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Wednesday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ERA

    62A Swing ___

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    ELI

    47A "Cabin Fever" director Roth

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    AREA

    14A Follower of Bay or gray

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    OREO

    6D Snack item sometimes shown in ads next to a glass of milk

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    ANT

    41A One able to lift 10 to 50 times its body weight

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    EAT

    4D Conquer a hero?

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    399
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    OBOE

    21A The duck in "Peter and the Wolf"

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    EDIT

    68A Modify, as an article

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    ESC

    8D Key for getting out, not in

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    OPERA

    24D Field for Maria Callas

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    DEN

    65D Place for thieves

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    APP

    30A Download that might use a freemium model

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    TOO

    20A "___ soon?"

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    HBO

    64D "Euphoria" channel

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    HUE

    29A Peach or plum

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    IBET

    61D "Yeah, sure"

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    AWOL

    34D Nowhere to be found

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    PEST

    31D Target for an exterminator

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    GNU

    37D Antelope with chin hair

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    ADOS

    11D Brouhahas

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    OUST

    49A Expel

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    AWARE

    39A In the loop

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    WHOA

    58D "Now wait just a second!"

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    HARP

    10A Belabor, with "on"

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    56
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    YOLO

    18D Risk taker's acronym

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    ORION

    2D Hunter visible at night

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    IRISH

    15A ___ setter

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    FARE

    33D Food

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    SAYS

    69A Key word when writing dialogue

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    DENSE

    42A Like flourless cake

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    RIFE

    12D Widespread

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    RECTO

    38D One side of a page

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    PDFS

    13D E-tickets often come as these

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    27
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    THATSO

    26D "Oh yeah?"

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    DOI

    48A Enthusiastic response to "Wanna come?"

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    MAYI

    35D "Do you mind?"

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    OWLS

    57D Bevy : quails :: parliament : ___

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    REEDY

    54D Like marshes or bagpipes

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    LOVE

    66A It means nothing at Wimbledon

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    PREY

    32D Food, potentially

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    STINT

    25A Stretch

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    49
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    SWIG

    50D Large swallow

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    35
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    THEIR

    52D "A League of ___ Own"

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    ANGOLA

    23A Country with the second-most Portuguese speakers

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    HIFI

    60A Ideal for audiophiles, in brief

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    CITY

    46A ___ slicker

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    SALTY

    56D Like tears and some language

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    FAME

    33A "A fickle food," per Emily Dickinson

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    DRAIN

    55D Exhaust physically

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    ELDERS

    40D Patriarchs and matriarchs

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    DEFOG

    3D Remove condensation from

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    WIRES

    7D Confusion might ensue when they're crossed

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    NORTH

    70A Word with due or true

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    OBIES

    67A U.S. theater awards

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    HITIT

    10D Signal to play

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    POLS

    27A Party people, for short

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    IDID

    16A Sheepish answer to "Who broke this?"

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    NOISES

    22A Grunts and groans, e.g.

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    FETES

    51D Major bashes

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    LOWER

    5A Reduce

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    OWNERS

    57A Title holders

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    BODE

    1A Be an omen of

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    NAVY

    59D Blue shade

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    FEINT

    51A Deceptive movement

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    ROYALFLUSH

    43A Dream hand for a poker player

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    LIPBALM

    5D It can prevent cracking

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    MEGAMERGER debut

    36A Large-scale corporate union

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    NYNY

    71A Manhattan, on an envelope

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    NONEED

    19D "You don't really have to"

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    SEALIN

    28D Protect, as freshness

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    AGNI

    30D Hindu fire god

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    BAFTA

    1D U.K. acting award

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    WHATSTHEBIGDEAL

    63A "Why are you making such a fuss?" … or a hint to 17-, 36- and 43-Across

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    RHENIUM

    9D Metal next to tungsten on the periodic table

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    FIFTYPERCENTOFF debut

    17A Sign in a clearance section

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    FOISTON debut

    44D Shove down the throat of

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    FWORDS debut

    53A "Fudge," "fie" and "fiddlesticks" are some of the printable ones

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    HUFFISH debut

    45D Sulky

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