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Wednesday · 72 answers · 9 debuts

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

  1. 1
    SPA

    49A Health resort

    59
    475
  2. 2
    TEE

    59D End of each word in 17-, 27-, 43- and 54-Across - as well as every clue (and that's a fact!)

    49
    395
  3. 3
    SNL

    58D Fall '75 TV debut

    40
    263
  4. 4
    ALT

    8D No. of concern in a cockpit

    29
    225
  5. 5
    ARM

    25D Pitcher's asset

    27
    264
  6. 6
    ELLE

    64A Fashion magazine that can be read from back to front?

    25
    221
  7. 7
    OVAL

    30A Shape for a locket

    24
    216
  8. 8
    IAN

    29D McKellen of "The Hobbit"

    23
    260
  9. 9
    AAA

    23A Org. to call for a jump-start

    20
    230
  10. 10
    EBB

    52D Tidal retreat

    20
    182
  11. 11
    URN

    55D Caterer's coffeepot

    19
    244
  12. 12
    NED

    9D Nascar Hall-of-Famer Jarrett

    18
    233
  13. 13
    ANAL

    47D Fussy to a fault

    17
    67
  14. 14
    AISLE

    40A Air passenger's request

    16
    140
  15. 15
    SCAN

    6D Digitize, as a document

    14
    149
  16. 16
    APR

    2D First full month of D.S.T.

    13
    170
  17. 17
    NCO

    57D Cpl. or sgt.

    13
    146
  18. 18
    ASIAN

    5A ___ elephant

    13
    137
  19. 19
    MEL

    16D Sitcom cook who said "Stow it!"

    12
    151
  20. 20
    SINE

    61A ___ qua non (essential element)

    12
    102
  21. 21
    AROMA

    31A Scent

    11
    191
  22. 22
    TORO

    18D Matador's opponent

    11
    115
  23. 23
    NEIN

    26A German dissent

    10
    81
  24. 24
    OHARE

    51A Chicago airport

    9
    91
  25. 25
    TAI

    56D Red snapper, at a sushi restaurant

    8
    154
  26. 26
    NAVE

    22D Basilica part

    8
    68
  27. 27
    VAT

    33D Distillery sight

    7
    101
  28. 28
    RAGS

    1A Cloths used to collect dust

    7
    60
  29. 29
    TSETSE

    46D African pest

    6
    113
  30. 30
    LOTS

    39D Quite a bit

    6
    64
  31. 31
    ELTON

    13D Singer John who was born Reginald Dwight

    5
    102
  32. 32
    LOGO

    42A Bull's-eye, for Target

    5
    69
  33. 33
    SLOAN

    19A Novelist Wilson who wrote "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit"

    5
    37
  34. 34
    GIG

    34A Band engagement

    4
    54
  35. 35
    ERASES

    44D Gets the lead out?

    4
    52
  36. 36
    LOEB

    53D Leopold's 1924 co-defendant

    4
    48
  37. 37
    RBG debut

    1D "Notorious ___" (best seller about a member of the Supreme Court)

    4
    20
  38. 38
    IQS

    41D Figs. on a Stanford-Binet test

    3
    61
  39. 39
    APOGEE

    24D Farthest point in an orbit

    3
    29
  40. 40
    AGUE

    38D Fever fit

    2
    85
  41. 41
    LAKE

    10A Habitat for a trout

    2
    62
  42. 42
    ASSAIL

    5D Lash out at

    2
    39
  43. 43
    NEGEV

    32A Israeli region that includes Eilat

    2
    32
  44. 44
    SNARES

    50A Catches in a net

    2
    18
  45. 45
    IAL

    7D Suffix with president

    1
    25
  46. 46
    LEANN

    53A Rimes with the 2002 hit "Can't Fight the Moonlight"

    1
    16
  47. 47
    KERMIT

    12D "The Muppet Show" host

    1
    8
  48. 48
    ADELEH

    11D "The Story of ___" (1975 film by Truffaut)

    1
    5
  49. 49
    LASTBUTNOTLEAST

    54A "Finally, though as important ..."

    1
    4
  50. 50
    FARO

    48A Game similar to baccarat

    0
    42
  51. 51
    SESS

    62A Psychoanalysis appt.

    0
    41
  52. 52
    NIOBE

    63A "Like ___, all tears": Hamlet

    0
    37
  53. 53
    ASON

    21D "Chacun ___ goût"

    0
    29
  54. 54
    BPOE

    14A Org. with a Grand Esteemed Loyal Knight

    0
    18
  55. 55
    NADAL

    35A 2008 Olympic men's tennis gold medalist

    0
    18
  56. 56
    ANSARI

    21A Aziz of "Observe and Report"

    0
    7
  57. 57
    FOLKS

    48D Final word in a Porky Pig short

    0
    6
  58. 58
    LOSING

    10D Shedding, as weight

    0
    6
  59. 59
    TAGSUP

    28D Retouches after a fly ball is caught

    0
    5
  60. 60
    SEALABLE

    4D Like something that can be closed tight

    0
    3
  61. 61
    ALBANESE

    36D Soprano Licia who performed hundreds of times at the Met

    0
    2
  62. 62
    DOORNAIL

    37D Something in a simile that's dead beyond doubt

    0
    2
  63. 63
    GOESSTAG debut

    3D Attends without an escort

    0
    2
  64. 64
    GREATSALTDESERT

    17A Part of Iran that can get quite hot

    0
    2
  65. 65
    KNEEBRACES

    60A Supports for a lower joint

    0
    2
  66. 66
    LILMO debut

    20A Popular early 2000s R&B artist

    0
    2
  67. 67
    AURILIA debut

    23D Ballplayer Rich who started and ended his 15-year career as a Giant

    0
    1
  68. 68
    KAHANE debut

    43D Rabbi Meir who served in the Knesset

    0
    1
  69. 69
    KEPTQUIETABOUT debut

    43A Didn't speak of, as a touchy subject

    0
    1
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    PORTES debut

    45D Doors, in Brest

    0
    1
  71. 71
    SATBOLTUPRIGHT debut

    27A Suddenly showed interest

    0
    1
  72. 72
    SCALEMODEL debut

    15A Creation from a kit

    0
    1