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Wednesday · 72 answers · 7 debuts

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

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    ONE

    64A A person's soul mate, with "the"

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    612
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    EPEE

    42A Olympic blade

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    343
  3. 3
    USA

    56D Team for gymnasts Biles and Chiles

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    261
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    OAR

    44A Olympic "blade"

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    331
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    ANA

    14A TV newswoman Cabrera

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    367
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    TAR

    1A Besmirch

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    351
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    STEP

    25D Part of a dance

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    229
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    ODD

    12D "That's unexpected …"

    24
    209
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    ADELE

    24D Top-selling musical artist of the 2010s

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    158
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    OPI

    32D Nail polish brand with a MillenniYUM shade

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    44
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    EGG

    27A What silken tofu may replace in vegan recipes

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    206
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    EVA

    52D First lady of Italy?

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    247
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    CPA

    39D Tax prep pro

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    189
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    NYE

    13D Bill promoting science education

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    125
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    ERODE

    19A Wear on earth?

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    175
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    NAN

    18D One of the Bobbsey twins, in children's literature

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    118
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    BAN

    57D Blacklist

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    125
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    ALTAR

    50D Rite place at the rite time?

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    124
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    TOAD

    28A Frog's friend in an easy-reader classic

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    122
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    SLUR

    36D Legato notation, in music

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    100
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    METS

    7D M.L.B. team that retired Strawberry's #18

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    79
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    FLU

    53A Bad bug

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    83
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    SUS

    26D Questionable, in modern lingo

    9
    9
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    LIU

    61A Simu ___, portrayer of Rival Ken in "Barbie"

    8
    79
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    ORACLE

    29D Source of prophecy

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    51
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    ANDSO

    62A "Ergo …"

    8
    38
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    ITSON

    9A "Challenge accepted!"

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    31
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    AVIAN

    60A Bird-related

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    57
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    REPEL

    15A Drive back

    7
    50
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    UBOAT

    56A Concern for an Allied ship

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    93
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    OUTDO

    48D Get the edge over

    6
    47
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    SOBER

    31A California ___ (abstaining from everything but cannabis, say)

    6
    44
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    TETRA

    63A Flashy fish

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    106
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    IBEAM

    9D Flanged girder

    5
    51
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    LEEDS

    40A Yorkshire metropolis

    5
    51
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    PLASMA

    8D Substance in stars and neon signs

    5
    36
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    ARP

    21A Big name in Dadaism

    4
    129
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    XED

    35D Marked, in a way

    4
    58
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    TAMALE

    1D Tex-Mex treat

    4
    45
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    SANTACLAUS

    31D Popular stocking stuffer?

    4
    13
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    OTELLO

    44D Opera with a baritone Iago

    3
    57
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    LORNA

    51D ___ Doone (cookie brand)

    3
    35
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    ANALOG

    2D Like a clock with hands

    3
    28
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    AREACODE

    47A 907, for a high one

    3
    27
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    PUNT

    41A Delay deciding, informally

    3
    24
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    PALETTE

    49A Bit of gear for Vermeer

    3
    11
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    PETCAT

    43D Acquisition that may solve a mouse problem

    3
    11
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    WEVE

    55D "___ got some difficult days ahead": Martin Luther King Jr.

    3
    10
  49. 49
    HEART

    5D Love, in emoji-speak

    2
    45
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    ATRAIN

    45D "Quickest way to Harlem," in song

    2
    29
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    TRACTS

    4D Expansive parcels

    2
    27
  52. 52
    SALUD

    59A "Cheers" in Chiapas

    2
    20
  53. 53
    HUTU

    30A Ethnic group of Rwanda

    2
    13
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    EXILES

    34A Formally forces out

    2
    10
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    BCCED

    33D Quietly added to a thread

    2
    5
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    RESCUE

    46D Former stray, often

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    15
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    BEADY

    16A Like avaricious eyes

    1
    8
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    SAOPAULO

    11D Home to the Museum of the Portuguese Language

    1
    7
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    THUMP

    4A Sound of a bass drum

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    7
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    MAGNACARTA

    17A Historic agreement of 1215

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    6
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    CLINIC

    39A Facility for outpatients

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    5
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    ALBATROSS

    20A "Through the fog it came" in Part I of Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

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    3
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    MAMACASS

    23A "Dream a Little Dream of Me" singer of 1968, familiarly

    1
    3
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    NINEFOLD

    37D Tripled, then tripled again

    1
    3
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    RAGBAG

    3D Miscellaneous collection

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    2
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    CENTRALAC debut

    58A Incentive to stay indoors on a sweltering day, informally … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle

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    1
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    KEEPONIT debut

    38D "Don't let up. You've got this!"

    1
    1
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    LOANSTO debut

    22A Lets borrow

    1
    1
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    SNAPCRACKLEPOP debut

    36A Onomatopoetic breakfast trio

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    1
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    TERRACHIPS debut

    10D Healthful snack brand

    1
    1
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    TWOLOVERS debut

    54A 2008 romantic drama starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow

    1
    1
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    UPROOTER debut

    6D Tool for removing a tree stump

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    1