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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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    ALA

    41A John Lewis was born here: Abbr.

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    513
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    TEE

    33A Tick (off)

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    395
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    OREO

    13A Black-and-white item in a sleeve

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    408
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    AHA

    62D Light bulb moment sound

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    379
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    SNL

    63D Show with the recurring character Target Lady, in brief

    40
    263
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    NSA

    22A Edward Snowden's former employer, in brief

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    233
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    ARI

    2D "Midsommar" director Aster

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    378
  8. 8
    EAT

    5D Fuel up, in a way

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    399
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    OBOE

    9A Instrument played by indie rock's Sufjan Stevens

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    315
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    TOE

    64D "Piggy"

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    293
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    REN

    3D ___ faire (historical re-enactment event, for short)

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    198
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    HOE

    19A Gardening tool

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    173
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    TREE

    27D Data structure with a root node

    25
    309
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    TSK

    59D Shaming syllable

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    189
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    ELF

    34D Tiny toymaker

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    197
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    SKI

    53A Hit the slopes

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    180
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    EDAM

    38D Cheese used in Babybels

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    216
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    ATON

    55A Lots

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    136
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    EGAD

    5A "Holy mackerel!"

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    203
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    TALE

    70A Yarn

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    178
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    EDYS

    65A Brand in the ice cream aisle

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    106
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    PGA

    35A Babe Zaharias was the first woman to compete on its tour, in brief

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    132
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    EWES

    69A The first cloned mammals

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    134
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    DESK

    68A Its underside might be covered in gum

    12
    105
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    AGILE

    7D Nimble

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    115
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    POP

    1D Dad

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    87
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    DEI

    44D Latin gods

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    83
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    ITD

    54A "___ be my pleasure"

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    54
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    OHNO

    67A Words after a gasp

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    149
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    NEAT

    58A Tidy

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    224
  31. 31
    KNOT

    57D Pretzel, basically

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    100
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    DODO

    32A Bird that had no natural predators until humans arrived

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    87
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    TASK

    40D Something to do

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    66
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    OFF

    9D Toggle option

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    72
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    MOTH

    4D Fly-by-night type?

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    45
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    ORIENT

    45A Get situated

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    69
  37. 37
    SARGE

    14A V.I.P. on base

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    47
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    FDA

    42A Org. that oversees O.T.C.s

    5
    97
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    MGS

    61D Drug dosages: Abbr.

    5
    46
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    INONE

    52D Combined

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    41
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    RATEDE debut

    46D For all ages, as a video game

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    6
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    ESSAYS

    12D Guest ___, what The New York Times calls op-eds

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    49
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    NOHOW

    51D At all, in dialect

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    33
  44. 44
    MORPH

    21D Transform

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    17
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    FWD

    23D Repeated string in a chain letter subject line

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    15
  46. 46
    EHOW

    24D Website with articles like "10 Surprising Ways to Use Mayonnaise Around Your Home"

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    10
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    PLUS

    49D Also

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    70
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    NEGATE

    28D Undo

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    44
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    FATS

    18A Part of the food pyramid

    3
    42
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    ERECTS

    31A Puts up

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    41
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    PLUM

    20A Fruit in the William Carlos Williams poem "This Is Just to Say"

    3
    36
  52. 52
    TVAD

    43A Campaign expense

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    30
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    SEENOTE

    14D What an asterisk might suggest

    3
    15
  54. 54
    HOOF

    17D Centaur's foot

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    27
  55. 55
    TANYA

    37D Tucker who had her first hit in 1972 and won her first Grammys in 2020

    2
    27
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    TATTLE

    47D Tell

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    27
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    YUK

    56A Hearty laugh

    2
    25
  58. 58
    PARM

    1A Breaded and topped with tomato sauce and mozzarella, for short

    2
    14
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    TOILET

    30D Half of a half-bathroom

    2
    14
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    FEB

    23A Black History Mo.

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    APPEASE

    48A Pacify

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    GRAPH

    6D Visual in an annual report

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    OUTSET

    11D Get-go

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    OPINED

    45D Shared one's views

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    DELUDE

    8D Hornswoggle

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    PAPAYAS

    39D Fruits whose seeds can act as a substitute for black peppercorns

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    6
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    LONGS

    66A Aches (for)

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    FLUS

    15A Winter bugs

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    PARTYANIMAL

    50A Frequent reveler, or a hint to 16-/26- and 36-Across

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    4
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    WHITEELEPHANT

    36A Item exchanged in a so-called "yankee swap"

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    4
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    WHATFOR

    29A "Why?"

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    3
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    BLANKCANVAS

    10D Artist's starting place

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    2
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    BADHAIRDAYS debut

    25D Things best kept under one's hat?

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    1
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    ONTHEDONKEY debut

    26A See 16-Across

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    1
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    PINTHETAIL debut

    16A With 26-Across, game that uses a blindfold

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    1
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    THOMASNAST debut

    60A Cartoonist suggested by this puzzle's theme

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    1