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Wednesday · 74 answers · 2 debuts

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

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    ERA

    29A Obama ___

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    END

    7D Finish

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    447
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    ALI

    56D Ring figure

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    518
  4. 4
    SAT

    13D Took a load off

    35
    284
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    ATM

    57D You can bank on it

    30
    260
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    IMO

    41A Texter's qualifier

    29
    107
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    ATARI

    19A Big name in classic video games

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    224
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    ESE

    12D Linguistic suffix

    26
    386
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    STU

    54D Fox News commentator Varney, familiarly

    24
    190
  10. 10
    NES

    18D Classic game console, for short

    23
    118
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    ESS

    27A Curvy letter

    22
    413
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    OTTO

    33D "Beetle Bailey" dog

    22
    273
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    TIRE

    51A Tucker out

    22
    168
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    NAS

    26D Lil ___ X, rapper with the 2019 #1 hit "Old Town Road"

    21
    122
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    OUI

    28A "Bien sûr!"

    20
    131
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    PEN

    11D Write down

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    187
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    OATH

    28D Bit of salty language

    16
    143
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    RAY

    58D Unit of sunshine

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    128
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    HAN

    55D China's ___ dynasty

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    113
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    IRATE

    10D Mad as hell

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    194
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    MOO

    34D Herd noise

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    137
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    AESOP

    52A Fabulous writer?

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    127
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    RID

    6D Relieved (of)

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    148
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    APES

    50D "Great" creatures

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    153
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    ILK

    38D Category

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    107
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    LIN

    40A ___-Manuel Miranda, creator of "Hamilton"

    10
    90
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    REACT

    20A Undergo a chemical change

    10
    67
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    ARTY

    25D Like many modern black-and-white films

    9
    123
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    SAME

    37D "Me too!"

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    107
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    META

    21A Self-referential

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    87
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    ARCADE

    43D Business whose income is computed quarterly?

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    40
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    SUSS

    22D Figure (out)

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    25
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    OMITS

    33A Forgets to include

    7
    60
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    TOMATO

    39A Word often repeated with a different pronunciation

    6
    21
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    LIBRA

    4D Large scale of the universe?

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    43
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    ESSEX

    48D County name in England and five U.S. states

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    GERE

    15D Actor Richard

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    96
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    EDO

    31D Tokyo's former name

    4
    94
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    MAY

    42A British P.M. beginning in 2016

    4
    63
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    REMIT

    32D Cancel, as a fine

    4
    59
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    STPAT

    8D Legendary snake exterminator, for short

    4
    57
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    DISCS

    53A Parts of the spine

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    37
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    TALESE

    59A Gay of the New Journalism movement

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    36
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    IWISH

    38A "Wouldn't that be nice!"

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    27
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    TERESA

    16A Mother ___

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    73
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    ALII

    5D Et ___ (citation words)

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    MEIR

    24D Only female Israeli prime minister

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    67
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    MISLED

    42D Gave the wrong message

    3
    15
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    MEESE

    47D Reagan attorney general

    2
    49
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    HITIT

    23D "Play that beat!"

    2
    33
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    YESYES

    44D "But of course!"

    2
    28
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    SAKES

    46D "For goodness' ___!"

    2
    19
  53. 53
    DEFAME

    1D Slander

    2
    9
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    MSS

    30D Some advanced degs.

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    68
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    EINS

    36D German one

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    38
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    EMOTES

    2D Hams it up on stage

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    34
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    DEMS

    53D Pelosi and Schumer, informally

    1
    30
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    WWII

    35D Conflict with the European Theater of Operations, for short

    1
    18
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    CARATS

    3D Ring figures

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    15
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    DECLARE

    1A Make known to customs officials

    1
    15
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    MASTER

    30A Put 10,000 hours into, it's said

    1
    15
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    STAMPEDE

    60A Rush of Black Friday shoppers, e.g.

    1
    14
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    TIPPI

    51D Actress Hedren

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    11
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    SWIPES

    8A Makes a decision on Tinder

    1
    10
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    KOP

    49D Keystone character

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    29
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    UNISEX

    61A Wearable by anyone

    0
    11
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    WELCH

    9D Actress Raquel

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    7
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    KISSMEKATE

    45A *1953 musical with songs by Cole Porter

    0
    5
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    WESTSIDESTORY

    35A *1961 musical for which Rita Moreno won an Oscar

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    5
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    EMAILING

    14A Sending out a memo, say

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    4
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    FORBIDDENPLANET

    17A *1956 sci-fi movie with Robby the Robot

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    3
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    SHAKESPEAREPLAY

    54A What the film answering each starred clue was inspired by

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    2
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    MYSIDES debut

    62A "I'm laughing so much it hurts!"

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    1
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    SHESTHEMAN debut

    22A *2006 rom-com starring Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum

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    1