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Tuesday · 76 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERA

    63D Historical interval

    97
    791
  2. 2
    IRA

    64D Flatow or Glass of public radio

    46
    448
  3. 3
    ADO

    22A Ruckus

    44
    477
  4. 4
    AHA

    1A "Oh, so that's it!"

    40
    379
  5. 5
    OBOE

    11D Instrument that tunes an orchestra

    32
    315
  6. 6
    ENO

    17A Music producer Brian

    29
    285
  7. 7
    STEM

    33A Blossom support

    26
    228
  8. 8
    ERASE

    54D Wipe away

    24
    295
  9. 9
    NENE

    32D Protected bird in Hawaii

    23
    140
  10. 10
    EVER

    35D Of all time

    22
    235
  11. 11
    EURO

    56A Coin whose front varies by country

    22
    221
  12. 12
    OVEN

    59D Place for a roast

    22
    177
  13. 13
    ADELE

    43A Oscar winner for "Skyfall"

    22
    158
  14. 14
    EDGE

    56D Sharp part

    21
    293
  15. 15
    CPA

    37D One working overtime in Apr., maybe

    19
    189
  16. 16
    SEED

    23A Tidbit for a bird

    17
    141
  17. 17
    SCAM

    33D Grift, e.g.

    16
    168
  18. 18
    ELENA

    69A Kagan of the Supreme Court

    14
    177
  19. 19
    TODO

    34D ___ list

    12
    103
  20. 20
    SEX

    71A Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second ___"

    11
    118
  21. 21
    AREAS

    1D Fields

    10
    147
  22. 22
    LAD

    65A Boy

    10
    140
  23. 23
    RIB

    14A Tease

    10
    113
  24. 24
    SONAR

    7D Submarine sensor

    9
    91
  25. 25
    TOIL

    30D Slave away

    9
    90
  26. 26
    TUBA

    26D Big horn

    9
    77
  27. 27
    EWER

    27A Still-life subject

    8
    146
  28. 28
    OLDE

    45A Ye ___ Shoppe

    8
    106
  29. 29
    GAMER

    66A See 50-Across

    8
    29
  30. 30
    URAL

    57D Eurasia's ___ Mountains

    7
    180
  31. 31
    EEYORE

    61A Mopey donkey of children's literature

    7
    46
  32. 32
    REAM

    41D 20 quires of paper

    6
    113
  33. 33
    FLY

    9D Really cool, in slang

    6
    46
  34. 34
    BRASH

    4A Impetuous

    6
    14
  35. 35
    HAY

    60A Stable diet?

    5
    79
  36. 36
    RODE

    12D Cycled, say

    5
    78
  37. 37
    LABOR

    16A Slave away

    5
    38
  38. 38
    HINDU

    2D One who believes in karma

    5
    35
  39. 39
    APA

    6D Therapists' org.

    5
    20
  40. 40
    LASTS

    51D Persists

    4
    44
  41. 41
    TYSON

    52D Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse ___

    4
    43
  42. 42
    BOCA

    19D ___ Raton, Fla.

    3
    43
  43. 43
    KSU

    68A Wildcats of the N.C.A.A.

    3
    21
  44. 44
    TRIOS

    25D Nirvana and Destiny's Child

    2
    30
  45. 45
    SNAPE

    70A Potter's potions professor

    2
    27
  46. 46
    FJORD

    9A Norwegian tourist attraction

    2
    22
  47. 47
    AMCS

    48A Gremlins and Pacers

    2
    20
  48. 48
    BESTOW

    4D Confer (upon)

    2
    9
  49. 49
    RIME

    58D Frost

    1
    50
  50. 50
    DRED

    13D Great Scott?

    1
    41
  51. 51
    JAMS

    10D Copier malfunctions

    1
    34
  52. 52
    ABOMB

    3D Weapon of mass destruction in '45 headlines

    1
    29
  53. 53
    BOOZE

    39A Hooch

    1
    25
  54. 54
    HEDDA

    8D ___ Gabler, Ibsen heroine

    1
    24
  55. 55
    CLEESE

    49D "Monty Python" actor John

    1
    21
  56. 56
    ADMITS

    20A Fesses up

    1
    11
  57. 57
    EAPOE

    15A Author of Gothic short stories, in short

    1
    11
  58. 58
    YOLKS

    53D They provide richness in batter

    1
    11
  59. 59
    RATSNEST

    5D Tangle

    1
    10
  60. 60
    MORTAR

    46A What covers many blocks?

    1
    9
  61. 61
    REDUX

    55D Brought back

    1
    7
  62. 62
    SOTOSAY

    29D In a manner of speaking

    1
    5
  63. 63
    ICEMELT debut

    21D Magnesium chloride, e.g.

    1
    4
  64. 64
    IZOD

    31D Preppy clothing brand

    0
    70
  65. 65
    RUHR

    47D German coal region

    0
    49
  66. 66
    SANA

    44A Yemen's capital

    0
    47
  67. 67
    SICK

    36A Really cool, in slang

    0
    30
  68. 68
    TORUS

    67A Doughnut's shape

    0
    12
  69. 69
    AUSTIN

    28A SXSW festival setting

    0
    10
  70. 70
    KENAI

    38D Alaskan peninsula

    0
    5
  71. 71
    COVERTOPERATION

    40A Secret military mission ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle?

    0
    3
  72. 72
    DRIVERSSIDE

    62A It's on the left in the U.S. and the right in the U.K.

    0
    2
  73. 73
    MULTIPLAYER debut

    50A Like World of Warcraft and other fare for 66-Acrosses

    0
    1
  74. 74
    RAMPEDUP debut

    42D Increased, as production

    0
    1
  75. 75
    STANDBYMODE debut

    18A Sleep state for an electronic device

    0
    1
  76. 76
    SUBCONTRACT debut

    24A Outsource, as part of a job

    0
    1