 26-Down in 1971

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    2
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    PIPEUP

    46A Join the conversation

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    2
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    TAUTENS debut

    75A Takes up the slack?

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    2
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    UNSOWN

    39A Like virgin soil

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    2
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    JEANPAULSARTRE debut

    15D Playwright who refused an 8-/57-Down in 1964

    0
    1
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    KNIGHTHOOD debut

    37D See 5-Down

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    1