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Wednesday · 74 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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    ANTE

    55D Pay (up)

    45
    461
  2. 2
    LEE

    40A Spike in movie rentals?

    40
    360
  3. 3
    TIE

    26A Word with twist or tongue

    34
    284
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    TSAR

    49D Ivan or Peter, e.g.

    33
    341
  5. 5
    ENDS

    12D Some rushers, in football

    27
    303
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    STEM

    41A Part of a wineglass

    26
    228
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    ION

    58D B+, e.g.

    23
    258
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    ELSA

    8D Who sings "Let It Go" in "Frozen"

    19
    220
  9. 9
    WET

    38D Like the monsoon season

    17
    119
  10. 10
    NEMO

    39A "Little" fellow of old comics

    16
    156
  11. 11
    OMG

    20A "Shut ... UP!," in a text

    16
    86
  12. 12
    ASST

    60A Aide: Abbr.

    15
    193
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    ULNA

    16A Humerus attachment

    15
    178
  14. 14
    OMANI

    14A Muscat resident

    15
    122
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    AMINO

    32A Compound containing an NH2 group, informally

    15
    102
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    RATS

    13D "Dagnabbit!"

    13
    142
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    ACLU

    15A Org. that supported the Lovings in Loving v. Virginia

    13
    137
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    TAS

    54A Univ. paper graders, maybe

    13
    99
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    IFSO

    51D "Given that ..."

    13
    70
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    STET

    56D Leave in

    12
    225
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    RASH

    50D Overly hasty

    12
    122
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    ONSET

    65A Start

    9
    141
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    IMAM

    2D One leading the faithful in prayer

    9
    111
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    OOP

    47A Alley ___

    9
    96
  25. 25
    EMI

    53A ___ Records (British label)

    8
    117
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    NOTI

    39D "Me? Uh-uh!"

    8
    75
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    TOPS

    33A Shirts and blouses

    8
    44
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    DIOR

    61A Man of the cloth?

    7
    93
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    NOG

    34A Yule quaff

    7
    87
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    STOLE

    41D Crept quietly

    7
    77
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    AVIA

    52D Reebok competitor

    7
    66
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    GONG

    35D Pagoda instrument

    7
    35
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    MALL

    27D Shopping ___

    6
    52
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    IMPEI

    28D Louvre Pyramid architect

    6
    37
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    MON

    59D Part of many a three-day weekend: Abbr.

    5
    79
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    TORTE

    62A Rich dessert

    5
    57
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    OLIO

    11D Mixture

    4
    157
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    OSSA

    18D Greek peak southeast of Olympus

    4
    88
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    LCD

    7D Like some TV screens, for short

    4
    53
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    POPO

    1D Cops, in slang

    4
    16
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    RHOS

    63A Some sorority chapters

    3
    45
  42. 42
    SWINE

    37A Circe turned Odysseus' men into these, in the "Odyssey"

    3
    31
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    HAIRS

    19D Bits of forensic evidence

    3
    22
  44. 44
    BOER

    10A ___ War (1899-1902)

    2
    47
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    PLED

    6A Asked earnestly

    2
    46
  46. 46
    COMO

    46D Spanish for "how"

    2
    35
  47. 47
    EINS

    24D Start of a German count

    1
    38
  48. 48
    PILED

    1A Accumulated, with "up"

    1
    21
  49. 49
    XTERRA

    45D Onetime Nissan S.U.V.

    1
    10
  50. 50
    LAUGHLINES

    3D Some creases on the face

    1
    3
  51. 51
    ENL

    4D Photo blowup: Abbr.

    0
    75
  52. 52
    ISL

    21A Java, for one: Abbr.

    0
    48
  53. 53
    SANA

    64A Yemen's capital

    0
    47
  54. 54
    JON

    29D Rocker Bon Jovi

    0
    42
  55. 55
    STOPIT

    48A "Enough already!"

    0
    26
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    ATALOSS

    22A Flummoxed

    0
    25
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    NOMAN

    31D For whom "time and tide wait," in a saying

    0
    16
  58. 58
    HENSON

    23A Taraji P. ___, star of "Hidden Figures"

    0
    11
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    NOPETS

    44D Apartment restriction

    0
    10
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    DIGINTO

    5D Start, as a meal

    0
    8
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    NYTIMES

    25D WSJ competitor

    0
    8
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    STIPENDS

    37D Per diem payments, e.g.

    0
    6
  63. 63
    DUCTTAPE

    9D Aid in some makeshift repairs

    0
    5
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    PALLOR

    6D Ghostly shade

    0
    5
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    LPNS

    36A Some hosp. workers

    0
    4
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    ROHAN

    42A Kingdom of horsemen in "The Lord of the Rings"

    0
    4
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    TRIPLEA

    49A Class for baseball's Albuquerque Isotopes

    0
    4
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    RIPINTO

    42D Castigate

    0
    3
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    BUMLEG

    10D Cause of a limp, maybe

    0
    2
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    ISNTITEXCITING debut

    43A "Are you as jazzed as I am?"

    0
    1
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    MILITARYJARGON debut

    27A "Moonbeam," for a flashlight, e.g.

    0
    1
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    ONEHITTERS debut

    30D Bob Feller and Nolan Ryan each pitched 12 of these

    0
    1
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    PAULGOLDSCHMIDT debut

    17A Six-time All-Star for the Arizona Diamondbacks (2013-18)

    0
    1
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    SAFEENVIRONMENT debut

    57A People are protected when they're in it

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    1