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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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    SET

    59D Solidify

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    ELI

    49A Manning of ESPN's "ManningCast"

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    EEL

    26A "You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an ___, Mr. Grinch"

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    ASH

    28D Wood once used for hockey sticks

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    ALI

    9D Wepner's 1975 opponent in the ring

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    LEO

    20D Constellation whose mane and shoulders are known as "the Sickle"

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    HOE

    48A Gardener's tool

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    LSAT

    57D Exam for a future A.G.

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    ARK

    40D Sanctuary against extinction

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    GEE

    24A Exclamation of mild surprise

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    TEST

    66A The "T" of 57-Down

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    CAT

    27D Edgar Allan Poe owned a black one, appropriately

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    HAS

    6A Owns

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    NIT

    52A ___ to pick

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    BEE

    50A Busyness representative?

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    LIAR

    1D One spewing hogwash

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    ISLA

    17A Actress Fisher of "Wedding Crashers"

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    MAT

    61D It might say "Welcome"

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    ROW

    51A Creation (and rhyme) of 48-Across

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    REC

    39D "Parks and ___" (NBC sitcom, to fans)

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    IDES

    58A 13th or 15th days, on the Roman calendar

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    LARA

    38A Croft of the "Tomb Raider" franchise

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    ILLS

    18A Sorry situations

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    ALIEN

    16A Xenomorph

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    ACLU

    2D "Because freedom can't protect itself" org.

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    NAME

    60A John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, for one

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    REIN

    3D Pull (in)

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    SALSA

    65A Dance with a series of spins

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    TBA

    23A Not yet determined: Abbr.

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    OTT

    67A New York Giant known as "Master Melvin"

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    AMMO

    9A Rifle filler

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    AXLE

    22D Rod in a hot rod

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    HIS

    6D What's-___-face

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    FED

    47D Stoked

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    LEST

    56D In case

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    LOAN

    15A Bank offering

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    ALLA

    55D Penne ___ vodka

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    OBOES

    46D Orchestral group pitched to C

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    ALLAH

    32D God, in Islam

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    HIDE

    14A Tuck away

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    FIRE

    63A Drive

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    ITA

    21A "Give ___ rest!"

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    IDLES

    62A Sits and waits

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  44. 44
    GRAS

    64A Mardi ___

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    ONSALE

    12D Like Christmas lights after December 25, often

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    GWEN

    42D Singer Stefani

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    SAVER

    43A Word after life or time

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  48. 48
    THEM

    35A Gender-neutral pronoun

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    LARVA

    1A Caterpillar, e.g.

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    FROST

    31D Poet who taught at Amherst College

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    BDAY

    54D Candle-lighting occasion, in brief

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    HIDEF

    14D Digitally crisp, informally

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  53. 53
    HYATT

    68A Big hotel chain

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    ICEIT

    13A Seal the win, so to speak

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    THRIFT

    44D Prudence with money

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    VIEW

    4D YouTube unit

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    DIODE

    36A Semiconductor device

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    HOODIE

    45D Article of cool-weather wear

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    ASHOT

    33A Take ___ at (besmirch)

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    RETELL

    34A Share again, as a story

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    COMBO

    30D Burger, fries and a drink at a special price, e.g.

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    MOLTENLAVA

    10D Progressive rock?

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    BMX

    25A Kind of bikes for stunt riders

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    BBGUNS

    41A Toy shooters

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    ODDBALL

    53A Eccentric sort … or a "sport" where one might make the plays at 19-, 27- and 44-Across?

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    SWEDISH

    43D Like krona coins

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    MALBEC

    11D Full-bodied red wine

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    RUNWILD

    19A Behave uncontrollably

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    SEATMATE

    8D One sharing an armrest

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    THEBREWERS

    29D Team with a sausage race at every home game

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    ADLIBBED

    7D Went off-script

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    ATNIGHT debut

    5D When Santa and the tooth fairy are most active

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    CATCHOFFBALANCE debut

    27A Stagger with unexpected news, maybe

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    DUOLINGO debut

    36D Learning app with an owl mascot

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    INUITART debut

    37D Walrus ivory is one traditional medium for it

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    THROWOUTOFWHACK debut

    44A Cause to malfunction

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