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Wednesday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ANT

    47A Offspring of a queen

    45
    401
  2. 2
    ICE

    18D Rocks

    40
    391
  3. 3
    RIO

    57A Carnaval site

    40
    315
  4. 4
    OGRE

    60D Fairy tale menace

    36
    284
  5. 5
    IDEA

    69A Start of something big?

    33
    396
  6. 6
    ARIA

    14A Met score

    30
    446
  7. 7
    RAE

    40A Actress ___ Dawn Chong

    28
    278
  8. 8
    ASA

    53D Letters on a Kodak box

    27
    230
  9. 9
    ALAS

    25A "How awful!"

    26
    321
  10. 10
    LOT

    26D Everything, with "the"

    25
    189
  11. 11
    TED

    35A Turner in Atlanta

    22
    245
  12. 12
    SAG

    5D Problem of the middle ages?

    22
    191
  13. 13
    ILL

    65D Hostilely

    21
    260
  14. 14
    RARE

    56D Uncommon

    19
    257
  15. 15
    ACED

    55D Zipped through

    18
    152
  16. 16
    ASTI

    54D ___ spumante

    17
    224
  17. 17
    ERG

    44D Part of a joule

    17
    175
  18. 18
    AMID

    16A Surrounded by

    16
    136
  19. 19
    SOME

    10A A smattering of

    13
    100
  20. 20
    PAIR

    36A Duet

    13
    87
  21. 21
    OMAR

    11D First name in bridge

    12
    252
  22. 22
    EDDY

    13D Whirling water

    12
    154
  23. 23
    NBC

    64D David Sarnoff's creation of 1926

    12
    90
  24. 24
    ADORN

    29D Decorate

    12
    72
  25. 25
    AROMA

    38A It makes good scents

    11
    191
  26. 26
    ALTAR

    15A Union locale

    11
    125
  27. 27
    ALAN

    61D Mr. Greenspan

    10
    232
  28. 28
    TERI

    66A Actress Garr

    10
    210
  29. 29
    AARON

    54A Golden calf's maker, in Exodus

    10
    133
  30. 30
    GASP

    1A Breathtaking action?

    10
    92
  31. 31
    SLAY

    27A Do in

    10
    79
  32. 32
    GAGA

    1D Totally nuts

    10
    75
  33. 33
    LEAF

    23A Flip (through)

    10
    62
  34. 34
    YOU

    21A "So it's ___!"

    9
    83
  35. 35
    AZTEC

    20A Foe of Cortés

    9
    71
  36. 36
    ATA

    24D ___ glance

    7
    161
  37. 37
    LENO

    62D Late-night name

    7
    158
  38. 38
    HEAT

    52A Basic cooking instruction

    7
    82
  39. 39
    SILT

    3D Composition of a river sandbar

    6
    63
  40. 40
    FISH

    50A A part of this starts 17-, 30-, 48- and 63-Across

    6
    52
  41. 41
    QUAD

    45A Leg muscle, briefly

    5
    41
  42. 42
    NOGO

    51A NASA cancellation

    4
    67
  43. 43
    EDITH

    34D Writer Wharton

    4
    48
  44. 44
    CORAL

    70A Snorkeling milieu

    4
    45
  45. 45
    MINK

    12D Fur coat provider

    4
    21
  46. 46
    SPACE

    5A "The final frontier"

    3
    61
  47. 47
    DEANS

    33D College figures

    3
    46
  48. 48
    TORERO

    49D Ring master?

    3
    31
  49. 49
    ORAN

    68A Algeria's Gulf of ___

    2
    85
  50. 50
    ENLAI

    42A Big name in Chinese history

    2
    61
  51. 51
    LEROI

    28D "Vive ___!"

    2
    49
  52. 52
    IRAQI

    31D Al Hillah resident

    2
    45
  53. 53
    SKOAL

    59A "Here's to you!"

    2
    42
  54. 54
    STAFF

    27D Lines of music?

    2
    27
  55. 55
    BROIL

    67A Barbecue

    2
    25
  56. 56
    ATNO

    7D "___ extra cost"

    1
    91
  57. 57
    ADLAI

    32D Opponent of Ike

    1
    64
  58. 58
    XENO

    71A Prefix with phobia

    1
    23
  59. 59
    TRADED

    37A Dealt in stocks

    1
    14
  60. 60
    EUPHORIA

    41D High spirits

    1
    12
  61. 61
    ASE

    46D Peer Gynt's mother

    0
    79
  62. 62
    ERI

    9D "___ tu" (Verdi aria)

    0
    76
  63. 63
    ITOR

    58D "Take ___ leave it!"

    0
    31
  64. 64
    ARIZ

    2D Nev. neighbor

    0
    27
  65. 65
    CASUAL

    8D Free-and-easy

    0
    10
  66. 66
    PERKY

    22A Chipper

    0
    10
  67. 67
    FORAGE

    43A Farm feed

    0
    9
  68. 68
    SALESMAN

    10D Miller's Willy Loman, e.g.

    0
    8
  69. 69
    MAGNOLIA

    39D Flowering tree

    0
    6
  70. 70
    SPARRED debut

    19D Engaged in repartee

    0
    5
  71. 71
    TAILORMADE

    30A Not mass-produced

    0
    5
  72. 72
    FTKNOX

    50D U.S. bullion site

    0
    4
  73. 73
    GILLIGANSISLAND

    17A Something Denver is well-known for

    0
    4
  74. 74
    FINGERTIPS debut

    48A Print makers?

    0
    2
  75. 75
    PAGEONE debut

    36D Where many a story starts

    0
    2
  76. 76
    PALELY

    4D In a colorless way

    0
    2
  77. 77
    SCALENETRIANGLE debut

    63A Figure with three unequal sides

    0
    2
  78. 78
    PLAYFAIR debut

    6D Observe the rules

    0
    1