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Wednesday · 78 answers · 10 debuts

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

  1. 1
    IRA

    64D Kind of contribution

    46
    448
  2. 2
    EDEN

    49A Garden with a snake

    42
    457
  3. 3
    AHA

    70A What you may say when you crack the case

    40
    379
  4. 4
    SEA

    24D Marine

    40
    370
  5. 5
    APE

    39A Copycat

    28
    415
  6. 6
    ACHE

    27A Cause for an aspirin

    28
    282
  7. 7
    ITEM

    37D Some thing

    27
    274
  8. 8
    TIN

    62D Bolivian export

    26
    207
  9. 9
    SLY

    17A Done with a wink

    24
    264
  10. 10
    SARI

    57D Indian garb

    23
    191
  11. 11
    EDGE

    9D Ragged part

    21
    293
  12. 12
    ILL

    65A Suffering

    21
    260
  13. 13
    CCS

    1D Syringe amt.

    20
    98
  14. 14
    CIA

    14A Org. in Langley, Va.

    19
    206
  15. 15
    CAR

    67A Elevator ___

    17
    201
  16. 16
    SAO

    23D ___ Paulo

    15
    171
  17. 17
    CAL

    60A Lo-___

    15
    158
  18. 18
    SRS

    35A Namesake makers: Abbr.

    14
    209
  19. 19
    ESTE

    42A This, in España

    11
    203
  20. 20
    SHEA

    32D Flushing site

    11
    126
  21. 21
    TERI

    52A Garr of "Young Frankenstein"

    10
    210
  22. 22
    SAGE

    33A Meat seasoning

    10
    115
  23. 23
    EGAN

    28A New York cardinal

    10
    81
  24. 24
    AMES

    51A NASA's ___ Research Center

    9
    174
  25. 25
    INE

    16A Chemical suffix

    9
    155
  26. 26
    AIRS

    29D What a snob might put on

    9
    110
  27. 27
    NINJA

    47A Asian assassin

    9
    38
  28. 28
    GNAT

    26D Little biter

    8
    132
  29. 29
    COP

    1A Your role in this puzzle [the asterisked clues will help you crack the case]

    8
    90
  30. 30
    PST

    46D L.A. setting

    8
    82
  31. 31
    BLESS

    54D "God ___"

    8
    50
  32. 32
    MIL

    53A Bag thickness

    7
    77
  33. 33
    BLOC

    56D Convention group

    6
    86
  34. 34
    SCARE

    38D Startle

    6
    49
  35. 35
    ERSATZ

    22A Not real

    6
    36
  36. 36
    ADEN

    29A Major oil port

    5
    163
  37. 37
    NRA

    8D 1930's program, for short

    4
    262
  38. 38
    III

    63A Three on a clock

    4
    126
  39. 39
    ELAINE

    50D "Seinfeld" pal

    4
    101
  40. 40
    HERB

    5D 33-Across, e.g.

    4
    56
  41. 41
    SILOS

    24A Storage facilities

    4
    43
  42. 42
    JIM

    48D "Treasure Island" boy

    4
    40
  43. 43
    JOE

    19A Regular guy

    3
    75
  44. 44
    ASSISI

    31A Italian town with Giotto frescoes

    3
    69
  45. 45
    SONIC

    21D Kind of boom

    3
    58
  46. 46
    DDS

    68A Person who does a lot of cleaning: Abbr.

    2
    63
  47. 47
    HAG

    11A No Miss America

    2
    63
  48. 48
    JEAN

    30D Shepherd who wrote "The Ferrari in the Bedroom"

    2
    28
  49. 49
    YSER

    10D Belgian river

    1
    134
  50. 50
    IRONAGE

    18A Period in human development

    1
    29
  51. 51
    ANOTHER

    12D Bar order

    1
    21
  52. 52
    BREST

    54A Port in western France

    1
    20
  53. 53
    CRIES

    4D "Hurray!" and "Oh, no!"

    1
    19
  54. 54
    ANTACID

    39D It may settle things

    1
    12
  55. 55
    ENROLLS

    41D Matriculates

    1
    11
  56. 56
    OILRIGS debut

    2D Offshore workplaces

    1
    5
  57. 57
    CINDERS

    69A *What the intruder accidentally left behind

    1
    4
  58. 58
    GMEN

    34D Feds

    0
    43
  59. 59
    AMERICA

    44D Its third verse begins "Let music swell the breeze"

    0
    30
  60. 60
    ORIENTS

    66A Adjusts

    0
    23
  61. 61
    JOKER

    30A "Wild" one

    0
    16
  62. 62
    ENCAMP

    43A Stop for the night

    0
    15
  63. 63
    INTR

    59D Like some verbs: Abbr.

    0
    13
  64. 64
    ABOMBS

    55A Nukes

    0
    9
  65. 65
    LATRINE

    61A Site of an unwanted duty

    0
    9
  66. 66
    ROSEBUD

    20A American Beauty growth

    0
    8
  67. 67
    MESSIAH

    45D Handel work

    0
    6
  68. 68
    CHRISTMAS debut

    36A *When the break-in occurred

    0
    5
  69. 69
    REWARDS

    15A Finders' fees

    0
    5
  70. 70
    HIJACKS debut

    11D Takes by force

    0
    4
  71. 71
    NAILERS

    58A Roofers, often

    0
    4
  72. 72
    GEEZERS debut

    13D Old dogs

    0
    3
  73. 73
    IWOULD debut

    6D "If asked, yes"

    0
    3
  74. 74
    CHIMNEY debut

    4A *Suspected means of entry

    0
    2
  75. 75
    PIEBALD debut

    40D Spotted, as a horse

    0
    2
  76. 76
    LRG debut

    25A Big: Abbr.

    0
    1
  77. 77
    MANDRESSEDINRED debut

    7D *Eyewitness's description of the intruder

    0
    1
  78. 78
    PAYOLAS debut

    3D Commercial bribes

    0
    1