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Wednesday · 75 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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    ERA

    47D Long time

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    ARE

    45D The Who's "Who ___ You"

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    533
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    SEA

    33A Vast expanse

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    370
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    EVE

    66A See 64-Across

    34
    373
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    ELS

    12D Center of excellence?

    29
    333
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    APE

    56D Simian cousin of a 55-Down

    28
    415
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    ENDS

    42A Many rushers

    27
    303
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    ABLE

    16A Competent

    25
    259
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    REV

    59D Title for M.L.K. Jr.

    24
    147
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    ABEL

    6D Man's name that's a homophone of 16-Across

    18
    194
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    NEW

    64A With 65- and 66-Across, when to sing the song in the circled squares

    18
    181
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    HBO

    11D "Game of Thrones" airer

    17
    128
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    MAN

    55D Simian cousin of a 56-Down

    16
    118
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    OMG

    3D Modern version of "Jumping Jehoshaphat!"

    16
    86
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    NOSE

    19A Bloodhound's asset

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    188
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    SRS

    43D Soon-to-be grads

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    209
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    RIA

    2D Small inlet

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    128
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    NEATO

    41A "That's really cool!"

    12
    127
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    SIRE

    52D Royal title

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    125
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    ERRED

    31D Goofed

    12
    78
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    YODA

    53D Film character who says "Adventure. Excitement. A Jedi craves not these things"

    12
    73
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    ORDER

    62A "At-ten-SHUN!," e.g.

    11
    88
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    PJS

    1D One- or two-piece attire, for short

    11
    72
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    NERD

    7D Almost any character on "The Big Bang Theory"

    10
    159
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    BAD

    36A Sinful

    9
    109
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    TART

    58A Lip-puckering

    7
    99
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    NERVE

    18A Chutzpah

    7
    56
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    TSE

    60D Trading place in Japan: Abbr.

    6
    228
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    ZEE

    13D Letter after wye

    6
    93
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    IBEAM

    15A Letter-shaped construction piece

    5
    51
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    VPS

    23D No. 2s

    5
    23
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    XED

    29D Struck (out)

    4
    58
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    YVES

    63A Part of Y.S.L.

    4
    50
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    VIOLA

    57A String quartet member

    4
    41
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    YEARS

    65A See 64-Across

    4
    37
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    PEARS

    50D Some still-life fruit

    4
    23
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    DTS

    46A The shakes, for short

    3
    98
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    MALI

    55A Bamako is its capital

    3
    91
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    POETS

    32D See 35-Down

    3
    36
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    ENDOR

    47A Moon in "Return of the Jedi"

    3
    32
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    BIOPIC

    4D "Lincoln" or "Gandhi"

    3
    7
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    BEAT

    35D With 32-Down, 1950s counterculture figures

    2
    63
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    AMTS

    40A Sums: Abbr.

    2
    37
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    MEHTA

    44A Maestro Zubin

    2
    30
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    MANTA

    5A Big ray

    2
    29
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    SAGO

    17A Palm starch

    2
    25
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    SAVOY

    49D Last royal house of Italy

    2
    15
  48. 48
    ICEBOX

    26A Antarctica, so to speak

    2
    10
  49. 49
    APIAN

    21D Beelike

    1
    43
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    JIMI

    14A Last performer at Woodstock, informally

    1
    23
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    PROB

    1A "No ___" ("Sure thing")

    1
    17
  52. 52
    ONANDON

    28D Incessantly

    1
    16
  53. 53
    AMF

    40D Big inits. in bowling

    1
    14
  54. 54
    AMERICANO

    9D Yanqui

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    7
  55. 55
    PRAWNS

    50A Big shrimp

    1
    7
  56. 56
    PRECISE

    30A Dead-on

    1
    6
  57. 57
    NLER

    54D Met or Card

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    40
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    CHEZ

    10A At the home of, abroad

    0
    27
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    ACCTS

    22D Sales reps maintain them: Abbr.

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    19
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    TAVI

    8D Rikki-tikki-___

    0
    17
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    CANCEL

    10D Nix

    0
    10
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    PENALTY

    39D Fine, e.g.

    0
    8
  63. 63
    CREAMER

    24D Nondairy coffee additive

    0
    5
  64. 64
    FRYERS

    48A Equipment at fast-food restaurants

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    5
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    MINUSSIGN

    5D Something that makes a difference?

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    4
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    ASTERIX debut

    38D French comic series that has sold 350+ million copies worldwide

    0
    3
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    PCCLONE

    32A Old knockoff of an IBM product

    0
    3
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    AIRBOAT

    34A Everglades transport

    0
    2
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    APOX

    61A "___ on both your houses!"

    0
    2
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    VCHIPS

    23A TV monitors?

    0
    2
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    ALANGREENSPAN debut

    37A Federal Reserve chairman under four presidents

    0
    1
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    BOBANDWEAVE debut

    27D Try to avoid getting punched, say

    0
    1
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    GREASYNEALE debut

    51A Football Hall-of-Famer with a nickname befitting his elusiveness on the field

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    1
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    HEALTHYGLOW debut

    25D Ruddiness

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    1
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    PAULDIRAC debut

    20A Physics Nobelist who pioneered in quantum mechanics

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    1