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Wednesday · 72 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ATE

    3D Had a date, say

    75
    597
  2. 2
    ONE

    21A With 22-Across, certain way to make 60-Across

    63
    612
  3. 3
    TSAR

    1A Russian ruler

    33
    341
  4. 4
    ACT

    54D "___ now!" (infomercial phrase)

    31
    302
  5. 5
    SASS

    41A Be flippant with

    29
    202
  6. 6
    STIR

    15D Ado

    27
    292
  7. 7
    NEED

    52A Food or air

    24
    214
  8. 8
    MAR

    5D Deface

    19
    215
  9. 9
    TWO

    47A See 46-Across

    19
    165
  10. 10
    INANE

    48A Absurd

    16
    192
  11. 11
    NINE

    60A This puzzle's theme

    15
    155
  12. 12
    EGGS

    19D Nestful

    15
    116
  13. 13
    ATEASE

    42D "Relax, soldier!"

    13
    111
  14. 14
    NOVA

    36D Burst in space

    12
    125
  15. 15
    GIN

    24A Game-ending cry at a card table

    12
    108
  16. 16
    ESTE

    18A Sunrise's direction, in Sonora

    11
    203
  17. 17
    LENA

    28A Dunham of "Girls"

    11
    140
  18. 18
    METE

    37A Dole (out)

    10
    90
  19. 19
    NEIN

    52D German homophone of 60-Across

    10
    81
  20. 20
    TEAM

    7D 60-Across, in baseball

    9
    98
  21. 21
    AIDA

    50A Opera set partly on the banks of the Nile

    7
    161
  22. 22
    SEVEN

    46A With 47-Across, a third way to make 60-Across

    7
    64
  23. 23
    ZIT

    32D Problem before a big date, informally

    7
    60
  24. 24
    HAI

    56D Japanese "yes"

    6
    73
  25. 25
    RUDE

    4D Like cutting in line

    6
    67
  26. 26
    SMILE

    20A "We shall never know all the good that a simple ___ can do": Mother Teresa

    6
    56
  27. 27
    SODS

    44D Gains yardage?

    6
    50
  28. 28
    SARGE

    27A V.I.P. at boot camp

    6
    47
  29. 29
    EIGHT

    22A See 21-Across

    6
    37
  30. 30
    MOANA

    11D 2016 Disney film set in Polynesia

    6
    23
  31. 31
    HRS

    45A Office data: Abbr.

    5
    90
  32. 32
    SERENA

    10D First name in women's tennis

    5
    41
  33. 33
    CORD

    38A Carrier of electricity

    5
    40
  34. 34
    NONA

    49D Prefix meaning 60-Across

    5
    17
  35. 35
    ADIN

    51D Possible score after 40-all

    4
    118
  36. 36
    MARC

    25A Designer Jacobs

    4
    84
  37. 37
    SWEDE

    43D Greta Garbo or Ingrid Bergman

    4
    61
  38. 38
    FOUR

    33A With 34-Across, another way to make 60-Across

    4
    35
  39. 39
    FIVE

    34A See 33-Across

    4
    33
  40. 40
    LUC

    30D ___ Jacquet, director of "March of the Penguins"

    3
    48
  41. 41
    TERSER

    1D More concise

    3
    15
  42. 42
    POSEAS

    12D Pretend to be

    3
    14
  43. 43
    SEPT

    2D Month number 60-Across: Abbr.

    2
    55
  44. 44
    AVENUE

    13A Pennsylvania, for example

    2
    43
  45. 45
    POWER

    39A Electricity, e.g.

    2
    31
  46. 46
    SCRAPE

    27D Difficult situation

    2
    30
  47. 47
    TOUCAN

    35A Colorful bird with a big bill

    2
    13
  48. 48
    REDHEADS

    55A Annie and the Little Mermaid, notably

    2
    5
  49. 49
    CHIDES debut

    38D Upbraids

    2
    4
  50. 50
    SETIN

    46D Arrive, as a storm

    1
    37
  51. 51
    READER

    16A Bibliophile

    1
    25
  52. 52
    LIAISE

    58A Network (with)

    1
    20
  53. 53
    TORNADO

    35D What transported Dorothy to Oz

    1
    18
  54. 54
    DAKOTA

    53A 19th-century Midwest territory

    1
    17
  55. 55
    CLOUD

    26D ___ 60-Across (state of euphoria)

    1
    12
  56. 56
    MEETUP

    11A Gathering of people with a shared interest

    1
    9
  57. 57
    LLCS

    29A Some businesses: Abbr.

    1
    7
  58. 58
    MOTIFS

    5A Themes

    1
    7
  59. 59
    FORSAKEN

    33D Left bereft

    1
    6
  60. 60
    WEIR

    40D Small dam

    0
    34
  61. 61
    HAST

    17A Possess, in the Bible

    0
    25
  62. 62
    THOM

    14D Singer Yorke of Radiohead

    0
    19
  63. 63
    EDENIC

    57A Like paradise

    0
    18
  64. 64
    SONANT

    59A Voiced

    0
    14
  65. 65
    LIVES

    28D A cat is said to have 60-Across of them

    0
    10
  66. 66
    MENDEL

    37D Gregor who pioneered in genetics

    0
    10
  67. 67
    HEIFER

    23D Mate for a bull

    0
    8
  68. 68
    INDIGENE

    8D Person native to an area

    0
    2
  69. 69
    FUELING debut

    9D Kind of station

    0
    1
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    OVEST debut

    6D Sunset's direction, in Sorrento

    0
    1
  71. 71
    SIZING debut

    31A Assessing, with "up"

    0
    1
  72. 72
    TORPEDOS debut

    14A Nixes, as a proposal

    0
    1