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Wednesday · 77 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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    ALI

    64D Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala ___

    49
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    ASIA

    8D It's east of the Urals

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    350
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    ACHE

    38A Heating pad target

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    282
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    REP

    40D One leg curl, e.g.

    23
    192
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    ABET

    6D Drive for, maybe

    22
    228
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    ANON

    14A Like much graffiti: Abbr.

    20
    275
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    IGOR

    10A Composer Stravinsky

    20
    207
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    CSI

    42D CBS drama for 15 seasons

    19
    127
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    ROME

    13D Spanish Steps locale

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    111
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    KEN

    43A Doll who debuted in swim trunks

    18
    144
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    SPEC

    30D Guideline, in brief

    18
    120
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    INA

    27D ___ flash

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    178
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    CHER

    34D Sole one-named Best Actress Oscar winner

    17
    104
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    EPI

    39A Lead-in to -gram or -graph

    16
    141
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    NERO

    16A Emperor named an enemy of the state in A.D. 68

    15
    243
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    TRAP

    22D Where a wedge may be used

    15
    156
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    ANG

    29A Lee who directed "Gemini Man"

    14
    117
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    RAH

    40A Pep rally cry

    13
    215
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    IFSO

    53A "Should that happen …"

    13
    70
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    EENY

    35D Wee

    12
    83
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    SNOT

    58D Pesky little brat

    12
    29
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    ONLY

    56D "Above us ___ sky" ("Imagine" lyric)

    11
    116
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    PASS

    36A Screen play?

    11
    97
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    SIAM

    19A Neighbor of Indonesia, on a Risk board

    11
    91
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    INCAS

    57A Builders of 25,000+ miles of roads in South America

    11
    58
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    MICA

    1A Mineral that shimmers

    10
    74
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    DEC

    25A Big mo. for eggnog sales

    10
    70
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    ATS

    62D Email signs

    10
    29
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    ELLEN

    59A TV's DeGeneres

    9
    105
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    ABASE

    15A Belittle

    9
    82
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    ONEUP

    50D Top

    9
    51
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    EYED

    59D Observed

    8
    125
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    DENY

    17A Not admit

    8
    90
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    FIB

    26A Cover story?

    8
    57
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    LLC

    41A Cousin of Inc.

    8
    24
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    DUO

    61D Pop music's Wham! or Erasure

    7
    105
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    ORALS

    12D Some campus grilling events?

    7
    74
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    OCHRE

    51D Shade in a barren landscape

    7
    59
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    WAGE

    7D ___ gap

    7
    50
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    LEGIT

    18A Aboveboard

    7
    45
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    PAPI

    31D Big ___ (longtime Red Sox nickname)

    6
    20
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    TETRA

    9D Half of octo-

    5
    106
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    ARGOS

    24A City that was a rival of ancient Sparta

    5
    20
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    SELLS

    55D Gives up the goods?

    4
    46
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    NICK

    21D Small cut

    4
    30
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    SALARY

    33D ___ cap

    4
    20
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    BOOM

    49A “Take THAT!”

    3
    36
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    MADD

    1D Road safety org.

    3
    34
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    STARES

    32D Some looks into space

    3
    31
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    FLAKE

    54D Undependable sort

    3
    15
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    PBR

    63D Inexpensive beer, informally

    3
    12
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    PAYWALL

    63A See 60-Across

    3
    3
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    TRALA

    37A Singsong refrain

    2
    48
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    PALIN

    5D Satirist Michael

    2
    26
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    DIDIN

    23A Knocked off

    2
    16
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    BIBB

    49D Kind of lettuce

    2
    15
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    PESTOS

    67A Green sauces

    2
    8
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    BELLLAP

    28D When to wave the white flag

    2
    4
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    RIDGES

    68A Features of coins which make them harder to counterfeit

    2
    3
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    LAE

    46D Ka ___ (southernmost point in the U.S.)

    1
    23
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    PAWAT

    5A Bat around, as a kitten might

    1
    16
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    INEED

    2D "___ to Know" (1999 Marc Anthony hit)

    1
    14
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    SEEPY

    52A Flowing slowly

    1
    9
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    DEFINITEARTICLE

    20A The

    1
    6
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    INSIGNIA

    10D Presidential seal, for one

    1
    4
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    ANYIDEAS

    4D "How will we ever get out of this mess?"

    1
    3
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    CINDERELLASTORY

    44A Success against all odds

    1
    3
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    DOMAINS

    45D Realms

    1
    3
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    FORHERE

    26D Not to go

    1
    3
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    OPERAARIA

    48A Either of two for Mozart's Queen of the Night

    1
    3
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    BLEAKLY

    66A Without much hope

    1
    2
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    TAILWAG

    47D Sign of a hound's happiness

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    2
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    BEHINDA debut

    60A With 63-Across, where some journalism is located ... or how to interpret the ends of 20-, 30- and 44-Across vis-à-vis the shaded squares

    1
    1
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    BURNOUT debut

    65A Exhaustion from work

    1
    1
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    CONFIDESIN debut

    3D Tells private things

    1
    1
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    GEICOGECKO debut

    11D Lizard mascot with a Cockney accent

    1
    1
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    SPEAKSONESPIECE debut

    30A Talks frankly

    1
    1