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Wednesday · 70 answers · 9 debuts

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

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    ORE

    29A Extraction target, often

    48
    581
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    ERE

    26D Before, in poetry

    43
    602
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    ASIA

    6D Area traversed by Marco Polo

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    350
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    ERS

    57D Lifesaving locales, for short

    33
    284
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    EKE

    41D Squeeze (out)

    31
    236
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    OPS

    33D Special ___

    31
    179
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    NEE

    58D Word on many a wedding announcement

    29
    407
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    RAN

    22D Kurosawa's adaptation of "King Lear"

    25
    291
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    UBER

    49A Lead-in to mensch

    25
    119
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    YEN

    27D Itch

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    212
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    NESS

    31A Untouchable leader

    23
    202
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    ENYA

    8D One-named New Age singer

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    161
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    ERIN

    36A Poetic Ireland

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    279
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    TEST

    51D Try

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    181
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    AMID

    52D In the thick of

    17
    136
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    MBA

    19D Aid in climbing the corp. ladder

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    122
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    CDS

    59D Bank offerings, for short

    14
    147
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    FRO

    2D To's opposite

    13
    114
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    FOR

    3D A word between the two A's in N.A.A.C.P.

    13
    103
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    TERM

    5D Politician's time

    13
    93
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    GIN

    34D Spirit once made in bathtubs

    12
    108
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    ERMA

    54D Singer Franklin who was Aretha's elder sister

    11
    147
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    USO

    35D Tour grp.

    10
    115
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    LEN

    43A Actor Cariou

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    170
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    EMI

    21D Virgin ___ (record label)

    8
    117
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    LOB

    40D High ball

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    87
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    OMEGA

    48D Symbol for the resistance?

    7
    129
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    SER

    42D Être : French :: ___ : Spanish

    7
    100
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    TEMP

    53D Day worker

    7
    70
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    POM

    20D Juice brand with a distinctive bottle

    7
    45
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    MODEL

    45D Wear on a runway

    4
    42
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    SPORT

    14D Wear

    4
    40
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    GOTH

    7D Sort of person heavily into eyeliner

    4
    20
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    ODS

    1D Has too much, for short

    3
    98
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    AVIS

    9A Company that acquired Zipcar in 2013

    3
    96
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    PERP

    20A ___ walk

    3
    40
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    PINATA

    17A Hit it!

    3
    28
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    EUGENE

    55A Pushkin's "___ Onegin"

    2
    32
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    LASSES

    15D Lads' loves

    2
    20
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    COVET

    28D Extremely fancy?

    2
    17
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    OPENED

    44D Had a first night in a theater

    1
    32
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    ELOPES

    36D Runs off (with)

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    26
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    VINES

    10D Transports for Tarzan

    1
    18
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    IVANHOE

    11D Sir Walter Scott novel

    1
    16
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    SETTERS

    12D "English" and "Irish" canines

    1
    10
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    SIEGEL

    60A "Dirty Harry" director Don

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    10
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    TRAD

    62A Like much folk music: Abbr.

    1
    7
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    RECRUIT

    37D New enlistee

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    5
  49. 49
    IDI

    46D Mean Amin

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    120
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    LOM

    25D Herbert of the "Pink Panther" movies

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    23
  51. 51
    ANIMUS

    9D Personal enmity

    0
    15
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    SNIVEL

    14A Speak partly through the nose

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    12
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    INTEGER

    38D It has no point

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    10
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    EPISTLES

    39A Letters

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    7
  55. 55
    DRONESON

    13A Emulates the teacher in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"

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    4
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    OCTOPOD

    47A Multi-armed mollusk

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    4
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    OFFSTAGE

    1A Not seen by the theater audience

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    4
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    SORORITY

    16A Women rush to get into it

    0
    4
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    BRUSHES debut

    23A Brief encounters, as with the law

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    2
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    EMERGENC

    56A Vitamin brand with a hyphen between its last two letters

    0
    2
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    MINIOREO debut

    30A Small version of a popular cookie

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    2
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    NETJUDGES

    31D Court officials whose jobs have now been replaced by technology

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    2
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    SNOOPLION

    4D Reggae persona for a noted rapper

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    2
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    TDPASSES debut

    63A Important stat for QBs

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    2
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    OMAHAMOMENTS debut

    18A Some wonderful times in Nebraska?

    0
    1
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    OMALLEYCATS debut

    24A Good name for politico Martin's jazz band?

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    1
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    OMENVOGUE debut

    32A Portentous fashion magazine?

    0
    1
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    OMITSNOJOKE debut

    44A Makes an unabridged humor book?

    0
    1
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    PREMEDITATED debut

    50A Calculated ... or a punny hint to 18-, 24-, 32- and 44-Across

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    1
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    SIMMERED debut

    61A Kept on the down-low?

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    1