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Tuesday · 74 answers · 9 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ORE

    55D Miner's find

    48
    581
  2. 2
    AREA

    60A Length x width, for a rectangle

    46
    631
  3. 3
    LEE

    56D Appomattox surrenderer

    40
    360
  4. 4
    SNL

    12D Show on which Lennon and McCartney considered reuniting, for short

    40
    263
  5. 5
    ONCE

    46D "___ upon a time ..."

    32
    326
  6. 6
    EKE

    57D Barely manage, with "out"

    31
    236
  7. 7
    HOE

    13D Hard row to ___

    27
    173
  8. 8
    AMP

    11D Bit of sound equipment

    25
    193
  9. 9
    ASK

    7D Invite

    24
    204
  10. 10
    TIRE

    24D See 50-Across

    22
    168
  11. 11
    USES

    62A Functions

    19
    193
  12. 12
    SEER

    52D Fortuneteller

    18
    170
  13. 13
    DES

    42A Palais ___ Sports (Paris arena)

    16
    154
  14. 14
    LAO

    6D China's ___-tzu

    16
    154
  15. 15
    PRO

    5D Old hand

    15
    214
  16. 16
    EYRE

    65A Literary Jane

    15
    150
  17. 17
    IGLOO

    32D Place where one can come home and chill?

    14
    86
  18. 18
    RASTA

    15A Snoop Dogg, for one, since 2012

    14
    83
  19. 19
    CAP

    54D Headgear often worn backward

    13
    137
  20. 20
    SASSY

    49D Smart-alecky

    12
    95
  21. 21
    NEST

    38D Home located in the sticks?

    10
    242
  22. 22
    ODIE

    14A Dog bullied by Garfield

    10
    153
  23. 23
    LGA

    36A Big Apple airport code

    10
    70
  24. 24
    PEEP

    63A Slightest of complaints

    9
    59
  25. 25
    OBOES

    26D Wind instruments

    8
    79
  26. 26
    DOTS

    1D Parts of an ellipsis

    7
    63
  27. 27
    UMNO debut

    16A "Let me think ... yeah, that's stupid"

    7
    18
  28. 28
    DAMN

    1A "Oh, hell!"

    6
    54
  29. 29
    IRKED

    61A Got the goat of

    6
    38
  30. 30
    ADEN

    2D Yemeni port

    5
    163
  31. 31
    CEASE

    51A Stop

    5
    75
  32. 32
    XED

    58D Crossed (out)

    4
    58
  33. 33
    FLAT

    50A With 24-Down, blowout result

    4
    57
  34. 34
    NOLAN

    44A Christopher who directed three Batman films

    4
    50
  35. 35
    STEWIE debut

    8D "Family Guy" baby

    4
    7
  36. 36
    NASH

    10A Bandmate of Crosby, Stills and Young

    3
    75
  37. 37
    MAGIC

    48D Card tricks, e.g.

    3
    37
  38. 38
    MRE

    34A Battlefield food, for short

    3
    34
  39. 39
    PITS

    31A Something horrible, with "the"

    3
    32
  40. 40
    ALBEIT

    40A With the concession that

    3
    12
  41. 41
    ESSE

    53D "To be," in Latin

    2
    181
  42. 42
    EOE

    39A Letters in a help wanted ad

    2
    54
  43. 43
    ISMS

    43A Belief systems

    2
    53
  44. 44
    LABEL

    30A Record company

    2
    42
  45. 45
    PLANB

    31D Contingency arrangement

    2
    25
  46. 46
    PLASM

    5A Blood component

    2
    19
  47. 47
    STRIVE

    29A Do one's best

    2
    17
  48. 48
    TABLA

    33D Indian drum

    2
    13
  49. 49
    BLOT

    18D Rorschach test image

    1
    48
  50. 50
    HETERO

    45D Not homo-

    1
    20
  51. 51
    SNELL

    20A Fishhook attachment

    1
    20
  52. 52
    COEDS

    64A Female students, condescendingly

    1
    18
  53. 53
    MAXIM

    9D "It takes money to make money," e.g.

    1
    18
  54. 54
    NETLOSS

    4D Unfortunate bottom line on an earnings report

    1
    14
  55. 55
    MELONS

    35A Honeydews, e.g.

    1
    13
  56. 56
    APPLET

    19D Small computer program

    1
    10
  57. 57
    OVERDUE

    25D Late, as a video store rental

    1
    8
  58. 58
    INGENUE

    43D Naive young woman

    1
    7
  59. 59
    NUMERAL

    10D What's required in some passwords

    1
    7
  60. 60
    MUSTI debut

    35D "Can you give me any alternative?"

    1
    6
  61. 61
    HUSTON

    45A John who directed "The Maltese Falcon"

    1
    4
  62. 62
    TEXTBOOKEXAMPLE debut

    17A Perfect illustration

    1
    3
  63. 63
    WIPE

    21A Utterly wear out, in slang

    0
    30
  64. 64
    VENOM

    27D Snake poison

    0
    24
  65. 65
    ELSES

    28D Someone ___ (not mine or yours)

    0
    20
  66. 66
    MIXER

    3D First-week-of-school social event

    0
    13
  67. 67
    EARFLAP

    41D Batting helmet feature

    0
    11
  68. 68
    MRMET

    23D Citi Field mascot

    0
    9
  69. 69
    PDS

    59D Groups of cops: Abbr.

    0
    9
  70. 70
    BEERNUT debut

    37A Pub tidbit

    0
    3
  71. 71
    BINDLE debut

    37D Hobo's accessory

    0
    1
  72. 72
    BOARDMEETINGS debut

    47A Gatherings in which C.E.O.'s are chosen

    0
    1
  73. 73
    COLLEGEEXPENSES debut

    54A What tuition and the starts of 17-, 22-, 37-(?) and 47-Across are

    0
    1
  74. 74
    ROOMTOIMPROVE debut

    22A Unfulfilled potential

    0
    1