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Tuesday · 78 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    YES

    34D "You're calling because ...?"

    50
    365
  2. 2
    STY

    35D Messy dorm room, say

    47
    343
  3. 3
    ODOR

    14A Skunk's defense

    39
    344
  4. 4
    ETS

    9D Flying saucer fliers, for short

    37
    319
  5. 5
    LET

    38A Leased

    33
    287
  6. 6
    YET

    25D Still

    27
    201
  7. 7
    RAN

    47A Hightailed it

    25
    291
  8. 8
    MET

    59D Shook hands with, say

    25
    187
  9. 9
    UBER

    41D "Deutschland ___ Alles"

    25
    119
  10. 10
    EBB

    31D Opposite of rise

    20
    182
  11. 11
    RES

    22A In medias ___

    17
    279
  12. 12
    TALE

    17A Dickens wrote one about two cities

    17
    178
  13. 13
    LYE

    28A Cleaning substance

    17
    146
  14. 14
    SSE

    55A Cairo-to-Addis Ababa dir.

    15
    262
  15. 15
    ELITE

    63A Cream of the crop

    15
    168
  16. 16
    IDAHO

    2D The 43rd state

    15
    121
  17. 17
    ABA

    36A Sports org. in a 1976 merger

    14
    195
  18. 18
    IDES

    61A Fateful day in March

    14
    170
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    EWES

    62A Ovine mothers

    14
    134
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    BAN

    5D Outlaw

    13
    125
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    TONE

    7D Kind of deafness

    12
    148
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    HEM

    60D What a seamstress may take up

    12
    136
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    ONAIR

    54A Warning at a station

    12
    128
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    APES

    10A Mimics

    11
    153
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    MAO

    30D Chinese chairman

    11
    141
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    GEESE

    52D V-formation fliers

    11
    130
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    ORDER

    51D "Large pepperoni with extra cheese," e.g.

    11
    88
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    NEST

    64A Wasp's home

    10
    242
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    LEST

    65A "___ we forget"

    10
    104
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    BETA

    23D Alpha-gamma connector

    9
    104
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    DRAW

    16A Attract, as an audience

    9
    77
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    KEYS

    21D People are always searching for them

    9
    77
  33. 33
    KOREA

    57A It used to be called the Hermit Kingdom

    9
    77
  34. 34
    TOTEM

    66A Indian emblem

    9
    75
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    SUIT

    56D Diamonds, e.g.

    9
    70
  36. 36
    AFOOT

    15A Under way

    9
    52
  37. 37
    DIN

    42D What a lot of partiers make

    7
    109
  38. 38
    VOTE

    19A What an office seeker seeks

    7
    52
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    WOW

    37A Blow away

    6
    63
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    SWEDE

    13D Writer Stieg Larsson, e.g.

    4
    61
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    YAW

    27D Go slightly off course

    4
    46
  42. 42
    NONOS

    18A They're frowned upon

    4
    43
  43. 43
    AGATES

    29A Banded marbles

    4
    35
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    EYESORE

    26A Not a pretty sight

    4
    30
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    MOUTH

    59A Be sassy, with "off"

    4
    12
  46. 46
    INAWE

    49D Deeply impressed

    3
    55
  47. 47
    BATHE

    5A Wash

    3
    44
  48. 48
    EATER

    12D "Peter Peter Pumpkin ___"

    3
    42
  49. 49
    GREY

    67A "Pardon me, would you have any ___ Poupon?"

    3
    35
  50. 50
    WAKE

    58A Evidence of a ship's passing

    3
    34
  51. 51
    MIFF

    1A Tick off

    3
    28
  52. 52
    HASTY

    53D Overly quick

    3
    23
  53. 53
    VOWEL

    48D "I'd like to buy a ___, Pat"

    3
    19
  54. 54
    MOTTS

    1D Applesauce maker

    2
    16
  55. 55
    THICK

    20A Blockheaded

    2
    8
  56. 56
    RACIEST

    40D Most risqué

    2
    6
  57. 57
    FRA

    43D ___ Angelico

    1
    67
  58. 58
    AFORE

    6D In front of, old-style

    1
    39
  59. 59
    ANOSE

    29D Win by ___

    1
    20
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    ONGOING

    45D Not stopping

    1
    7
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    FRECKLE

    4D Something redheads tend to do

    1
    3
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    LANK

    44D Long and lean

    0
    29
  63. 63
    MEREST

    30A Most negligible

    0
    18
  64. 64
    VETTE

    50D Sting Ray, e.g., informally

    0
    16
  65. 65
    BIPED

    23A Human or kangaroo

    0
    11
  66. 66
    SABINE

    46A River on the Texas/Louisiana border

    0
    9
  67. 67
    WENTSOLO

    37D Broke off from a group

    0
    8
  68. 68
    FOLIC

    3D Kind of acid in breakfast cereal

    0
    7
  69. 69
    HOOSEGOW

    8D Slammer

    0
    5
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    SOCKEYE

    24A Red salmon

    0
    4
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    VANGOGH

    50A See 48-Across

    0
    4
  72. 72
    NOWADAYS

    33A Currently

    0
    3
  73. 73
    OBTRUDES

    39A Sticks out

    0
    3
  74. 74
    PROPOSALS

    11D Season-ending events on "The Bachelor"

    0
    3
  75. 75
    VINCENT debut

    48A With 50-Across, Dutch painter represented by this puzzle's circled letters

    0
    3
  76. 76
    ADVISED debut

    10D Counseled

    0
    2
  77. 77
    FLOSSY debut

    43A Showily stylish

    0
    2
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    RATSNAKES debut

    32D Rodent-eating reptiles

    0
    1