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Wednesday · 78 answers · 3 debuts

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

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    ERA

    41A Historic stretch

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    EGO

    42A That's a me problem

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    LEO

    39A Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld"

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    ISEE

    27A "Oh, that does make sense"

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    ETNA

    54D Sicilian landmark

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    SAD

    67A Pathetic

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    NEE

    24D Once called

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    INN

    64A Greenwich Village's Stonewall ___

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    AHI

    16A Tuna variety

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    ASK

    20A Big ___ (audacious thing to make)

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    OED

    21A Ref. work with over 600,000 words

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    TEND

    55D Look after

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    BOA

    56A Burlesque accessory

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    HAS

    63D Is blessed with

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    TWO

    11A Binary 10, in decimal value

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    OMAN

    59D Sultanate near Yemen

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    IOWA

    19D Where Caitlin Clark played Division I basketball

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    TESSA

    45A Actress Thompson of "Westworld"

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    PHO

    57A Vietnamese noodle dish

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    LADLE

    52D 51-Across server

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    OUT

    38A Ump's call

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    RASH

    48A Ill-considered

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    TACO

    11D Kind of shell

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    SOU

    62D Trifling amount

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    SHIP

    46D Modern suffix with situation

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    AIOLI

    14A Garlicky sauce

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    NILE

    35A River at Memphis

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    OILS

    13D Makes less noisy, in a way

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    SLOP

    51A Unappetizing gruel

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    AIRS

    2D Gets off one's chest

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    TEAT

    29A Milker's handful

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    BOTS

    56D Most online customer service agents nowadays

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    GTOS

    44A Sporty Pontiacs of the 1960s

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    GRAD

    6D Alum

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    CAM

    8D Bit of spy gear, informally

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    HIVE

    58D Queen's domain

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    STASH

    34D Squirrel away

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    NIX

    61D Cancel

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    EUROS

    33D Change across the Atlantic

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    WHAT

    12D "Wait, ___?"

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    ELIOT

    65A Poet who wrote "Only through time time is conquered"

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    RATES

    31A They may be fixed or variable

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    INLET

    27D Cove

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    INKS

    23A Signs

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    PSIS

    53D Trident-shaped letters

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    ENCORE

    36A "We want more!"

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    VAST

    47A Oceanic

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    ELA

    4D She, in São Paulo

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    NEXUS

    68A Linking point

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    LARVA

    66A Grub, e.g.

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    DIDOK

    5D Performed well enough

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    SIEGE

    28D Battle of Vicksburg in the Civil War, e.g.

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    HYPER

    49A Wired

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    CRUSH

    9D Defeat decisively

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    WESTERN

    18D "The Magnificent Seven" or "The Hateful Eight"

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    PACECAR

    25D Warm-up lap leader

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    ESSEN

    69A German industrial city

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    PSHAW

    25A "Nonsense!"

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    GRO

    44D Miracle-___

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    UEY

    7D 180

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    PEELE

    50D Key's longtime partner in sketch comedy

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    PALED

    1A Wasn't even close, as in comparison

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    REARM

    15A Beef up the arsenal, say

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    ENDIVE

    30D Salad green

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    ORDERED

    40A Sent away for

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    SCOOTS

    22A Moves (over)

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    GUCCI

    6A Fashion name that's become slang for "excellent"

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    KNICKS

    43A Madison Square Garden team

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    PETITE

    53A Like a dress that falls short?

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    PABA

    1D Old sunscreen initialism

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    RESTSON

    37D Lies atop

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    STORKS

    26D They communicate through bill-clattering

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    STEPHENSONDHEIM

    60A Pulitzer-winning composer and lyricist of "Sunday in the Park With George"

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    BROADWAYMUSICAL

    17A "Sunday in the Park With George," for one

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    OKAYTHEN

    40D "Very well …"

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    IMSCARED debut

    10D Mock "Ooh, you frighten me!"

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    LOOKIELOOS debut

    3D Ones who probably aren't buying it?

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    TOETAPPERS debut

    32D Tunes with an irresistible rhythm

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