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Wednesday · 69 answers · 11 debuts

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

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    EST

    30A "Dulce et Decorum ___" (Wilfred Owen poem)

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    ECHO

    17D Not an original thought

    29
    312
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    RAT

    46A No-goodnik

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    280
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    ARM

    57D Auxiliary group

    27
    264
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    OWE

    5A See red?

    23
    208
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    SLED

    1A Gift from 1-Down

    23
    204
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    MAC

    56D Bub

    19
    133
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    ESTEE

    3D Woman's name that sounds like two French letters

    18
    185
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    RAY

    14A Death ___

    16
    128
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    WAR

    6D What polemology is the study of

    15
    149
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    AESOP

    12A "The Hares and the Frogs" writer

    14
    127
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    AYE

    21A Word that becomes its own synonym when its first letter is moved to the end

    13
    162
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    SORE

    8D Put out

    13
    157
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    CASE

    50A Beer purchase

    13
    108
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    SHEL

    47A Author Silverstein

    11
    75
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    PJS

    23D Something to go out in?

    11
    72
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    CRATE

    50D Shipping unit

    10
    52
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    SILL

    18D Place to set a candle, maybe

    9
    65
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    NESTS

    11D Egg containers

    8
    127
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    TIM

    53A Miller who directed "Deadpool"

    7
    109
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    YORE

    26D Days long past

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    100
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    NOLA

    36D The Big Easy

    7
    61
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    OTTAWA

    43D Ontario/Quebec border river

    6
    50
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    LEDON

    48D Gave the wrong idea, say

    6
    31
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    SANTA

    1D Noted gift giver

    5
    119
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    BLAB

    54D Talk, talk, talk

    5
    49
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    SPUN

    8A Took a turn on "Wheel of Fortune"

    4
    40
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    PIVOT

    9D Abrupt realignment of policy priorities

    4
    23
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    SENECA

    60A Roman who originated the phrase "What fools these mortals be"

    3
    49
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    ATEIT

    49A Crashed ignominiously

    3
    43
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    TPS

    24A Pulls a certain prank on, informally

    3
    24
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    MIKE

    25D Karaoke need

    2
    30
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    LOUPE

    31A Jeweler's tool

    2
    16
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    EPT

    41A Capable, jocularly

    2
    13
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    DOUR

    4D Gloomy

    1
    43
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    BOISE

    15A Place where you need an ID to get mail?

    1
    27
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    ALVIN

    27A Partner of Simon and Theodore, in cartoons

    1
    25
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    BOLERO

    39A Latin dance in 3/4 time

    1
    25
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    EYETEETH

    7D Some canines

    1
    9
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    PUEBLO

    40A Colorado county or its seat

    1
    9
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    EMBEDS

    61A Firmly plants

    1
    8
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    ECOLAW

    58A Prohibition of strip mining, e.g.

    1
    7
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    SHAPELY

    22A Curvaceous

    1
    6
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    IRATER debut

    59A More angry

    1
    2
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    WEIR

    44D Small dam

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    34
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    USEUP

    10D Deplete

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    28
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    APAT

    38D Give ___ on the back

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    17
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    ABBESS

    27D Mother figure

    0
    15
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    BRITS

    54A Readers of the Daily Mirror or the Sun, mainly

    0
    7
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    ENOTES

    34D Online provider of study guides

    0
    7
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    HAIRPIN

    37A Kind of turn

    0
    7
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    WYLE

    52D Noah of "Falling Skies"

    0
    7
  53. 53
    TIREOUT

    20A Fatigue

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    6
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    LEAHY

    2D Longtime Vermont senator

    0
    4
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    ORPHANED

    5D Like Jane Eyre or Harry Potter

    0
    4
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    PRISONERS

    13D Cons

    0
    4
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    BOOKEND

    35A Go on either side of

    0
    3
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    SLOWJAM debut

    42A R&B/soul ballad

    0
    3
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    JIMMIE debut

    45D Six-time Nascar champion Johnson

    0
    2
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    LADYMARMALADE

    55A #1 hit of 1975 and 2001

    0
    2
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    LOOPHOLES

    28D Legislative oversights

    0
    2
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    MOONJELLY debut

    25A Translucent sea creature that drifts with the current

    0
    2
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    BERYLLIUM debut

    15D Fourth element on the periodic table

    0
    1
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    NATUREPRESERVES debut

    16A Wildlife refuges

    0
    1
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    PILASTERS debut

    33D Ornamental columns

    0
    1
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    SOFEW debut

    51A "Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why ___ engage in it": Henry Ford

    0
    1
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    THERICH debut

    19A Robin Hood's target

    0
    1
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    UPBRAIDED debut

    32D Took to task

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    1
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    VOLTEFACE debut

    29D Complete reversal

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    1