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Wednesday · 76 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ELI

    57D Actor Wallach

    60
    599
  2. 2
    OLE

    16A Córdoba cheer

    54
    525
  3. 3
    ORC

    23D "Lord of the Rings" menace

    26
    128
  4. 4
    DOT

    62A E-mail address part

    25
    178
  5. 5
    ASK

    26D Seek an answer

    24
    204
  6. 6
    OED

    49A Lexicon with many citations: Abbr.

    22
    141
  7. 7
    OTIS

    18D Redding of R & B

    20
    251
  8. 8
    MAC

    1D Guy

    19
    133
  9. 9
    REF

    10A Sports "zebra"

    18
    188
  10. 10
    OBI

    23A Part of a geisha's attire

    17
    199
  11. 11
    RAIN

    52D Drops from the sky

    17
    139
  12. 12
    INC

    8D Mag for execs

    16
    126
  13. 13
    ELITE

    60A Upper echelon

    15
    168
  14. 14
    SNO

    44D ___-Cone

    14
    188
  15. 15
    BAA

    55A Call to a shepherd

    13
    167
  16. 16
    FRO

    50A To and ___

    13
    114
  17. 17
    OTHER

    49D Catchall category

    13
    114
  18. 18
    SHAM

    30D Fraud

    13
    87
  19. 19
    EIN

    24A Article of Cologne

    12
    159
  20. 20
    PAD

    37D Hippie's hangout

    12
    103
  21. 21
    TAOS

    7D Art colony near Santa Fe

    10
    103
  22. 22
    OOHS

    32A Sounds of amazement

    10
    46
  23. 23
    BAD

    55D Ill-behaved

    9
    109
  24. 24
    TEEM

    40A Swarm (with)

    9
    104
  25. 25
    SAKE

    4D Benefit

    9
    76
  26. 26
    ETTE

    53D Suffix with 29-Down

    7
    225
  27. 27
    RTES

    35D U.S. hwys., e.g.

    7
    128
  28. 28
    SASHA

    61A "Peter and the Wolf" name

    6
    69
  29. 29
    AHS

    59A Contented sighs

    5
    121
  30. 30
    ODEA

    32D Ancient Greek theaters

    5
    72
  31. 31
    TOWEL

    29D Spa handout

    5
    38
  32. 32
    GERE

    47D "American Gigolo" star

    4
    96
  33. 33
    KAY

    58D Singer Starr

    4
    53
  34. 34
    THEY

    64A "So ___ say"

    3
    48
  35. 35
    PAAR

    37A Carson's predecessor

    2
    71
  36. 36
    CREME

    31A Word before and after "de la"

    2
    32
  37. 37
    DINER

    63A "Adam and Eve on a raft" site

    2
    32
  38. 38
    ACTII

    5A Intermission follower, often

    2
    25
  39. 39
    LORELEI

    14D Rhine siren

    2
    24
  40. 40
    ABREAST

    39D Side by side

    2
    12
  41. 41
    HERNIA

    25A Abdominal anomaly

    2
    12
  42. 42
    GIDEON

    47A Hotel-room Bible provider

    2
    9
  43. 43
    IWAS

    21A "___ afraid of that!"

    1
    22
  44. 44
    HELPS

    41A Gives a leg up

    1
    18
  45. 45
    XYZ

    19A Last letters

    1
    18
  46. 46
    TENK

    33A Race much shorter than a marathon

    1
    16
  47. 47
    LUANN

    15A Greg Evans comic strip

    1
    7
  48. 48
    DARIUS

    48A Persian king known as "the Great"

    1
    3
  49. 49
    ATAT

    54D Rat-___

    0
    42
  50. 50
    FEZ

    12D Shriner's cap

    0
    41
  51. 51
    ARAPAHO

    38D Algonquian Indian

    0
    25
  52. 52
    HAST

    25D "And ___ thou slain the Jabberwock?"

    0
    25
  53. 53
    ALCAN

    5D Old highway to Fairbanks

    0
    23
  54. 54
    PELF

    51A Filthy lucre

    0
    17
  55. 55
    AREAL

    13A "That's ___ shame"

    0
    13
  56. 56
    CULP

    6D "I Spy" co-star Robert

    0
    11
  57. 57
    MGRS

    1A Bus. bosses

    0
    11
  58. 58
    PORSCHE

    43D Fast wheels

    0
    10
  59. 59
    ELYSIAN

    11D Blissful

    0
    9
  60. 60
    TSARINAS

    29A Queens' Russian counterparts

    0
    9
  61. 61
    RECEIVE

    3D Get

    0
    8
  62. 62
    RETREATS

    52A Turns tail

    0
    8
  63. 63
    ROXANNE

    10D 1987 comedy based on "Cyrano de Bergerac"

    0
    8
  64. 64
    EMBROIL

    28D Involve, as in an argument

    0
    5
  65. 65
    REVELS debut

    27A Whoops it up

    0
    5
  66. 66
    WRITHED debut

    22D Was obviously in pain

    0
    4
  67. 67
    ARBOREAL

    45A Out on a limb?

    0
    3
  68. 68
    INKIER

    9D Blacker

    0
    3
  69. 69
    CHIDERS

    36D Scolders

    0
    2
  70. 70
    CUCKOOCLOCK

    17A Aviary timekeeper?

    0
    2
  71. 71
    BEERTAPS debut

    20A Frat party dispensers

    0
    1
  72. 72
    BIRDWATCH debut

    34A Aviary timekeeper?

    0
    1
  73. 73
    FEATHERTICK debut

    56A Sound from a 17- or 34-Across?

    0
    1
  74. 74
    GRUBBER debut

    2D Scrounging sort

    0
    1
  75. 75
    LEFTISH debut

    42D Having liberal political tendencies

    0
    1
  76. 76
    RUFFED debut

    46D ___ grouse (Pennsylvania's state bird)

    0
    1