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Wednesday · 76 answers · 9 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ACE

    42D Nail, as a test

    57
    493
  2. 2
    ANTE

    32D Starting stake

    45
    461
  3. 3
    SAT

    64A Took a load off

    35
    284
  4. 4
    TIE

    61A Impossible N.B.A. game outcome

    34
    284
  5. 5
    ACT

    29A Do something

    31
    302
  6. 6
    ATM

    57A ___ card

    30
    260
  7. 7
    ELS

    60D Chicago trains

    29
    333
  8. 8
    ORC

    22D Elf's foe in "The Lord of the Rings"

    26
    128
  9. 9
    OKS

    43D Green-lights

    25
    128
  10. 10
    ORB

    17D Mercury or Venus, e.g.

    22
    195
  11. 11
    APP

    18A Zoom, for one

    19
    133
  12. 12
    LOO

    26D Can, in Canterbury

    18
    162
  13. 13
    ANNA

    6D Actress ___ Deavere Smith

    17
    239
  14. 14
    RCA

    21D Classic TV brand

    17
    227
  15. 15
    EOS

    56D Dawn goddess

    17
    173
  16. 16
    IOWA

    28D Only state with a two-vowel postal code

    16
    130
  17. 17
    SAO

    41A ___ Tomé and Príncipe

    15
    171
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    OLGA

    14D One of the sisters in Chekhov's "Three Sisters"

    15
    133
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    BAN

    23A Outlaw

    13
    125
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    SLO

    33D ___-mo replay

    12
    185
  21. 21
    PIN

    1D Balloon popper, perhaps

    12
    103
  22. 22
    AYES

    52A Those in favor

    12
    99
  23. 23
    ILK

    36D Sort

    11
    107
  24. 24
    ORDER

    49D #1 at McDonalds, maybe

    11
    88
  25. 25
    INCAS

    20D Ancient Andeans

    11
    58
  26. 26
    USO

    2D Grp. that brought Stephen Colbert to Baghdad

    10
    115
  27. 27
    OOPS

    66A "My mistake!"

    10
    104
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    GPS

    9A Bookend letters of "Google Maps," appropriately

    10
    96
  29. 29
    MOOR

    55D Secure, as a ship

    10
    81
  30. 30
    FDR

    51D First sitting prez to fly in an airplane

    10
    72
  31. 31
    ROI

    15A Face card in a French deck

    9
    121
  32. 32
    CIO

    13D A.F.L.-___

    9
    51
  33. 33
    LOP

    59D Chop or crop

    8
    99
  34. 34
    OFF

    49A Sharp or flat, say

    7
    72
  35. 35
    STOOL

    63A Seat at a counter, maybe

    7
    54
  36. 36
    ANOS

    34A Years abroad

    7
    50
  37. 37
    BCCS

    7D Secretly includes on an email

    7
    24
  38. 38
    OUNCE

    14A Unit of courage?

    6
    65
  39. 39
    INERTIA

    38D Sluggishness

    6
    42
  40. 40
    BIEN

    27D Common reply to "Cómo estás?"

    6
    28
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    ISAAC

    12A Oscar ___, star of "Inside Llewyn Davis"

    5
    134
  42. 42
    INTRO

    24A Starter course?

    5
    82
  43. 43
    ROOM

    21A Live (together)

    5
    80
  44. 44
    ALOES

    62A Some succulents

    5
    64
  45. 45
    ATONAL

    40A Like much avant-garde music

    5
    54
  46. 46
    CABS

    5A Airport queue

    5
    53
  47. 47
    GARR

    65A Teri of "Tootsie"

    5
    51
  48. 48
    FITS

    50D Suits

    5
    24
  49. 49
    CHAN

    31D Jackie of "Rush Hour"

    3
    52
  50. 50
    DEVIL

    48A Trickster

    2
    33
  51. 51
    ANEMONE

    44A Flower that shares its name with a sea creature

    2
    28
  52. 52
    PUBS

    1A Some trivia venues

    2
    13
  53. 53
    CRUEL

    25A Heartless

    1
    23
  54. 54
    SEEFIT

    8D Deem appropriate

    1
    12
  55. 55
    JAMIE

    35D Foxx of "Soul"

    1
    11
  56. 56
    OCASIO

    30A The "O" of A.O.C.

    1
    4
  57. 57
    CUEIN

    5D Signal as a conductor might

    0
    12
  58. 58
    KNACK

    46A Natural ability

    0
    11
  59. 59
    OOLA

    54D "Return of the Jedi" dancer

    0
    11
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    SAVEME

    4D "Help!"

    0
    11
  61. 61
    BITCOIN

    27A Popular cryptocurrency

    0
    5
  62. 62
    NARUTO

    47D Popular Japanese manga series

    0
    4
  63. 63
    OLDGAG

    45D Pie in the face, e.g.

    0
    3
  64. 64
    SIPHONS

    11D Sucks up, in a way

    0
    3
  65. 65
    WEVEMET

    39D "No need to introduce us"

    0
    3
  66. 66
    BIWA

    37A Japan's largest lake, located NE of Kyoto

    0
    2
  67. 67
    NONVIOLENCE

    16A Principle of the type of activism practiced by 35-Across

    0
    2
  68. 68
    BADFATS debut

    37D Butter and margarine, nutritionally speaking

    0
    1
  69. 69
    BANGOUT debut

    3D Do quickly, as an assignment

    0
    1
  70. 70
    FREEDOMRIDERS debut

    53A Group including 35-Across that protested the segregation of public buses

    0
    1
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    GEORGIASFIFTH debut

    19A Congressional district represented by 35-Across from 1987 to 2020

    0
    1
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    GOODTROUBLE debut

    58A Oxymoronic coinage of 35-Across

    0
    1
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    GRAFTON debut

    9D Sue who wrote the so-called "alphabet series"

    0
    1
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    JOHNLEWIS debut

    35A Civil rights icon who led a historic march from Selma to Montgomery on 3/7/1965

    0
    1
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    POPTRIO debut

    10D Destiny's Child or the Supremes

    0
    1
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    SAYSBOO debut

    41D Utters a sound, informally

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    1