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Wednesday · 72 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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    ARE

    32A "Rules ___ rules"

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    NSA

    59D Org. employing cryptographers

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    BRA

    27D Garment that can be backless

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    OMNI

    34A Prefix with present

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    SKA

    51A Genre for Reel Big Fish

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    OVEN

    14A Where popovers "pop"

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    EIRE

    56D Cork's country

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    OAHU

    1A Birthplace of the Ironman World Championship

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    URL

    47D Standard info on a takeout menu, nowadays

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    ORSO

    63A [waggles hand back and forth]

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    HERS

    3D Women's health care brand

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    HEN

    44A Part of a pecking order?

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    EPI

    38D What may be left of center?

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    ABU

    22A ___ Dhabi

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    NADA

    40A Bupkis

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    ERROR

    25D Reason for elimination at a spelling bee

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    OMAHA

    29D Poker variety in which each player is dealt four cards

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    HANOI

    16A World capital nicknamed the "Soaring Dragon"

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    ISTO

    52D "That ___ say ..."

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    PEAT

    66A Bog buildup

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    HONE

    41A Refine

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    OOF

    1D "That's rough"

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    USB

    57D PC hookup spot

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    APES

    42A Impersonates, maybe

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    ONME

    11D "My treat"

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    AUNT

    62A ___ Linda, recurring "Saturday Night Live" character played by Kristen Wiig

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    GOT

    60D Tricked

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    MAIN

    53D Primary

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    TIED

    23A Like a Senate vote that requires the vice president

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    IMUP

    54D "You woke me"

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    LOBE

    12D Brain section

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    CPAS

    65A Tax whizzes

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    DIANE

    31D Songwriter Warren with an Oscar, Emmy and Grammy

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    RIRI

    33A Rihanna, to fans

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    ANDES

    30D Where spectacled bears live

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    TURN

    50A Chance to go

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    SCOLD

    9A Give a talking-to

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    KILT

    15A Bottom of some prep school uniforms

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    CROW

    35A Jay relative

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    OFFS

    5A Slays

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    LEONA

    26D Singer Lewis

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    RIVAL

    28D Competitor

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    FIEF

    6D Feudal land

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    NONA

    55D Prefix with -gon

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    BONDS

    64A Chemical attractions

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    DIA

    13D Lunes, martes o miércoles

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    STILT

    61A Elegant shorebird

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    FLAG

    7D Identify as a potential problem

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    AVI

    2D Bird: Prefix

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    YACHT

    24D The reality show "Below Deck" is set on one

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    SYKES

    43D Comedian Wanda

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    UNSEAL

    4D Open, as a letter

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    RUMBA

    19A Cuban dance

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    INKSAC

    48D An octopus uses it for defense

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    USAIR

    57A Bygone carrier whose first hub was in Pittsburgh

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    LIC

    21D Driver's need: Abbr.

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    TABOR

    18D Small drum

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    STRATI

    8D Low-altitude clouds

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    BARHOP

    49D Participate in a crawl, perhaps

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    SHRIEK

    9D Bloodcurdling sound

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    NAVES

    37A Church centers

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    YELLOWBRICKROAD

    24A *Dorothy Gale

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    SETSHOTS

    39D Old-fashioned basketball attempts

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    WENTWILD

    36D Let loose, say

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    QUARTS

    46D There are eight in a peck

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    TRANQUILITYBASE

    45A *Neil Armstrong

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    CAULDRON

    10D Emotionally volatile situation, metaphorically

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    FIRSTYEAR debut

    17A Frosh

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    IMWALKINHERE debut

    52A Memorable ad-lib in "Midnight Cowboy" … or what the starred clues would say about their answers

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    OKYOUWIN debut

    5D "Fine, I give"

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    SEAOFGALILEE debut

    20A *Jesus

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    SMOOSHING debut

    58A Flattening, informally

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