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Tuesday · 81 answers · 2 debuts

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

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    EEL

    57A Prey for a barracuda

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    487
  2. 2
    TRI

    10D El ___ (nickname for the Mexican national soccer team)

    41
    237
  3. 3
    SNL

    7D Weekly show famously filmed in Studio 8H, in brief

    40
    263
  4. 4
    NET

    56A Bit of fishing equipment

    38
    377
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    OAR

    22A Sculler's tool

    36
    331
  6. 6
    SAT

    23A ___ score (400 to 1600)

    35
    284
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    ARIA

    66A Met highlight

    30
    446
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    RNA

    36D Tiny messenger

    29
    322
  9. 9
    AOL

    49D Former Time Warner partner

    25
    214
  10. 10
    ASK

    34A "___ away!" ("Hit me!")

    24
    204
  11. 11
    TIARA

    9D Small crown

    24
    152
  12. 12
    ATL

    11D Falcons, on a scoreboard

    23
    171
  13. 13
    ERIN

    39D Popular name for an Irish girl

    19
    279
  14. 14
    REEL

    43A Bit of fishing equipment

    19
    184
  15. 15
    ARAL

    38D Asia's ___ Sea

    17
    184
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    USSR

    51D Leningrad's land, for short

    17
    171
  17. 17
    TAB

    1A Key above Caps Lock

    16
    167
  18. 18
    AMASS

    5D Collect in volume

    16
    135
  19. 19
    HEE

    37D ___-haw

    15
    102
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    SAL

    63D Narrator of "On the Road"

    14
    221
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    CUE

    61D Chalk one up?

    14
    140
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    SISI

    4D Enthusiastic Spanish approval

    12
    87
  23. 23
    LOSS

    27D The "1" in a 15-1 record

    12
    65
  24. 24
    NANO

    24A Prefix with bot

    11
    95
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    SERTA

    41A Sealy competitor

    11
    82
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    BAIL

    48A Help (out)

    11
    50
  27. 27
    MOOR

    32A Secure, as a boat

    10
    81
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    BERET

    53D Visorless cap

    10
    76
  29. 29
    SOSA

    55A Slugger Sammy in the 1998 home run chase

    9
    95
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    ARS

    62D Horace's "___ Poetica"

    8
    112
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    ARCS

    35A Paths of lobs

    8
    109
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    POL

    6D One shaking hands and kissing babies, stereotypically

    8
    99
  33. 33
    WIN

    67A Earn the most votes, say

    8
    96
  34. 34
    LEOS

    69A Some August births

    8
    60
  35. 35
    HELEN

    37A Actress Mirren

    8
    59
  36. 36
    LULL

    29D Slow period

    8
    49
  37. 37
    PHD

    44A Many a college prof

    7
    87
  38. 38
    IMON

    16A "___ the case!"

    7
    39
  39. 39
    YMCA

    26D It often has a gym and pool

    6
    77
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    EIEIO

    54D Letters heard after "cow," "pig" and "horse"

    6
    76
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    TWAS

    59D "___ the night before Christmas ..."

    6
    65
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    SEETHE

    14D Keep one's anger at a low boil

    6
    44
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    SAPS

    4A Depletes, as of energy

    5
    85
  44. 44
    LTD

    70A Inc., abroad

    4
    99
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    TOON

    19D Yogi Bear or Fred Flintstone

    4
    69
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    WELT

    40D Swollen mark

    4
    25
  47. 47
    MOLAR

    47A Difficult tooth for a dentist to fill

    3
    39
  48. 48
    AFFAIR

    8D Secret relationship

    3
    14
  49. 49
    PROBOWL

    44D N.F.L. all-star game

    3
    5
  50. 50
    ISE

    15A Suffix with expert

    2
    64
  51. 51
    DETESTS

    68A Abhors

    2
    20
  52. 52
    PAELLA

    28D Dish associated with the Valencia region of Spain

    2
    20
  53. 53
    ITSBAD

    58A "You don't even want to know"

    2
    10
  54. 54
    HRE

    64D Charlemagne's domain: Abbr.

    1
    77
  55. 55
    AURAE

    50A Mystical energy fields

    1
    23
  56. 56
    ELITIST

    42D Snooty

    1
    18
  57. 57
    BEATNIK

    3D Many a character in Kerouac's "On the Road"

    1
    12
  58. 58
    CRUSADE

    12D Vigorous campaign

    1
    12
  59. 59
    ENSURED

    65A Guaranteed

    1
    12
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    ARTOIS

    21A Stella ___ (beer)

    1
    10
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    BREEDS

    48D American Kennel Club list

    1
    9
  62. 62
    TITANIA

    1D Fairy queen in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

    1
    7
  63. 63
    IMING

    30A Sending a Slack message, say

    1
    6
  64. 64
    EMILYBRONTE

    52A Author of "Wuthering Heights" (1847)

    1
    4
  65. 65
    FIRTREE

    17A Many an evergreen

    1
    3
  66. 66
    OVO

    22D Egg: Prefix

    0
    57
  67. 67
    SOMEONE

    41D "Can't say who"

    0
    20
  68. 68
    AUDIE

    33A NPR host Cornish

    0
    17
  69. 69
    ATTACKS

    8A Goes on the offensive

    0
    14
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    HASATIT

    45D Makes an enthusiastic attempt

    0
    10
  71. 71
    ASHRAMS

    2D Hindu retreats

    0
    9
  72. 72
    THATSALL

    18A With 63-Across, "The end" ... or what can be said about the novels in the clues for 25-, 38- and 52-Across

    0
    7
  73. 73
    DEADEND

    46D Wrong turn in a maze

    0
    6
  74. 74
    FAILURE

    20A Sometimes it's "not an option"

    0
    4
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    GANTRY

    31D Overhead support for interstate signs

    0
    4
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    KERATIN

    13D Protein in horns and hair

    0
    4
  77. 77
    MENDED

    47D Repaired

    0
    4
  78. 78
    ANNASEWELL

    38A Author of "Black Beauty" (1877)

    0
    3
  79. 79
    DOICARE

    60A Question of apathy

    0
    3
  80. 80
    SHEWROTE debut

    63A See 18-Across

    0
    1
  81. 81
    SYLVIAPLATH debut

    25A Author of "The Bell Jar" (1963)

    0
    1