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Wednesday · 74 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ERA

    60D The "E" of B.C.E.

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    TRI

    39A State leader?

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    237
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    ETNA

    54D Mountain above Vulcan's forge

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    334
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    EAST

    43D Big ___ (Seton Hall's conference)

    33
    285
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    OLD

    12D Word with style or fashioned

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    247
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    OMEN

    3D Black cat, maybe

    28
    257
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    STIR

    6D Soup recipe instruction

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    292
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    SIS

    52A Michelle Obama, to Craig Robinson, for short

    26
    210
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    ATLAS

    67A Book often shelved on its side

    25
    195
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    CCS

    58D Loops in, in a way

    20
    98
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    ROD

    48A Surveyor's measure

    19
    157
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    URLS

    33A www addresses

    19
    69
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    NAAN

    63A Bread in a tandoor

    17
    69
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    ETTU

    30D Shakespearean dying words

    16
    191
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    HAN

    11D Ancient Chinese dynasty

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    113
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    ESSAY

    51D Assignment often graded with a red pen

    12
    153
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    MAA

    24A Pasture sound

    12
    48
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    EXES

    57D Noneternal flames?

    11
    130
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    RAVI

    2D Shankar who performed at Woodstock

    11
    71
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    OVERT

    17A In plain sight

    11
    63
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    HALO

    16A Virtue signal?

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    151
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    BASE

    49A Home plate is the "fourth" one

    10
    104
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    IONE

    44A Actress Skye of "Say Anything …"

    9
    73
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    RAMEN

    14A Japanese noodle soup

    9
    43
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    SOBA

    6A Japanese noodle

    9
    28
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    ITAL

    55D Right-leaning type?: Abbr.

    8
    94
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    COAL

    23A Shade of black

    8
    74
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    MOS

    13D Sept. and Oct.

    7
    64
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    TRIB

    15A Chicago paper, familiarly, with "the"

    7
    53
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    ARYA

    66A Younger Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones"

    7
    16
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    MAS

    22A Like tres and cuatro relative to uno and dos

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    111
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    SWAT

    65A Sacrifice a fly?

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    85
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    SPEAR

    50D Warrior's weapon

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    79
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    BENT

    53D Not quite broken, say

    6
    68
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    HOW

    59D It's not one of the five W's

    6
    54
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    CORN

    62A Dad humor, perhaps

    6
    49
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    EYELET

    45A Hole near a sole

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    25
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    PSIS

    21D Pitchfork-shaped letters

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    60
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    NIGH

    36D Near

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    ARCANA

    25D Mysterious knowledge

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    26
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    WHAM

    10D "Kapow!"

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    40
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    RISERS

    31A They elevate a choir's performance

    4
    26
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    ENTRAP

    5D Catch in a sting

    4
    23
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    WHOM

    10A Pronoun that's falling into disuse

    4
    23
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    ARR

    35D Flight board posting: Abbr.

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    133
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    STAMINA

    42D Cross-country runner's asset

    3
    18
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    BOTOX

    61A Wrinkle remover

    3
    14
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    ORDOC

    7D Surgeon, informally

    3
    5
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    TACOPIE

    27A Casserole topped with guacamole or sour cream

    3
    4
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    KOLA

    56D Nut that's a source of caffeine

    2
    37
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    EREBUS

    38D Personification of darkness, in Greek myth

    2
    15
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    FROZE

    1A Suddenly stopped moving

    2
    13
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    HELIUM

    19D Element named after the Greek word for "sun"

    2
    6
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    LISBOA

    47D Portugal's capital, in Portugal

    2
    4
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    HALLWAY

    46A Corridor

    2
    3
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    FROM

    1D Word on a gift tag

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    37
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    PRATE

    37A Talk excessively

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    32
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    BILBO

    8D Shire resident

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    21
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    MEADOW

    24D Place to pick daisies

    1
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    ORALE

    64A Papal vestment

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    15
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    ARROYO

    28D Southwestern gully

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    10
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    ABELARD

    9D Héloise's lover

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    8
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    IDLEHANDS

    18A The devil's workshop, it's said

    1
    7
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    MODAL

    40A Relating to form

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    ZEROMOSTEL

    4D "Fiddler on the Roof" star

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    ASTLEY

    26D Rick of Rickrolling fame

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    5
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    CHEESIEST

    58A Most tacky

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    3
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    CLAWED

    29D Attacked, as by a tiger

    1
    3
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    TUPPER

    27D Earl of food storage fame

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    2
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    BUMPSETSPIKE debut

    53A Common volleyball combo … or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together

    1
    1
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    MINORPROBLEM debut

    20A Hiccup

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    1
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    POWERSURGE debut

    41A Burst of energy

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    1
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    SPOILSPORT debut

    32D Party pooper

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    STANDUPACT debut

    34A Comedian's stage performance

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    1