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Wednesday · 74 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ODE

    20A "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" is part of one

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    523
  2. 2
    AREA

    16A Environment

    46
    631
  3. 3
    ETS

    8D Mysteries in the '16 film "Arrival"

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    319
  4. 4
    ANTS

    30A Leavers of pheromone trails

    33
    247
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    ANTI

    56A Opposing voice

    32
    364
  6. 6
    ACT

    4D Law

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    302
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    ANNE

    64A English princess

    26
    283
  8. 8
    STEM

    6A Brain or watch part

    26
    228
  9. 9
    RAN

    58D Managed

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    291
  10. 10
    ABS

    30D Core muscles

    25
    214
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    DOT

    32D One-third of an ellipsis

    25
    178
  12. 12
    EARL

    61A "Downton Abbey" title

    19
    195
  13. 13
    NATO

    29A Its alphabet goes from Alfa to Zulu

    19
    167
  14. 14
    SEES

    41A Goes out with

    19
    131
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    RNS

    35D I.C.U. workers

    19
    126
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    MAE

    9D Sallie ___ (student loan offerer)

    18
    181
  17. 17
    AISLE

    27A One of two in many churches

    16
    140
  18. 18
    DEA

    57D Narc's grp.

    16
    124
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    HANOI

    47D Capital once ruled by France

    14
    120
  20. 20
    EENIE

    22A Start of an elimination

    14
    48
  21. 21
    EAVE

    26D Gutter locale

    13
    164
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    ASL

    23A Nonverbal communication, for short

    13
    90
  23. 23
    POEM

    60A It "should not mean / But be," per Archibald MacLeish

    13
    81
  24. 24
    SINE

    63A ___ qua non

    12
    102
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    HALT

    54A Cry after "Company"

    12
    64
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    KOS

    50A Lays flat

    10
    102
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    MIST

    10A Waterfall feature, often

    10
    69
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    ACK

    55A Comic strip cry

    9
    43
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    UTERI

    62A Sites for development

    9
    41
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    OCHRE

    51D Adobe color

    7
    59
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    SRTA

    15A Latina miss: Abbr.

    5
    103
  32. 32
    COOL

    18D Aplomb

    5
    60
  33. 33
    ALCOA

    1D Big name in foil

    5
    45
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    NRA

    31D Big D.C. lobby

    4
    262
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    SHIM

    38D Carpenter's leveler

    4
    31
  36. 36
    WELT

    44D Result of a lashing

    4
    25
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    WRAPS

    46D Concludes filming

    4
    14
  38. 38
    IRANI

    11D Modern Persian

    3
    99
  39. 39
    MOAN

    21A Kvetch

    3
    66
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    UNUM

    25D One, on a bill

    3
    56
  41. 41
    HANA

    39D Tennis champ Mandlikova

    3
    40
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    AFLAC

    1A Insurance giant based in Columbus, Ga.

    3
    39
  43. 43
    RATTY

    53A Squalid

    3
    21
  44. 44
    LEACH

    14A Archibald ___ (Cary Grant's real name)

    3
    18
  45. 45
    FEUDS

    2D Animosities that may span generations

    3
    8
  46. 46
    EOE

    34D Job ad abbr.

    2
    54
  47. 47
    TAKEN

    13D Like a seat with a coat over it, maybe

    2
    31
  48. 48
    ROSEN

    65A 1953 A.L. M.V.P. Al

    2
    23
  49. 49
    SWATS

    43A Hits into the outfield

    2
    19
  50. 50
    ETO

    59D Ike's charge in W.W. II

    1
    140
  51. 51
    DARK

    19A Noirish

    1
    33
  52. 52
    STAPLE

    43D Taro, in Hawaiian cuisine

    1
    33
  53. 53
    THORN

    49D Source of pain for a lion, per Aesop

    1
    27
  54. 54
    GASSY

    37D Bloated, say

    1
    23
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    ICESKATES

    33D Sharp footwear

    1
    5
  56. 56
    SSHAPE

    6D What a slalom path has

    1
    5
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    ISNTITTIME

    28D "Shouldn't everyone be doing this now?"

    1
    3
  58. 58
    ISIN

    42A "... as it ___ heaven"

    0
    35
  59. 59
    SKEIN

    52D Yarn unit

    0
    32
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    ESTAB

    22D Founded: Abbr.

    0
    20
  61. 61
    SERIO

    12D Prefix with comic

    0
    19
  62. 62
    ARTHUR

    45D Excalibur was his sword

    0
    17
  63. 63
    ATTEN

    48D When some news is aired

    0
    17
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    SANTAHAT

    40A Christmas topper

    0
    5
  65. 65
    TRANQ

    7D Calmer, in brief

    0
    5
  66. 66
    CHOMPS

    5D Noisy bites

    0
    4
  67. 67
    LATELATIN

    3D Source of many English words

    0
    3
  68. 68
    DUVALIER

    32A Haiti's Papa Doc or Baby Doc

    0
    2
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    MADETOLAST

    10D Durable

    0
    2
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    POPQUESTION debut

    24A "You want Pepsi or Coke?," e.g.?

    0
    2
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    BRINGSHOMEBACON debut

    36A Chauffeurs the actor Kevin to his house?

    0
    1
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    CUTTOCHASE debut

    17A Early "Saturday Night Live" camera command?

    0
    1
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    DROPTHETHE debut

    57A Sean Parker's famous advice to Mark Zuckerberg in naming The Facebook ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across

    0
    1
  74. 74
    WHATSMATTER debut

    46A Basic query to a physicist?

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    1