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Wednesday · 74 answers · 7 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ATE

    5A Exhausted, with "up"

    76
    598
  2. 2
    ACE

    4D Hole in one

    57
    493
  3. 3
    OLE

    23A Call to a toreador

    54
    525
  4. 4
    EEL

    12D Moray, e.g.

    53
    487
  5. 5
    EMO

    24A Genre for Fall Out Boy

    43
    256
  6. 6
    SNL

    13D Where an artist works on a sketch, for short?

    40
    263
  7. 7
    OSLO

    1D Where Edvard Munch's "The Scream" is displayed

    32
    324
  8. 8
    SSNS

    53D Entries on 1040s, for short

    26
    130
  9. 9
    ATAD

    49D Not much

    25
    156
  10. 10
    OWE

    19A "You ___ me one"

    23
    208
  11. 11
    OTS

    42A Extra periods, in brief

    21
    128
  12. 12
    EVA

    11D "Me" in the Oscar-winning song "You Must Love Me"

    20
    247
  13. 13
    REO

    56D Old auto with its founder's monogram

    18
    196
  14. 14
    OKRA

    1A Vegetable that can get slimy when overcooked

    17
    156
  15. 15
    LAB

    40A Research facility

    16
    144
  16. 16
    EPI

    47A Lead-in to a Pen used by nurses

    16
    141
  17. 17
    RASP

    10D Scrape

    15
    137
  18. 18
    SIP

    46A Nurse

    15
    128
  19. 19
    AMO

    55D Start of a Latin conjugation

    13
    152
  20. 20
    RATS

    33D "Shoot!"

    13
    142
  21. 21
    RIAN

    44D Director Johnson

    13
    18
  22. 22
    GOD

    62A What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer

    12
    79
  23. 23
    UPON

    18D Atop

    11
    129
  24. 24
    UTA

    50A Actress Hagen

    11
    86
  25. 25
    HIT

    20A Chart topper

    10
    101
  26. 26
    GPS

    51A Car rental add-on

    10
    96
  27. 27
    ALLA

    49A Pasta ___ Norma

    10
    81
  28. 28
    KEYS

    63A Tumbler turners

    9
    77
  29. 29
    WIN

    54D Come out ahead

    8
    96
  30. 30
    ROVE

    3D Ramble

    8
    68
  31. 31
    GTOS

    48A Old Pontiacs

    8
    65
  32. 32
    WEB

    35A Bit of Halloween décor

    7
    87
  33. 33
    SONS

    22A Jacob had 12 of them

    7
    78
  34. 34
    SOX

    31A Chi-Town or Beantown team

    7
    50
  35. 35
    WOK

    58D Pad Thai pan

    6
    67
  36. 36
    ESQ

    7D Name ender for a lawyer

    5
    49
  37. 37
    DELHI

    30D Home to India's Red Fort and Lotus Temple

    5
    40
  38. 38
    POMP

    21A Fanfare

    5
    33
  39. 39
    OSSA

    26D Mount near Olympus

    4
    88
  40. 40
    DOG

    57D Follow relentlessly

    4
    81
  41. 41
    PREY

    52D Hunted animals

    4
    70
  42. 42
    CIRCA

    37A About

    4
    40
  43. 43
    ANOINTS

    5D Selects, as a successor

    4
    25
  44. 44
    KNOW

    2D Apt radio station to air "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" (and it does!)

    3
    36
  45. 45
    ROALD

    45D Dahl who wrote "James and the Giant Peach"

    3
    22
  46. 46
    ALTOID

    38A Mint in a tin

    3
    10
  47. 47
    REINS

    33A Means of control

    2
    52
  48. 48
    AXELS

    28D Leaps on the ice

    2
    25
  49. 49
    EXERTS

    24D Puts forth, as effort

    2
    25
  50. 50
    AXIOMS

    29D Starts to geometric proofs

    2
    17
  51. 51
    NOODGE

    61A Pest

    2
    7
  52. 52
    DOW

    30A Business index, with "the"

    1
    50
  53. 53
    GAZE

    51D Stare intensely

    1
    38
  54. 54
    OCHOA

    15D Lorena who was the #1 female golfer for 158 consecutive weeks

    1
    16
  55. 55
    IMEANT

    59A "Let me try that again ..."

    1
    11
  56. 56
    MERCS

    25D Paid soldiers, informally

    1
    6
  57. 57
    SIXERS

    32A Team sharing an arena with the Flyers, informally

    1
    5
  58. 58
    THEOLDS

    8D Parents and grandparents, in teen lingo

    1
    3
  59. 59
    HEAVEN

    16A Locale in the Lord's Prayer

    0
    10
  60. 60
    DEPLETE

    39D Use up

    0
    9
  61. 61
    THREES

    8A Basketball shots from beyond the arc

    0
    8
  62. 62
    LOVECONQUERSALL

    17A Optimistic maxim from Virgil

    0
    7
  63. 63
    ONEDOZEN

    60A Phrase on an egg carton

    0
    5
  64. 64
    SEWNON

    22D Affixed, like a patch

    0
    4
  65. 65
    DEATHANDTAXES

    27A Reliable things, to Ben Franklin

    0
    2
  66. 66
    DOITUP debut

    27D Throw a party grandly

    0
    2
  67. 67
    SNOCONES

    14A Frozen treats

    0
    2
  68. 68
    TENTSHOW

    6D Circus

    0
    2
  69. 69
    BATGUANO debut

    36D Fertilizer found in caves

    0
    1
  70. 70
    BOTTLED debut

    41D Alternative to canned

    0
    1
  71. 71
    HERMETIC debut

    9D Airtight

    0
    1
  72. 72
    SIDELONG debut

    34D Indirect, as a glance

    0
    1
  73. 73
    THUNDERSTORMS debut

    43A They make loud noises during showers

    0
    1
  74. 74
    WARTOENDALLWARS debut

    54A Overly optimistic 1910s appellation

    0
    1