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Wednesday · 76 answers · 2 debuts

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

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    EAR

    49A It might be cocked or bent

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    485
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    ADS

    44A Showstoppers?

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    325
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    ANTE

    63A Chip in

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    461
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    ACRE

    5A Hell's Half ___ (Wyoming landmark)

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    328
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    ETC

    29D Abbreviated abbreviation

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    268
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    DNA

    30A Intrinsic makeup

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    ANN

    24A Author Patchett

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    ETAL

    8D Abbreviated abbreviation

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    EELS

    41A Delicacies for which Aveiro, Portugal, is known

    28
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    ABBA

    1A Quartet that reunited in 2022 to "perform" as holograms

    25
    192
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    OHIO

    53D Reds state

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    200
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    LES

    34D Paul for whom a guitar is named

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    270
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    EURO

    22A Lead-in to zone

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    ENTER

    49D Put in

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    217
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    MAR

    48A Scratch, say

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    215
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    ATSEA

    24D Totally confused

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    194
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    INRE

    11D About, on a memo

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    251
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    BRIE

    36A Gooey addition to a charcuterie board

    17
    95
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    LEAST

    40D "He is richest who is content with the ___": Socrates

    17
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    ITT

    35A Hirsute cousin of old TV

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    152
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    MOI

    42A "Surely you don't mean me!?"

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    101
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    REAR

    12D Vanguard's opposite

    14
    184
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    SANE

    56D In one's right mind

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    153
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    NON

    39D Prefix with apology or denial

    13
    143
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    SLAB

    58D Unit of meat or marble

    13
    86
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    AAS

    23A Smallish batteries

    13
    73
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    REEF

    7D Danger for a mariner

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    100
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    ROAD

    55D Word with "Revolutionary" or "Tobacco," in book titles

    12
    95
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    APNEA

    16A Condition linked with grinding teeth

    12
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    EMOJI

    43A Speechless expression

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    31
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    SERTA

    51D Company with Counting Sheep commercials

    11
    82
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    MOET

    15A Big name in bubbly

    11
    43
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    TBAR

    64A Ski lift

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    144
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    DEAR

    66A With 67-Across, one of two pen names punnily hinted at by 20-, 37- and 52-Across (can you find the other one?)

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    118
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    BONO

    3D Pro ___

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    66
  36. 36
    ACK

    1D "Oh, no!"

    9
    43
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    NINJA

    31D Strong, silent type?

    9
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    SAYS

    13D "Survey ___ …" ("Family Feud" catchphrase)

    8
    55
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    FRY

    61D Fish hatchlings

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    48
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    NOTED

    25D Prominent

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    40
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    AGAME

    4D Best effort

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    29
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    BUM

    36D Backside

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    41
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    KONA

    17A District on the western coast of Hawaii

    5
    36
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    AMONRA

    5D Egyptian sun god

    5
    12
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    BLOW

    2D Explode

    4
    41
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    PAIRS

    9A Chromosomes come in them

    4
    33
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    DIGIT

    28D You can count on it

    4
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    BOERS

    65A Dutch settlers of South Africa

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    19
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    PASTAS

    9D They might be served carbonara or puttanesca

    4
    19
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    EULER

    21D Swiss mathematician who introduced functional notation

    3
    49
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    CLOG

    14A Croc, for one

    3
    44
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    ARISTA

    46D Stiff bristle, botanically

    3
    36
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    ROBB

    57D ___ Stark, Lord Eddard's eldest on "Game of Thrones"

    3
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    ABBY

    67A See 66-Across

    3
    30
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    RUSS

    50A N.B.A.'s Westbrook, to fans

    3
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    NIELS

    26D Physicist Bohr

    3
    26
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    CATERS

    45D Supplies, as a soiree

    3
    19
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    NEARTO

    19D Almost adjoining

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    18
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    PIBB

    52D Last name in soft drinks

    3
    18
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    COCOON

    6D Result of some spinning

    3
    12
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    TOILE

    33A Fabric whose name is French for "cloth"

    2
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    IMARET

    38D Turkish inn

    2
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    ROLF

    60A Massage deeply

    2
    24
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    AESIR

    32D Norse pantheon

    2
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    DRMOM

    30D Amateur pediatrician, informally

    2
    6
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    OCEANSPRAY

    18A Craisin brand

    2
    6
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    IHATETOASK

    59A "Apologies for bothering you …"

    2
    3
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    IATE

    54D "Not hungry yet, but thanks anyway"

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    BITER

    62A Mosquito, by nature

    1
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    APPTS

    10D Datebook data: Abbr.

    1
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    CANTATA

    45A Bach composition

    1
    12
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    LANDERS

    27A Components of Mars's Viking and Pathfinder

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    3
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    TUSKER

    47D Elephant or warthog, e.g.

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    2
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    WOMENOFLETTERS

    20A Female scholars

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    POINTERSISTERS debut

    52A Grammy winners for "Jump (for My Love)" (1984)

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    1
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    STEERINGCOLUMNS debut

    37A Where turn signals are found

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