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Wednesday · 74 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    AREA

    4D Turf

    46
    631
  2. 2
    ETS

    33D Frequent Weekly World News subjects, briefly

    37
    319
  3. 3
    ARI

    26D ___ Gold, agent on "Entourage"

    36
    378
  4. 4
    EKE

    39D Just make (out)

    31
    236
  5. 5
    OVA

    19A Egg cells

    30
    259
  6. 6
    TOE

    38D Nail holder

    29
    293
  7. 7
    ATARI

    14A Pong maker

    28
    224
  8. 8
    TAR

    16A Black goo

    26
    351
  9. 9
    PSI

    59D Tire abbr.

    24
    198
  10. 10
    OUR

    58D "___ Father ..."

    21
    160
  11. 11
    OTIS

    2D Big name in the 20-Across business

    20
    251
  12. 12
    URN

    27D Samovar

    19
    244
  13. 13
    ELSA

    55D Designer Schiaparelli

    19
    220
  14. 14
    HAS

    60A Orders at a restaurant

    19
    175
  15. 15
    ATSEA

    6A Mystified

    18
    194
  16. 16
    EPI

    9D Prefix with dermis

    16
    141
  17. 17
    IBET

    53D "Ri-i-ight!"

    16
    132
  18. 18
    SLEW

    56D Ton

    14
    115
  19. 19
    COD

    25D Mail-order option

    14
    97
  20. 20
    BED

    32D Flower's home

    13
    113
  21. 21
    TEASE

    62A Tempt

    11
    127
  22. 22
    WIT

    34D Wordplay, e.g.

    11
    88
  23. 23
    SPAN

    21A Go over

    10
    132
  24. 24
    USO

    11A Support grp. for the troops

    10
    115
  25. 25
    AYN

    10D Rand who wrote "Civilization is the process of setting man free from men"

    10
    98
  26. 26
    DEAR

    54D Sweets

    9
    118
  27. 27
    SONAR

    1A Red October detector

    9
    91
  28. 28
    IRAQ

    23D "The Hurt Locker" setting

    9
    87
  29. 29
    SMART

    8D Brainy

    8
    81
  30. 30
    NARC

    3D Undercover buster

    7
    121
  31. 31
    TRU

    57A 1989 play about Capote

    7
    83
  32. 32
    SGTS

    52D Capt.'s inferiors

    7
    69
  33. 33
    RICH

    36D Full of calories

    7
    65
  34. 34
    YOGA

    50A Eastern discipline

    7
    65
  35. 35
    UTOPIA

    11D Best of all possible worlds

    7
    44
  36. 36
    SAFE

    1D Bombproof, say

    6
    107
  37. 37
    USUAL

    61A Restaurant order, with "the"

    6
    77
  38. 38
    NACL

    18D Common crystals, chemically

    5
    47
  39. 39
    PERUSE

    24D Browse

    5
    25
  40. 40
    ORANGE

    13D "High," in the Homeland Security Advisory System

    4
    72
  41. 41
    AMIDST

    40A Surrounded by

    4
    38
  42. 42
    STATIC

    42A Complaints, informally

    4
    34
  43. 43
    EXT

    63A Bus. card info

    3
    67
  44. 44
    ADDTO

    6D Supplement

    3
    44
  45. 45
    LYNN

    45D Boston suburb

    3
    40
  46. 46
    RIAL

    5D Iranian money

    2
    81
  47. 47
    STRAW

    65A Building material in "The Three Little Pigs"

    2
    59
  48. 48
    TOS

    37D How-___

    2
    34
  49. 49
    LESSEE

    45A Renter

    2
    27
  50. 50
    SINATRA

    28D Singer honored on a 2008 U.S. postage stamp

    2
    25
  51. 51
    ANEMIC

    29D Lacking brio

    2
    24
  52. 52
    ORRIN

    31A Hatch on the Senate floor

    1
    45
  53. 53
    RELATE

    30A "I can ___"

    1
    35
  54. 54
    BEWARE

    32A Start of a dog owner's sign

    1
    11
  55. 55
    DOILY

    49D Valentine embellishment

    1
    10
  56. 56
    RITZY

    64A Luxurious

    1
    10
  57. 57
    ESCALATOR

    20A See 2-Down

    1
    7
  58. 58
    IRONSIDES

    51A Bygone warship

    1
    6
  59. 59
    ARNAZ

    48D Ball's partner

    0
    40
  60. 60
    TUROW

    7D "Presumed Innocent" author

    0
    14
  61. 61
    SAVANT

    12D Idiot ___

    0
    13
  62. 62
    SCYTHE

    42D Swath maker

    0
    13
  63. 63
    AUGUST

    44D Lordly

    0
    10
  64. 64
    LIEUT

    47D Capt.'s inferior

    0
    10
  65. 65
    SNOOK

    41A Basslike fish

    0
    9
  66. 66
    SPLEENS

    21D Body organs associated with anger

    0
    7
  67. 67
    THORAX

    43D Chest

    0
    6
  68. 68
    CAUSAL

    25A Kind of agent

    0
    4
  69. 69
    COWTIPPING debut

    22A Mischievous rural pastime

    0
    3
  70. 70
    DUMPY

    15A Hardly chic

    0
    3
  71. 71
    CHURCHLADY debut

    46A Classic Dana Carvey character, with "the"

    0
    1
  72. 72
    DINNERETIQUETTE debut

    35A Keeping your elbows off the table, e.g.

    0
    1
  73. 73
    FIREANDRAIN debut

    17A 1970 James Taylor hit

    0
    1
  74. 74
    OPENINGBELL debut

    58A Sound of capitalism? ...or a hint to the starts of 17-, 22-, 35- and 46-Across

    0
    1