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Wednesday · 78 answers · 8 debuts

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

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    ACE

    15A It's not returned on the court

    57
    493
  2. 2
    ECO

    7D Prefix with chic

    42
    370
  3. 3
    ODOR

    45A Scent

    39
    344
  4. 4
    ANA

    33A Santa ___ winds

    33
    367
  5. 5
    ALT

    69A ___-right (modern conservative movement)

    29
    225
  6. 6
    ALSO

    33D As well

    28
    245
  7. 7
    OIL

    62D Painting medium

    27
    282
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    NEED

    34D Requirement

    24
    214
  9. 9
    SON

    36D John Quincy Adams, to John Adams

    24
    213
  10. 10
    ION

    22A Charged particle

    23
    258
  11. 11
    NOT

    61D "Just kidding!"

    22
    176
  12. 12
    SIRI

    46A iPhone assistant

    21
    77
  13. 13
    ABC

    10D Epitome of simplicity

    20
    153
  14. 14
    AFRO

    35D ___-Cuban (music genre)

    18
    170
  15. 15
    PLEA

    32D "No contest," for one

    18
    154
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    EDS

    23A Slate slate, for short

    17
    230
  17. 17
    MESS

    31D "Don't ___ with Texas"

    17
    145
  18. 18
    SIA debut

    66A Singer of the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills"

    17
    43
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    AGED

    12D Like good Scotch

    16
    148
  20. 20
    SCAN

    27D Create a digital image of

    14
    149
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    RID

    38D Purge (of)

    13
    148
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    TERM

    40D Five years, for the U.N. secretary general

    13
    93
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    INSTA debut

    68A Commercial prefix with -gram or -matic

    13
    28
  24. 24
    AVEC

    30D With: Fr.

    12
    81
  25. 25
    OOZE

    25D Seepage

    11
    116
  26. 26
    AGILE

    4D Twinkle-toed

    11
    115
  27. 27
    CDC

    49D Govt. health agency

    11
    60
  28. 28
    LOBE

    28A Piercing spot

    10
    75
  29. 29
    ICON

    56D Safari's is a compass

    9
    189
  30. 30
    ERATO

    51D Muse of poetry

    9
    174
  31. 31
    EDITS

    54D Revises

    9
    101
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    AETNA

    48D Insurance giant

    9
    93
  33. 33
    MIC

    55A Open ___ night

    9
    62
  34. 34
    KAT

    63D Krazy ___

    8
    101
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    POL

    19D Inside-the-Beltway sort

    8
    99
  36. 36
    RESIN

    5D Pine product

    8
    84
  37. 37
    RADII

    64A Circle lines

    8
    81
  38. 38
    SERENE

    42A Placid

    8
    79
  39. 39
    CARD

    41D "We ___" (convenience store sign)

    8
    57
  40. 40
    POKE

    11D Nudge

    8
    57
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    ADAGE

    14A "Look before you leap," e.g.

    7
    107
  42. 42
    WEB

    6A Fly catcher

    7
    87
  43. 43
    LOTS

    13D A ton

    6
    64
  44. 44
    CAMP

    29A Setting for "Friday the 13th"

    6
    61
  45. 45
    LARD

    43A Hog fat

    5
    74
  46. 46
    SIZE

    36A Large or jumbo

    5
    73
  47. 47
    CARS

    57D Some ferry cargo

    5
    49
  48. 48
    PHONE

    9D Cell, e.g.

    5
    43
  49. 49
    SEINE

    53D River into which Joan of Arc's ashes were ordered to be thrown

    4
    90
  50. 50
    LATER

    1D "Not now"

    4
    49
  51. 51
    HOPES

    70A Partners of dreams

    4
    22
  52. 52
    CSA

    44A Gen. Beauregard's side: Abbr.

    3
    98
  53. 53
    MIMI

    55D "La Bohème" soprano

    3
    43
  54. 54
    EMILIO

    20A One of the Estevezes

    3
    32
  55. 55
    MORON

    65A Imbecile

    3
    30
  56. 56
    WAH

    6D Baby's cry

    2
    51
  57. 57
    HARSH

    50D Stringent

    2
    50
  58. 58
    LAMAR

    1A Hip-hop's Kendrick ___

    2
    36
  59. 59
    EDM

    58A Genre for much Top 40 radio, for short

    2
    6
  60. 60
    STUNT

    67A Tom Cruise hanging onto an airplane during takeoff, for example

    1
    25
  61. 61
    EARNED

    59A Made

    1
    22
  62. 62
    SAMOSA

    46D Indian appetizer

    1
    19
  63. 63
    MAXIM

    3D "He who hesitates is lost," e.g.

    1
    18
  64. 64
    PAPAL

    9A Like a visit from the Bishop of Rome

    0
    33
  65. 65
    ENDUP

    52D Turn out

    0
    30
  66. 66
    TRAVEL

    37A "It is better to ___ well than to arrive"

    0
    19
  67. 67
    OBERLIN

    26D Ohio school that pioneered coeducation

    0
    13
  68. 68
    THRICE

    37D How often Daniel Day-Lewis has won Best Actor

    0
    13
  69. 69
    TAXIS

    17A Uber competitors

    0
    11
  70. 70
    ADAMA

    2D "Battlestar Galactica" commander

    0
    8
  71. 71
    BETIDE

    8D "Woe ___ him, and her too": Jane Austen

    0
    4
  72. 72
    HBOGO debut

    16A Way to stream "Game of Thrones"

    0
    4
  73. 73
    HOTPOCKET

    18A [Place in crisping sleeve; microwave for 2 minutes]

    0
    4
  74. 74
    ICANTCOOK debut

    60A Explanation one might give for following the directions of 18-, 24-, 39- and 47-Across?

    0
    1
  75. 75
    LEFTOVERCHINESE debut

    39A [Put yesterday's General Tso's in microwave; heat for 2 minutes]

    0
    1
  76. 76
    MACANDCHEESE debut

    47A [Boil contents for 8-10 minutes; drain; add butter; stir in bright orange powder]

    0
    1
  77. 77
    ONLIVE debut

    21D Not taped

    0
    1
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    RAMENNOODLES debut

    24A [Boil contents for 3 minutes; stir in seasoning packet]

    0
    1