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Wednesday · 78 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ATE

    47A Had for lunch

    76
    598
  2. 2
    ONO

    39A Singer who funded Central Park's Strawberry Fields memorial

    49
    326
  3. 3
    ORE

    16A Mined find

    48
    581
  4. 4
    ERIE

    18A New York canal

    48
    510
  5. 5
    AGE

    19A Mature

    47
    417
  6. 6
    USE

    38A Not let go to waste

    47
    356
  7. 7
    SEE

    42A "Get it?"

    44
    430
  8. 8
    ART

    65D Coffee table book subject

    40
    384
  9. 9
    AHA

    51A "Got it!"

    40
    379
  10. 10
    SIR

    53A "Dear" one

    35
    271
  11. 11
    TEA

    2D Iced ___

    30
    374
  12. 12
    AMEN

    23A "You said it!"

    27
    296
  13. 13
    RAN

    66A Threw one's hat in the ring

    25
    291
  14. 14
    OWE

    63D Carry a balance

    23
    208
  15. 15
    AURA

    7D Glow

    22
    218
  16. 16
    REEL

    61A It winds up on a fishing boat

    19
    184
  17. 17
    REAL

    44D Not made up

    19
    160
  18. 18
    REC

    64D Remote button

    15
    163
  19. 19
    TENT

    58D Something to pitch

    14
    117
  20. 20
    AUTO

    22D Basic camera setting

    13
    165
  21. 21
    GAP

    26A Blank space

    13
    131
  22. 22
    LSU

    27A Shaq's alma mater

    13
    107
  23. 23
    UFOS

    29D Sci-fi conveyances

    13
    88
  24. 24
    URGE

    11D Hankering

    12
    208
  25. 25
    OPTS

    70A Chooses

    12
    132
  26. 26
    SMS

    1D Texting format, in brief

    12
    20
  27. 27
    ELL

    3D First in line?

    10
    228
  28. 28
    ERECT

    71A Construct

    9
    150
  29. 29
    ADES

    54A Fruity drinks

    7
    126
  30. 30
    BEER

    12D Lead-in to bottle or batter

    7
    101
  31. 31
    BAG

    35A It may be checked at check-in

    7
    78
  32. 32
    LURE

    59D Entice

    7
    67
  33. 33
    COAT

    10D Nail polish layer

    6
    89
  34. 34
    STEAL

    1A Quite the bargain

    6
    87
  35. 35
    CUB

    10A Baby aardvark

    6
    44
  36. 36
    MONET

    37A "Morning on the Seine" painter

    5
    58
  37. 37
    SAGS

    6A Wilts

    5
    54
  38. 38
    STEWS

    9D Some slow-cooked meals

    4
    54
  39. 39
    FALSE

    36A "Not so!"

    4
    48
  40. 40
    ALUMNI

    4D Reunion attendees

    4
    27
  41. 41
    EXAM

    56D Reason to cram

    3
    116
  42. 42
    LOKI

    5D Asgard trickster

    3
    50
  43. 43
    PUNT

    67A Defer a decision, informally

    3
    24
  44. 44
    UNSAID

    32D Merely implied

    3
    9
  45. 45
    RESULTS

    46D Sports scores

    3
    7
  46. 46
    HYPE

    48A Promotional buzz

    2
    51
  47. 47
    HURT

    15A Damage

    2
    45
  48. 48
    WORD

    55D One of six in this clue

    2
    28
  49. 49
    OXY

    60A Big name in acne medication

    2
    26
  50. 50
    LYNX

    57D Wildcat with tufted ears

    2
    25
  51. 51
    HARPO

    52D Production company that's its founder's name spelled backward

    1
    40
  52. 52
    STEELS

    34D Toughens

    1
    17
  53. 53
    REGALIA

    30D Crowns and scepters, collectively

    1
    16
  54. 54
    EARLOBE

    21D Place for a stud

    1
    13
  55. 55
    SLURS

    43A Curved lines on sheet music

    1
    13
  56. 56
    TUBS

    31A Soaking spots

    1
    12
  57. 57
    AMBUSH

    23D Sneak attack

    1
    10
  58. 58
    MEASLY

    24D Insultingly small

    1
    8
  59. 59
    GAYDAR

    50D Sense of orientation?

    1
    5
  60. 60
    GTA

    40A Best-selling video game series beginning in 1997, for short

    1
    4
  61. 61
    MEDIUMRARE

    28A Steakhouse option

    1
    4
  62. 62
    MELLOW

    13A Relaxed, as a vibe

    1
    4
  63. 63
    MANN

    37D Grammy-winning Aimee

    0
    59
  64. 64
    BEETLE

    33D Ladybug, for one

    0
    26
  65. 65
    GRILLE

    8D Distinctive BMW feature

    0
    21
  66. 66
    DRAWER

    68A Junk ___

    0
    16
  67. 67
    EUDORA

    62A Welty with a Pulitzer

    0
    13
  68. 68
    BRAWN

    45A Muscle

    0
    10
  69. 69
    SALUKI

    17A Tall, slender hound

    0
    6
  70. 70
    SHERPAS

    6D High-minded guides?

    0
    6
  71. 71
    DMX

    69A First musician to have his first five albums debut at #1

    0
    4
  72. 72
    WINGMAN

    14D Goose vis-à-vis Maverick, in "Top Gun"

    0
    4
  73. 73
    FACEUP

    49D How blackjack cards are dealt

    0
    3
  74. 74
    TWIRLED

    41D Played with, as a mustache

    0
    2
  75. 75
    EDGEUP debut

    25D Approach gradually

    0
    1
  76. 76
    FEELINGILL debut

    49A Queasy, perhaps

    0
    1
  77. 77
    MINERALWATER debut

    20A Drink from a spring

    0
    1
  78. 78
    WELLACTUALLY debut

    55A Nitpicker's lead-in … or a response to 20-, 28- and 49-Across, if they were posed as questions

    0
    1