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Wednesday · 74 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    TEE

    61D Where a long drive often starts

    49
    395
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    ROE

    32A Landmark 1973 Supreme Court case, informally

    33
    283
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    EKE

    60D Squeeze (out)

    31
    236
  4. 4
    ALL

    12D "Is that ___?"

    28
    299
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    OPAL

    38A ___ Tometi, activist who co-founded Black Lives Matter

    23
    253
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    IRAN

    17A Land between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf

    22
    276
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    ENYA

    7D Four-time Grammy winner for Best New Age Album

    22
    161
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    TEEN

    67A Ending with four or six, but not three or five

    20
    192
  9. 9
    ROO

    11D Aussie hopper

    20
    189
  10. 10
    IKEA

    64A Retail giant that opened its first U.S. store near Philadelphia in 1985

    19
    130
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    PAT

    45A Bit of butter

    18
    168
  12. 12
    AORTA

    2D Main artery

    14
    144
  13. 13
    SCAT

    69A "Shoo!"

    14
    141
  14. 14
    FIT

    59D Concern when buying shoes

    14
    81
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    ROAR

    58D Thunder

    13
    169
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    SORE

    41A Aching

    13
    157
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    GOO

    13D Glue ... or a rhyme for "glue"

    11
    121
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    ONSET

    27D Beginning

    9
    141
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    YOLO

    19A Devil-may-care attitude, in modern parlance

    9
    27
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    EARP

    44D Historical figure played by Kurt Russell in "Tombstone"

    8
    102
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    SLEET

    55D Wintry mix

    8
    94
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    BASS

    1A Shoe company with a fish name

    8
    89
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    AEIOU

    62A Language quintet

    8
    60
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    ESOS

    36D Those, to José

    8
    59
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    SAFARI

    23A Word from Swahili for "journey"

    8
    39
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    INEPT

    5A Bumbling

    7
    76
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    NOLA

    22D Mardi Gras locale, for short

    7
    61
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    ODEON

    51D Classic theater

    7
    59
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    ROLO

    16A Hershey caramel-filled candy

    7
    46
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    OPTED

    33D Chose, with "for"

    7
    42
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    HALE

    66A In great shape

    6
    98
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    TARE

    63A Word on a deli scale

    6
    43
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    SLYLY

    18A With sleight of hand, say

    6
    28
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    ISAAC

    53D Singer/songwriter Hayes

    5
    134
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    TETRA

    26D Four: Prefix

    5
    106
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    SELMA

    46A Historic 1965 march location

    5
    69
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    DRAG

    10A Hot rod race

    5
    55
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    PREOP

    25D About to go under the knife, in brief

    5
    25
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    PICO

    57D ___ de gallo (condiment)

    5
    19
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    FETE

    59A Grand party

    4
    72
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    LOCI

    14A Sets of points, in math

    4
    64
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    TONER

    15A Some cartridge filler

    4
    63
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    NALA

    29D Simba's mate in "The Lion King"

    4
    51
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    SNORT

    68A Sound of disgust

    4
    50
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    EARLS

    34D Some English nobles

    4
    48
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    DAMNS

    28A Curses

    3
    23
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    KAYO

    43D Pugilist's goal

    3
    20
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    SRAS

    21D Sp. ladies

    2
    57
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    LOREN

    31A Oscar-winning Sophia

    2
    54
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    ROSSI

    32D Martini & ___

    2
    46
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    SCOPE

    30D Range

    2
    28
  52. 52
    SLAVS

    50D Russians and Belarusians

    2
    28
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    VOCAB

    65A Words, informally

    2
    20
  54. 54
    TRYIT

    9D "Have a taste!"

    2
    18
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    PELTS

    8D Bombards

    2
    13
  56. 56
    SCARF

    3D Neck warmer

    1
    41
  57. 57
    DARLA

    54D Girl in the "Our Gang" movies

    1
    27
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    LLOSA

    40A Author Mario Vargas ___

    1
    16
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    STOOPTO

    24A Go as far down as

    1
    7
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    SPACECADETS

    35A M i l i t a r y t r a i n e e s

    1
    3
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    STRIKEAPOSE debut

    42A Downward dog

    1
    2
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    BLISS

    1D Pure joy

    0
    27
  63. 63
    ESTAB

    47A Business sign abbr.

    0
    20
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    DROIDS

    52A Providers of some comic relief in "Star Wars"

    0
    8
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    IDSAYSO

    49A "Seems about right"

    0
    8
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    SINEAD

    4D Singer O'Connor

    0
    7
  67. 67
    NOLE

    6D Florida State athlete, for short

    0
    6
  68. 68
    BOOTHS

    48D Some diner seating choices

    0
    4
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    LIMABEAN

    39D Vegetable in succotash

    0
    4
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    CASTDOUBT

    37D Make something seem less likely to be true

    0
    2
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    ITSSIMPLE

    5D "Piece of cake!"

    0
    2
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    BOLDPROPOSAL debut

    56A "Will you marry me?"

    0
    1
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    DRYGOODS debut

    10D Textiles and sundries

    0
    1
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    STRESSEATING debut

    20A Having a meal!

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    1