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Wednesday · 78 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERA

    6D Time in history

    97
    791
  2. 2
    OREO

    11D Cookie that started as a Hydrox knockoff

    45
    408
  3. 3
    IDO

    15A Altar vow

    33
    336
  4. 4
    ACNE

    3D Teen's affliction

    32
    233
  5. 5
    OLD

    64A Like most knock-knock jokes

    30
    247
  6. 6
    ANNE

    57D Diarist Frank

    26
    283
  7. 7
    SAP

    36D Maple syrup, essentially

    24
    194
  8. 8
    ESS

    70A Tee preceder

    22
    413
  9. 9
    ASHE

    13D Tennis player who posthumously received a Presidential Medal of Freedom

    22
    275
  10. 10
    ARES

    16A Olympian war god

    21
    271
  11. 11
    TON

    18A "This weighs a ___!"

    21
    209
  12. 12
    NEAR

    12D Close

    20
    183
  13. 13
    NAE

    67A When doubled, a 2010s dance

    19
    171
  14. 14
    NANA

    63A Granny

    19
    142
  15. 15
    ALES

    69A Pub orders

    17
    240
  16. 16
    RIPE

    23A Like yellow 17-Acrosses

    17
    106
  17. 17
    ABCS

    53A Basics

    16
    133
  18. 18
    EVIL

    38A Bad to the bone

    14
    208
  19. 19
    EATS

    42A Chows down

    11
    166
  20. 20
    LEAH

    19A Jacob's first wife

    11
    110
  21. 21
    FAN

    50A Computer cooler

    11
    108
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    NAG

    29A Ask "Can I?" repeatedly, say

    10
    115
  23. 23
    NAM

    7A "Apocalypse Now" setting, familiarly

    10
    113
  24. 24
    EPS

    51A Mini-albums, informally

    10
    54
  25. 25
    ONTAP

    32D Available from a keg

    9
    104
  26. 26
    ADES

    58D Citrus drinks

    7
    126
  27. 27
    STARR

    4D Bart or Ringo

    7
    87
  28. 28
    GAB

    65D Gift of ___

    7
    83
  29. 29
    AVIA

    61D Big name in sports shoes

    7
    66
  30. 30
    HAUL

    56D Lug

    6
    46
  31. 31
    IONA

    25A College in New Rochelle, N.Y.

    5
    100
  32. 32
    SWAB

    41D Mop, as a deck

    5
    71
  33. 33
    GEENA

    37A Actress Davis of "Beetlejuice"

    5
    54
  34. 34
    SNAGS

    39A Hang-ups

    5
    37
  35. 35
    KONA

    52A Hawaiian coffee region

    5
    36
  36. 36
    SNORT

    54D Embarrassing laugh accompanier

    4
    50
  37. 37
    PANS

    24D Gives a bad review

    4
    45
  38. 38
    BANANA

    17A Easily bruised fruit

    4
    39
  39. 39
    CNBC

    1D News network with a stock ticker

    4
    39
  40. 40
    ANNAL

    59A Record of the year

    4
    35
  41. 41
    HEAL

    2D Get better

    3
    55
  42. 42
    LYNN

    62D Country singer Loretta

    3
    40
  43. 43
    ZOOM

    44D Quickly pan (in)

    3
    33
  44. 44
    GASPS

    33D Crowd reactions to a daredevil

    3
    29
  45. 45
    WNBA

    55D Org. for the New York Liberty

    3
    23
  46. 46
    NOAM

    60D Chomsky who wrote "Syntactic Structures"

    2
    39
  47. 47
    BONA

    10A ___ fides (credentials)

    2
    37
  48. 48
    ATRAIN

    68A Duke Ellington's "Take the ___"

    2
    29
  49. 49
    CLERK

    20A Bob Cratchit's job in "A Christmas Carol"

    2
    27
  50. 50
    NECTAR

    14A Bees collect it

    2
    24
  51. 51
    BUNS

    66A Hamburger holders

    2
    17
  52. 52
    BEGAN

    21D Kicked off

    2
    15
  53. 53
    POWERNAP

    45A Post-lunch pick-me-up

    2
    8
  54. 54
    ADONIS

    8D Dreamboat

    1
    45
  55. 55
    ANYONE

    48D Question repeatedly posed by Ferris Bueller's teacher

    1
    29
  56. 56
    CHASTE

    1A Like a virgin

    1
    28
  57. 57
    BATMAN

    71A 1960s TV icon whose name follows a pair of letters found, appropriately, 16 times in this puzzle's Across answers

    1
    19
  58. 58
    AFI

    26A Org. with a "100 Years ... 100 Movies" list

    1
    10
  59. 59
    MONGOL

    9D Genghis Khan, e.g.

    1
    10
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    ANEG

    22D Rare blood type, for short

    1
    7
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    TANKINI debut

    5D Modest two-piece bathing suit

    1
    4
  62. 62
    ARNAZ

    43A Ball's partner

    0
    40
  63. 63
    NITA

    7D Silent screen actress Naldi

    0
    31
  64. 64
    DEANE

    31D Early American diplomat Silas

    0
    26
  65. 65
    GOFAR

    40D Achieve great success

    0
    18
  66. 66
    FAVRE

    27D QB Brett

    0
    11
  67. 67
    ENCARTA

    46D Microsoft's defunct digital encyclopedia

    0
    8
  68. 68
    REDCOAT

    47A British soldier in the Revolution

    0
    6
  69. 69
    ABEAR

    26D Build-___ Workshop (toy retailer)

    0
    4
  70. 70
    TABLAS

    49D Indian drums similar to bongos

    0
    4
  71. 71
    BALLADEER

    10D Singer of love songs

    0
    3
  72. 72
    BANGALORE

    21A City called the "Silicon Valley of India"

    0
    3
  73. 73
    WHAMMYBAR

    55A Hendrix famously used one in his Woodstock rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

    0
    3
  74. 74
    GROOVY

    65A Cool, in the 1960s

    0
    2
  75. 75
    IMIND debut

    28D "Why should ___?" ("No, it doesn't bother me")

    0
    2
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    SLEDDOG

    30A Musher puller

    0
    2
  77. 77
    BAMBINAS debut

    34A Little Italian girls

    0
    1
  78. 78
    BLACKMASS debut

    35D 2015 Whitey Bulger biopic

    0
    1