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Wednesday · 77 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    NEO

    20A Role in "The Matrix"

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    EPEE

    24D Relative of a foil

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    343
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    LSD

    8D Inspiration for the Beatles' "Day Tripper"

    41
    245
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    ERS

    68A Relatives of "ums"

    33
    284
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    OBOE

    2D Instrument heard in "I Got You, Babe"

    32
    315
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    ONES

    30D About half of all binary code

    28
    295
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    OHIO

    41D Home to the Cedar Point amusement park

    23
    200
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    ESS

    43A Twisty curve

    22
    413
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    EVA

    64D Actress Mendes

    20
    247
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    DOE

    62D Female caribou

    19
    192
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    APP

    9D Venmo, e.g.

    19
    133
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    TOO

    56A "I, ___" (Langston Hughes poem)

    17
    189
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    ENG

    57A Humanities subj.

    17
    160
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    TAD

    61D Skosh

    16
    169
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    LAB

    63D Most popular U.S. dog breed, familiarly

    16
    144
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    OATH

    36D "Solemn" words

    16
    143
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    ELON

    37D Musk who co-founded PayPal

    15
    102
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    ORATE

    12D Speechify

    14
    196
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    RIA

    34A Narrow estuary

    14
    128
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    ULTRA

    52D Super-

    14
    92
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    DEER

    25D Road sign animal

    13
    154
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    FOE

    35A Thanos, to the Avengers

    12
    112
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    RICO

    42D "___ Suave" (1991 hit)

    10
    80
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    TIED

    16D Knotted (up)

    10
    80
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    SKIS

    40D Goes on a run

    9
    66
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    NUTS

    39D Trail mix ingredients

    6
    56
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    REAMS

    28D Paper units

    6
    39
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    ELY

    4D Ron of Tarzan on 1960s TV

    5
    96
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    PLIE

    27D Ballet move

    5
    88
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    ERRATA

    65A Mistakes

    5
    64
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    TRENT

    14D Reznor of rock's Nine Inch Nails

    5
    59
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    LATIN

    22A Like "aurum" for gold and "ferrum" for iron

    5
    48
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    ONSITE

    47D Like some job training

    4
    48
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    EXO

    21A Prefix with skeleton

    3
    55
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    BESET

    51D Under siege

    3
    46
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    BATHE

    69A Take a soak

    3
    44
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    DIF

    5D "What's the ___?"

    3
    24
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    GERM

    26D Start of an idea

    2
    52
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    PIRATE

    19A Download without paying, say

    2
    25
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    YUK

    44A Laugh like a Stooge

    2
    25
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    MORASS

    11D Quagmire

    2
    18
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    TOILET

    10D Where you're actually going when you "see a man about a horse"

    2
    14
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    SCOURS

    49D Combs

    2
    10
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    EYELETS

    31A Holes in shoes

    2
    8
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    SETIN

    13D Take effect

    1
    37
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    GOAPE

    29A Lose it

    1
    31
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    ATMOST

    9A Maximally

    1
    23
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    ELWES

    55A Cary of "The Princess Bride"

    1
    22
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    SHINTO

    45A Japan's oldest religion

    1
    22
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    SWORN

    53D ___ to secrecy

    1
    18
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    NAOH

    58D Lye, in chemistry class

    1
    13
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    TANNED

    67A Like many returning spring breakers

    1
    7
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    HOBS

    54D Goblins, in folklore

    1
    6
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    BUSINESSSCHOOL debut

    51A *Producer of a lot of suits?

    1
    2
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    CAHN

    1D Sammy with four Oscars

    0
    36
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    GAVE

    29D Collapsed, with "in"

    0
    27
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    STOPIT

    60A "Cut that out!"

    0
    26
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    ICAHN

    50A Corporate raider Carl

    0
    16
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    XFL

    6A Former gridiron org. for the Memphis Maniax and Orlando Rage

    0
    12
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    PIEPAN

    46D It's found beneath the crust

    0
    10
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    FELONY

    7D Tax evasion, e.g.

    0
    9
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    POORER

    17A "For richer, for ___ ..." (vow words)

    0
    9
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    DAYNE

    33D Taylor who sang "Tell It to My Heart"

    0
    6
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    GYRE

    59D Move in a spiral

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    6
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    USTOUR

    48D Series of bookings across America

    0
    6
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    COKED

    1A Converted into fuel, as coal

    0
    4
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    FINALEDIT

    35D Last task before sending to print

    0
    3
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    PONTIUS

    46A ___ Pilate

    0
    3
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    ABILITIES debut

    15A Superheroes' specialties

    0
    2
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    ANTEED

    32A Paid to play: Var.

    0
    2
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    DOUBLEDAY

    62A Big name in American book publishing for 120+ years ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues

    0
    2
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    HOLYFIELD

    18A *Four-time heavyweight champ nicknamed "The Real Deal"

    0
    2
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    XIEXIE

    6D Mandarin "thank you"

    0
    2
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    KILOWATTS debut

    3D Units on an electric bill

    0
    1
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    OURSAVIOR debut

    66A Epithet for Jesus in some church names

    0
    1
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    VETERANSMEMORIAL debut

    38A *Place that honors those who've served

    0
    1
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    WEDDINGPRESENT debut

    23A *Gift that comes with a hitch?

    0
    1