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Wednesday · 78 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    USE

    23D Exercise

    47
    356
  2. 2
    AREA

    34D ___ 51

    46
    631
  3. 3
    IRA

    9D Subj. of the federal tax form 5498

    46
    448
  4. 4
    ANTE

    41D Up the ___

    45
    461
  5. 5
    IRS

    64A Org. that collects 1099s

    36
    246
  6. 6
    EAT

    20A What to do after saying grace

    33
    399
  7. 7
    EMIT

    12D Give off

    30
    262
  8. 8
    ESC

    44D Neighbor of F1 and a tilde

    30
    209
  9. 9
    AMI

    16A Friend for Philippe

    29
    302
  10. 10
    TOE

    46D Outer edge of a golf club

    29
    293
  11. 11
    ARES

    38A Greek god who fought with the mortal Hercules

    21
    271
  12. 12
    ACTS

    25D Fifth book of the New Testament

    21
    214
  13. 13
    ELF

    5D Figure in Santa's workshop

    21
    197
  14. 14
    AERO

    41A Prefix with space

    20
    269
  15. 15
    RARE

    31D Like blue moons

    19
    257
  16. 16
    AKA

    59A Abbr. before an alias

    19
    211
  17. 17
    MAE

    26D Daisy ___ (character who loved Li'l Abner)

    18
    181
  18. 18
    UMA

    63D Thurman of "Pulp Fiction"

    18
    175
  19. 19
    IMIN

    7A "Sign me up!"

    18
    86
  20. 20
    HAT

    62D Lid, so to speak

    17
    183
  21. 21
    OKRA

    55D Vegetable that's frequently fried

    17
    156
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    NAH

    67A "Hmm, I don't think so"

    17
    146
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    NERO

    15A Detective Wolfe

    15
    243
  24. 24
    THAI

    56A Like some spicy food

    15
    130
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    WOE

    61D Great distress

    15
    119
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    ORATE

    3D Deliver a stemwinder

    14
    196
  27. 27
    RAH

    37A Cheer from the stands

    13
    215
  28. 28
    ROLE

    65A Wonder Woman, for Gal Gadot

    11
    165
  29. 29
    FEW

    42A Small set

    11
    61
  30. 30
    ALAN

    28D Astronaut Shepard, first American in space

    10
    232
  31. 31
    TASER

    53D It'll give you a shock

    10
    55
  32. 32
    DORA

    43A Surrealist Maar

    9
    111
  33. 33
    LODE

    18D Ore source

    9
    84
  34. 34
    KEYS

    68A Shift and Tab, for two

    9
    77
  35. 35
    TEAL

    47D Shade akin to turquoise

    8
    105
  36. 36
    SOLAR

    2D Word before system or panel

    8
    78
  37. 37
    ENDED

    44A Called off

    7
    82
  38. 38
    SHOD

    32D Having footwear

    6
    73
  39. 39
    LOCAL

    51D One giving directions to a tourist, say

    6
    63
  40. 40
    ONA

    58A "Snakes ___ Plane" (2006 film)

    5
    161
  41. 41
    TOOT

    21A Spree

    5
    82
  42. 42
    PAY

    4D Be punished (for)

    5
    71
  43. 43
    OFTEN

    39A Many a time

    5
    65
  44. 44
    DANTE

    33A Writer who went through hell?

    4
    79
  45. 45
    TAMALE

    66A Mexican dish prepared in a cornhusk

    4
    45
  46. 46
    FATAL

    30D Like almost 0% of tarantula bites

    4
    33
  47. 47
    NIP

    19A Pinch

    3
    107
  48. 48
    ANKLE

    52D Where a pant leg and a sock meet

    3
    68
  49. 49
    OUSTS

    22A Removes, as from a club

    3
    44
  50. 50
    HUES

    57D Colors

    3
    39
  51. 51
    STALER

    69A Less fresh

    3
    22
  52. 52
    ZIPS

    13D 10001, 10002, etc., informally

    3
    16
  53. 53
    EXISTS

    48D Is

    3
    13
  54. 54
    INDO

    7D Lead-in to China

    2
    61
  55. 55
    DAFT

    33D Harebrained

    2
    56
  56. 56
    PEZ

    11A ___ dispenser

    2
    48
  57. 57
    GAIN

    54D Benefit

    2
    40
  58. 58
    NEUTER

    6D Neither feminine nor masculine

    2
    26
  59. 59
    GOLEM

    54A Automaton of folklore

    2
    19
  60. 60
    MEETCUTE debut

    8D Introductory scene in some rom-coms

    2
    6
  61. 61
    CAUSE

    27A Gay rights or climate change

    1
    33
  62. 62
    UMPED

    1D Called balls and strikes

    1
    22
  63. 63
    USOPEN

    1A Annual tennis or golf championship

    1
    18
  64. 64
    OOFS

    39D Reactions to gut punches

    1
    11
  65. 65
    ATAT

    36A Rat-___

    0
    42
  66. 66
    MORALE

    14A Team spirit

    0
    27
  67. 67
    DENMARK

    43D Nation whose flag is a white cross on a red background

    0
    7
  68. 68
    DREAMED

    24A Had high hopes

    0
    4
  69. 69
    NODOUBT

    10D "For sure"

    0
    4
  70. 70
    EXCELAT

    50A Write the book on, so to speak

    0
    2
  71. 71
    FRUITFLY

    40D Orchard pest

    0
    2
  72. 72
    AWFULSHUCKS debut

    60A Terrible attempts at peeling corn?

    0
    1
  73. 73
    CAREFULBEARS debut

    29A Grizzlies that don't fall for traps?

    0
    1
  74. 74
    FONSI debut

    49A Singer Luis with the 13x platinum hit "Despacito"

    0
    1
  75. 75
    NEWSFLASH debut

    35D "Hey, let me be the first to tell you ..."

    0
    1
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    PANSEARED debut

    11D Like some salmon that's not baked or broiled

    0
    1
  77. 77
    PLAYFULDEAD debut

    17A Zombies with a sense of humor?

    0
    1
  78. 78
    TASTEFULTEST debut

    45A Exam in an interior design class?

    0
    1