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Wednesday · 78 answers · 3 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ERA

    65A Notable time

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    EON

    35A Nearly forever

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    ICE

    43A "Diamonds"

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    ESAU

    60D Biblical twin

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    INN

    9D Holiday ___

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    ASP

    18D "Poor venomous fool," to Cleopatra

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    265
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    TIP

    19D A hot one is timely

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    126
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    STAB

    10A Attempt

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    CEL

    59D Animated frame

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    141
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    HERS

    34D One of a pair of towel markings

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    AGED

    2D Like sharp cheddar

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    148
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    RIOT

    26A Nonstop joker

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    AGAR

    14A Vegetarian substitute for gelatin

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    CHE

    38A What's what, in Italy

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    EDENS

    20A Paradises

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    AHAS

    58D Cries of discovery

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    DRY

    71A Like some wines and humor

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    115
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    TOY

    21A Output of Santa's workshop

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    SASH

    32A Merit badge holder

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    125
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    SHED

    33D What dogs do in the spring

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    115
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    SLOT

    24D Place for a coin

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    SHOE

    25D Old woman's home, in a children's rhyme

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    OWES

    56A Is indebted to

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    REY

    64D Female Jedi in "Star Wars"

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    IONS

    27D Na+ and Cl-

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    REX

    68A Servius Tullius, e.g., in ancient Rome

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    111
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    RICE

    47A University whose name is also a food

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    100
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    COCO

    7D 2017 Pixar hit

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    52
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    REUP

    26D Enlist again

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    48
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    INCUR

    54D Run up, as charges

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    40
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    AMPS

    12D Roadies' loads

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    SPRY

    25A Moving around very nicely, thank you

    7
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    CST

    5D Winter hrs. in the Midwest

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    65
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    RUB

    67A Burnish

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    52
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    CACTI

    5A Frequent sights in Road Runner cartoons

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    SOBER

    49D Not drunk

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    44
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    STRATA

    49A Levels

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    TROY

    8D Where Paris took Helen

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    SCORN

    15A "Silence is the most perfect expression of ___" (line in a Shaw play)

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    33
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    NARCO

    37D Drug trafficker, informally

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    24
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    NOOGIE

    52A Knuckleheaded act?

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    17
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    BABE

    1D Hon

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    BAJA

    1A ___ California

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    57
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    REEDS

    44A Habitat for bitterns and herons

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    PERP

    45A ___ walk

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    FACET

    57A Side to be considered

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    UNHIP

    29D Square

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    SEALANE

    66A Shipping route

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    PSALM

    42A "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord ...," e.g.

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    54
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    RELAX

    51D "Stop worrying!"

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    ELPASO

    40D City across the Rio Grande from Juárez

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    48
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    UEY

    70A One-eighty

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    36
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    HUME

    16A Philosopher David

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    ARENOT

    4D Schoolyard denial

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    ACHT

    6D Fünf + drei

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    IAMSO

    22A Retort to 4-Down

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    COWER

    31D Shrink in fear

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    INTUNE

    48D Not off key

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    FUNK

    61A "I only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in ___": James Brown

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    GUARD

    53D Play defense against

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    21
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    WSW

    63D Indianapolis-to-St. Louis dir.

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    FOPS

    23A Dandies

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    LUNCH

    28A Midday break

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    TEEOFF

    41D Drive ... or drive mad?

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    TWERE

    50D Quaint contraction

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    MONSOON

    36A What to expect between June and September in India

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    BETO

    13D Texas politico O'Rourke

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    NSEC

    30D Tiny fraction of a min.

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    WDS

    69A Part of w.p.m.: Abbr.

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    SHEARS

    10D Heavy scissors

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    MRMET

    36D Citi Field mascot

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    RAFTED

    46D Drifted downriver, say

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    UNDERTHEWEATHER

    39A Sick ... or where this answer goes?

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    EKEBY

    55D Barely make it

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    JANEFONDA

    3D Longtime actress co-starring in Netflix's "Grace and Frankie"

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    3
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    BELOWTHESURFACE debut

    62A Latent ... or where this answer goes?

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    BENEATHCONTEMPT debut

    17A Despicable ... or where this answer goes?

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    TUMMYACHE debut

    11D Possible result of overeating, informally

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