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Tuesday · 78 answers

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

  1. 1
    ALA

    53A In the manner of

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    513
  2. 2
    AREA

    35D Square footage

    46
    631
  3. 3
    IRA

    63A One of the Gershwin brothers

    46
    448
  4. 4
    OREO

    67A Cookie once promoted with the line "Take a lick — you'll love it"

    45
    408
  5. 5
    AHA

    32D "Now I see!"

    40
    379
  6. 6
    SNL

    27A Weekend comedy hit, in brief

    40
    263
  7. 7
    ESSO

    62D Former Exxon name

    30
    276
  8. 8
    ECHO

    61D Sound that rebounds

    29
    312
  9. 9
    ATARI

    22D PONG Quest gaming company

    28
    224
  10. 10
    EMU

    16A Relative of an ostrich

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    295
  11. 11
    TMI

    18D "I don't need to hear all that!"

    27
    122
  12. 12
    NBA

    28D Org. that oversees court battles

    26
    198
  13. 13
    REST

    70A Take a breather

    22
    256
  14. 14
    SAY

    69A State out loud

    20
    132
  15. 15
    ABE

    7D "Honest" guy on a five

    18
    274
  16. 16
    REO

    41A Classic car inits.

    18
    196
  17. 17
    BEE

    42D Helpful pollinator

    18
    184
  18. 18
    LOL

    54D Texter's chortle

    17
    132
  19. 19
    AID

    19A Post-disaster help, e.g.

    15
    167
  20. 20
    REC

    49A ___ room (play space)

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    163
  21. 21
    ADORE

    56D Be crazy about

    13
    184
  22. 22
    BAA

    11A Sheepish utterance?

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    167
  23. 23
    BOT

    65D Nonhuman internet "account holder"

    12
    53
  24. 24
    STEREO

    10D Sound upgrade from mono

    11
    112
  25. 25
    OAF

    55A Blockhead

    10
    144
  26. 26
    AMIGO

    12D Compañero

    10
    67
  27. 27
    NEA

    23A D.C.-based teachers' union

    9
    217
  28. 28
    FAD

    31A Passing craze

    8
    87
  29. 29
    PLY

    37D Thickness, as of yarn

    8
    74
  30. 30
    ALMS

    7A Charitable offerings of old

    7
    67
  31. 31
    KIM

    24A One of the Kardashians

    7
    58
  32. 32
    SUES

    59D Hauls into court

    7
    42
  33. 33
    NOISE

    40D Assault on the ears

    5
    83
  34. 34
    FCC

    31D U.S. TV regulator

    5
    52
  35. 35
    BOOT

    15A Italy's outline

    5
    35
  36. 36
    RAPS

    36A Spits rhymes, so to speak

    4
    73
  37. 37
    LEDA

    5D Yeats's "___ and the Swan"

    4
    67
  38. 38
    ASTIN

    2D Sean who voiced the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Raphael

    4
    61
  39. 39
    LARVA

    52D Caterpillar or tadpole

    4
    50
  40. 40
    SYD

    38D Name that's hidden in "Easy does it"

    3
    78
  41. 41
    LOAD

    8D Trucker's haul

    3
    77
  42. 42
    CAPO

    43A Mafia chief

    3
    64
  43. 43
    AENEAS

    4D Trojan hero in a Virgil epic

    3
    39
  44. 44
    ASLEEP

    14A Catching some Z's

    3
    37
  45. 45
    TOLEDO

    71A Ohio city on Lake Erie

    3
    25
  46. 46
    AFLOAT

    29A Financially solvent

    3
    22
  47. 47
    CHINA

    39A Tableware for special guests

    2
    40
  48. 48
    CASS

    1D Mama ___ Elliot of 1960s folk

    2
    35
  49. 49
    AUDEN

    13D Poet W. H. ___

    2
    31
  50. 50
    BEAGLE

    34A Snoopy's breed

    2
    17
  51. 51
    CLIPS

    51D Promotional snippets from a film

    2
    15
  52. 52
    LETSON

    26A Pretends

    2
    15
  53. 53
    SIDEARM

    20A Like a low, horizontal throw used by shortstops

    2
    12
  54. 54
    CLOSES

    51A Goes out of business

    2
    9
  55. 55
    FLOE

    30D Drifting ice mass

    1
    57
  56. 56
    RENEGE

    44A Fail to keep a promise

    1
    30
  57. 57
    BLADE

    3D Ice skate part

    1
    20
  58. 58
    RESTORE

    44D Bring back to its original condition

    1
    16
  59. 59
    KYD

    46A "The Spanish Tragedy" dramatist Thomas

    1
    15
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    CORRAL

    50D Pen for horses on a ranch

    1
    13
  61. 61
    MAGENTA

    25D Reddish purple

    1
    13
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    SHARES

    68A Stock market purchases

    1
    11
  63. 63
    CABALS

    1A Small groups of conspirators

    1
    10
  64. 64
    PVC

    66A Plastic used in piping, for short

    1
    10
  65. 65
    OVERDUE

    60A 42 weeks pregnant, e.g.

    1
    8
  66. 66
    FUSED

    57D Joined together by heating

    1
    6
  67. 67
    BEANSTALK

    11D Means to a goose laying golden eggs, in a fairy tale

    1
    4
  68. 68
    DERANGE

    21A Unhinge mentally

    0
    6
  69. 69
    DOUBLECROSS

    64A Betray … or a hint to what's found in this puzzle's shaded squares

    0
    6
  70. 70
    GRAVEST

    45D Most serious

    0
    6
  71. 71
    VENDOR

    48D One with a booth at a flea market

    0
    6
  72. 72
    MOSELLE

    9D White wine named for the European river valley where it's produced

    0
    5
  73. 73
    SPARKLE

    6D Glisten

    0
    5
  74. 74
    LAMENTS

    58A Bemoans, as a loss

    0
    4
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    LIVEAT

    47A Have as one's residence

    0
    4
  76. 76
    BILLY

    42A Melville's "___ Budd"

    0
    3
  77. 77
    DIPLOMACY

    33D Negotiator's skill

    0
    3
  78. 78
    STANDATEASE

    17A Command for a soldier to relax

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    3