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Wednesday · 77 answers · 3 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

    64D The Three Kingdoms in Chinese history, e.g.

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    ELSE

    13D Ultimatum ender

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    ICE

    41A Treatment for a sprained ankle

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    LEO

    5D Constellation near the Big Dipper

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    SIR

    20D British title

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    ACHE

    57D Pine

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    EARS

    43A All ___

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    TON

    49A Heavy weight

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    CIA

    55A Govt. org. in "Alias"

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    DYE

    21A Hide one's roots, perhaps

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    EGRET

    4D Bird with a plume that, ounce for ounce, was once worth more than gold

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    ABU

    48D ___ Dhabi

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    BIT

    24A Drill insert

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    SORE

    18A In need of a massage, say

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    AONE

    27D Top-of-the-line

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    FOE

    35A Friend or ___

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    GOO

    44A Slime

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    ASIDE

    52D Comment that breaks the fourth wall

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    ANODE

    30D One end of an electrolytic cell

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    RUIN

    36A Complete disrepair

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    LADY

    12D British title

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    BIOS

    38D Life stories

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    BEAD

    11D Bit of sweat

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    HELLO

    39A Says ___ to his neighbor, then heads on his way

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    SHORE

    33D Welcome sight for a sailor

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    BIN

    38A Recycling container

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    EMPIRE

    45A Jay-Z's and Alicia Keys's "___ State of Mind"

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    INTRO

    3D Any course whose name ends in "101"

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    PSIS

    60A Inflation measures, for short

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    LIEGE

    53D Feudal lord

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    COMP

    55D Provide for free, as a drink

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    POLOS

    2D Some pullover shirts

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    NIHAO

    37A Says ___ to his neighbor, then heads on his way

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    EATSAT

    34D Patronizes, as a restaurant

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    TOOK

    7D Captured

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    AERIES

    63A Eagles' nests

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    AJA

    62D Steely Dan album whose name is pronounced "Asia"

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    SATEEN

    68A Luxurious cotton fabric

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    SPRIT

    51D Spar on a sailing boat

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    MULTI

    28D Prefix with vitamin or tool

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    OUTED

    42A Like the villain at the end of a "Scooby-Doo" episode

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    OSAKAN

    19A Like those local to Universal Studios Japan

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    TOREUP

    25D Shredded, as a contract

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    CONGEE

    14A Lee has a hot bowl of ___ to start off his day

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    ESSEN

    54D German steel city

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    ETHNIC

    9D ___ minority

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    ESOTERIC

    22A Like the study of the kabbalah

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    UPSETS

    31A Bracket-busting wins in March Madness

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    UNPEG

    31D Let float, as a currency

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    SENORES

    6D Gentlemen, in Granada

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    TORSOS

    47D Ones with chiseled abs?

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    BRIDGE

    66A With gossip and beer over Friday's ___ game

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    POGS

    59D Collectible caps in the ’90s

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    RUPAUL

    58A Entertainer who says "If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?"

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    SPIELS

    1A Practiced pitches

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    TREMBLE

    7A What arms might do on a final gym rep

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    SCUSE

    1D Italian apology

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    PLEASES

    67A Satisfies

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    ULTRON

    16A Enemy of the Avengers

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    MME

    10D Mrs., en français

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    MILER

    29D Athlete aiming for a four-minute finish, perhaps

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    HOMEY

    39D Warm and cozy

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    PLOTS

    40A They might be foiled

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    ESTOS

    23D These: Sp.

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    OATMEAL

    15A Lee has a hot bowl of ___ to start off his day

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    ICAL

    56D Suffix with method or metaphor

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    GENUINE

    44D Bona fide

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    PILAR

    32D Pertaining to hair

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    OCCASION

    61A Opportunity to dress up

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    EPALABS

    45D Govt. sites for testing pollutants

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    GREATESCAPE

    46A Classic P.O.W. movie starring Steve McQueen, with "The"

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    PACIFICOCEAN

    17D Life across the ___ is much the same

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    RATABLE

    8D Like government bonds and Uber drivers

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    SERIALCOMMA

    26A Polarizing punctuation choice

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    EBAYSALE debut

    50A Transaction on an online marketplace

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    MAHJONG debut

    65A With gossip and beer over Friday's ___ game

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    POTHEADS debut

    17A Ones with the munchies, maybe

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