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Tuesday · 73 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    RED

    20A With 24-Across, food coloring in Twizzlers

    32
    278
  2. 2
    OLD

    58D Timeworn

    30
    247
  3. 3
    UNO

    28D Card game with suits of four different colors

    30
    241
  4. 4
    UNIT

    44D Meter or liter

    28
    230
  5. 5
    EDU

    4D Ending with "umich." or "upenn."

    28
    194
  6. 6
    HOE

    56D It's groundbreaking

    27
    173
  7. 7
    AMP

    46A Equipment hauled by a roadie

    25
    193
  8. 8
    RAM

    37D Piece of siege equipment

    25
    166
  9. 9
    SAP

    48A Maple product

    24
    194
  10. 10
    STU

    41D Disco ___ ("The Simpsons" character)

    24
    190
  11. 11
    ASTO

    49D Regarding

    22
    192
  12. 12
    ASPS

    53D Nile biters

    22
    157
  13. 13
    NAS

    5D Rapper Lil ___ X

    21
    122
  14. 14
    ARC

    9D Circle segment

    20
    265
  15. 15
    AIL

    39A Be laid up in bed

    19
    191
  16. 16
    DYE

    24A See 20-Across

    18
    162
  17. 17
    NAP

    33A Siesta, e.g.

    17
    192
  18. 18
    SCAM

    22D Rip-off

    16
    168
  19. 19
    ATRIA

    27D Some heart chambers

    15
    139
  20. 20
    YEP

    25D "You betcha!"

    15
    87
  21. 21
    SERA

    17D "Buona ___" (Italian greeting)

    14
    172
  22. 22
    CHE

    34A Michael of "Weekend Update" on "S.N.L."

    14
    162
  23. 23
    BAA

    40A Call to a lamb

    13
    167
  24. 24
    TUT

    23D Famed child ruler, informally

    12
    120
  25. 25
    MED

    19A "Chicago ___" (NBC drama)

    11
    90
  26. 26
    GASP

    36D [Oh. My. God!]

    10
    92
  27. 27
    DRAW

    24D Compete in Pictionary

    9
    77
  28. 28
    NYC

    18A Home of Wall St. and Fifth Ave.

    9
    58
  29. 29
    ESTER

    21A Compound with a fruity scent

    8
    115
  30. 30
    ATBAT

    32A Waiting for a pitch

    8
    91
  31. 31
    WES

    13D Anderson who directed "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

    7
    113
  32. 32
    HEAR

    38D Get wind of

    7
    61
  33. 33
    BUM

    40D Wander here and there, with "around"

    6
    41
  34. 34
    OKED

    12D Gave the go-ahead

    6
    36
  35. 35
    ADEN

    1D Mideast's Gulf of ___

    5
    163
  36. 36
    LOSE

    11D Misplace

    5
    102
  37. 37
    FDA

    51A Consumer safety org.

    5
    97
  38. 38
    CRAM

    35A Pull an all-nighter

    5
    72
  39. 39
    PIG

    50A Chinese zodiac creature for 2019

    5
    52
  40. 40
    OSO

    57D Spanish for "bear"

    4
    69
  41. 41
    SEEME

    31D Teacher's note that makes one go [gulp]

    4
    54
  42. 42
    WAX

    8D Material for Icarus' wings

    4
    52
  43. 43
    SUPE

    48D Apartment building V.I.P., in slang

    4
    24
  44. 44
    ASLEEP

    60A Getting some shut-eye

    3
    37
  45. 45
    DUEL

    52D "Hamilton" climax

    2
    48
  46. 46
    MACAW

    26D Colorful parrot

    2
    45
  47. 47
    NEURO

    47A Course covering axons and dendrites, for short

    2
    42
  48. 48
    GROW

    36A Expand

    2
    37
  49. 49
    ABSENT

    1A Missing school

    2
    31
  50. 50
    LAUREL

    10D Branch of the Olympics?

    2
    24
  51. 51
    HEHE

    38A Giggle

    2
    18
  52. 52
    PEWS

    50D Benches along an aisle

    1
    33
  53. 53
    SKED

    7D Slated events, in brief

    1
    32
  54. 54
    JUG

    54D Put a cork in it!

    1
    19
  55. 55
    KARAOKE

    15A Literally, "empty orchestra"

    1
    16
  56. 56
    UHHUH

    30D "You betcha!"

    1
    16
  57. 57
    RAPTOR

    43D Any member of the 2019 N.B.A. championship team

    1
    12
  58. 58
    THEMES

    6D Topics for book clubs

    1
    8
  59. 59
    SWALLOW

    7A Cousin of a lark

    1
    4
  60. 60
    WALRUSMUSTACHE debut

    42A Facial hair for Sam Elliott and Wilford Brimley

    1
    2
  61. 61
    YODELS

    62A Alternatives to Ho Hos

    0
    14
  62. 62
    TNG

    55D "Star Trek" spinoff series: Abbr.

    0
    11
  63. 63
    BOXY

    2D Squarish

    0
    10
  64. 64
    DOODAH

    14A Nonsense word repeated in Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races"

    0
    4
  65. 65
    GEORGES

    61A Composer Bizet

    0
    3
  66. 66
    ICEDCOFFEE

    29D Caffeinated summer drink

    0
    3
  67. 67
    SEGWAY

    45D Mall cop's transport

    0
    3
  68. 68
    UPTONOW

    59A So far

    0
    3
  69. 69
    SEDUM

    41A Garden plant also called stonecrop

    0
    2
  70. 70
    SOCCERBALL

    3D Necessity for achieving one's goals?

    0
    2
  71. 71
    EXCUSESEXCUSES debut

    16A "Spare me your lame reasons!"

    0
    1
  72. 72
    JUSTTHETWOOFUS debut

    54A 1981 hit with the lyric "We can make it if we try" ... or a possible title for this puzzle

    0
    1
  73. 73
    MARCUSAURELIUS debut

    26A Roman emperor who wrote "Meditations"

    0
    1