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Tuesday · 76 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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    ARE

    23A Word that sounds like its middle letter

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    END

    30D Wrap up

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    447
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    OREO

    65A Cookie in the shape of its first and last letters

    45
    408
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    ERAS

    51A Periods of time

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    EDIT

    62A Remove excess verbiage, e.g.

    32
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    LOT

    21D Word after odd or job

    25
    189
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    ETRE

    26A Raison d'___

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    IAN

    34D Fleming who created James Bond

    23
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    RHO

    6D Greek letter that looks like a "P"

    23
    191
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    IRAN

    14A Place where Farsi is spoken

    22
    276
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    TAO

    49D Chinese "path"

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    EMT

    47A CPR provider

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    SNAP

    68A One of the Rice Krispies mascots

    20
    204
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    AER

    56A ___ Lingus

    19
    148
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    TOO

    28A Extremely

    17
    189
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    URL

    37D Internet address, for short

    17
    148
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    AID

    1D Assist

    15
    167
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    RAGU

    66A Pasta sauce brand

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    ASAHI

    7D Component of a sake bomb, often

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    45
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    APPS

    1A Some downloads

    13
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    REA

    61D Stephen of "The Crying Game"

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    TUB

    63D Bath site

    12
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    DOPE

    17A Cool, in slang

    12
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    SNEER

    4D Contemptuous smile

    11
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    YAK

    43D Talk one's head off

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    STUD

    9D Macho sort

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    85
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    KAT

    60D Kit ___ bar

    8
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    KEA

    50A Mauna ___ (Hawaiian volcano)

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    YEAS

    31A Votes in favor

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    HEED

    22A Mind, as a warning

    6
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    TRAY

    5A Eating surface on an airplane

    6
    59
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    ALTOS

    53D Choral section

    6
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    OHSO

    15A Extremely

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    SNOB

    69A Condescending sort

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    WON

    10D Took the checkered flag

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    AREOLA

    45D Colored part of the iris

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    SOFAS

    32D Places to nap

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    LEARN

    54D Come to understand

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    SIDEB

    35D Lesser-played part of a record, usually

    4
    29
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    MULE

    57A Symbol of stubbornness

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    48
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    YODEL

    8D Communication during peak times?

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    EGGED

    26D Urged (on)

    3
    33
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    TORERO

    5D Matador

    3
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    SCREEN

    13D Basketball play

    3
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    AEGEAN

    29A Sea between Turkey and Greece

    3
    17
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    TONIC

    16A Mixer with gin or vodka

    2
    51
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    SIERRA

    12D Letter after Romeo in the NATO alphabet

    2
    47
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    SWISS

    9A Like Roger Federer and Martina Hingis

    2
    41
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    YALTA

    67A 1945 meeting place for F.D.R., Churchill and Stalin

    2
    39
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    INNATE

    11D From nature, not nurture

    2
    34
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    MYRA

    57D Gore Vidal's "___ Breckinridge"

    2
    28
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    PEELE

    20A "Get Out" director Jordan

    2
    28
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    MOPTOP

    48D Beatles-like hairdo

    2
    9
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    FORTE

    25D Strength

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    34
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    PIERS

    55D Jetties

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    FRIEND

    40A Facebook status

    1
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    NAPALM

    44A Incendiary jelly used in the Vietnam War

    1
    15
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    WSJ

    27A C.E.O.'s reading, maybe, in brief

    1
    15
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    NEARBY

    44D Close at hand

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    14
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    REMAIN

    19D Brexit opponent's vote

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    ROADRUNNER

    18A Coyote outfoxer, in cartoons

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    8
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    POINT

    58A North, south, east or west

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    33
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    HWY

    24D Route: Abbr.

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    BLEAR

    64A Cause fuzzy vision in

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    PARCEL

    46D Part of UPS

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    PROPOSE

    2D Pop the question

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    RISING

    33A Kind of tide that lifts all boats

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    VERTIGO

    42D Hitchcock movie or U2 song

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    DAVY

    41A Frontiersman Crockett

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    NIMBUS

    38D Kind of cloud that may bring precipitation

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    4
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    MOUNTAINDEW

    36A Beverage brand whose first mascot was Willy the Hillbilly

    0
    2
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    ROCKYSTART

    59A Bumpy beginning ... or a hint to 18-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across

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    2
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    BALBOAPARK debut

    52A Part of San Diego that's home to its zoo

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    1
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    HORRORFILM debut

    24A "Get Out," for one

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    1
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    PAPERJAM debut

    3D Printing predicament

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    WAKANDAN debut

    39D Like most characters in "Black Panther"

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    1