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Wednesday · 80 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ADS

    51D YouTube video lead-ins

    46
    325
  2. 2
    AXE

    68D Hacker's need

    34
    269
  3. 3
    UNIT

    2D College course part

    28
    230
  4. 4
    STEP

    20A Flight component

    25
    229
  5. 5
    ENE

    45A Suffix with ethyl

    24
    403
  6. 6
    ANON

    14A When Juliet tells the Nurse she will come in from the balcony

    20
    275
  7. 7
    ROO

    63A A. A. Milne hopper

    20
    189
  8. 8
    DOE

    65D Buck passer, maybe

    19
    192
  9. 9
    ATSEA

    61A Totally befuddled

    18
    194
  10. 10
    ELENA

    31D Justice Kagan

    15
    178
  11. 11
    AGUA

    11D Lago or río contents

    13
    103
  12. 12
    TREAT

    57D See 56-Across

    13
    94
  13. 13
    SEND

    13D Texter's button

    12
    133
  14. 14
    PEI

    39A J.F.K. Library architect

    11
    121
  15. 15
    MRT

    42A "Rocky III" actor (and an apt answer in this puzzle)

    11
    98
  16. 16
    ABIDE

    15A Stand

    11
    81
  17. 17
    ORR

    60A Bruins legend Bobby

    10
    235
  18. 18
    RUIN

    19A Wreck

    10
    97
  19. 19
    TASTE

    28D See 26-Across

    8
    117
  20. 20
    MEW

    41A Catty remark?

    7
    71
  21. 21
    AFTER

    26A With 28-Down, disagreeable quality of diet sodas

    7
    70
  22. 22
    RECON

    9D Scout's mission, for short

    7
    53
  23. 23
    TITLE

    52A With 54-Down, song with the same name as its album

    6
    94
  24. 24
    OFTEN

    29A With 30-Down, frequently

    5
    65
  25. 25
    TRACK

    54D See 52-Across

    5
    16
  26. 26
    OAS

    38A Defense grp. since 1948

    4
    105
  27. 27
    WATER

    5A With 7-Down, incapable of leaking

    4
    48
  28. 28
    COATI

    58D Kinkajou cousin

    4
    45
  29. 29
    ATEN

    61D "... ___-foot pole!"

    3
    50
  30. 30
    TOLET

    52D Sign of availability

    3
    49
  31. 31
    FLARE

    27D Roadside attention-getter

    3
    40
  32. 32
    LOGIC

    18A Mr. Spock's forte

    3
    38
  33. 33
    HOMER

    59D Go yard, in baseball slang

    3
    37
  34. 34
    QUIP

    12D Witty bit

    3
    37
  35. 35
    TOKE

    3D Joint action

    3
    37
  36. 36
    AGUE

    16A Chill producer

    2
    85
  37. 37
    TIMES

    30D See 29-Across

    2
    26
  38. 38
    NEWER

    34D Built later

    2
    25
  39. 39
    IRENA

    53D "The Faerie Queene" woman

    2
    22
  40. 40
    AROUSAL

    48A Alarm clock's purpose

    2
    17
  41. 41
    JUTS

    1A Protrudes, with "out"

    2
    17
  42. 42
    KAHLO

    21A Self-portraitist Frida

    2
    16
  43. 43
    JAWS

    1D Thriller set on Amity Island

    1
    39
  44. 44
    LAPD

    22A "Lethal Weapon" force, briefly

    1
    39
  45. 45
    ABOMB

    26D Enola Gay's payload, in brief

    1
    29
  46. 46
    MOL

    40A Chem. unit

    1
    23
  47. 47
    WIKI

    17A Popular online reference, for short

    1
    23
  48. 48
    BESTIR

    73A Incite to action

    1
    10
  49. 49
    PASTTENSE

    23A History is recorded in it

    1
    10
  50. 50
    DUTCH

    56A With 57-Down, meal for which everyone pays his or her own way

    1
    9
  51. 51
    FARLEFT

    10D Socialists, on the political spectrum

    1
    6
  52. 52
    SNIPPET

    4D Small excerpt

    1
    5
  53. 53
    SOULFOOD debut

    25D Chitlins, ham hocks, etc.

    1
    2
  54. 54
    IDI

    55A Exiled Amin

    0
    120
  55. 55
    ERI

    66D Verdi aria "___ tu"

    0
    76
  56. 56
    AWN

    43A Wheat bristle

    0
    45
  57. 57
    ABAB

    62D Simple quatrain pattern

    0
    28
  58. 58
    NEWEL

    32D Handrail support

    0
    23
  59. 59
    UNU

    49D First Burmese prime minister

    0
    22
  60. 60
    FAQS

    10A Online info sources

    0
    19
  61. 61
    TIGHT

    7D See 5-Across

    0
    17
  62. 62
    EDILE

    8D Roman magistrate

    0
    14
  63. 63
    ENCORES

    70A Performance extras

    0
    14
  64. 64
    CFL

    47D North-of-the-border grid org.

    0
    13
  65. 65
    NBATEAM

    67A Heat or Thunder

    0
    9
  66. 66
    BLATANT

    33A Not at all hidden

    0
    8
  67. 67
    NOURI

    37D Michael of "Flashdance"

    0
    8
  68. 68
    TAXRATE

    71A Something in brackets

    0
    7
  69. 69
    TRS

    69D ___-80 (classic computer)

    0
    7
  70. 70
    TAKEIN

    72A Adopt, as a stray

    0
    6
  71. 71
    BEECHES

    46A Trees with triangular nuts

    0
    5
  72. 72
    INUTILE

    36A Pointless

    0
    5
  73. 73
    WALKS

    5D Beats the rap

    0
    5
  74. 74
    ARAPAHOE

    24D Ally of the Cheyenne: Var.

    0
    4
  75. 75
    LEADETH

    64A Shows the way, biblically

    0
    3
  76. 76
    ABOAT

    6D "Three Men in ___" (Jerome K. Jerome novel)

    0
    2
  77. 77
    PUF

    44A Sta-___ fabric softener

    0
    2
  78. 78
    FORMATION debut

    50A Following the nine black squares in the center of the grid, a hint to five pairs of answers in this puzzle

    0
    1
  79. 79
    IMPATIENT debut

    36D Fidgety

    0
    1
  80. 80
    TINSMITHS debut

    35D Some sheet metal workers

    0
    1