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Wednesday · 76 answers · 6 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

    16A Place for a tiny hammer

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    ERR

    58A Mess up

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    OREO

    53D Popular name for a tuxedo cat

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    LEE

    62A Sheltered side

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    EASE

    24D Gently acclimate, with "in"

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    USA

    61D Letters on a Forever stamp

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    ISEE

    56D "Mm-hmm"

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    AIR

    55A Make public

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    EAST

    12D Where runway 9 is always oriented at an airport

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    ATM

    41A Device first deployed in the U.S. by Chemical Bank (1969)

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    OIL

    60D How John D. Rockefeller made his money

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    ASA

    19A Al Jolson's actual first name

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    OAHU

    2D Island that's home to a state capital

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    TOT

    38A Play date participant

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    OAK

    5D Cabinet material

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    AORTA

    43A Feeder of the iliac arteries

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    AWAY

    15A Outside, as a pitch

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    ARMY

    55D "Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the ___" (song from "White Christmas")

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    STET

    66A Not delete

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    APART

    29D In a bicoastal relationship, say

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    TIC

    4D Game piece?

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    INCAS

    25D Atahualpa's subjects

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    INSET

    51D Like crown jewels

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    RPM

    45D Tach measure

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    AOK

    34D Fine and dandy

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    HEAT

    11D Recipe verb

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    82
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    HEX

    11A Spell that's "broken" by 23-Across

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    TASE

    63A Shock, in a way

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    47
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    POM

    36A When doubled, beanie topper

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    YMCA

    1D Org. often referred to by its first letter

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    UNIX

    3D What macOS is based on

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    HOAX

    40D The Cardiff Giant, for one

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    STEALTH

    35D Ninja's forte

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    CEASE

    50D Stop

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    TREX

    54D Prehistoric predator, informally

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    TORTE

    30D Linzer ___ (pastry)

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    PADS

    7A Cribs

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    OCEANS

    6D Loads

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    TORME

    27D Crooner Mel

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    POX

    65A Spell that's "broken" by 49-Across

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    OAST

    33A Kiln for hops

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    CURSE

    37A Spell that's "broken" by 59-Across

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    29
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    MOUTH

    26D Communicate silently, in a way

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    HELP

    52D Give a boost

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    MANIAC

    14A Hit song from "Flashdance"

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    AUX

    20A "La Cage ___ Folles"

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    SYMBOL

    10D Semiotician's interest

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    NOOBS

    32A Beginner gamers, in lingo

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    EXE

    22D PC program file extension

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    XRAY

    13D … Whiskey, ___, Yankee …

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    RETD

    57D No longer working: Abbr.

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    KISMET

    64A Word derived from the Arabic for "lot"

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    23
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    CHARM

    39A Spell that's "broken" by 17-Across

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    EMMAS

    31D Heroines in novels by Flaubert and Austen

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    REACTS

    46D Flinches or smiles, e.g.

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    DARENOT

    9D Be afraid to

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    SLAYED

    67A Killed it at open mic night, say

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    9
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    KEKE

    42A Actress Palmer with a reduplicative name

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    DBACKS debut

    48D Winners over the Yanks in the 2001 World Series

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    HOTMAGENTA

    52A Crayola color that debuted in 1972

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    CARO

    39D Dear, in Italian

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    OLEATE

    28A Fatty acid compound

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    SHERRI

    44A Shepherd formerly of "The View"

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    HOBS

    23D Canterbury cooktops

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    AWALK

    8D ___ in the park

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    IMTOAST

    25A "This looks bad for me!"

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    ADRATES

    47A Fees that may be based on cost-per-click

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    YOUTOO

    1A Response to "Have a nice day!"

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    PAPPY

    7D Father, in regional lingo

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    3
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    CRASHCOURSE

    59A Intensive study program

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    KINGRAT

    42D 1965 film starring George Segal that was set in a P.O.W. camp

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    APPLEBETTY debut

    21A Traditional crustless fruit pie

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    CHICKENPARM debut

    17A Popular Italian entree, informally

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    HENRYKNOX debut

    23A First U.S. secretary of war

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    NPRTOTE debut

    18D Iconic fund-raising "thank you" gift

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    PENCILBOX debut

    49A Container in a kid's backpack

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