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Wednesday · 78 answers · 10 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERA

    62A 15-Across backward

    97
    791
  2. 2
    ELI

    47D Giant Manning

    60
    599
  3. 3
    ALE

    45A Tankard contents

    59
    570
  4. 4
    ACE

    57D Hotshot

    57
    493
  5. 5
    ARE

    15A "Rules ___ rules"

    56
    533
  6. 6
    YES

    6D Encouraging word

    50
    365
  7. 7
    ERIE

    61A City of NW Pennsylvania

    48
    510
  8. 8
    STY

    11A Grimy abode

    47
    343
  9. 9
    IRA

    59A Glass of "This American Life"

    46
    448
  10. 10
    ERE

    17A Before, in poetry

    43
    602
  11. 11
    NEO

    64A Classical start?

    43
    332
  12. 12
    TRI

    12D Start for cycle

    41
    237
  13. 13
    EPA

    33A Org. whose resources partly go to waste?

    36
    320
  14. 14
    ACT

    60A Have a part

    31
    302
  15. 15
    OPS

    63A Roman equivalent of Rhea

    31
    179
  16. 16
    UNO

    14A Card game call

    30
    241
  17. 17
    APE

    32D Copycat

    28
    415
  18. 18
    MET

    58D Came across

    25
    187
  19. 19
    ERASE

    52D Wipe out

    24
    295
  20. 20
    YEN

    13D Nikkei 225 unit

    24
    212
  21. 21
    ILL

    49A "___ bite"

    21
    260
  22. 22
    SETS

    65A Match makeup

    21
    170
  23. 23
    MRS

    19A Wifey, with "the"

    21
    125
  24. 24
    AKA

    26A Letters on a wanted sign

    19
    211
  25. 25
    TRY

    66A Encouraging word

    19
    181
  26. 26
    NYE

    67A Bill in a bow tie

    17
    125
  27. 27
    LAO

    42A Southeast Asian language

    16
    154
  28. 28
    MAN

    56D "Wow!"

    16
    118
  29. 29
    OFT

    21D Frequently

    15
    113
  30. 30
    OMAHA

    31A The Wizard of ___ (nickname of Warren Buffett)

    14
    137
  31. 31
    AWAIT

    43A Be there for

    11
    76
  32. 32
    OHNO

    16A "Not that!"

    9
    149
  33. 33
    INNS

    9D Overnight stops on the road

    9
    144
  34. 34
    TILE

    41D Bananagrams game piece

    9
    114
  35. 35
    ARRAY

    5D Panoply

    9
    51
  36. 36
    BUT

    1A Word after which a parent might interrupt a child

    9
    44
  37. 37
    RPM

    18A Turntable measure, in brief

    8
    79
  38. 38
    SOLAR

    39D ___ power

    8
    78
  39. 39
    TIM

    30A Curry of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"

    7
    109
  40. 40
    LUAU

    35D Party with poi

    7
    89
  41. 41
    STARR

    50D Rock's All-___ Band

    7
    87
  42. 42
    IPOD

    28D Apple's ___ Touch

    7
    79
  43. 43
    STRIP

    27A Cartoonist's work

    6
    61
  44. 44
    TARE

    54D Scale deduction

    6
    43
  45. 45
    MAW

    58A Big mouth

    5
    66
  46. 46
    PARS

    29D Some scores in 34-Down

    5
    31
  47. 47
    MAY

    4A Peter Parker's aunt in "Spider-Man"

    4
    63
  48. 48
    DIMES

    48D Smallest coins

    4
    20
  49. 49
    UNPIN

    2D Remove from a bulletin board, say

    3
    18
  50. 50
    STACHE debut

    50A Something just under one's nose, slangily

    3
    7
  51. 51
    TWIG

    7A Branchlet

    2
    31
  52. 52
    GOLF

    34D See 29-Down

    2
    25
  53. 53
    TARTAR

    55A ___ sauce

    2
    24
  54. 54
    MAMMAMIA

    4D *Musical that includes the song "Take a Chance on Me"

    2
    10
  55. 55
    WHATAHOOT debut

    8D *"That sure was funny!"

    2
    3
  56. 56
    JAMS

    24D Predicaments

    1
    34
  57. 57
    OSA

    36D Spanish she-bear

    1
    31
  58. 58
    ALLIES

    44D Axis foe

    1
    22
  59. 59
    MIASMA

    22A Unpleasant atmosphere

    1
    19
  60. 60
    SWIRL

    23D Feature of a soft-serve ice cream cone

    1
    15
  61. 61
    ALITTLE

    53A Not much

    1
    12
  62. 62
    ANYWAY

    25A Subject-changing word

    1
    10
  63. 63
    HARPY

    51D Monster encountered by Aeneas

    1
    9
  64. 64
    MAHIMAHI

    56A Fish also known as a dorado

    1
    8
  65. 65
    FUMED

    46A Was furious

    1
    6
  66. 66
    THATAWAY debut

    38D *Where "they went," in old westerns

    1
    2
  67. 67
    TOPEKA

    7D 19th-century Midwest rail hub

    0
    21
  68. 68
    BURMA

    1D "The Bridge on the River Kwai" locale

    0
    14
  69. 69
    GOGOS

    10D Group with the 1981 #1 album "Beauty and the Beat"

    0
    6
  70. 70
    OPTSFOR

    37A Picks

    0
    4
  71. 71
    GLORIOUS

    34A Adjective for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

    0
    2
  72. 72
    JETSOFF debut

    24A Leaves in a hurry

    0
    1
  73. 73
    OUTLAST debut

    40A Stay longer than

    0
    1
  74. 74
    OUTWITHIT debut

    31D *"Stop hemming and hawing!"

    0
    1
  75. 75
    PANGOLIN debut

    20A Scaly anteater

    0
    1
  76. 76
    SELFREFLECTION debut

    11D Activity on Lent or Yom Kippur ... or a quality of every letter in the answer to each starred clue

    0
    1
  77. 77
    TOEHOLDS debut

    41A Points of entry

    0
    1
  78. 78
    TOMAYTOTOMAHTO debut

    3D *"Same difference"

    0
    1