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Wednesday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ORA

    30A ___ pro nobis

    35
    227
  2. 2
    STAR

    64A Critic's unit

    31
    316
  3. 3
    ONES

    24A Strippers' tips, often

    28
    295
  4. 4
    TREE

    28D Back into a corner

    25
    309
  5. 5
    STP

    50A Indy letters

    23
    172
  6. 6
    ATT

    12D "Boston Legal" fig.

    23
    161
  7. 7
    MIA

    44A Cara ___ (Italian term of endearment)

    21
    209
  8. 8
    BET

    56D Double or nothing, e.g.

    21
    120
  9. 9
    RTE

    57D Tpke., e.g.

    20
    285
  10. 10
    YEA

    13D Truly, in the Bible

    17
    192
  11. 11
    ODIN

    18A Aesir ruler

    17
    159
  12. 12
    SCAM

    36D Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g.

    16
    168
  13. 13
    TLC

    28A Special treatment, for short

    16
    146
  14. 14
    TENET

    63A Core belief

    15
    147
  15. 15
    NOIR

    17A Hard-boiled crime genre

    14
    110
  16. 16
    LATTE

    27D Barista's offering

    14
    92
  17. 17
    HAM

    45A Performer yukking it up

    13
    144
  18. 18
    ALPO

    59A Brand for woofers, but not tweeters?

    13
    138
  19. 19
    LADLE

    6D Chili server

    13
    69
  20. 20
    IKE

    23A Interstate-championing prez

    11
    181
  21. 21
    AQUA

    34D Pastel hue

    11
    151
  22. 22
    OOZE

    65A Primordial stuff

    11
    116
  23. 23
    SERTA

    19A Perfect Sleeper maker

    11
    82
  24. 24
    USO

    43A Troop-entertaining grp.

    10
    115
  25. 25
    ABRA

    14A Start of an incantation

    8
    61
  26. 26
    SPIT

    36A Skewer

    7
    82
  27. 27
    ELISE

    32D Beethoven dedicatee

    7
    75
  28. 28
    NAIR

    22D Brand once advertised with the jingle "We wear short shorts ..."

    7
    39
  29. 29
    THETA

    10D Angle symbol, in trigonometry

    6
    57
  30. 30
    PENNE

    47D Tubular pasta

    6
    51
  31. 31
    MITE

    40A Pesky arachnid

    6
    38
  32. 32
    ALLEY

    37A Place for a Dumpster

    6
    35
  33. 33
    STLEO

    50D Fifth-century canonized pope

    5
    34
  34. 34
    GLAD

    48A Tickled

    4
    71
  35. 35
    SCENT

    39A Lavender, for one

    4
    66
  36. 36
    QUE

    38A Juan's "what"

    4
    46
  37. 37
    POPS

    54D The old man

    4
    39
  38. 38
    ATBAY

    9A Cornered

    4
    35
  39. 39
    TOPAZ

    51D Birthstone for many Scorpios

    4
    31
  40. 40
    CAPO

    55D Banjo accessory

    3
    64
  41. 41
    PEAL

    62A Sound from a steeple

    3
    55
  42. 42
    SHADE

    39D Parasol's offering

    3
    39
  43. 43
    JILT

    41D Leave high and dry

    3
    30
  44. 44
    PUCE

    61A Purple shade

    3
    29
  45. 45
    PENPAL

    46A Friend from afar

    3
    28
  46. 46
    WEEP

    29D Boo-hoo

    2
    43
  47. 47
    EVILS

    7D Escapees from Pandora's box

    2
    35
  48. 48
    ORING

    26D Circular gasket

    2
    35
  49. 49
    WIE

    29A "___ geht's?" (German "How are you?")

    2
    26
  50. 50
    LORCA

    49D Spanish poet García ___

    2
    16
  51. 51
    FOLLY

    21D Unwise undertaking

    2
    8
  52. 52
    ETHNO

    60A Cultural prefix

    1
    45
  53. 53
    ASSUME

    9D Take on

    1
    29
  54. 54
    HARK

    4D "Listen!," old-style

    1
    28
  55. 55
    PROLE

    52D Working stiff

    1
    23
  56. 56
    XENO

    8D Alien: Prefix

    1
    23
  57. 57
    MASCOT

    44D Mr. Met, for one

    1
    19
  58. 58
    OORT

    58A Astronomy's ___ cloud

    1
    12
  59. 59
    ELTONJOHN

    33D "Rocket Man" rocker

    1
    7
  60. 60
    FLOUNCE

    5D Walk with jerky motions

    1
    4
  61. 61
    LAVE

    15A Wash up

    0
    24
  62. 62
    TRICE

    3D Brief moment

    0
    21
  63. 63
    FLEX

    5A Bend one's elbow, e.g.

    0
    19
  64. 64
    KITH

    1A Friends and neighbors

    0
    19
  65. 65
    BRONC

    56A Rodeo ride

    0
    15
  66. 66
    IBOOK

    2D Old Apple laptop

    0
    13
  67. 67
    AMATOL

    25A Explosive of old

    0
    12
  68. 68
    CHATTER

    42D Say "Hey, batter batter batter" and such

    0
    8
  69. 69
    SHUTE

    16A "On the Beach" author

    0
    8
  70. 70
    DUM

    35D Scat syllable

    0
    7
  71. 71
    JAMUP

    31D Copier malfunction

    0
    7
  72. 72
    GROUT debut

    48D Mosaic artist's material

    0
    6
  73. 73
    KANJI

    1D Japanese writing system

    0
    4
  74. 74
    BURSTOPEN

    11D Explode like a puffball

    0
    3
  75. 75
    JEERLEADER debut

    31A Chief heckler?

    0
    1
  76. 76
    JESTPROTECTOR debut

    53A Insulation from jokes?

    0
    1
  77. 77
    JOCKFULLONUTS debut

    20A Athlete who has pigged out on snacks at a bar?

    0
    1
  78. 78
    JUMPCHANGE debut

    41A Skydiver's amended plans?

    0
    1