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Tuesday · 78 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    EAR

    34A Place to put a cupped hand

    57
    485
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    NTH

    32A To the ___ degree

    30
    251
  3. 3
    OMEN

    63A Black cat crossing one's path, e.g.

    29
    257
  4. 4
    ETE

    44A Summer, in St.-Étienne

    24
    320
  5. 5
    ACTS

    5A ___ of the Apostles

    21
    214
  6. 6
    PRE

    61A Lead-in to Columbian

    21
    175
  7. 7
    AKA

    42A Letters before a moniker

    19
    211
  8. 8
    SAN

    28D ___ Jose

    19
    182
  9. 9
    DOS

    35A More than one, in Madrid

    18
    175
  10. 10
    ESL

    31D Frequent night school subj.

    18
    153
  11. 11
    LAB

    19A Chem class site

    15
    143
  12. 12
    ATRIA

    40D High-ceilinged courtyards

    15
    139
  13. 13
    OFT

    4D Frequent, to a poet

    15
    113
  14. 14
    ASOF

    13A Beginning, timewise

    14
    107
  15. 15
    PAPA

    56D Dear old dad

    13
    134
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    IBM

    64D Original ThinkPad manufacturer

    13
    106
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    IDA

    29D Women's suffragist ___ B. Wells

    12
    251
  18. 18
    SAW

    38D Tool in a magician's act

    12
    114
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    ABATE

    62A Lessen

    12
    108
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    MED

    24A Club ___

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    90
  21. 21
    STAG

    66A Doe's partner

    10
    168
  22. 22
    METS

    70A Yankees' hometown rivals

    10
    79
  23. 23
    WENT

    23D Traveled

    10
    70
  24. 24
    IPOS

    64A Big steps for young companies, for short

    10
    51
  25. 25
    LOON

    11D Bird with a laughlike call

    9
    81
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    MOSS

    59D Cushiony ground cover

    9
    60
  27. 27
    FIDO

    1A Classic name for a man's best friend

    9
    47
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    RENEE

    49A Soprano Fleming

    8
    129
  29. 29
    TAIL

    7D Follow around, as a detective might

    8
    112
  30. 30
    ACTOR

    5D Penn or Pitt

    8
    92
  31. 31
    BEET

    41D Salad ingredient that's not green

    7
    83
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    DIG

    43A Archaeological site

    7
    58
  33. 33
    VOL

    30D W-X-Y-Z for an encyclopedia, maybe: Abbr.

    7
    55
  34. 34
    CHAI

    14A ___ latte

    7
    50
  35. 35
    CALF

    9A Dogie, e.g.

    7
    43
  36. 36
    UKE

    37D Hawaiian instrument, informally

    6
    93
  37. 37
    OGRES

    15D Fairy tale villains

    6
    67
  38. 38
    EMERGE

    21D Come out

    6
    64
  39. 39
    PESOS

    65A Change in Mexico

    6
    63
  40. 40
    VIP

    39D Kind of access

    6
    51
  41. 41
    GATOR

    18A Cousin of a croc

    6
    41
  42. 42
    ADEN

    68A Mideast's Gulf of ___

    5
    163
  43. 43
    PIG

    53A Not the sharing type

    5
    52
  44. 44
    BEIGE

    27D Common pantyhose shade

    5
    31
  45. 45
    TRIP

    17A You would usually buy a round one

    4
    94
  46. 46
    ABED

    57D Not up

    4
    78
  47. 47
    SIPS

    8D Doesn't gulp

    4
    53
  48. 48
    BRUT

    16A Very dry, as Champagne

    3
    32
  49. 49
    SSTS

    69A Old Mach 2 fliers, for short

    2
    184
  50. 50
    JAN

    36D Dutch painter Vermeer

    2
    39
  51. 51
    AMTS

    60D Qtys.

    2
    37
  52. 52
    FORD

    12D First assemblyman?

    2
    25
  53. 53
    PINES

    47D Longs (for)

    2
    24
  54. 54
    SPOTON

    46D Exact

    2
    12
  55. 55
    FORTH

    20D "... and so ___"

    2
    10
  56. 56
    BLOT

    67A Rorschach image

    1
    48
  57. 57
    ISRAEL

    2D Ben-Gurion's land

    1
    40
  58. 58
    SLYER

    25A Foxier

    1
    31
  59. 59
    AFTA

    10D Mennen shaving product

    1
    29
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    DINGS

    55D Game show sound effects

    1
    10
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    HADAGO

    33D Tried

    1
    10
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    NIPPLE

    50D Infant bottle topper

    1
    5
  63. 63
    EGESTS

    52D Gets rid of

    0
    22
  64. 64
    RESEAT

    48D Move at a restaurant, say

    0
    15
  65. 65
    RASE

    58D Demolish, British-style

    0
    12
  66. 66
    EDITING

    54A Academy Award category

    0
    10
  67. 67
    FABLES

    1D Stories with morals

    0
    7
  68. 68
    ENROOT

    51D Implant deeply

    0
    6
  69. 69
    CHARDS

    9D Leafy greens

    0
    3
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    NEWSPAPER

    45A Makeshift fly swatter

    0
    3
  71. 71
    OBSESSIVE

    26A Single-minded

    0
    3
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    DOUBLY

    3D To twice the degree

    0
    2
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    CHROMO debut

    6D Old color print, informally

    0
    1
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    EELWORM debut

    22A Tiny garden parasite

    0
    1
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    FOOLSERRAND debut

    20A There's no reason to go on one

    0
    1
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    JUSTHAVINGABALL debut

    36A Living it up ... or a hint to the six groups of circled letters

    0
    1
  77. 77
    OHFOO debut

    15A Granny's "Darn it!"

    0
    1
  78. 78
    PARONOMASIA debut

    56A Art of punning

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    1