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Wednesday · 79 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    ALI

    53A Laila of the ring

    49
    518
  2. 2
    ADO

    51D Kerfuffle

    43
    477
  3. 3
    ART

    32D "The supreme ___ of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting": Sun Tzu

    40
    384
  4. 4
    OVA

    26A Cells for new generations

    30
    259
  5. 5
    EDU

    22D Part of the URL for 27-Across

    28
    194
  6. 6
    OIL

    55A See 50-Across

    27
    282
  7. 7
    STAT

    35D R.B.I., for one

    27
    239
  8. 8
    ANO

    54A Many meses in México

    25
    216
  9. 9
    OVAL

    19A Many a toy train track

    24
    216
  10. 10
    EMAIL

    65A Hacking target

    19
    180
  11. 11
    ESL

    25A Night class subj.

    18
    153
  12. 12
    BRO

    1D "Dude!"

    18
    147
  13. 13
    RIPE

    16A Well positioned (for)

    17
    106
  14. 14
    SRS

    68D Most AARP members: Abbr.

    14
    209
  15. 15
    ERROR

    20A Variable estimated by pollsters

    14
    161
  16. 16
    REA

    40D Actor Stephen

    12
    201
  17. 17
    AVER

    66A State firmly

    12
    195
  18. 18
    TROT

    37D Accelerated pace

    12
    171
  19. 19
    EDDY

    73A Stream disturbance

    12
    154
  20. 20
    AGILE

    59D Like "Dancing With the Stars" dancers

    11
    115
  21. 21
    RINSE

    69A Salon procedure

    11
    96
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    NERD

    63D Jerry Lewis's "Nutty Professor" was an early example of one

    10
    159
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    ARSON

    41D Basis of some insurance fraud

    10
    107
  24. 24
    SLUR

    24D "You lowdown, no-good bum," e.g.

    10
    100
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    OLEO

    62D Nondairy substitute

    9
    264
  26. 26
    ELLEN

    23D Popular afternoon talk show

    9
    105
  27. 27
    GIST

    61D Basic concept

    9
    68
  28. 28
    CROC

    6D Swamp critter

    8
    80
  29. 29
    LIU

    27A Sch. with campuses in Brooklyn and Brookville

    8
    79
  30. 30
    NEARS

    74A Edges up to

    7
    78
  31. 31
    MONO

    29D One-track

    7
    69
  32. 32
    TWIN

    44D Duplicate

    7
    68
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    VERA

    70A Designer Wang

    7
    65
  34. 34
    HALE

    38D In the pink

    6
    98
  35. 35
    ELDER

    71A Descriptor of many statesmen

    5
    84
  36. 36
    SETTO

    72A Brawl

    5
    73
  37. 37
    TEAK

    50A With 55-Across, preservative for fine wood furniture

    5
    61
  38. 38
    PERK

    33D Corner office, maybe

    5
    54
  39. 39
    RERUN

    15A Fresh air's opposite?

    5
    47
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    ITRY

    11D Modest response to a compliment

    5
    32
  41. 41
    REREAD

    14D Like favorite literary passages

    5
    21
  42. 42
    PASTAS

    47A Nonmeat choices at a deli counter

    4
    19
  43. 43
    AREYOUIN debut

    3D Dealer's query

    4
    6
  44. 44
    KNOW

    46A "False face must hide what the false heart doth ___": Macbeth

    3
    36
  45. 45
    BRACE

    1A "___ yourself!"

    3
    29
  46. 46
    RUMP

    28A ___ steak (British term for a sirloin cut)

    3
    29
  47. 47
    AEROSOL

    45A Secret application, perhaps

    3
    27
  48. 48
    LAPSED

    31A Unrenewed, as a subscription

    3
    19
  49. 49
    CLAW

    6A Crayfish feature

    2
    52
  50. 50
    STAVE

    17A Barrel part

    2
    31
  51. 51
    MINER

    10A Figure of the underground economy?

    2
    27
  52. 52
    UNIS

    34A Les États-___

    2
    27
  53. 53
    PUTS

    30D Sets (down)

    2
    18
  54. 54
    ENSLER

    5D Eve who wrote "The Vagina Monologues"

    2
    14
  55. 55
    KENKEN

    52D Popular puzzle invented in Japan

    2
    9
  56. 56
    GRAY

    64D Overcast

    1
    36
  57. 57
    ANACONDA

    42D Amazon menace

    1
    21
  58. 58
    EVOLVE

    13D Change through time

    1
    20
  59. 59
    NARCOS

    12D D.E.A. agents, informally

    1
    7
  60. 60
    CUTCO debut

    4D Big brand of kitchen knives

    1
    3
  61. 61
    ODETS

    18A "Waiting for Lefty" playwright

    0
    65
  62. 62
    APACE

    8D Quickly

    0
    55
  63. 63
    ANOMIE

    48D Severe malaise

    0
    14
  64. 64
    SONANT

    49D Like "n" and "r," in phonetics

    0
    14
  65. 65
    IGAVE

    56D Words on some blood drive stickers

    0
    13
  66. 66
    MSEC

    10D Brief period in nuclear physics: Abbr.

    0
    12
  67. 67
    PAGERS

    47D Obsolescent communications devices

    0
    12
  68. 68
    WELLS

    9D "The Shape of Things to Come" author

    0
    12
  69. 69
    LIVY

    7D Early historian of ancient Rome

    0
    11
  70. 70
    DEACON

    58A Mass figure

    0
    8
  71. 71
    LOVED

    57D Enjoyed immensely

    0
    8
  72. 72
    KINGS

    67A Biblical book duo

    0
    7
  73. 73
    SHOOED

    24A Drove off

    0
    6
  74. 74
    NOLONGER

    43D What "ex-" means

    0
    4
  75. 75
    REDCHINA debut

    2D Cold War threat

    0
    3
  76. 76
    OUTHERE

    36A Present location, when visiting the boondocks

    0
    2
  77. 77
    CYCLECYCLECYCLE debut

    21A Kid's transport, literally

    0
    1
  78. 78
    GONGONGONGONGON debut

    60A Military headquarters, literally

    0
    1
  79. 79
    RANTRANTRANTRANT debut

    39A Graph section, literally

    0
    1