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Wednesday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

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

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    ATOM

    12D Subject of study at CERN's laboratory

    23
    266
  2. 2
    ODDS

    56D "What are the ___?"

    23
    171
  3. 3
    TIRE

    13D Exhaust

    22
    168
  4. 4
    IHOP

    6D Restaurant chain with a smile in its logo

    21
    110
  5. 5
    IGOR

    19A Composer Stravinsky

    20
    207
  6. 6
    STYE

    31D Eyelid woe

    20
    162
  7. 7
    RUE

    41A Way to go, in Paris

    18
    207
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    SEER

    9D Oracle

    18
    170
  9. 9
    MEET

    65A Swimming competition

    17
    144
  10. 10
    AMINO

    64A Protein-building acid

    15
    102
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    ROTI

    16A Indian flatbread

    15
    58
  12. 12
    TESS

    66A ___ Gerritsen, author of medical and crime thrillers

    14
    167
  13. 13
    ALUM

    33D One mentioned in "Class Notes," informally

    13
    123
  14. 14
    AVER

    4D Assert

    12
    195
  15. 15
    ALERT

    38A Notification

    12
    168
  16. 16
    ERMA

    61D Bombeck who wrote "Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession"

    11
    147
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    IDOS

    6A Words said at the front of an aisle

    10
    78
  18. 18
    BRAT

    10A Babysitter's handful

    9
    77
  19. 19
    BUT

    60D Start of an objection

    9
    44
  20. 20
    HARE

    32D Sprinter that's a homophone of 46-Across

    8
    129
  21. 21
    TAFT

    1D Only U.S. president also to serve as chief justice

    8
    64
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    NARC

    30D Deal breaker?

    7
    121
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    ICET

    24D Founder of heavy metal's Body Count

    7
    110
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    TIM

    20A "Tiny" Dickens boy

    7
    109
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    HAIR

    46A Item split by pedants

    7
    90
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    APRIL

    51D When many hibernations end

    7
    66
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    AVERSE

    53A Loath (to)

    7
    62
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    MESAS

    50A Southwestern sights

    7
    62
  29. 29
    SORES

    49D Sensitive spots

    7
    50
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    USED

    63A Drew on

    6
    165
  31. 31
    SAINT

    52D Extremely virtuous sort

    6
    49
  32. 32
    MACE

    42D Nutmeg's "sister spice"

    5
    83
  33. 33
    AMBER

    47D Dinosaur DNA source in "Jurassic Park"

    5
    52
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    FRERE

    62A Soeur's sibling

    5
    42
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    SALTS

    67A Seasons, in a way

    5
    41
  36. 36
    CRIB

    27A Home, colloquially

    4
    67
  37. 37
    ABOVE

    14A ___ it all (unaffected)

    4
    60
  38. 38
    AMFM

    53D Radio toggle

    4
    57
  39. 39
    MOOLA

    42A Dough

    4
    43
  40. 40
    ASIAM

    23A 2007 Alicia Keys album

    4
    18
  41. 41
    RUMI

    18D 13th-century Persian poet and mystic

    4
    8
  42. 42
    DECAF

    7D Unleaded, so to speak

    3
    42
  43. 43
    IBERIA

    2D Flag carrier airline of Spain

    3
    40
  44. 44
    TIDAL

    1A Like the ocean's ebb and flow

    3
    39
  45. 45
    AXL

    36D Rocker Rose

    3
    38
  46. 46
    YOUR

    26D ___ Highness

    3
    32
  47. 47
    FIRS

    40D Much of Finland's wilderness

    3
    29
  48. 48
    NOOBS

    55A Gaming novices

    3
    6
  49. 49
    DAT

    37A "___ Dere" (jazz classic about a toddler's many questions)

    2
    51
  50. 50
    BONA

    39D ___ fide

    2
    37
  51. 51
    BOOP

    22D Cutesy sound that may accompany a poke

    2
    25
  52. 52
    BOXER

    39A One serving punch? ... or, parsed differently, a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle

    2
    19
  53. 53
    HEHE

    15A Giggle

    2
    18
  54. 54
    PUPAE

    21A Butterflies-to-be

    2
    15
  55. 55
    PAZ

    57A La ___, Bolivia

    1
    25
  56. 56
    LAYUP

    35A Underhanded move for an athlete?

    1
    17
  57. 57
    ZEROS

    58D Two-thirds of 100

    1
    14
  58. 58
    FIERCE

    43A Stiff, as competition

    1
    12
  59. 59
    BRIEFS

    10D Intimate apparel in many lawyer puns

    1
    10
  60. 60
    BEERME

    22A Slangy command to someone arriving with a six-pack

    1
    7
  61. 61
    BORDERTERRIER

    60A Small dog originally bred for fox hunting

    1
    3
  62. 62
    MOHS

    59A Friedrich who created a scale of hardness

    0
    27
  63. 63
    BASSET

    45D ___ hound

    0
    20
  64. 64
    DORMS

    3D Campus quarters

    0
    12
  65. 65
    LEOPARD

    5D Its spots are actually rosettes

    0
    9
  66. 66
    FERRY

    40A Transport back and forth

    0
    8
  67. 67
    FIESTAS

    43D Parties that become naps when their first letter is changed to an "s"

    0
    5
  68. 68
    HAWED

    32A Hemmed and ___

    0
    4
  69. 69
    LOOSENS

    29A Starts to remove, as screws

    0
    4
  70. 70
    ROGERFEDERER

    11D First men’s tennis player to reach 10 consecutive Grand Slam singles finals

    0
    3
  71. 71
    BLOODYNOSE

    28D Temporary embarrassment in a public competition, figuratively

    0
    2
  72. 72
    EMOBAND

    44A Fall Out Boy, for one

    0
    2
  73. 73
    WEREOVERHERE

    34D Shout that may accompany many arms waving

    0
    2
  74. 74
    FERREROROCHER debut

    17A Italian confection brand known for its gold foil wrappers

    0
    1
  75. 75
    FLYOFF debut

    25A Scatter like a flock of birds

    0
    1
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    OHHELLYEAH debut

    8D "Amen!"

    0
    1
  77. 77
    VACAYS debut

    48A Casual getaways

    0
    1
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    VORE debut

    54D Suffix with omni-

    0
    1