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Wednesday · 78 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERA

    63D Big time

    97
    791
  2. 2
    ASS

    43A Dummy

    58
    409
  3. 3
    ALI

    49D Will Smith title role

    49
    518
  4. 4
    TNT

    6D Explosive stuff

    38
    338
  5. 5
    EPA

    18D Ecol. watchdog

    36
    320
  6. 6
    EAT

    36D "Dig in!"

    33
    399
  7. 7
    OBOE

    35A Cousin of a bassoon

    32
    315
  8. 8
    ARTS

    65A PBS matters

    31
    222
  9. 9
    EPIC

    20A Long tale

    23
    235
  10. 10
    SOSO

    11D Hardly thrilling

    21
    154
  11. 11
    STYE

    34D Eye problem

    20
    162
  12. 12
    PER

    55A Each

    19
    270
  13. 13
    USES

    31D Plays for a fool

    19
    193
  14. 14
    NATO

    4A Cold war winner

    19
    167
  15. 15
    ESPN

    45A "Baseball Tonight" channel

    19
    154
  16. 16
    DOH

    21A Simpson exclamation

    18
    116
  17. 17
    DATA

    17D Numbers to crunch

    16
    157
  18. 18
    TRUE

    42A Set straight

    16
    150
  19. 19
    AGED

    51A Like ripe cheeses

    16
    148
  20. 20
    PRO

    13A For

    15
    214
  21. 21
    CDS

    32A Things that are burned nowadays

    14
    147
  22. 22
    PROM

    23D Where a queen may be crowned

    14
    60
  23. 23
    ROAR

    57D Not just chuckle

    13
    169
  24. 24
    AINT

    14A "You ___ kiddin'!"

    13
    136
  25. 25
    OTHER

    7D None of the above

    13
    114
  26. 26
    TONE

    39D Muscle ___

    12
    148
  27. 27
    AFT

    1A To the rear

    12
    144
  28. 28
    PIN

    66A Word with rolling or bowling

    12
    103
  29. 29
    YALE

    58A Bush's alma mater

    11
    137
  30. 30
    OXO

    62D Useless tic-tac-toe row

    11
    67
  31. 31
    AJAR

    25A Slightly open

    10
    192
  32. 32
    NAIL

    4D Get exactly right

    10
    90
  33. 33
    MASS

    68A Come together

    10
    75
  34. 34
    MISS

    60D Fail to make

    9
    64
  35. 35
    AIDS

    5D Pitches in

    9
    46
  36. 36
    LEAD

    10D Extraction from galena ore

    8
    100
  37. 37
    ABRA

    29D Start of an incantation

    8
    61
  38. 38
    BALSA

    8A Raft wood

    7
    65
  39. 39
    NAIR

    46D Depilatory brand

    7
    39
  40. 40
    EIEIO

    53D Children's song refrain

    6
    76
  41. 41
    APHID

    1D Ladybug's prey

    6
    59
  42. 42
    ERSATZ

    47A Fake

    6
    36
  43. 43
    SAPS

    48D Con artists' prey

    5
    85
  44. 44
    AKRON

    67A City whose daily newspaper is the Beacon Journal

    5
    56
  45. 45
    TOWEL

    3D Sauna attire

    5
    38
  46. 46
    MOES

    30D Tavern in "The Simpsons"

    5
    36
  47. 47
    COBB

    32D Baseball's "Georgia Peach"

    5
    25
  48. 48
    ABED

    27D In the sack

    4
    78
  49. 49
    SHOT

    24D Title chance

    4
    74
  50. 50
    ANKH

    12D Pharaoh's symbol

    4
    50
  51. 51
    PLUS

    37D And

    3
    70
  52. 52
    IDEALS

    19A Points in a lofty speech

    3
    41
  53. 53
    EMILIO

    59A Designer Pucci

    3
    32
  54. 54
    EWOK

    56D "Star Wars" critter

    2
    56
  55. 55
    DUEL

    33D Pacers' contest?

    2
    48
  56. 56
    AUK

    9D Diving bird

    2
    38
  57. 57
    SHAMU

    28A SeaWorld attraction

    2
    31
  58. 58
    BLEND

    44A Tobacconist's offering

    2
    21
  59. 59
    FRODO

    2D Tolkien ring bearer

    2
    20
  60. 60
    HOY

    69A Today, in Tijuana

    2
    13
  61. 61
    EFTS

    59D Young newts

    1
    64
  62. 62
    PICA

    55D Typewriter type

    1
    47
  63. 63
    TENAM

    50D Coffee break time, maybe

    1
    40
  64. 64
    GOIN

    15D Enter

    1
    27
  65. 65
    PRANKS

    23A Short-sheeting and others

    1
    8
  66. 66
    GLUEON debut

    15A Attach, in a way

    1
    4
  67. 67
    DOLT

    22A Dummy

    0
    47
  68. 68
    PREZ

    40D White House resident, informally

    0
    18
  69. 69
    PHOBOS debut

    37A Moon of Mars

    0
    7
  70. 70
    BEYOND

    41A Partner of above

    0
    6
  71. 71
    BLACKSHEEP

    8D Family pariah

    0
    4
  72. 72
    GLYPH debut

    52D Informational symbol

    0
    4
  73. 73
    DOWNY

    54D Soft, like cotton

    0
    3
  74. 74
    COAXES debut

    64A Cajoles

    0
    2
  75. 75
    JOHNDRYDEN debut

    26D Restoration poet

    0
    2
  76. 76
    HOWDIDTHEOAKASK debut

    16A With 38-Across, a punny riddle

    0
    1
  77. 77
    IWOODPINEFIRYEW debut

    61A Answer to the riddle

    0
    1
  78. 78
    OUTTHEMAPLETREE debut

    38A See 16-Across

    0
    1