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Wednesday · 74 answers · 3 debuts

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

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    ERIE

    33D Buffalo's county

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    510
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    EASE

    68A Lessen, with "off"

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    334
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    OGRE

    1D Man-eater

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    ORCA

    18A 1977 film described by Leonard Maltin as "For undiscriminating action fans whose idea of entertainment is watching Bo [Derek] getting her leg bitten off"

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    EAT

    42A Sup

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    AMI

    31A Bon ___

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    EROS

    67A Sexual love

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    ELK

    35D Yellowstone herd

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    IDOL

    3D Revered one

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    PELE

    52A National hero of Brazil

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    OTIS

    1A Singer Williams of the Temptations

    20
    251
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    EDYS

    57D Freezer section brand

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    106
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    IRENE

    32A "The woman," to Sherlock Holmes

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    BAA

    30D Ovine cry

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    167
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    SLO

    5D ___-pitch softball

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    NORA

    34D Writer/director Ephron

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    139
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    LEGO

    60A Toy behind several international theme parks

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    NILE

    59A Title river in a Christie mystery

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    CAST

    66A Throw, as a shadow

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    ASSAM

    41A Indian state known for its tea

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    63
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    BEG

    30A "I ___ to differ"

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    59
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    IRK

    43A Tick off

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    112
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    TOOL

    2D Jack, hammer or jackhammer

    7
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    BRAS

    63A They're measured in cups

    7
    59
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    REAM

    24A Set of sheets?

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    AARP

    39D Org. promoting Social Security solvency

    6
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    OSHEA

    12D "Ulysses" actor Milo

    6
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    CORN

    6D Ears you may bite on

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    49
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    EGGO

    54D Freezer section brand

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    PECS

    27D They're between delts and abs

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    51
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    OAS

    61D Western Hemisphere grp.

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    AIMEE

    29D Musical Mann

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    STYES

    40D Eye sores

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    CLASP

    10D Necklace feature

    4
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    AKIRA

    50D Director Kurosawa

    4
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    VEGA

    64A Suzanne with the 1987 hit "Luka"

    4
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    PLUS

    16A +

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    SCUD

    5A "Toy Story" dog that shares its name with a missile

    3
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    MSNBC

    49D "All In With Chris Hayes" network

    3
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    IMHIT

    38D Call preceding "Medic!"

    3
    12
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    SILAS

    51D Uncle on "Duck Dynasty"

    2
    41
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    GODOT

    13A Samuel Beckett's "En attendant ___"

    2
    26
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    UGHS

    28D Not music to a chef's ears

    2
    26
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    VENEER

    46D Facade

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    ROOMY

    17A Spacious

    2
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    FRODO

    62A Nine-fingered hobbit

    2
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    DEARIE

    48D Sweetie pie

    2
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    SEAMEN

    55A All hands on deck?

    2
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    TUTSI

    11D People of Rwanda

    2
    16
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    TYRES

    14D They roll around in London

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    4
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    ECTO

    9A Outer: Prefix

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    HATH

    19A Owneth

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    EVOLVE

    45D Change over time

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    LYRIC

    23D "I can't get no satisfaction," e.g.

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    MGMT

    25D Corp. leadership

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    NOTIME

    58D "Sorry, gotta run!"

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    RATSNEST

    37D Total mess

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    ILEFT

    47D "___ My Heart in San Francisco"

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    9
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    YAYAS

    21D "Get Yer ___ Out!" (Rolling Stones album)

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    9
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    DIABLO

    8D Dios's enemy

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    8
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    MONA

    56D Poet ___ Van Duyn

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    67
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    LONI

    15A Actress Anderson

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    TINYTIM

    65A Speaker of the words in the circled squares, expressed literally

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    ELLERY

    20A ___ Queen

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    EPHEMERA

    9D Things meant to be used and then thrown away

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    SOMERS

    4D Suzanne of "Three's Company"

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    OLYMPIA

    26A West Coast capital

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    UNCOOL

    7D Like wearing socks with sandals, say

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    6
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    MASSIVE

    49A Big, big, big

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    NOBLESSE

    22A French upper crust

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    5
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    ACHRISTMASCAROL

    36A Novella whose final words are found in the circled squares

    0
    4
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    PUSSYGALORE debut

    27A "Goldfinger" temptress

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    2
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    SKINTONE debut

    53A Complexion

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    1
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    THEVERYIDEA debut

    44A "Nonsense!"

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    1