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Tuesday · 79 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ASH

    31D Shade of gray

    50
    458
  2. 2
    YES

    39D Triumphant shout

    50
    365
  3. 3
    ACRE

    21A 1/640 of a square mile

    38
    328
  4. 4
    EAT

    54D Have a meal

    33
    399
  5. 5
    TSAR

    28A Ivan the Terrible, for one

    33
    341
  6. 6
    ERS

    34D Sounds of hesitation

    33
    284
  7. 7
    ESAU

    66A Old Testament twin

    31
    245
  8. 8
    SKA

    25A Precursor to rocksteady and reggae

    31
    163
  9. 9
    AMI

    38D "Who, me?"

    29
    302
  10. 10
    LSAT

    59A Aspiring J.D.'s exam

    25
    172
  11. 11
    RHO

    32D Letter after pi

    23
    191
  12. 12
    ATT

    47D Football stat: Abbr.

    23
    161
  13. 13
    ACER

    11A Taiwanese computer brand

    23
    137
  14. 14
    EMT

    64D One trained in CPR

    21
    188
  15. 15
    TEES

    22A Golfer's pocketful

    19
    145
  16. 16
    ACL

    9D Knee part, for short

    16
    50
  17. 17
    AHAB

    7A Monomaniacal captain of fiction

    15
    156
  18. 18
    ITT

    35D "The Addams Family" cousin

    15
    152
  19. 19
    ARIAL

    31A Typeface akin to Helvetica

    13
    49
  20. 20
    HONE

    43A Sharpen, as a knife

    12
    112
  21. 21
    ISSUE

    53D Topic for debate

    12
    89
  22. 22
    SNOT

    68A Little twerp

    12
    29
  23. 23
    ARSE

    48A Bum around London?

    11
    33
  24. 24
    PET

    5D Word before peeve or project

    10
    149
  25. 25
    SLEDS

    57D Mushers' vehicles

    10
    86
  26. 26
    LIMA

    61A Peru's capital

    9
    87
  27. 27
    IONE

    17A Skye of "Say Anything …"

    9
    73
  28. 28
    ROLL

    20A Word after spring or summer on a menu

    8
    97
  29. 29
    RELIC

    14D Archaeologist's find

    8
    78
  30. 30
    RAGS

    46A Many Scott Joplin compositions

    7
    60
  31. 31
    MITE

    4D Smidgen

    6
    38
  32. 32
    HOIST

    8D "… ___ with his own petard": Hamlet

    6
    29
  33. 33
    LOSE

    69A Misplace

    5
    102
  34. 34
    SOFAS

    1D Divans, e.g.

    5
    40
  35. 35
    QBS

    55A Gridiron play callers, for short

    5
    29
  36. 36
    OSO

    63D Bear, in Spanish

    4
    69
  37. 37
    LOCI

    16A Sets of points, in geometry

    4
    64
  38. 38
    AEGIS

    45A Protection

    4
    40
  39. 39
    UMM

    24D "Let me think ..."

    4
    6
  40. 40
    IAMB

    30A One of three in "To be or not to be"

    3
    59
  41. 41
    OUSTS

    44A Boots from office

    3
    44
  42. 42
    REUSE

    33D Get more mileage out of

    3
    39
  43. 43
    FUEL

    60A Gasoline or kerosene

    3
    32
  44. 44
    BARD

    42D Shakespeare, e.g.

    3
    31
  45. 45
    REIGN

    33A Wear the crown

    3
    28
  46. 46
    ENLAI

    13D Former Chinese premier Zhou ___

    2
    61
  47. 47
    ALBEE

    7D Edward who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

    2
    57
  48. 48
    FALL

    26D Autumn

    2
    34
  49. 49
    EMOTED

    67A Hammed it up on stage

    2
    30
  50. 50
    BRAY

    36A Donkey sound

    2
    22
  51. 51
    FLEAS

    52D "Performers" in a tiny circus

    2
    22
  52. 52
    FLOE

    60D Big chip off the old block?

    1
    57
  53. 53
    TABU

    65A Forbidden-sounding fragrance

    1
    44
  54. 54
    APIAN

    50D Beelike

    1
    43
  55. 55
    SCAMPI

    1A Shrimp ___ (seafood dish made with garlic butter)

    1
    27
  56. 56
    ATESTS

    70A Nuclear trials, for short

    1
    25
  57. 57
    BENET

    56D Writer Stephen Vincent ___

    1
    22
  58. 58
    ALTHEA

    48D Tennis Hall-of-Famer Gibson

    1
    21
  59. 59
    OLDIES

    15A Many jukebox songs

    1
    18
  60. 60
    COMBO

    51D Small musical group

    1
    16
  61. 61
    HIGHS

    27D Some temperature extremes

    1
    15
  62. 62
    BOLTS

    49D Leaves in a hurry

    1
    10
  63. 63
    ADORATION

    3D Worshipful love

    1
    7
  64. 64
    EEC

    19D Common Market inits.

    0
    48
  65. 65
    COOLS

    12D Sits on a sill, as a pie

    0
    15
  66. 66
    ISHTAR

    6D ___ Gate, marvel of Babylonian architecture

    0
    14
  67. 67
    OPORTO

    58A Iberian wine city

    0
    12
  68. 68
    CLOCK

    2D "What did the ___ do when it was still hungry? Went back four seconds!" (dad joke)

    0
    9
  69. 69
    SAUERKRAUT

    29D Ingredient in a Reuben

    0
    6
  70. 70
    FACETHEMUSIC

    26A Confront unpleasant consequences

    0
    3
  71. 71
    BILKEANE

    10D "The Family Circus" cartoonist

    0
    2
  72. 72
    KUBLAI

    23A ___ Khan, Yuan Dynasty founder

    0
    2
  73. 73
    TOESTHELINE

    62A Conforms to expectations

    0
    2
  74. 74
    AIRBUBBLES debut

    11D They may be released while scuba diving

    0
    1
  75. 75
    BACKTHEFIELD debut

    49A Bet on every competitor but one

    0
    1
  76. 76
    DOGHOTEL debut

    41D Upscale boarding kennel

    0
    1
  77. 77
    FOOTTHEBILL debut

    18A Pay for something expensive

    0
    1
  78. 78
    RAGEQUITS debut

    37D Angrily stops playing a game, in modern parlance

    0
    1
  79. 79
    SHOULDERTHEBLAME debut

    40A Take responsibility for a misdeed

    0
    1