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Wednesday · 81 answers · 4 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ASS

    1A Gobi Desert grazer

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    ETSY

    28A Site for crafts

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    IDO

    44D Swearing-in words

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    OLD

    5D Like food you should probably smell before eating

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    ALL

    30D A-game, so to speak

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    SRI

    65D ___ Lanka

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    EDU

    7A Domain suffix that most people can't register

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    IOTA

    57D Three-syllable letter

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    AFAR

    60D In the distance

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    REV

    46A Make go "Vroom!"

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    IDOL

    50A Object of adoration

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    AIM

    33D Target

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    OUI

    18A Possible response to a question that begins "Est-ce que …"

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    SPEC

    4D Required word count for a freelance article, e.g.

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    OTOH

    68A Conversely, in a text

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    60
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    ELO

    17A Band initials missing from their hit song "_vi_ W_man"

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    250
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    ASTI

    34D Italian wine region

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    SOD

    4A Green roll

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    ARID

    40D Like Antarctica's climate

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    TOT

    13A Bit of fried finger food, casually

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    ALP

    20A Inspiration for Toblerone's shape

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    HON

    66D Sweetie

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    IDES

    37D Middle-of-the-month time

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    RITA

    61D Multitalented Moreno

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    HEM

    10A Tailor's line

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    TUB

    42A Container for sour cream

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    OLLIE

    24A Hop on board?

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    DUH

    64D "Tell me something I don't know!"

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    SAKE

    26A Shot dropped into a glass of beer, in a popular cocktail

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    ACRES

    55D Plot units

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    ALDO

    23A Gucci played by Al Pacino in 2021's "House of Gucci"

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    KNOT

    58D Something a rock climber might make with one hand

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    TOW

    45D Drag on the road

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    STYX

    62D River in which Achilles was dipped

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    DUO

    8D Hip-hop's Madvillain or Mobb Deep

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    SLIM

    27A Dress shirt fit option

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    BRIT

    51D Liverpudlian or Mancunian

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    UMNO

    9D "Yeah, don't even think about it"

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    INDIA

    16D World's most populous country as of 2023

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    ELLIS

    11D Actress Tracee ___ Ross of "American Fiction"

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    APOLLO

    34A Spacecraft that docked with the Soyuz in 1975

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    WATT

    71A Unit of power

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    OATY

    70A Like many granola bars

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    ENTOMB

    7D Lay to rest

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    ITSIN

    47A "Go-o-oal!"

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    OPE

    67D Midwesterner's embarrassed interjection

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    ATOMS

    1D Subjects of quantum mechanics

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    SOUSA

    2D Composer with a namesake horn

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    BLOW

    56D Major setback

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    LETBE

    25D Leave undisturbed

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    NENA

    49D "99 Luftballons" singer

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    BELLA

    22D ___ Baxter, "Poor Things" protagonist

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    BRIS

    32D Jewish rite

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    LOLL

    41D Hang out

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    MSNBC

    21A Channel with Steve Kornacki's election day "Big Board"

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    POUT

    35D Look sullen

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    DAMASK

    6D Patterned fabric named for a Mideast capital

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    SOMALIA

    39A African country

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    TOLLS

    15D Avoid ___ (Google Maps option)

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    CIGARS

    59A Puff pieces?

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    TEVA

    38D Big name in athletic sandals

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    5
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    AGNES

    54D ___ Varda, director with an honorary Palme d'Or and Oscar

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    COIF

    31D Elaborate hairdo

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    BOSSA

    51A Brazilian jazz subgenre, informally

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    LIMEADE

    41A Sweetened beverage

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    FRITOS

    43A Snack brand from the Spanish word for "fried"

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    OKGOOD

    52D "Oh, phew!"

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    EUROPE

    69A Second-smallest of seven

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    IMIGHT

    48D "My plans aren't set in stone"

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    SHINES

    72A Performs brilliantly

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    PLATINUM

    14A Silvery element

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    EDMONTON

    19A Northernmost city in North America with over one million people

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    DRAX

    73A Dave Bautista's role in "Guardians of the Galaxy"

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    MOPEY

    12D Sullen

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    BLACKSABBATH

    29A Band in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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    MEADOWLARK

    53A Bird with a distinctive call

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    RIBBIT

    36A Croak

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    BIKING debut

    56A Spinning one's wheels?

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    HEALTHBARS debut

    10D Indicators of remaining energy for video game characters

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    LONGANDSHORTOFIT debut

    63A General idea … or a hint to the clue/answer pairings at 14-, 29-, 39-, 41- and 53-Across

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    STINKBOMBS debut

    3D Foul-smelling prank items

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