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Tuesday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

  1. 1
    IRE

    63D Fury

    52
    498
  2. 2
    ORAL

    15A Spoken

    42
    367
  3. 3
    ARI

    5D Shapiro of NPR

    36
    378
  4. 4
    OBOE

    37D Orchestra-tuning instrument

    32
    315
  5. 5
    OPS

    1A Special ___ (some military missions)

    31
    179
  6. 6
    NBA

    42A Org. for the Hawks and the Hornets

    26
    198
  7. 7
    ALTO

    70A Kind of sax

    25
    290
  8. 8
    GRE

    34D Coll. senior's test

    18
    119
  9. 9
    HEN

    9D One that rests in nests

    16
    188
  10. 10
    FIR

    68A Douglas ___

    16
    101
  11. 11
    ABU

    39A ___ Dhabi

    16
    86
  12. 12
    UDON

    56A Thick Japanese noodle

    15
    56
  13. 13
    EVIL

    27D Word with eye or empire

    14
    208
  14. 14
    IAGO

    67A "Othello" villain

    14
    173
  15. 15
    ORBS

    1D Eyeballs, e.g.

    14
    107
  16. 16
    RAH

    14A Shout from the stands

    13
    215
  17. 17
    HERO

    45A Many a Marvel character

    11
    159
  18. 18
    EMIL

    60D Actor Jannings who won the first Best Actor Oscar

    10
    131
  19. 19
    DEAD

    57A Like a doornail, it's said

    10
    77
  20. 20
    LOAF

    41D Bakery unit

    10
    60
  21. 21
    SGT

    65D Drill instructor's rank, often: Abbr.

    9
    117
  22. 22
    TAIL

    38D Common animal feature that humans lack

    8
    112
  23. 23
    ATOLL

    11D Ring-shaped island

    8
    104
  24. 24
    EARP

    40D Wyatt of the Wild West

    8
    102
  25. 25
    THAT

    28D "You know better than ___"

    8
    98
  26. 26
    GAPS

    6D Spaces to be filled, say

    8
    36
  27. 27
    SPRY

    61D Light on one's feet

    7
    92
  28. 28
    SEAM

    21A Line of stitches

    7
    89
  29. 29
    DIAL

    58D Bygone telephone feature

    7
    86
  30. 30
    SLEEP

    13D Inactive computer mode

    7
    60
  31. 31
    TYPEA

    43A Achievement-oriented, say

    6
    48
  32. 32
    FLY

    71A "That'll never ___"

    6
    46
  33. 33
    COSMO

    53D Pink drink, for short

    6
    45
  34. 34
    PART

    2D Line made with a comb

    5
    72
  35. 35
    LAGS

    4A Falls behind

    5
    41
  36. 36
    NIGH

    33A Close, poetically

    5
    27
  37. 37
    IDIOT

    35A Dostoyevsky novel about a "positively beautiful man," with "The"

    4
    84
  38. 38
    TAMPA

    12D Home to the first N.F.L. team to win a Super Bowl in its own stadium (2021)

    4
    67
  39. 39
    TNUT

    24A Letter-shaped fastener

    4
    64
  40. 40
    SLEEK

    7D Streamlined

    4
    38
  41. 41
    SLOPES

    69A They can be slippery

    4
    17
  42. 42
    FATE

    55A Kismet

    3
    67
  43. 43
    TONY

    25D Chichi

    3
    59
  44. 44
    ATOI

    46A Yours, in Tours

    3
    52
  45. 45
    CAVE

    31A Stereotypical home for a Neanderthal

    3
    43
  46. 46
    BADASS

    48D Impressively tough and cool

    3
    12
  47. 47
    CHEATS

    8A Peeks at a classmate's paper, say

    3
    8
  48. 48
    STOIC

    20A Showing no emotion

    2
    80
  49. 49
    ACTUP

    46D Make mischief

    2
    38
  50. 50
    RENTAL

    16A It's yours, for a while

    2
    32
  51. 51
    CRIMEA

    8D Black Sea peninsula

    2
    21
  52. 52
    WINES

    18D Beverages with tasting notes

    2
    19
  53. 53
    TUBES

    59A Straws and didgeridoos, essentially

    2
    18
  54. 54
    TATTOO

    50D Figure drawing?

    1
    32
  55. 55
    MAFIA

    54D "GoodFellas" fellas, collectively

    1
    28
  56. 56
    ALPE

    23A Suisse peak

    1
    26
  57. 57
    RUBY

    29D Red gemstone

    1
    19
  58. 58
    HUMS

    32A Purrs, as an engine

    1
    16
  59. 59
    INCOME

    19A Kind of tax authorized by the 16th Amendment

    1
    15
  60. 60
    RUSSIA

    62A Country that seized 8-Down in 2014

    1
    12
  61. 61
    EYEROLL

    40A [Puh-lease!]

    1
    8
  62. 62
    LEMURS

    66A Madagascar's aye-ayes and sifakas

    1
    5
  63. 63
    ANCHORS

    22D TV news V.I.P.s

    1
    3
  64. 64
    TREETOP

    28A "Rock-a-Bye Baby" setting

    0
    17
  65. 65
    ENCASED

    10D Tightly wrapped

    0
    13
  66. 66
    FURLS

    51D Rolls up, as a flag

    0
    10
  67. 67
    PIEHOLE

    30D Mouth, slangily

    0
    8
  68. 68
    FACEPALM

    51A [D'oh!]

    0
    6
  69. 69
    SHOOTEMUP

    3D Video game genre for Space Invaders

    0
    5
  70. 70
    EVENSUP

    44D Ties, as a score

    0
    4
  71. 71
    LOWCUT

    4D Revealing, as a neckline

    0
    4
  72. 72
    ADUEL

    52D Challenge to ___

    0
    3
  73. 73
    SATCHEL

    49A Bag with a strap

    0
    3
  74. 74
    VRBO debut

    47A Airbnb alternative

    0
    2
  75. 75
    BROWWIPE debut

    17A [Phew! That was close!]

    0
    1
  76. 76
    FISTPUMP debut

    64A [Woo-hoo!]

    0
    1
  77. 77
    INTHEBUFF debut

    36D Not wearing any clothing

    0
    1
  78. 78
    KNEESLAP debut

    26A [Har-har-har!]

    0
    1