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Wednesday · 78 answers · 17 debuts

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

  1. 1
    AREA

    12D Acreage

    46
    631
  2. 2
    ELSE

    63D "What _____ is new?"

    43
    440
  3. 3
    AXE

    52A Give the boot

    34
    269
  4. 4
    STAN

    3D With 39-Across, "The Girl From Ipanema" saxophonist

    31
    228
  5. 5
    ECHO

    2D She loved Narcissus

    29
    312
  6. 6
    SRI

    66D Indian title

    28
    238
  7. 7
    ANNE

    71A Will's wife

    26
    283
  8. 8
    ABS

    54A Pumper's pride

    25
    214
  9. 9
    OTTO

    57A Swimming champ Kristin

    22
    273
  10. 10
    STE

    48A _____-Felicite, Que.

    20
    274
  11. 11
    DOE

    5D Everyman John

    19
    192
  12. 12
    EGAD

    8D Major Hoople's exclamation, in the comics

    18
    203
  13. 13
    STOP

    27D "Cool it!"

    17
    180
  14. 14
    WHO

    10D "Pinball Wizard" band, with "the"

    15
    89
  15. 15
    DAD

    22A Pop

    14
    144
  16. 16
    ALS

    26A Discus thrower Oerter et al.

    13
    134
  17. 17
    URGE

    68A Egg on

    12
    208
  18. 18
    AQUA

    54D Shade of blue

    11
    151
  19. 19
    EDGY debut

    61D Nervous

    10
    81
  20. 20
    EARTH

    34D Terra firma

    9
    76
  21. 21
    HARE

    16A Wonderland creature

    8
    129
  22. 22
    ROLL

    23A Restaurant freebie

    8
    97
  23. 23
    TOME

    58D Bibliophile's purchase

    8
    92
  24. 24
    FESS

    1A Concede, with "up"

    8
    51
  25. 25
    OMEGA

    15A The end for Socrates

    7
    129
  26. 26
    IDEAS

    29D Concepts

    7
    95
  27. 27
    ZEE

    65D Dutch waterway

    6
    93
  28. 28
    MEND

    13D Patch

    6
    65
  29. 29
    SIGN

    56D Speak with the hands

    6
    65
  30. 30
    HARD

    11D Rocky

    6
    46
  31. 31
    LOOTS

    18D Despoils

    6
    28
  32. 32
    EMS

    6D Fat letters

    5
    149
  33. 33
    IDEST

    33D That is

    5
    88
  34. 34
    EMERY

    69A Nail file

    5
    70
  35. 35
    PERK debut

    43A Enliven, with "up"

    5
    54
  36. 36
    ADZE

    21A Workbench item

    5
    53
  37. 37
    EDO

    36A Tokyo of yore

    4
    94
  38. 38
    WHAM

    10A Door-closing sound

    4
    40
  39. 39
    RIGID

    41A Inflexible

    4
    26
  40. 40
    SYKES debut

    35D Gettysburg general George

    4
    16
  41. 41
    SIEGE

    60A Drawn-out fight

    3
    70
  42. 42
    TONTO

    20A Poker-faced TV sidekick

    3
    65
  43. 43
    OWED debut

    59D Was in arrears

    3
    60
  44. 44
    TODAY

    38A Now

    3
    38
  45. 45
    SARTRE debut

    4D Nobel Prize refuser, 1964

    3
    36
  46. 46
    FACT

    1D Actuality

    2
    48
  47. 47
    GAIN

    62D Football yardage

    2
    40
  48. 48
    DENEB

    5A Star in Cygnus

    2
    34
  49. 49
    TETHER debut

    50D Grazer's limiter

    2
    18
  50. 50
    DYNE

    73A Physics unit

    1
    48
  51. 51
    RATON

    44A Finger, in a way

    1
    43
  52. 52
    ZOLA

    40D "Germinal" author

    1
    39
  53. 53
    BURN

    55D Overcook

    1
    30
  54. 54
    REDID

    72A Took it from the top

    1
    30
  55. 55
    CYD

    67D Dancer Charisse

    1
    29
  56. 56
    FRIEND

    32D Quaker

    1
    16
  57. 57
    NEGRO

    31D Part of U.N.C.F.

    1
    14
  58. 58
    OPINED debut

    51D Thought

    1
    12
  59. 59
    DABO

    42D Actress Maryam

    1
    8
  60. 60
    ACTA

    14A Proceedings

    0
    47
  61. 61
    EGIS

    70A Guardianship

    0
    36
  62. 62
    NEVA

    7D St. Petersburg's river

    0
    23
  63. 63
    NEGRI debut

    28D Silent star

    0
    19
  64. 64
    GETZ debut

    39A See 3-Down

    0
    14
  65. 65
    SHOER

    37A Blacksmith

    0
    12
  66. 66
    BANZAI debut

    9D Japanese battle cry

    0
    8
  67. 67
    DELFT debut

    19D Blue-and-white pottery

    0
    8
  68. 68
    LEHR

    24D Glassmaking oven

    0
    8
  69. 69
    DORSA debut

    47D Animals' backs

    0
    6
  70. 70
    NOTTO

    30D "_____ worry ..."

    0
    6
  71. 71
    IREAD

    46A "_____ the news today, oh boy" (Beatles lyric)

    0
    5
  72. 72
    NAXOS

    45D Island in Greek myth

    0
    5
  73. 73
    DORP

    53A Hamlet

    0
    4
  74. 74
    ISOLATIONBOOTHS debut

    49A Places where 17-Across sat

    0
    2
  75. 75
    CHARLESVANDOREN debut

    17A Accomplice in 64-Across

    0
    1
  76. 76
    LEOIII debut

    25D Pope of 795-816

    0
    1
  77. 77
    NINETEENFIFTIES debut

    28A Time of 64-Across

    0
    1
  78. 78
    QUIZSHOWSCANDAL debut

    64A Downfall of 17-Across

    0
    1