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Tuesday · 76 answers · 9 debuts

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

  1. 1
    IRE

    24A Annoyance

    52
    498
  2. 2
    ART

    22D Workmanship

    40
    384
  3. 3
    EAT

    33A Break bread

    33
    399
  4. 4
    ENDS

    53D Leaves off

    27
    303
  5. 5
    AMEN

    12D "Right on!"

    27
    296
  6. 6
    SEC

    13D Very short wait, in short

    23
    187
  7. 7
    AHEM

    15A "Excuse me ..."

    23
    171
  8. 8
    LES

    42A ___ Paul guitars

    22
    270
  9. 9
    SARA

    48D Poet Teasdale

    19
    181
  10. 10
    NERO

    55A Fictional detective Wolfe

    15
    243
  11. 11
    SANE

    60A Compos mentis

    14
    153
  12. 12
    LARA

    18A Superman's mother

    14
    138
  13. 13
    PBS

    54D "Nova" network

    13
    84
  14. 14
    MTV

    40A "I want my ___!" (1980's slogan)

    13
    58
  15. 15
    TAXI

    11D Travel before takeoff

    12
    136
  16. 16
    EXEC

    19A Board member, for short

    11
    101
  17. 17
    EMIL

    1D Actor Jannings

    10
    131
  18. 18
    BAT

    28A Player's club?

    10
    128
  19. 19
    HAL

    21D Film producer Roach

    9
    140
  20. 20
    OHARE

    7D Midway alternative

    9
    91
  21. 21
    BRAT

    57A Babysitter's headache

    9
    77
  22. 22
    SOLE

    61A Lone

    8
    138
  23. 23
    PTAS

    10A Sch. groups

    8
    87
  24. 24
    LAME

    16A Pathetic

    8
    86
  25. 25
    FAIR

    34A Middling

    8
    73
  26. 26
    EWAN

    49D McGregor of "Down With Love"

    8
    43
  27. 27
    GAB

    43A Gossip

    7
    83
  28. 28
    ICIER

    32A More slippery, perhaps

    7
    83
  29. 29
    BAG

    28D Bit of luggage

    7
    78
  30. 30
    GOAT

    52D Bearded animal

    7
    70
  31. 31
    XENA

    2D TV's leather-clad princess

    6
    81
  32. 32
    PAWN

    54A Promotable piece

    6
    42
  33. 33
    PLEBE

    10D Naval Academy freshman

    6
    35
  34. 34
    GUS

    43D Astronaut Grissom

    5
    59
  35. 35
    EXPAT debut

    1A An American in Paris, maybe

    5
    20
  36. 36
    ADIN

    51D Tennis score after deuce

    4
    118
  37. 37
    ILIAD

    59A Work often read before the "Odyssey"

    4
    99
  38. 38
    DANTE

    46D "Inferno" poet

    4
    79
  39. 39
    TRYST

    31D Romantic rendezvous

    4
    73
  40. 40
    MIATA

    30D Sporty Mazda

    4
    49
  41. 41
    DEVO

    50D "Whip It" band

    4
    40
  42. 42
    PEAK

    3D Busiest

    4
    40
  43. 43
    RADON

    56A Dangerous gas

    4
    37
  44. 44
    INAWE

    17A Stupefied

    3
    55
  45. 45
    FERAL

    47D Not domesticated

    3
    39
  46. 46
    CENTS

    62A Euro fractions

    3
    38
  47. 47
    ASWESPEAK debut

    4D At this very moment

    3
    6
  48. 48
    MEESE

    14A Edwin in Reagan's Cabinet

    2
    49
  49. 49
    FORAY

    47A Initial venture

    2
    18
  50. 50
    OTB

    37D Gambling site, briefly

    1
    58
  51. 51
    SHAPE

    23A Silhouette

    1
    37
  52. 52
    CIVIL

    25D Polite

    1
    20
  53. 53
    VERE

    8D "Billy Budd" captain

    1
    6
  54. 54
    ISAK

    39A Author Dinesen

    0
    41
  55. 55
    ENV

    33D Letter container: Abbr.

    0
    39
  56. 56
    ERO

    45D Suffix with ranch

    0
    39
  57. 57
    DUG

    46A Shoveled

    0
    25
  58. 58
    EVAS

    58A Perón and Gabor

    0
    21
  59. 59
    JOVE

    6A "By ___!"

    0
    14
  60. 60
    HILTS

    41A Sword handles

    0
    12
  61. 61
    MICAS

    27D Layered minerals

    0
    10
  62. 62
    ACASE

    26D Build ___ against (work to prosecute)

    0
    9
  63. 63
    BAWLS

    29D Cries one's eyes out

    0
    9
  64. 64
    TEESHIRT

    5D Bit of summer attire

    0
    9
  65. 65
    EMACIATE

    9D Grossly underfeed

    0
    6
  66. 66
    BMT

    29A N.Y.C. subway

    0
    5
  67. 67
    JEERSAT

    44A Mocks

    0
    5
  68. 68
    JOCOSE

    44D Humorous

    0
    5
  69. 69
    FAIRYTALE debut

    34D Story that might include a dragon

    0
    4
  70. 70
    IMAGINES

    36D Conceives of

    0
    4
  71. 71
    JALOPY debut

    6D Bucket of bolts

    0
    4
  72. 72
    CAMPILY debut

    25A With deliberate hamminess

    0
    1
  73. 73
    LAKESHORECABIN debut

    20A Summer retreat

    0
    1
  74. 74
    SEASIDECOTTAGE debut

    48A Summer retreat

    0
    1
  75. 75
    THEATRIC debut

    38D Flamboyantly overdone

    0
    1
  76. 76
    VACATIONGETAWAY debut

    35A Summer retreat

    0
    1