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Wednesday · 76 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ACE

    36D Dead man's hand card

    57
    493
  2. 2
    LEO

    6D "Bus 9 to Paradise" author Buscaglia

    40
    268
  3. 3
    SAD

    28D "___ but true"

    31
    236
  4. 4
    ANEW

    65A Again

    23
    237
  5. 5
    EEK

    30D "A cockroach!"

    19
    163
  6. 6
    SEEN

    14A In view

    16
    170
  7. 7
    OFT

    38D "How ___ Has the Banshee Cried" (Thomas Moore poem)

    15
    113
  8. 8
    ALPO

    5A Meal-in-a-can brand

    13
    138
  9. 9
    CAP

    37D Gown's partner

    13
    137
  10. 10
    LSU

    27A Sch. where Shaquille O'Neal played basketball

    13
    107
  11. 11
    ALERT

    39A "Heads up!," e.g.

    12
    168
  12. 12
    ARISE

    11D Greet the day

    12
    127
  13. 13
    ADEPT

    44A Skilled

    12
    88
  14. 14
    TACO

    35A Mexican restaurant offering

    11
    154
  15. 15
    SOU

    22A ___'wester

    11
    87
  16. 16
    AYN

    26A Rand who wrote "Atlas Shrugged"

    10
    98
  17. 17
    ITSME

    67A Informal reply to "Who's there?"

    10
    70
  18. 18
    EPEES

    57D They're guarded at the Olympics

    9
    104
  19. 19
    LOON

    43A Addlebrain

    9
    81
  20. 20
    KOREA

    16A Divided Asian land

    9
    77
  21. 21
    TEAMO

    2D "I love you," in Spanish

    9
    35
  22. 22
    USS

    47A Enterprise inits.

    8
    110
  23. 23
    COP

    10D Steal, slangily

    8
    90
  24. 24
    PLY

    29D Use diligently

    8
    74
  25. 25
    SEXY

    68A Like the Beatles' Sadie

    7
    81
  26. 26
    ATLAST

    18D "Finally!"

    7
    58
  27. 27
    RECON

    12D A little advance work

    7
    53
  28. 28
    PILOT

    64A Altimeter user

    7
    47
  29. 29
    URALS

    51D Range extending south from the Kara Sea

    7
    43
  30. 30
    IWO

    33D "Sands of ___ Jima"

    6
    79
  31. 31
    BEAN

    15A Noggin

    6
    63
  32. 32
    YOM

    62D ___ Kippur

    6
    27
  33. 33
    ATRA

    1A Gillette razor

    5
    122
  34. 34
    DEGAS

    52D "At the Milliner's" painter

    5
    49
  35. 35
    RELIT

    50D Activated again, as a burner

    5
    48
  36. 36
    ASI

    45A "___ see it ..."

    4
    130
  37. 37
    ACTED

    54D Did one's part?

    4
    61
  38. 38
    SPECS

    28A Writer's guidelines

    3
    50
  39. 39
    DECAF

    41A Grounds for a good night's sleep?

    3
    42
  40. 40
    VEX

    63D Annoy

    3
    41
  41. 41
    PANAM

    7D ___ Games

    3
    39
  42. 42
    SKORTS

    9D Women's hybrid clothing

    3
    12
  43. 43
    CREAM

    31D Alfredo sauce ingredient

    2
    35
  44. 44
    OMERTA

    20A Gangster's code of silence

    2
    32
  45. 45
    LIEON

    43D Use as a bed

    2
    21
  46. 46
    MUTED

    25D No longer bright, as colors

    2
    20
  47. 47
    ROILS

    55D Agitates

    2
    20
  48. 48
    USONE

    53D Auto route from Me. to Fla.

    2
    18
  49. 49
    OWNUP

    34D Confess

    2
    16
  50. 50
    IER

    58A Suffix with hotel

    1
    55
  51. 51
    ELBE

    66A Hamburg's river

    1
    37
  52. 52
    ASHOT

    1D Give ___ in the arm

    1
    22
  53. 53
    TIOS

    32A Spanish uncles

    1
    22
  54. 54
    ONEPM

    8D Common lunch hr.

    1
    21
  55. 55
    WWW

    40A Letters after two slashes

    1
    15
  56. 56
    TIPPI

    49D Hedren of Hitchcock's "The Birds"

    1
    11
  57. 57
    RECOUP

    60A Gain back

    1
    10
  58. 58
    ONTWO

    24D When a football may be hiked

    1
    6
  59. 59
    DYKE

    42A Dick Van ___

    1
    4
  60. 60
    APAR

    21A On ___ with (even with)

    0
    36
  61. 61
    ROES

    59A Richard and Jane in court

    0
    35
  62. 62
    ANERA

    4D "It's the end of ___"

    0
    29
  63. 63
    TAILS

    19D Call after a toss

    0
    28
  64. 64
    SCARY

    9A Alarming

    0
    22
  65. 65
    SPRITE

    46D "Obey your thirst" sloganeer, once

    0
    18
  66. 66
    DSOS

    69A U.K. military medals

    0
    11
  67. 67
    SCREWY

    48D Off the wall

    0
    11
  68. 68
    DASHER

    41D One of a seasonal octet

    0
    10
  69. 69
    REVET

    3D Support with stone, as an embankment

    0
    6
  70. 70
    ABBACY

    5D Monastic jurisdiction

    0
    5
  71. 71
    GUMBO debut

    56D Okra stew

    0
    4
  72. 72
    TRUMPEDUPCHARGE

    49A Basis of a false arrest, perhaps

    0
    3
  73. 73
    YAKUT

    13D Native of NE Siberia

    0
    3
  74. 74
    HAVEABONETOPICK debut

    17A Feel like quarreling about something

    0
    1
  75. 75
    PLAYINGOVERTIME debut

    61A Going past the fourth quarter, say

    0
    1
  76. 76
    TOTALCOMMITMENT debut

    23A No halfway effort

    0
    1