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Wednesday · 79 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    EDEN

    43A Paradise

    42
    457
  2. 2
    ERAS

    58D Chapters in history

    38
    295
  3. 3
    APE

    2D Certain early "astronaut"

    28
    415
  4. 4
    SPY

    27A One with a handler

    27
    177
  5. 5
    OPEN

    14A Start, as an investigation

    26
    217
  6. 6
    ASK

    65D "Fire away!"

    24
    204
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    SEC

    50A Cabinet title: Abbr.

    23
    187
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    YETI

    17A Legendary source of large footprints

    22
    127
  9. 9
    ONUS

    21D Burden

    21
    197
  10. 10
    AKA

    63D Letters in front of an alias

    19
    211
  11. 11
    USES

    36A What WD-40 has a lot of

    19
    193
  12. 12
    ESPN

    26A Broadcaster of the X Games

    19
    154
  13. 13
    IRENE

    25D Adler who outwitted Sherlock Holmes

    16
    208
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    ELENA

    51D Author Ferrante

    15
    178
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    EKES

    68A Grinds (out)

    14
    119
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    RENO

    40A City SE of Plumas National Forest

    13
    230
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    VET

    3D Do background checks on

    13
    116
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    SENOR

    37D Title with a tilde

    12
    90
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    BOT

    35D Nonhuman Twitter account

    12
    53
  20. 20
    RENE

    45D ___ Caovilla (brand of high-end women's shoes)

    11
    221
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    UPON

    6D "___ reflection ..."

    11
    129
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    SERB

    53A Speaker of a language that has both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets

    11
    102
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    LEGO

    59D Locking block

    11
    101
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    SALE

    46A Markdown

    10
    163
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    ZEN

    64D State of Japan

    10
    102
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    EAGLE

    38D Top scout

    10
    98
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    SLEDS

    39D Luges, e.g.

    10
    86
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    SPAM

    10A Many a phone call from one's own area code, nowadays

    9
    125
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    ADAGE

    67A Maxim

    7
    107
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    SLAV

    10D Many a person once trapped behind the Iron Curtain

    7
    99
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    INEPT

    66A Ham-handed

    7
    76
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    MESSY

    13D Complicated, as a breakup

    7
    71
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    ALEVE

    8D Naproxen brand

    7
    65
  34. 34
    RETIE

    60A Knot again

    7
    56
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    SLATE

    16A Lineup at the polls

    6
    73
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    ASYET

    47D So far

    6
    72
  37. 37
    PORT

    7D Wine specialty of the Douro Valley

    6
    63
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    ARIANA

    23A Petite Grande

    6
    27
  39. 39
    SPRIG

    50D Shoot

    5
    44
  40. 40
    ATEUP

    12D Fell for

    5
    40
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    NEAL

    42A ___ Cassady, traveling companion of Jack Kerouac

    4
    70
  42. 42
    RANGE

    45A 1 to 10, say

    4
    62
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    PARIS

    11D Home of Chanel and Cartier

    4
    55
  44. 44
    AVI

    34D Prefix with fauna

    4
    37
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    RABID

    33A Like a superfan

    4
    33
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    FILET

    41D Serving of sole

    4
    21
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    EARED

    61A Dog-___

    3
    56
  48. 48
    JAVA

    1A Jitter juice

    3
    52
  49. 49
    RANK

    71A Horizontal line on a chessboard

    3
    48
  50. 50
    CITED

    52D Gave credit to

    3
    27
  51. 51
    DYSON

    70A Vacuum inventor James

    3
    15
  52. 52
    NIPS

    57D Barely defeats

    2
    53
  53. 53
    PUTT

    30A Short shot

    2
    37
  54. 54
    GADS

    69A Wanders aimlessly

    2
    29
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    APOLO

    15A Speed skater Ohno

    2
    20
  56. 56
    SPUDS

    22D ___ MacKenzie, beer mascot of the 1980s

    2
    10
  57. 57
    AFORE

    23D Erenow

    1
    39
  58. 58
    HARES

    19A Prey of Arctic wolves

    1
    36
  59. 59
    GAZA

    62A Largest city of Palestine

    1
    35
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    ISITI

    44A Judas's question

    1
    28
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    PORES

    18A Targets of some facial cleansers

    1
    24
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    JOY

    1D Good cheer

    1
    17
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    BEADY

    54D Small, round and shiny

    1
    8
  64. 64
    HIDDEN

    49D Like Easter eggs

    1
    8
  65. 65
    OVERS

    32A Cricket segments

    1
    6
  66. 66
    INURES

    55A Habituates

    0
    14
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    SHUNT

    16D Move to the side

    0
    14
  68. 68
    ROVED

    24D Wandered aimlessly

    0
    10
  69. 69
    PUPAL

    5A Postlarval

    0
    9
  70. 70
    ERASERHEAD

    29D David Lynch's first feature film

    0
    6
  71. 71
    FORTUNE

    28A With 41- and 48-Across, what 56-Across declared while approaching the eruption of 20-Across

    0
    4
  72. 72
    FAVORS

    41A See 28-Across

    0
    3
  73. 73
    PAPUAN

    5D From New Guinea

    0
    3
  74. 74
    PLINYTHEELDER

    56A Roman writer who came to a bad end by 20-Across

    0
    2
  75. 75
    ANIMATRONS debut

    4D The T. rex in "Jurassic Park" and others

    0
    1
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    LOSESPIRIT debut

    9D Flag

    0
    1
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    MOUNTVESUVIUS debut

    20A Famous erupter of A.D. 79

    0
    1
  78. 78
    THEBOLD debut

    48A See 28-Across

    0
    1
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    TUNABURGER debut

    31D Fishy sandwich

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    1