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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
    ALE

    6D Pintful, perhaps

    59
    570
  2. 2
    EAR

    14A Listening device

    57
    485
  3. 3
    ECO

    54D "The Island of the Day Before" author

    42
    370
  4. 4
    TAN

    29A "The Joy Luck Club" author

    30
    238
  5. 5
    STIR

    4D Move a muscle

    27
    292
  6. 6
    YET

    55D To date

    27
    201
  7. 7
    LES

    62A "___ Miserables"

    22
    270
  8. 8
    OER

    19D "The Star-Spangled Banner" preposition

    22
    248
  9. 9
    AERO

    48A Prefix with space or stat

    20
    269
  10. 10
    ARC

    38D Pinball path

    20
    265
  11. 11
    AAA

    48D Motel approver, briefly

    20
    230
  12. 12
    EERIE

    57A Spine-tingling

    19
    260
  13. 13
    HAD

    5D "It ___ to Be You"

    18
    114
  14. 14
    ELO

    59A "Hold On Tight" rock group

    17
    250
  15. 15
    STOP

    31D Word in an octagon

    17
    180
  16. 16
    SCAM

    31A Con job

    16
    168
  17. 17
    WEE

    53D Minuscule

    16
    165
  18. 18
    OARS

    27D Galley items

    16
    154
  19. 19
    RIOT

    40A Run amok

    15
    191
  20. 20
    OTTER

    20A Playful water animal

    15
    165
  21. 21
    REC

    1A ___ center

    15
    163
  22. 22
    SCAT

    37D Imitate Mel Torme

    14
    141
  23. 23
    TOY

    47D Slinky or yo-yo

    13
    109
  24. 24
    REA

    12D Stephen of "The Crying Game"

    12
    201
  25. 25
    SENOR

    49A Title for Cervantes

    12
    90
  26. 26
    OMS

    28D Meditation syllables

    12
    68
  27. 27
    TSARS

    33D Some Romanovs

    11
    117
  28. 28
    AILS

    34D Suffers

    11
    104
  29. 29
    WIN

    7D Take the gold

    8
    96
  30. 30
    SOO

    26A ___ Canals

    8
    86
  31. 31
    ANTES

    46D Poker payments

    6
    92
  32. 32
    ERIK

    50D Estrada of "CHiPs"

    6
    91
  33. 33
    CPU

    45A Computer's "guts," for short

    6
    54
  34. 34
    QTIP

    35D Common swab

    6
    44
  35. 35
    KEANU

    21A "Speed" name

    6
    32
  36. 36
    CAIN

    10D He went east of Eden

    5
    58
  37. 37
    STARS

    41A Marquee names

    5
    54
  38. 38
    DESKS

    60A Office furniture

    5
    39
  39. 39
    LATEX

    16A Paint ingredient

    5
    37
  40. 40
    KRIS

    24D Actor Kristofferson

    4
    56
  41. 41
    SCALP

    39A Resell at inflated prices

    4
    52
  42. 42
    BUC

    56D Tampa Bay player, for short

    4
    22
  43. 43
    QED

    52D Proof finale

    3
    83
  44. 44
    SADAT

    23D 1978 Peace Prize winner

    3
    58
  45. 45
    SHAQ debut

    22A Popular N.B.A. nickname

    3
    49
  46. 46
    TALIA

    15A Shire of "For Richer, For Poorer"

    3
    44
  47. 47
    ATREST

    38A Not moving

    3
    42
  48. 48
    QATAR

    51A Persian Gulf nation

    3
    42
  49. 49
    AUDIT

    32A This is one for the books

    3
    31
  50. 50
    ACERB

    9A Biting

    2
    49
  51. 51
    NOTCH

    61A Part of a spool

    2
    21
  52. 52
    SHAWL debut

    4A Protection against chills

    2
    19
  53. 53
    EARTHA

    2D Actress Kitt

    2
    18
  54. 54
    BUDS debut

    30D Signs of winter's end

    2
    17
  55. 55
    TORSOS

    44D Some sculptures

    2
    14
  56. 56
    ALFAS debut

    9D Code words for "A"

    2
    10
  57. 57
    IQTESTS debut

    25D Mensa hurdles

    2
    10
  58. 58
    ANET

    32D Work without ___ (risk injury)

    1
    56
  59. 59
    ICEUP

    58A Freeze

    1
    26
  60. 60
    ATESTS debut

    46A Bomb tryouts

    1
    25
  61. 61
    CRADLE

    43D Hold protectively

    1
    20
  62. 62
    SEQ

    18D Et ___ (and the following)

    1
    18
  63. 63
    LATKES debut

    8D Potato pancakes

    1
    12
  64. 64
    BARQS debut

    30A A & W rival

    1
    7
  65. 65
    PCT

    42A %: Abbr.

    0
    43
  66. 66
    TATARS

    33A Dwellers along the Volga

    0
    13
  67. 67
    CRETAN

    3D Canea resident

    0
    10
  68. 68
    PETREL debut

    42D "Stormy" sea bird

    0
    10
  69. 69
    ETRUSCAN

    11D Ancient Italian

    0
    6
  70. 70
    REPOST debut

    1D Send another E-mail message

    0
    6
  71. 71
    SKIERS debut

    23A They avail themselves of Vail

    0
    6
  72. 72
    QWERTYKEYBOARDS debut

    52A Most typewriters have them

    0
    4
  73. 73
    QOPH debut

    51D Hebrew letter before resh

    0
    2
  74. 74
    SERKIN

    41D Pianist Rudolf

    0
    2
  75. 75
    AROUSERS debut

    36D Firebrands

    0
    1
  76. 76
    BXQ debut

    13D Diagonal chess capture

    0
    1
  77. 77
    PRESIDENTOFIRAQ debut

    17A Saddam Hussein's title

    0
    1
  78. 78
    QANDASESSIONS debut

    35A Informative dialogues

    0
    1