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Wednesday · 76 answers · 7 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ASH

    6D Outcome of being fired?

    50
    458
  2. 2
    STY

    35D Pen that's full of oink?

    47
    343
  3. 3
    EGO

    26D ___ trip

    42
    393
  4. 4
    SHE

    15A Word that becomes its own opposite if its first letter is removed

    35
    345
  5. 5
    EDU

    68A Dot follower

    28
    194
  6. 6
    PTA

    23A Kid-centric org.

    25
    240
  7. 7
    OKS

    38A Sanctions

    25
    128
  8. 8
    ORES

    30D Gold and silver have them, but not bronze

    24
    244
  9. 9
    SARI

    22A Garment often made of silk

    23
    191
  10. 10
    ASEA

    13D Far from harbor

    22
    326
  11. 11
    ATOP

    11D Perched on

    22
    208
  12. 12
    EEK

    61D Apt rhyme for "shriek"

    19
    163
  13. 13
    OKRA

    33D Cajun cooking staple

    17
    156
  14. 14
    ALP

    6A View from Liechtenstein

    16
    187
  15. 15
    LAO

    10D Language with more than 25 vowel sounds

    16
    154
  16. 16
    SIC

    43D [Not my error]

    15
    116
  17. 17
    BIO

    65A Playbill part, informally

    13
    123
  18. 18
    STONE

    69A 14 pounds, in Britain

    11
    110
  19. 19
    NEST

    45A Spot for a sitting duck

    10
    242
  20. 20
    POLO

    56D Word with shirt or grounds

    9
    98
  21. 21
    APU

    55A "The Simpsons" shopkeeper

    9
    95
  22. 22
    YOU

    62D This puzzle's solver

    9
    83
  23. 23
    MOSS

    32A Spongy growth

    9
    60
  24. 24
    ENOKI

    21D Long-stemmed mushroom

    9
    40
  25. 25
    OATES

    16A Hall's partner

    8
    70
  26. 26
    OLDER

    64A ___ and wiser

    8
    51
  27. 27
    UPDO

    57D Off-the-neck style

    8
    46
  28. 28
    ARESO

    42A Response to "Am not!"

    7
    57
  29. 29
    GRU

    19D Minions' leader in "Despicable Me"

    7
    20
  30. 30
    NYU

    50D Where Ross taught paleontology on "Friends," for short

    6
    53
  31. 31
    ZEST

    12D Soap that comes in blue-green bars

    5
    82
  32. 32
    ASSAY

    1A Lab test

    5
    68
  33. 33
    AFROS

    47A Some natural hairstyles

    5
    49
  34. 34
    NEXT

    31D "Step right up!"

    4
    84
  35. 35
    LOIRE

    37A Chateaux-lined river

    4
    53
  36. 36
    BASIC

    46A 101

    4
    47
  37. 37
    LHASA

    7D Capital at an elevation of 12,000 feet

    4
    34
  38. 38
    DIGIT

    66A What each number in the starred clues represents

    4
    26
  39. 39
    VEX

    41A Irk

    3
    41
  40. 40
    RAFTS

    40D Traverses 48-Down, in a way

    3
    38
  41. 41
    PLAZA

    9A Square

    3
    33
  42. 42
    AHOK

    55D "Well, I guess so"

    3
    7
  43. 43
    TNOTE

    54D Govt.-backed security

    2
    44
  44. 44
    LYLE

    58A Four-time Grammy winner Lovett

    2
    34
  45. 45
    SHAMU

    2D Former performing orca

    2
    31
  46. 46
    ILLBE

    51D "Goodness me!"

    2
    30
  47. 47
    KYRA

    44A Newswoman Phillips

    2
    18
  48. 48
    ACTIV

    1D When Aida dies in Verdi's "Aida"

    2
    17
  49. 49
    PENAL

    8D Disciplinary

    1
    54
  50. 50
    GELID

    52D Extremely cold

    1
    24
  51. 51
    IMAGO

    63A Adult insect stage

    1
    24
  52. 52
    CHUTE

    14A Water slide

    1
    18
  53. 53
    YEOMAN

    5D Extra on "Star Trek"

    1
    17
  54. 54
    HORAE

    36D Goddesses of the seasons

    1
    15
  55. 55
    RAPIDS

    48D Water hazards

    1
    13
  56. 56
    KOOKY

    67A "They're creepy and they're ___" (start of the "Addams Family" theme song)

    1
    10
  57. 57
    TANTO

    17A So much, in music

    1
    8
  58. 58
    FOGIN

    53D Strand at an airport, maybe

    1
    6
  59. 59
    KUSH

    34A Potent strain of marijuana

    1
    5
  60. 60
    GIVESITAGO debut

    29D Tries something

    1
    2
  61. 61
    MOAB

    32D Biblical kingdom in modern-day Jordan

    0
    33
  62. 62
    EGGON

    28A Encourage

    0
    30
  63. 63
    ATTACKS

    4D Charges

    0
    14
  64. 64
    IMGAME

    20A "Count me in"

    0
    12
  65. 65
    STUCK

    25D Unable to answer any more clues, say

    0
    6
  66. 66
    HANGLOOSE

    18A *1st and 5th

    0
    5
  67. 67
    NOLIMIT

    45D High rollers' preference, perhaps

    0
    4
  68. 68
    SPITON

    59A Display contempt for, in a way

    0
    4
  69. 69
    SUNGLASSES

    3D Popular beachwear

    0
    3
  70. 70
    CANIGETALIFT debut

    49A *1st

    0
    2
  71. 71
    VICTORY

    39A *2nd and 3rd separated

    0
    2
  72. 72
    AKNOT debut

    27A Tied in ___

    0
    1
  73. 73
    HOPEFULLY debut

    60A *2nd and 3rd crossed

    0
    1
  74. 74
    POLITELY debut

    9D With "please" or "if I may," say

    0
    1
  75. 75
    VOCALFRY debut

    39D Low, creaky speaking register

    0
    1
  76. 76
    VULCANSALUTE debut

    24A *1st separate, 2nd and 3rd together, and 4th and 5th together

    0
    1