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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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    LEE

    26D "To Kill a Mockingbird" writer

    40
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    ASIA

    13A "Never get involved in a land war in ___" (advice in "The Princess Bride")

    38
    350
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    OGRE

    68A Enemy of Hop-o'-My-Thumb

    36
    284
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    ANI

    11D Good guess for a single letter in a cryptogram

    36
    238
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    SHE

    58D "Steady as ___ goes!"

    35
    345
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    SAT

    49A Dropped behind?

    35
    284
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    INS

    22D Entrees

    28
    224
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    ATTA

    34D "___ boy!"

    28
    156
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    STEP

    67A "No ___" (airplane wing warning)

    25
    229
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    ERRS

    43A Blows it

    22
    230
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    TAO

    62D Confucian philosophy

    21
    223
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    DRS

    27D Rx writers: Abbr.

    20
    116
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    SAN

    48D The "S" of U.C.S.D.

    19
    182
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    NASA

    32A Org. with the Artemis program

    18
    174
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    HOT

    61D Between 90 and 100, say

    18
    134
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    IDS

    20A Items often stored in plastic protectors

    17
    181
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    SAC

    12D Alveolus, e.g.

    17
    167
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    REAP

    50A Gather

    17
    155
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    UPS

    54D FedEx competitor

    17
    123
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    ANAL

    65A Ultrafastidious

    17
    67
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    TLC

    57A What a fixer-upper home needs, casually

    16
    146
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    IOWA

    33A Where Captain Kirk was born and raised

    16
    130
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    ACL

    40D Wounded knee site, for short

    16
    50
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    EGGS

    66A No-no for vegans

    15
    116
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    ALUM

    5A Person of the year, for short?

    13
    123
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    ATTIC

    18A Top-flight destination?

    13
    108
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    PAS

    39D Faux ___

    12
    114
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    WII

    17D Console with a sensor bar

    11
    53
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    MAP

    4D Common encyclopedia graphic

    10
    138
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    EASES

    35A Moves gingerly

    10
    74
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    MMA

    29A Sport that takes place in an octagon, for short

    9
    29
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    DON

    19A Title for a crime boss

    8
    111
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    COP

    56A Miranda rights reader

    8
    90
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    HUG

    59D Keep close to

    8
    38
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    MBAS

    9A Degs. from Northwestern's Kellogg School

    7
    73
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    WISE

    28A Prudent

    7
    63
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    ONESIE

    23A Early-age garment

    7
    25
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    CAFE

    14A Common provider of free Wi-Fi

    6
    65
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    HELM

    1A Captain's position

    6
    57
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    KEANU

    55A Actor Reeves

    6
    32
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    ACORNS

    47A Symbols of humble beginnings

    5
    29
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    COKE

    56D Popular pop

    5
    28
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    ESTONIA

    2D What's opposite Finland on the Gulf of Finland

    4
    29
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    KITS

    42A Drummers' collections

    4
    26
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    UFC

    7D 29-Across org.

    4
    10
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    TINCT

    21A Touch of color

    3
    29
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    LATS

    6D Targets of pull-down exercises, in brief

    3
    26
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    KOKO

    64A Gorilla who was said to have developed the vocabulary level of a three-year-old human

    3
    16
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    MEHTA

    8D Conductor Zubin

    2
    30
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    MOCK

    30D Imitation

    2
    20
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    PASEO

    39A Evening stroll, from the Spanish

    2
    18
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    ACADEMIA

    5D Professor's realm

    2
    16
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    HUNTS

    63A Big name in ketchup

    2
    6
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    FANDUEL

    15D Big name in sports betting

    2
    4
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    SEASERPENTS

    24D Creatures that kill Laocoön in the "Aeneid"

    2
    3
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    STOPWATCH

    16A Wait + see

    2
    3
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    FAUNA

    15A Animal life

    1
    20
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    SLAPDASH

    51A Hit + run

    1
    13
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    RUSSIA

    53A "Fiddler on the Roof" setting

    1
    12
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    SHINY

    58A Like Rudolph's nose

    1
    9
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    SUCKS

    52D Uses a straw

    1
    8
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    LIONESS

    3D Cubs manager?

    1
    7
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    RAILCAR

    45D Caboose, e.g.

    1
    7
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    SUMNER

    31A Abolitionist senator Charles

    1
    7
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    ASTROPOP

    38D Rocket-shaped frozen treat

    1
    4
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    RESTING

    44D Not in motion

    1
    4
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    SPACKLE

    46D Gap filler

    1
    4
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    BUTTONS

    10D Remote possibilities?

    1
    2
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    HAWKISH

    25D Aggressively pro-war

    1
    2
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    MONDAYS

    37D Times to get back to work

    1
    2
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    CHOPSTICK debut

    60A Cut + paste

    1
    1
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    HANDHOLD debut

    25A Give + take

    1
    1
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    HASDOWN debut

    1D Knows by heart

    1
    1
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    MATCHMAKERS debut

    9D Fixer-uppers, of a sort

    1
    1
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    SMACKTALK debut

    36A Kiss + tell

    1
    1
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    SOAKING debut

    41D Very wet

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    1