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Tuesday · 74 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ATE

    61D Cleaned the dishes?

    75
    597
  2. 2
    SSN

    57D Target of an ID thief

    44
    242
  3. 3
    ACAI

    11D Black-purple fruit from a palm tree

    37
    135
  4. 4
    SAD

    14D In need of cheering up

    31
    236
  5. 5
    RNA

    40A Genetic "messenger"

    29
    322
  6. 6
    MET

    38A N.Y.C. museum, with "the"

    25
    187
  7. 7
    ELLA

    2D Lady ___ (nickname in jazz)

    23
    262
  8. 8
    NEAR

    19D At hand

    20
    183
  9. 9
    REAL

    56D Not staged

    19
    160
  10. 10
    AWE

    64D Feeling of wonder

    18
    238
  11. 11
    ATSEA

    51A On the briny

    18
    194
  12. 12
    STAB

    59D Wild guess

    18
    181
  13. 13
    THE

    22A Alternative to café

    18
    175
  14. 14
    ISLA

    58A Española, por ejemplo

    17
    119
  15. 15
    TRUE

    39D Factual

    16
    150
  16. 16
    ABCS

    29A First things you learn

    16
    133
  17. 17
    CANOE

    30D Lakeside rental

    16
    113
  18. 18
    REC

    4D ___ hall (place to play)

    15
    163
  19. 19
    LEAN

    35A Low in fat

    14
    102
  20. 20
    ALS

    26A Capp and Capone

    13
    134
  21. 21
    IBM

    36A Co. in the Dow Jones index since 1979

    13
    106
  22. 22
    DOOR

    1D Way in or out

    11
    87
  23. 23
    HIRE

    7D Bring on board

    11
    82
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    NEA

    37A Museum-funding org.

    9
    217
  25. 25
    ARTY

    55D Pseudocultured

    9
    123
  26. 26
    SAME

    46A Common bar order, with "the"

    9
    107
  27. 27
    TAUT

    34D Lacking slack

    9
    80
  28. 28
    LEASE

    20A Renter's contract

    8
    84
  29. 29
    ARUBA

    5D Dutch-speaking Caribbean vacation spot

    8
    76
  30. 30
    GRAD

    17A Commencement celebrant, in brief

    8
    57
  31. 31
    MIEN

    41A Personal manner

    7
    73
  32. 32
    EXERT

    8D Bring to bear, as pressure

    7
    71
  33. 33
    LIMP

    27D Compensate for a sprained ankle, say

    6
    46
  34. 34
    SELMA

    50D 2014 movie about Dr. King

    5
    69
  35. 35
    TIBIA

    24D Bone paralleling the fibula

    5
    39
  36. 36
    SMEE

    28D Hook's sidekick

    4
    118
  37. 37
    OWS

    49A Yelps of pain

    4
    51
  38. 38
    LEVY

    60D Impose, as a tax

    4
    28
  39. 39
    MWAH

    44D Air kiss sound

    4
    23
  40. 40
    SWIMS

    23D Does the crawl, say

    3
    13
  41. 41
    SNAPS

    31D Loses one's cool

    2
    35
  42. 42
    YETIS

    6D Hairy Himalayans

    2
    34
  43. 43
    ORIOLES

    62A Ballplayers with birds on their caps

    2
    32
  44. 44
    WEBB

    33D Spud ___, 5'7" N.B.A. star who famously won a Slam Dunk Contest

    2
    29
  45. 45
    SPUNK

    53D Liveliness

    2
    17
  46. 46
    BTW

    47A "One more thing ...," in a text

    1
    34
  47. 47
    TOQUE

    52D Brimless chef's hat

    1
    29
  48. 48
    STIEG

    23A Larsson who wrote the "Millennium" trilogy

    1
    15
  49. 49
    EPOCHAL

    9D Of a historic period

    1
    9
  50. 50
    DEFRAY

    1A Offset, as costs

    1
    8
  51. 51
    HYMNAL

    67A Book that might include "Silent Night"

    1
    8
  52. 52
    SIXPACK

    14A Beer buy

    1
    6
  53. 53
    BARBERSHOP

    54A With 63-Across, singing group ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues

    1
    5
  54. 54
    UHYES debut

    48A Hesitant assent

    1
    3
  55. 55
    WINDOWTRIM

    32A *Carpenter's decorative molding

    1
    3
  56. 56
    EGON

    21D "Ghostbusters" character ___ Spengler

    0
    28
  57. 57
    WKRP

    12D Cincinnati radio station of bygone TV

    0
    22
  58. 58
    BOSH

    54D Brit's "Baloney!"

    0
    21
  59. 59
    MOLIERE

    13A "The Misanthrope" playwright

    0
    17
  60. 60
    HEEHAW

    7A Old cornball variety show with Buck Owens

    0
    12
  61. 61
    STARMAN

    65A David Bowie song whose title subject is "waiting in the sky"

    0
    11
  62. 62
    CHAIRED

    45D Oversaw, as a committee

    0
    6
  63. 63
    BUMPERCROP

    43A *Abundant harvest

    0
    4
  64. 64
    INMEMORIAM

    25D Epitaph words

    0
    4
  65. 65
    NEWBORN

    42D "Glory to the ___ king" (carol line)

    0
    4
  66. 66
    QUARTET

    63A See 54-Across

    0
    3
  67. 67
    AREOLAR

    16A Of a ring-shaped part of the iris

    0
    2
  68. 68
    HALLEBERRY debut

    10D "Monster's Ball" Oscar winner

    0
    2
  69. 69
    MCG

    13D Director of 2000's "Charlie's Angels," to film fans

    0
    2
  70. 70
    UNWEAVE

    66A Take apart, as a tapestry

    0
    2
  71. 71
    BINDERCLIP debut

    18A *Device for holding papers together

    0
    1
  72. 72
    COLDCUT debut

    15A *Bologna, e.g.

    0
    1
  73. 73
    EKEDBY debut

    68A Managed, somehow

    0
    1
  74. 74
    FIDDLED debut

    3D Played at a hoedown, perhaps

    0
    1