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Wednesday · 78 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ONE

    36A Opening number

    63
    612
  2. 2
    ALE

    21D What's brewing, maybe

    59
    570
  3. 3
    EON

    58D Years and years

    43
    343
  4. 4
    ANA

    23D Santa ___ winds

    33
    367
  5. 5
    STAN

    55D Musial in Cooperstown

    31
    228
  6. 6
    ECHO

    50D Something you might hear in an empty building

    29
    312
  7. 7
    OWE

    16A Carry a balance

    23
    208
  8. 8
    RBI

    45D One of 2,297 for Hank Aaron, in brief

    23
    190
  9. 9
    EURO

    54D Lead-in to zone

    22
    221
  10. 10
    ORB

    37A Sphere

    22
    195
  11. 11
    NAP

    40A Fail as a night guard, say

    17
    192
  12. 12
    AWOL

    12D Runaway G.I.

    15
    167
  13. 13
    ASOF

    49D Since

    14
    107
  14. 14
    SCI

    56A Part of STEM: Abbr.

    13
    179
  15. 15
    FOE

    63A Adversary

    12
    112
  16. 16
    RISES

    45A Gains, as in the stock market

    12
    54
  17. 17
    MESA

    42A Spanish for "table"

    11
    151
  18. 18
    EZRA

    62A ___ Taft Benson (1980s-'90s Mormon leader)

    10
    139
  19. 19
    EMIL

    30D Pianist Gilels

    10
    131
  20. 20
    HAZE

    53D Hangover feeling

    10
    53
  21. 21
    ROSE

    7D Wine variety

    9
    138
  22. 22
    ANNO

    14A Part of A.D.

    9
    128
  23. 23
    OHM

    60A Resistance unit

    9
    103
  24. 24
    AETNA

    49A Hartford-based insurance giant

    9
    93
  25. 25
    TAUT

    59A Lacking slack

    9
    80
  26. 26
    OLDE

    24A Shoppe descriptor

    8
    106
  27. 27
    TORAH

    34D Holy text

    8
    73
  28. 28
    DIN

    44D Cacophony

    7
    109
  29. 29
    MIL

    9D Thousand G's

    7
    77
  30. 30
    AMPLE

    26A Generous

    7
    59
  31. 31
    SPEND

    5D Not be a tightwad

    7
    47
  32. 32
    LOUD

    33A Forte, on a score

    7
    43
  33. 33
    LICE

    52D Big nits

    7
    37
  34. 34
    PEON

    65A Common laborer

    6
    73
  35. 35
    AMENS

    48D Church chorus?

    6
    57
  36. 36
    UNIX

    2D Pioneering computer operating system

    6
    43
  37. 37
    RING

    35D Part of the Olympics logo

    5
    77
  38. 38
    LABS

    47A "Chocolate" dogs

    5
    67
  39. 39
    SNEERS

    64A Dismissive looks

    5
    56
  40. 40
    DEGAS

    32D "At the Milliner's" painter

    5
    49
  41. 41
    VIBE

    17A Intangible feeling, informally

    5
    27
  42. 42
    BLUE

    51D Off-color, paradoxically

    4
    58
  43. 43
    CNBC

    3D Stock watcher's network

    4
    39
  44. 44
    IRES

    8D States of pique

    3
    83
  45. 45
    LUG

    39A Big oaf

    3
    61
  46. 46
    ALONG

    26D "I knew it all ___"

    3
    53
  47. 47
    SOLOS

    29D Recital pieces

    3
    49
  48. 48
    MORAL

    27D Upstanding

    3
    48
  49. 49
    PEORIA

    15A Where Caterpillar is headquartered

    3
    45
  50. 50
    DAVE

    1D "Affirmative, ___, I read you" (line in "2001: A Space Odyssey")

    3
    38
  51. 51
    DUCT

    1A Airway or pipe

    3
    33
  52. 52
    HEDGE

    6D Guard one's bets

    3
    28
  53. 53
    ARNOLD

    41A Traitor in the Revolutionary War

    3
    25
  54. 54
    MISSTEP

    42D Blunder

    3
    15
  55. 55
    EDSELS

    18A Cars introduced with much fanfare on "E Day"

    2
    45
  56. 56
    VOW

    19A "I do," e.g.

    2
    35
  57. 57
    AMPED

    25D All fired up

    2
    28
  58. 58
    LEVAR

    47D Actor Burton

    2
    20
  59. 59
    TOUCAN

    61A Bird on a Froot Loops box

    2
    13
  60. 60
    ARNE

    25A Composer Thomas

    1
    93
  61. 61
    SIKH

    46A Punjabi for "disciple"

    1
    24
  62. 62
    TOEHOLD

    4D Starting progress, metaphorically

    1
    11
  63. 63
    INUSE

    31D Occupied, as a lav

    0
    61
  64. 64
    TAILS

    22A It has a 50% chance

    0
    28
  65. 65
    MAJ

    11A ___ gen.

    0
    23
  66. 66
    TROMPE

    34A ___-l'oeil (illusion)

    0
    12
  67. 67
    JEWS

    13D Seder celebrants

    0
    10
  68. 68
    SHRIMP

    5A Gulf Coast catch

    0
    8
  69. 69
    RELIVE

    57A Experience anew

    0
    7
  70. 70
    DOILIES

    38A Dining table decorations

    0
    5
  71. 71
    SEMIARID

    29A Like much of Montana

    0
    4
  72. 72
    PASTRIES debut

    10D T####

    0
    3
  73. 73
    GLADRAGS

    43A Party clothes

    0
    2
  74. 74
    MOVIEROLES debut

    11D P####

    0
    2
  75. 75
    BLEMISHES debut

    51A W####

    0
    1
  76. 76
    DARKARTS debut

    38D What sorcerers practice ... or a hint to interpreting five clues in this puzzle

    0
    1
  77. 77
    EXCHANGES debut

    20A M####

    0
    1
  78. 78
    PUBPASTIME debut

    28D D####

    0
    1