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Wednesday · 78 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    ASS

    63D Bad thing to make of oneself

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    409
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    END

    62D Extra-crusty piece of bread

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    447
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    ANTE

    24D Before: Prefix

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    461
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    ERE

    60D Before, poetically

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    602
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    OAR

    36D Boat propeller

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    331
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    ORA

    19A "... ___ lack thereof"

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    227
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    LED

    16A Played the first card

    34
    222
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    AIR

    2D Word with France or Force

    33
    304
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    ONES

    32A The first two digits of every Brooklyn ZIP code

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    295
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    UNIT

    55D Textbook section

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    230
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    ENOS

    29A Grandchild of Adam and Eve

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    287
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    SON

    61D "Mushnik & ___" ("Little Shop of Horrors" song)

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    213
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    TIARA

    65A Pageant accessory

    24
    152
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    DEE

    67A Discussion starter?

    22
    182
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    EGG

    64A Part of a which-came-first debate

    21
    206
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    AIDE

    5D Right hand, so to speak

    20
    192
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    IPO

    44A N.Y.S.E. debut

    20
    133
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    PESO

    53A Currency of Colombia

    20
    131
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    CPA

    11A Number cruncher, for short

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    189
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    BAR

    58A Where shots are taken

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    157
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    LAS

    7D ___ Cruces, N.M.

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    173
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    OAK

    34D Wood used to age brandy

    16
    152
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    SOAR

    43A Fly high

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    125
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    APOP

    26A Each

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    107
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    MTV

    33A Cable channel with its own awards show

    13
    58
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    OPTS

    34A Goes (for)

    12
    132
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    BOO

    3D What it would be a mistake to write twice?

    12
    101
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    JAB

    1D Vaccine, informally

    12
    89
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    ERRED

    10D Messed up

    12
    78
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    OMS

    27D Meditation mantras

    12
    68
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    EXEC

    52A C.F.O. or C.I.O

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    101
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    SHIP

    57D Tanker, e.g.

    11
    60
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    AIOLI

    14A Garlicky sauce

    11
    51
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    NERD

    20A Passionately discuss minutiae, with "out"

    10
    159
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    ACHES

    50A Aftereffects from working out

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    72
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    OPUS

    40D Great work

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    96
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    SAX

    43D Bill Clinton's is displayed at the Smithsonian, for short

    9
    76
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    IRONS

    66A Straightens things out, say

    6
    85
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    LONG

    35A Like T.S.A. lines on holiday weekends

    6
    60
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    KEEP

    9D Label for a box during a household purge

    6
    55
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    SMUG

    49A Full of oneself

    6
    42
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    ROKU

    42A Video streaming giant

    6
    16
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    NEONS

    22D Highlighter colors, usually

    5
    56
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    RACER

    15A Certain bib wearer

    5
    51
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    HEMS

    23D Traps, with "in"

    5
    36
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    OCTOPI

    8D Ocean creatures with three hearts

    5
    36
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    PLAIN

    47A Downright

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    33
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    POKER

    38D ___ face

    5
    31
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    PERUSE

    12D Read over

    5
    25
  50. 50
    NOGO

    41D Something that's not going to happen

    4
    67
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    STYES

    68A Afflictions that rhyme with the body parts they're found in

    4
    47
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    NICK

    45A Shaving cut

    4
    30
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    HACK

    23A Expose the vulnerabilities of, in a way

    4
    27
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    MIMIC

    30A Copy

    4
    25
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    JABBA

    1A Sluglike "Star Wars" bad guy

    4
    21
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    SPHERE

    49D It's a ball

    3
    38
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    ADAPTS

    13D Gets used to new surroundings

    3
    35
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    DEIST

    28A Benjamin Franklin, by religious philosophy

    3
    30
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    UNDERTHESEA

    59A Song from "The Little Mermaid" that's a phonetic hint to interpreting the answers to the starred clues

    3
    5
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    ICEAGE

    46D Time when glaciers form

    2
    44
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    SHUTS

    51D Powers (down)

    2
    14
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    PENDS

    69A Isn't settled

    2
    13
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    SEEPAST

    37A Overlook, as a flaw

    2
    10
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    BEARHUG

    54A Strong squeeze

    2
    8
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    CLEANCUT

    31D *Like 10%-fat beef

    2
    5
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    BLOKE

    6A Man, on the Isle of Man

    1
    13
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    GUSH

    56A Rave (about)

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    11
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    OPENSUP

    21A Bares one's soul

    1
    6
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    BRADPITT

    6D Actor in "12 Years a Slave" and "12 Monkeys"

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    4
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    COVERCHARGE

    25D *Rip off

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    3
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    NABBED

    45D Caught

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    3
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    BLANKS

    4D Valuable Scrabble tiles

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    2
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    FEASTON

    39A Eat plenty of

    1
    2
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    FOIEGRAS

    39D Duck delicacy

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    2
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    BROADCASTER debut

    17A Television pro

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    1
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    CLOSINGTIME debut

    11D *Not moving fast enough

    1
    1
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    CRAMPSUP debut

    18D *Increases sharply

    1
    1
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    LEGDAY debut

    48D Gym session devoted to squats, dead lifts, etc.

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