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Wednesday · 74 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ACE

    5D Tennis feat

    57
    493
  2. 2
    ALOE

    27A ___ vera

    46
    496
  3. 3
    RIO

    56D Vegas hotel and casino that is the longtime host of the World Series of Poker

    40
    315
  4. 4
    ESC

    41D Help button

    30
    209
  5. 5
    APE

    16A Donkey Kong, for one

    28
    415
  6. 6
    SRI

    60A ___ Lankan

    28
    238
  7. 7
    ADA

    51A Lovelace of early computing

    27
    270
  8. 8
    ALTO

    62A Lead-in to sax

    25
    290
  9. 9
    MET

    57A Crossed

    25
    187
  10. 10
    ODDS

    32A Gamblers' calculations

    23
    171
  11. 11
    SLR

    6D Nikon D3500, e.g.

    23
    129
  12. 12
    OUR

    32D ___ Lady of Guadalupe

    21
    160
  13. 13
    RTE

    19A Hwy.

    20
    285
  14. 14
    ANON

    14A Mystery writer?

    20
    275
  15. 15
    AIL

    48D Be bedridden, say

    19
    191
  16. 16
    NATO

    1A ___ alphabet

    19
    167
  17. 17
    IRON

    50A Throne material on "Game of Thrones"

    18
    284
  18. 18
    BEE

    39A Busy body?

    18
    184
  19. 19
    TIER

    35D Seating section

    17
    179
  20. 20
    FOR

    31D Supporting

    13
    103
  21. 21
    SUR

    54D Opposite of norte

    12
    97
  22. 22
    TDS

    18D The Rams scored none of these in the '19 Super Bowl, and the Chiefs none in '21

    10
    179
  23. 23
    TBAR

    36A Help up a slope

    10
    144
  24. 24
    BAT

    11A ___-Signal

    10
    128
  25. 25
    NAM

    1D "Full Metal Jacket" setting, in brief

    10
    113
  26. 26
    NYC

    30A Gotham inits.

    10
    58
  27. 27
    ETHIC

    10D Moral code

    8
    74
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    AIMS

    45A Strives (to)

    8
    73
  29. 29
    ARTE

    29A Works of Picasso y Goya

    7
    154
  30. 30
    WAN

    23D Sickly-looking

    7
    85
  31. 31
    TWIN

    24D Mattress size

    7
    68
  32. 32
    POM

    7D Certain lap dog, informally

    7
    45
  33. 33
    CANI

    59A Request accompanying puppy dog eyes, maybe

    7
    44
  34. 34
    NAIR

    38A Popular depilatory

    7
    39
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    MEAD

    20A Viking beverage

    6
    62
  36. 36
    ONSALE

    4D In the bargain bin, say

    5
    51
  37. 37
    PHAT

    42A It was cool in the '90s

    5
    34
  38. 38
    MTA

    53D Big Apple subway inits.

    4
    87
  39. 39
    GRADS

    22D Ex-seniors

    4
    23
  40. 40
    RIFT

    25D Big break

    3
    48
  41. 41
    ASPIRE

    5A Dream big

    3
    44
  42. 42
    RESETS

    9D Goes back to square one

    3
    34
  43. 43
    CLOSET

    15A Place to hide in hide-and-seek

    3
    19
  44. 44
    APTESTS

    12D Hurdles for many honor students, in brief

    3
    9
  45. 45
    CAPT

    34D Rank below adm.

    2
    28
  46. 46
    TEETHE

    13D Something most babies do at around six months

    2
    21
  47. 47
    FIFE

    31A Small wind instrument

    2
    20
  48. 48
    HOFFA

    47D So-called "Godfather of the Teamsters"

    2
    16
  49. 49
    FLOTUS debut

    58A Michelle Obama or Jill Biden, informally

    2
    4
  50. 50
    ISABEL

    8D Allende who wrote "City of the Beasts"

    1
    24
  51. 51
    EMINENT

    40D Highly respected

    1
    21
  52. 52
    GROPE

    43A Search blindly

    1
    19
  53. 53
    AFRICA

    45D Birthplace of Homo sapiens

    1
    18
  54. 54
    MONSTERMASH

    17A Classic song that starts "I was working in the lab late one night" [2003, 1970]

    1
    8
  55. 55
    CATHY

    33D Often-frazzled comics character

    1
    7
  56. 56
    BASMATI

    37D Type of rice

    1
    6
  57. 57
    ADWARS

    61A Mac-versus-PC and others

    1
    4
  58. 58
    ELEANOR

    26D 58-Across between Lou and Bess

    0
    45
  59. 59
    PSS

    55D Email addenda, for short

    0
    44
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    ANOMALY

    2D Surprise for a statistician

    0
    18
  61. 61
    PROAMS

    42D Some celebrity sporting events

    0
    10
  62. 62
    BIFOCAL

    39D Like some glasses

    0
    7
  63. 63
    RUNLOW

    44D Dwindle

    0
    6
  64. 64
    TONELOC

    3D "Funky Cold Medina" rapper

    0
    6
  65. 65
    BARNARD

    11D Alma mater for Martha Stewart and Joan Rivers

    0
    4
  66. 66
    GOWILD

    43D Rampage

    0
    4
  67. 67
    THUNDER

    36D What the N.B.A.'s SuperSonics became in 2008

    0
    4
  68. 68
    RUSHHOURTRAFFIC

    46A Commuter's headache [1998, 2000]

    0
    3
  69. 69
    WILLS

    28A Bequeaths

    0
    3
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    WALLSTREETCRASH

    23A Start of the Depression [1987, 2004]

    0
    2
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    BEIGNET debut

    21A Popular New Orleans dessert

    0
    1
  72. 72
    CONTACTUS debut

    33A Line at the top or bottom of a website [1997, 2019]

    0
    1
  73. 73
    FILMSPLICER debut

    52A Editing device suggested by 17-, 23-, 33- and 46-Across?

    0
    1
  74. 74
    ONMYOWN debut

    49A 1986 #1 hit for Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald

    0
    1