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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
    ALA

    68A ___ mode

    58
    513
  2. 2
    EST

    37D Abbr. on a cornerstone

    55
    428
  3. 3
    IRA

    62D Glass of "This American Life"

    46
    448
  4. 4
    ADO

    29D Hubbub

    43
    477
  5. 5
    ETC

    51D [waves hand in a circle]

    37
    268
  6. 6
    OSLO

    41D Home of the Viking Ship Museum

    32
    324
  7. 7
    TOE

    36A When you're on it, you're en pointe

    29
    293
  8. 8
    OPERA

    7D Work from Bellini or Rossini

    26
    247
  9. 9
    ABS

    31D They can be sculpted and chiseled

    25
    214
  10. 10
    AMP

    10A Hype (up)

    25
    193
  11. 11
    ASSET

    44A What you've got going for you

    25
    188
  12. 12
    EYES

    24A The windows to the soul, it's said

    24
    195
  13. 13
    OTTO

    52A Bus driver for Lisa and Bart

    22
    273
  14. 14
    DEE

    60A Brown who wrote "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"

    22
    182
  15. 15
    ILL

    20A Sick

    21
    260
  16. 16
    SODA

    58D Pop

    21
    163
  17. 17
    NEAR

    39D Close by

    20
    183
  18. 18
    SIN

    63D Missing letters in "transgre_s_o_," appropriately

    20
    177
  19. 19
    OWL

    7A Athena's winged companion

    18
    135
  20. 20
    SSE

    42A Sacramento-to-San Diego dir.

    15
    262
  21. 21
    RIP

    4D "Let 'er ___!"

    15
    144
  22. 22
    EONS

    43A Long stretches

    14
    162
  23. 23
    RAW

    40D Uncooked

    12
    139
  24. 24
    AWL

    48A Puncher's tool

    12
    118
  25. 25
    ROB

    59A Burgle

    12
    110
  26. 26
    SPAT

    25D Old-fashioned shoe cover

    9
    134
  27. 27
    FEE

    16A "___, fi, fo, fum"

    9
    121
  28. 28
    DASH

    27D Inexact recipe amount

    9
    69
  29. 29
    PECAN

    12D Pie nut

    9
    55
  30. 30
    OBESE

    55D Very corpulent

    8
    145
  31. 31
    APPLE

    3D Jobs creation

    8
    67
  32. 32
    ETES

    34A French word after "vous"

    7
    148
  33. 33
    GAB

    23D Chitter-chatter

    7
    83
  34. 34
    MIN

    18D Lowest part of a range, for short

    7
    62
  35. 35
    TEARY

    15D Like some people at weddings and funerals

    7
    40
  36. 36
    SSR

    46D Azerbaijan or Lithuania, once: Abbr.

    6
    161
  37. 37
    AGORA

    22A Ancient Greek market

    6
    105
  38. 38
    CREW

    5D Gaffer, best boy and others

    6
    57
  39. 39
    PAY

    28A Pony up

    5
    71
  40. 40
    TORTE

    54D Linzer ___ (pastry)

    5
    57
  41. 41
    UMPIRE

    13A Diamond official

    5
    22
  42. 42
    FTC

    19A Antitrust law enforcement org.

    4
    28
  43. 43
    WEIRD

    21A Bizarre

    4
    24
  44. 44
    LUG

    9D Tote

    3
    61
  45. 45
    OATHS

    57A They're sworn

    3
    39
  46. 46
    EMILY

    2D Poet Dickinson

    3
    32
  47. 47
    GNC

    64A Vitamin supplement retailer

    3
    29
  48. 48
    POUT

    14A Sulk

    3
    29
  49. 49
    FRAU

    65A Munich Mrs.

    2
    54
  50. 50
    TUN

    35D Wine vessel

    2
    31
  51. 51
    STAFF

    47D Wizard's accessory

    2
    27
  52. 52
    YUK

    67A Laugh sound

    2
    25
  53. 53
    HERESY

    6D Inquisition charge

    2
    24
  54. 54
    UMBRA

    56A Darkest part of a shadow

    2
    24
  55. 55
    EDICTS

    66A Official declarations

    2
    15
  56. 56
    SUZIE

    1D Q preceder, in song

    2
    8
  57. 57
    METRONOME

    11D Time keeper

    2
    7
  58. 58
    ASSAD

    31A Syria's Bashar al-___

    1
    48
  59. 59
    HISSAT

    45A Threaten, as a cat might

    1
    12
  60. 60
    SEARCH

    1A Word before bar or party

    1
    11
  61. 61
    TRUCK

    53D Something weighed at a weigh station

    1
    11
  62. 62
    EMOTIONAL

    34D Moving

    1
    7
  63. 63
    PUDGY

    49D Chubby

    1
    6
  64. 64
    RAYBAN

    30A Brand of sunglasses

    1
    5
  65. 65
    YANKEE

    69A Major-leaguer who wears 49-Across at home

    0
    17
  66. 66
    PADUA

    50D Italian city in a "Kiss Me, Kate" song

    0
    16
  67. 67
    ASHLEY

    48D Daughter of Joe and Jill Biden

    0
    9
  68. 68
    SNAPDRAGON

    26A *Garden plant that opens and shuts its "mouth" when squeezed

    0
    4
  69. 69
    PINSTRIPES

    49A *Design on some baseball uniforms

    0
    2
  70. 70
    AFFOGATOS debut

    10D Espresso-over-ice cream desserts

    0
    1
  71. 71
    BUTTONMUSHROOMS debut

    38A *White pizza toppings

    0
    1
  72. 72
    FINDCLOSURE debut

    61A Accept and let go of something … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues

    0
    1
  73. 73
    STEINBECK debut

    33D "East of Eden" author

    0
    1
  74. 74
    SUSHIMENU debut

    32D You might order ahi tuna or yellowtail from it

    0
    1
  75. 75
    WORDPRESS debut

    8D Popular blogging platform

    0
    1
  76. 76
    ZIPPERMERGE debut

    17A *Drivers' process when two lanes of traffic become one

    0
    1