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Wednesday · 76 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ETA

    40D Helpful info for a curbside pickup, briefly

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    571
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    ARE

    11D "___ You My Mother?" (children's book)

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    533
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    ASH

    13D "Green," "black" or "white" tree

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    458
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    AREA

    56A Spot

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    631
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    ESC

    61D Key that exits full-screen video

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    209
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    STIR

    54D Tend to the sauce, say

    27
    292
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    IRIS

    16A Blue-violet shade

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    225
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    ILL

    57D "___ say!"

    21
    260
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    ENTER

    30A Input

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    217
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    DOS

    42A Uno y uno

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    175
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    LYE

    29A It's used in soapmaking

    17
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    SCAB

    6A Line crosser, of a sort

    17
    101
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    DIE

    10D Run out of juice

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    168
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    DATA

    10A Component of a cellphone bill

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    157
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    CEO

    58D Bus. driver?

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    177
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    NINE

    63A Number of M.V.P. awards won by Wayne Gretzky

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    155
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    YAM

    60D Crop item grown in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart"

    15
    81
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    HANOI

    14A World capital that's home to the Temple of Literature, built in 1070

    14
    120
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    LEIA

    62A Princess who says "You're my only hope" in a hologram

    14
    116
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    KIA

    59D Sportage automaker

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    94
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    AVON

    38D Door-to-door sales company

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    179
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    TENS

    28D Till compartment

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    128
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    AVOW

    27D Profess

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    112
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    EENY

    55D "___, meeny, miney, mo ..."

    12
    83
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    TIC

    12D Personal quirk

    11
    134
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    NERD

    39D Homework lover, say

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    159
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    ARSON

    17A Crime investigated by an insurance company

    10
    107
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    KIN

    5D Clan

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    OCT

    34A Mo. with a holiday on its final day

    8
    152
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    RACE

    37D Speed

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    131
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    CLEO

    26D Miss ___, famed TV psychic

    8
    83
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    PLOP

    20A Sit (down) heavily

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    46
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    MALTA

    52D European country with a cross on its flag

    7
    50
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    RAF

    32D Mil. branch of the U.K.

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    82
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    OGRES

    34D Fiona and Shrek, for two

    6
    67
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    COME

    15A Show up

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    43
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    COMA

    7D Out-of-it state

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    73
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    INSOLE

    3D Foot support

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    44
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    LOAM

    65A Rich soil

    4
    73
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    ENDOW

    31D Furnish with money

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    64
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    STOUT

    64A Kind of beer ... or a multi-word hint to 18-, 22-, 37-, 51- and 57-Across

    4
    34
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    AWMAN

    44A "Darn it!"

    4
    20
  43. 43
    CATTY

    67A Slyly spiteful

    4
    16
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    CANTBE

    21D "I refuse to believe that!"

    4
    13
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    MAY

    46A When the Kentucky Derby is held

    3
    62
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    OBSESS

    53A Fixate

    3
    39
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    CORES

    43A Apple centers

    3
    25
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    TOMCAT

    24A Alley prowler

    2
    19
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    CLAMOR

    21A Noisy shouting

    2
    18
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    YEASTY

    48D Like some breads and beers

    2
    18
  51. 51
    AMPM

    8D Toggle on a clock

    2
    17
  52. 52
    ENDSIT

    49A Breaks things off

    2
    15
  53. 53
    VALVE

    33A One of four in the human heart

    2
    12
  54. 54
    BESOT

    9D Make drunk, quaintly

    1
    27
  55. 55
    ATEOUT

    47D Went to a restaurant

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    15
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    COOPT

    4D Appropriate

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    14
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    PEDALS

    36D Cycles

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    14
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    MALLS

    25D Places to find food courts and kiosks

    1
    12
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    CHAPEL

    1D Place of worship

    1
    11
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    CHICK

    1A Hatchling

    1
    7
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    ELMOS

    61A "___ World" ("Sesame Street" segment)

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    21
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    DRYS

    66A Temperance proponents

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    18
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    MASSES

    45D Society at large, with "the"

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    14
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    MARMOT

    46D Big, bushy-tailed squirrel

    0
    9
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    HARLEY

    2D Road hog?

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    8
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    SCULPT

    6D Bulk up, as muscles

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    8
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    NAPOLEON

    35A Loser at Waterloo

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    7
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    PROVOLONE

    19D Cheese in an Italian sub

    0
    6
  69. 69
    TBOND

    50D Long-term U.S. security

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    5
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    AVERSETO

    41A Resisting

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    4
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    RECESSION

    23D Economic downturn

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    3
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    ALEMATE debut

    51A Drinking buddy?

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    1
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    EELTRAP debut

    22A Way to catch a conger?

    0
    1
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    ICKYNOTES debut

    57A Gross messages?

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    1
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    RANGEBEDFELLOWS debut

    37A The main characters of "Brokeback Mountain," e.g.?

    0
    1
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    UMPSPEECH debut

    18A "Strike three!" or "Yer out!"?

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    1