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Wednesday · 76 answers · 7 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ELI

    23D Yale student

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  2. 2
    ALA

    48D ___ mode

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    513
  3. 3
    OLE

    16A Shout of support

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    525
  4. 4
    STY

    33D Good place to wallow

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    343
  5. 5
    ESP

    65D Psychic's claim

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    344
  6. 6
    LET

    36D Gave the OK

    34
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    STAR

    1A Coveted Michelin designation

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    316
  8. 8
    SAP

    27A Easy mark

    24
    194
  9. 9
    UCLA

    60D Team that signed to join the Big Ten in 2024

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    174
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    SEW

    1D Wrap (up)

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    169
  11. 11
    PER

    69A According to

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    270
  12. 12
    CAN

    9A Six-pack unit

    18
    141
  13. 13
    RAP

    22D Sound at the door

    17
    198
  14. 14
    SSE

    37A Chicago-to-Miami dir.

    15
    262
  15. 15
    TRE

    66A Number after due

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    180
  16. 16
    PEP

    49A Sparkle

    14
    126
  17. 17
    ARCH

    53D Part of a foot

    13
    159
  18. 18
    ASL

    3D In which crossing one's fingers makes the letter "R," in brief

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    90
  19. 19
    CNET

    30A Site with tech reviews

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    47
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    SOL

    41A Scale note

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    174
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    SILO

    13D Large storage site

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    127
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    TIC

    32D Idiosyncratic behavior

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    134
  23. 23
    READ

    7D ___ the room

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  24. 24
    DYES

    15D Eschews gray, say

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    100
  25. 25
    OASIS

    68A Place to get a date, maybe

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    104
  26. 26
    ISAY

    51A "My word!"

    10
    99
  27. 27
    AHEAD

    14A Closer to the finish line, say

    10
    81
  28. 28
    EASES

    12A Mitigates

    10
    74
  29. 29
    ADHOC

    54D Makeshift

    10
    72
  30. 30
    ESO

    63D "Cómo es ___?" (Spanish for "How come?")

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    141
  31. 31
    SIM

    64D Kind of card

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    58
  32. 32
    TAI

    2D ___ chi

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    154
  33. 33
    POL

    29D D.C. dealmaker

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  34. 34
    ISP

    39D Spectrum or Xfinity, for short

    8
    62
  35. 35
    ROMP

    71A Easy win

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    62
  36. 36
    NAY

    61A Bill blocker

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    119
  37. 37
    AGATE

    28D Marble material

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    78
  38. 38
    SYS

    46D Part of CBS: Abbr.

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    79
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    UPC

    21D Proof-of-purchase letters

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    43
  40. 40
    HOLLA

    67A Casual greeting

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    11
  41. 41
    AHS

    35D Sounds of satisfaction

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    121
  42. 42
    AHME

    6D Sighed words

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    55
  43. 43
    CYST

    43A Growth under the skin

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    39
  44. 44
    GOAL

    34A Word that commentators may extend to five or more seconds

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    48
  45. 45
    ALII

    26A Et ___ (and others)

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    69
  46. 46
    MIO

    19A Italian pronoun

    3
    48
  47. 47
    CLAY

    70A Court material

    3
    39
  48. 48
    NRC

    56D Reactor oversight org.

    3
    24
  49. 49
    STANDS

    44A Flea market sights

    3
    24
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    CARB

    5A Quinoa or oats, for short

    2
    40
  51. 51
    ONADARE

    42D How some regrettable actions are done

    2
    26
  52. 52
    MULL

    59D Ponder

    2
    15
  53. 53
    LAALAA

    52A Yellow Teletubby with a curly antenna

    2
    8
  54. 54
    YOHO

    57D Pirate chant opener

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    8
  55. 55
    AFR

    18D Where Igbo and Kanuri are spoken: Abbr.

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    37
  56. 56
    NEONATE

    11D Recent arrival

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  57. 57
    ESPOSA

    25A Wife, in Spanish

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    10
  58. 58
    SILENTP

    41D Psalm beginning?

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    4
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    ANYNEWS

    55A "What's the latest?"

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    3
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    BACNE

    8D Breakout caused by a sweaty uniform, perhaps

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    3
  61. 61
    INITIALHERE debut

    38A Contract directive … or a hint to what's missing from 17-, 20-, 58- and 62-Across

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  62. 62
    INLA

    47A On Sunset Blvd., say

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    29
  63. 63
    ALIASES

    10D BTS's V, Suga and RM, e.g.

    0
    28
  64. 64
    DAW

    45D Bird in the crow family

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    23
  65. 65
    PIVOTS

    31A Switches gears, as in a business strategy

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    6
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    RELATION

    4D No ___ (what Mary Tyler Moore is to Dudley Moore)

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    5
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    RAINWEAR

    40D Slicker, e.g.

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    3
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    RECTORY

    22A Clergy house

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    3
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    CAMRYS

    5D Accord competitors

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    2
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    PARKAY

    50D Margarine whose ads once featured a talking tub

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    2
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    ALFREDNEUMAN debut

    20A Mad magazine symbol

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    1
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    CHUCKCHEESE debut

    62A Rodent with a restaurant chain

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    1
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    CIVILLAWYER debut

    24D One handling personal injury claims, e.g.

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    1
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    COMMONSENSE debut

    9D Not standing in an open field during a lightning storm, say

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    1
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    EDWARDMURROW debut

    58A Pioneering journalist who helped expose McCarthyism

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    1
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    WILLIAMMACY debut

    17A "Fargo" actor

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    1