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Wednesday · 78 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    IRE

    61D Anger

    52
    498
  2. 2
    OBOE

    52D Letter before Peter in an old phonetic alphabet

    32
    315
  3. 3
    AMI

    50A "___ dreaming?"

    29
    302
  4. 4
    ACHE

    6D Nagging pain

    28
    282
  5. 5
    RAE

    37A "Norma ___"

    28
    278
  6. 6
    AMEN

    47D "You got that right!"

    27
    296
  7. 7
    ABLE

    58A Proficient

    25
    259
  8. 8
    AOL

    60D Popular I.S.P.

    25
    214
  9. 9
    MESS

    12D Meddle (with)

    17
    145
  10. 10
    HERS

    65A The lady's

    17
    86
  11. 11
    STS

    46A Bourbon and others: Abbr.

    16
    191
  12. 12
    MEMO

    13A It might have the heading "Re:"

    15
    95
  13. 13
    KEG

    8D ID-requiring purchase

    14
    106
  14. 14
    LEAN

    66A Tilt

    14
    102
  15. 15
    ELBA

    54D Island whose name is another word in this puzzle spelled backward

    13
    132
  16. 16
    EIN

    41A German's one

    12
    159
  17. 17
    SHEA

    15D 2000 World Series locale

    11
    126
  18. 18
    POSE

    55D What people often do for pictures

    11
    88
  19. 19
    AGER

    11D Worrying, for one

    10
    108
  20. 20
    DAY

    29A It breaks in the morning

    10
    89
  21. 21
    AFEW

    56D Two or three

    10
    57
  22. 22
    CASH

    51D Credit's counterpart

    9
    101
  23. 23
    BLUR

    53D Photo mishap

    9
    58
  24. 24
    SLAM

    9A Poetry fest

    8
    101
  25. 25
    AVIAN

    50D ___ flu

    7
    57
  26. 26
    USED

    64A Not new

    6
    165
  27. 27
    SELA

    2D Ward of "Sisters"

    6
    101
  28. 28
    ELLIE

    27D "Dallas" matriarch

    6
    72
  29. 29
    SOUR

    62A Causing the lips to pucker

    6
    49
  30. 30
    ENOCH

    30A Great-grandfather of Noah

    6
    41
  31. 31
    ELY

    23A Cathedral city of England

    5
    96
  32. 32
    IVES

    19A Burl of stage and song

    5
    96
  33. 33
    ABED

    43A Not up

    4
    78
  34. 34
    LOVE

    10D Sonnet subject

    4
    75
  35. 35
    AMFM

    1D Like most car radios

    4
    57
  36. 36
    NALA

    18D Queen in "The Lion King"

    4
    51
  37. 37
    AKIRA

    47A Director Kurosawa

    4
    36
  38. 38
    ERRAND

    35A Picking up the dry cleaning, say

    4
    33
  39. 39
    DEANS

    44A Auburn heads?

    3
    46
  40. 40
    ACMES

    14A Crowning points

    3
    41
  41. 41
    SACK

    5A Tackle, in a way

    3
    35
  42. 42
    LOGE

    16A Theater section

    2
    60
  43. 43
    AMYS

    3D Writers Lowell and Tan

    2
    28
  44. 44
    DRIEST

    29D Least sweet, as wine

    2
    18
  45. 45
    PEWS

    67A Flock's locale

    1
    33
  46. 46
    LEILA

    26A Role in Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers"

    1
    32
  47. 47
    HEDDA

    33D Gossipy Hopper

    1
    24
  48. 48
    SLEETS

    42A Creates slippery conditions, in a way

    1
    21
  49. 49
    MASSAGE

    20A Kink removal

    1
    9
  50. 50
    SLIDIN

    9D Reached base horizontally

    1
    9
  51. 51
    EVENPAR

    54A Something that may be shot on a golf course

    1
    8
  52. 52
    LOBED

    26D Like brains

    1
    8
  53. 53
    BLOWININTHEWIND

    38A Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the object found by connecting the four circled letters in a diamond

    1
    6
  54. 54
    NBAERS debut

    45D 39-Down and others, for short

    1
    4
  55. 55
    NHS debut

    36D Selective high-school org.

    1
    3
  56. 56
    FLYINGHIGH debut

    17A On cloud nine

    1
    2
  57. 57
    OLLA

    34A Large crock

    0
    88
  58. 58
    ENL

    35D Photo lab abbr.

    0
    75
  59. 59
    ATTY

    49D Lincoln, e.g., before he was pres.

    0
    69
  60. 60
    ILONA

    28D Massey of old movies

    0
    39
  61. 61
    ASAN

    1A "___ alternative ..."

    0
    37
  62. 62
    BEATS

    48A Tops

    0
    20
  63. 63
    CMI

    7D Roman 901

    0
    17
  64. 64
    ORIBI

    31D African antelope

    0
    14
  65. 65
    EIDERS

    21A Commercially prized ducks

    0
    13
  66. 66
    CANER

    32D Rattan worker

    0
    11
  67. 67
    RFDS

    57D Country addresses: Abbr.

    0
    11
  68. 68
    SAGGY

    5D Droopy

    0
    11
  69. 69
    ILEDE

    22D ___ France

    0
    10
  70. 70
    COBALT

    51A Discontinued Chevrolet model

    0
    9
  71. 71
    ISSEL

    39D Hall-of-Fame hoopster Dan

    0
    7
  72. 72
    YORBA

    63A ___ Linda, Calif.

    0
    6
  73. 73
    GARNETS

    24D January birthstones

    0
    3
  74. 74
    GHALI

    24A Boutros Boutros-___ (former U.N. chief)

    0
    3
  75. 75
    HYATTS

    25D Some hotels

    0
    3
  76. 76
    NOISELAW debut

    4D Anti-honking ordinance, e.g.

    0
    2
  77. 77
    WAKINGUP debut

    40D Rousing

    0
    2
  78. 78
    TAILINGOFF debut

    59A Waning ... or a hint to what is found by circling all the T's in the completed puzzle

    0
    1