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Wednesday · 79 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ACE

    35D Big name in hardware stores

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    493
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    ASH

    30D Forehead marking at the start of Lent

    50
    458
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    ORAL

    54D Word with cavity or contraceptive

    42
    367
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    ROE

    41A Caviar, essentially

    33
    283
  5. 5
    NES

    5D Original Super Mario Bros. console

    23
    118
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    AIM

    28A Goal

    21
    177
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    ANON

    21A Shakespearean "soon"

    20
    275
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    AKA

    52A Alias initialism

    19
    211
  9. 9
    DARE

    17A Take a risk

    19
    116
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    EDS

    27A Publishing house workers: Abbr.

    17
    230
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    LAS

    33A Vegas opener?

    17
    173
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    RASP

    29A Wood-shaping hand tool

    15
    137
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    TARO

    57A Popular flavor of bubble tea

    15
    122
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    IDAHO

    11D The Gem State

    15
    121
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    BIT

    45A Extended comedic riff

    15
    91
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    ALPO

    7A Food brand for Fido

    13
    138
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    AGENT

    7D Author's representative

    12
    150
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    AVID

    20A Keenly interested

    12
    114
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    SERB

    39A Belgrade native

    11
    102
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    SOW

    42A Miss Piggy, for one

    11
    88
  21. 21
    PACT

    9D Treaty

    10
    79
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    LUNA

    8D Moon over Managua

    10
    74
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    ICAN

    60A Volunteer's offer

    10
    57
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    ATS

    31A Tagging symbols

    10
    29
  25. 25
    PSAT

    25A Measure of college readiness, for short

    9
    106
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    LASS

    51A Girl in Glasgow

    9
    103
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    RAMS

    61A Hits hard

    9
    69
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    ARCADE

    1D Covered passageway

    9
    40
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    GUAC

    16A Avocado dip, informally

    9
    28
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    IDK

    40A "Beats me," in a text

    9
    12
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    LEASE

    51D Charter

    8
    84
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    LADS

    33D Dudes, in British English

    8
    60
  33. 33
    ETTE

    63A Ending with kitchen

    7
    225
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    DIN

    24A Commotion

    7
    109
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    SEAN

    4D Actor Astin of the "Lord of the Rings" films

    7
    84
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    MIME

    55D One acting rather quiet?

    7
    54
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    IDIG

    56A "Groovy, man"

    7
    52
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    CTR

    32D Convention bldg., in a mailing address

    6
    65
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    RACK

    29D Frame for a game of pool

    6
    42
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    DIM

    59D Lower, as lights

    5
    80
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    RAJ

    46A Hindi for "rule"

    5
    68
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    KLEE

    64A Painter Paul

    5
    63
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    OCEANS

    10D What Saturn's moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa are both believed to have

    5
    42
  44. 44
    KATY

    34A Perry of pop

    5
    25
  45. 45
    CRO

    32A ___-Magnon

    4
    93
  46. 46
    LOAM

    19D Good gardening soil

    4
    73
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    OZONE

    50D Absorber of UV light

    4
    73
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    ZIG

    37D Half of a darting motion

    4
    25
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    NOOGIE

    26A Knuckled rub to the scalp

    4
    17
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    ALASNO

    1A "I'm afraid not," quaintly

    4
    5
  51. 51
    ORGS

    43A Assns.

    3
    37
  52. 52
    BANK

    45D Make ___ (earn vast sums)

    3
    26
  53. 53
    REDEEM

    15A Cash in

    3
    25
  54. 54
    ADDONS

    3D Enhancing accessories

    3
    15
  55. 55
    AKINTO

    47D Like

    3
    13
  56. 56
    RADIAN

    46D Unit of angular measurement

    3
    8
  57. 57
    INTL

    11A Like major-city airports, typically: Abbr.

    2
    51
  58. 58
    OLEOLE

    49A Chant heard at the start of "Hot Hot Hot"

    2
    35
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    EMINOR

    65A Key of Brahms's Symphony No. 4

    2
    17
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    DILATE

    62A Respond, as a pupil might

    2
    15
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    LEONID

    2D Meteor in a November shower

    2
    13
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    SOLOACT

    39D One-man band, for example

    2
    5
  63. 63
    IDLI

    56D Savory South Asian rice cake

    2
    4
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    TOPKNOTS

    23D Traditional samurai hairstyles

    2
    4
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    SOFTIE

    42D Sentimental sort

    1
    12
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    REMARK

    44D Comment

    1
    10
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    ARISTIDE

    38D Jean-Bertrand ___, 1990s Haitian leader

    1
    9
  68. 68
    PARABOLA

    25D Graph of y = ax^2 + bx + c, for example

    1
    9
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    NAVIGATE

    12D Find one's way

    1
    6
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    LEDGES

    14D Apartment planter sites, perhaps

    1
    5
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    OMISSION

    6D Oversight

    1
    5
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    TRINITY

    13D Dublin college founded in 1592

    1
    3
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    SEWERRAT

    36D Underground scurrier

    1
    2
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    ARIAKIDDING debut

    58A "What's Opera, Doc?," e.g.?

    1
    1
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    CODASILENCE debut

    18A Audience's reverent response to a symphony finale?

    1
    1
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    FORZAMOMENT debut

    53A When to play a note with sudden strong emphasis?

    1
    1
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    JAGGER debut

    48D Rolling Stones frontman

    1
    1
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    SONATATHING debut

    22A That certain je ne sais quoi in Beethoven's "Moonlight"?

    1
    1
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    STANZACHANCE debut

    36A Opportunity for a choral understudy?

    1
    1