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Tuesday · 78 answers · 3 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ETA

    36A Flight board posting, for short

    74
    571
  2. 2
    EEL

    62D Sushi bar fish

    53
    487
  3. 3
    AXE

    11D Green Knight's weapon in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

    34
    269
  4. 4
    TIL

    34A "Open ___ ..." (store sign)

    29
    169
  5. 5
    OIL

    21D Shell's industry

    27
    282
  6. 6
    APSE

    67A Religious setback?

    21
    243
  7. 7
    TAO

    45A Confucian philosophy

    21
    223
  8. 8
    IPA

    13D Bitter beer, briefly

    20
    80
  9. 9
    NIT

    7D Critical point?

    19
    143
  10. 10
    CNN

    50D Channel founded by Ted Turner

    19
    126
  11. 11
    EIRE

    24A Dublin's land

    18
    204
  12. 12
    ANAL

    58D Obsessive about details

    17
    67
  13. 13
    ELMO

    1D "Tickle me" doll

    15
    174
  14. 14
    ASAHI

    9A Brewery in the Nikkei 225

    14
    45
  15. 15
    LION

    14A MGM symbol

    13
    131
  16. 16
    EMIL

    15A Jannings who won the first Best Actor Oscar (1928)

    10
    131
  17. 17
    MATE

    18A Chess ending

    10
    94
  18. 18
    LIEN

    2D Protection for a lender

    9
    131
  19. 19
    RITE

    70A Any sacrament

    8
    117
  20. 20
    INCH

    39A 1/12 of a foot

    8
    75
  21. 21
    HUG

    12D What an "O" means in XOXO

    8
    38
  22. 22
    OMEGA

    19A Horseshoe-shaped letter

    7
    129
  23. 23
    BALSA

    69A Raft-making wood

    7
    65
  24. 24
    VANE

    65A Barn topper

    7
    58
  25. 25
    PALM

    22A What a psychic may read

    6
    55
  26. 26
    IDLES

    52D Wastes gas, maybe

    6
    49
  27. 27
    WRIT

    63A Legal order

    5
    54
  28. 28
    NRA

    61D Org. whose monthly magazine advertises magazines

    4
    262
  29. 29
    RPI

    64D Upstate N.Y. school

    4
    76
  30. 30
    GREET

    66A Say hello to

    4
    32
  31. 31
    MEWS

    17A British term for a row of houses converted from stables

    4
    32
  32. 32
    KGB

    60D C.I.A.'s Soviet counterpart

    3
    38
  33. 33
    DANK

    5A Cold and moist, as a cellar

    3
    33
  34. 34
    SILK

    71A Smooth sheet material

    3
    29
  35. 35
    ELDERS

    28D Tribal chiefs, typically

    3
    28
  36. 36
    KCAR

    46A Classic Chrysler product

    3
    19
  37. 37
    EJECTS

    36D Kicks out of the game

    3
    11
  38. 38
    SISAL

    29A Rope fiber

    2
    40
  39. 39
    INNATE

    30D God-given, as abilities

    2
    34
  40. 40
    SOMME

    10D French river in fierce W.W. I fighting

    2
    20
  41. 41
    AMARETTO

    6D Liqueur whose name is Italian for "a little bitter"

    2
    15
  42. 42
    CLOTS

    50A Coagulates

    2
    11
  43. 43
    RAITA

    33D Indian yogurt dip

    2
    6
  44. 44
    UTNE

    53A ___ Reader

    1
    80
  45. 45
    ACTE

    42A Entr'___

    1
    44
  46. 46
    ELBE

    1A River that formed part of the border between East and West Germany

    1
    37
  47. 47
    TUTEE

    54D Student with a private teacher

    1
    33
  48. 48
    KNELL

    60A Sorrowful bell sound

    1
    25
  49. 49
    EVAC

    68A Emergency operation, for short

    1
    19
  50. 50
    STUCCO

    26D Stone face?

    1
    18
  51. 51
    TRIESTE

    25A Italian port on the Adriatic Sea

    1
    18
  52. 52
    DEMUR

    5D Take exception to something

    1
    14
  53. 53
    JOINT

    40A What each set of shaded letters in this puzzle represents

    1
    12
  54. 54
    ABOLISH

    9D Formally end

    1
    11
  55. 55
    MINOLTA

    44D Former competitor of Nikon and Canon

    1
    11
  56. 56
    SEEINTO

    51A View, as the future

    1
    8
  57. 57
    TILTAT

    27D Clash with

    1
    8
  58. 58
    RUNATAB

    56A Not pay for each drink individually, say

    1
    7
  59. 59
    SUCKLE

    31D Nurse, as a newborn

    1
    6
  60. 60
    BOXUP debut

    16A Put in a crate

    1
    3
  61. 61
    PTL

    47A "The ___ Club" (1970s-'80s televangelist show)

    0
    26
  62. 62
    TROIS

    32A Deux + un

    0
    23
  63. 63
    ICHAT

    48A Bygone Apple messenger

    0
    20
  64. 64
    DOST

    55A Biblical verb with "thou"

    0
    17
  65. 65
    TAVI

    57D Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-___"

    0
    17
  66. 66
    MAKEME

    43A Challenge to a bully

    0
    16
  67. 67
    ARISTO

    23D Blue-blooded Brit

    0
    12
  68. 68
    BOWE

    3D Ring champ Riddick

    0
    11
  69. 69
    BECK

    59D Partner of call

    0
    10
  70. 70
    KLEPTO

    8D Prefix with -mania

    0
    10
  71. 71
    HOTWAR

    49D Active conflict

    0
    7
  72. 72
    KNUT

    35A Bronze coin in the Harry Potter books

    0
    6
  73. 73
    ONEHOUR

    20A What's gained or lost with daylight saving time

    0
    5
  74. 74
    NATURIST

    41D Believer in nudism

    0
    3
  75. 75
    SKIMPS

    29D Economizes maybe too much

    0
    3
  76. 76
    ENSHEATHE

    4D Cover, as a knife

    0
    2
  77. 77
    OAKLEAVES debut

    38D Cluster around an acorn

    0
    1
  78. 78
    SHOULD debut

    37A Is obliged to

    0
    1