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Tuesday · 73 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ARE

    34D "___ we there yet?"

    56
    533
  2. 2
    ASH

    9A Volcanic residue

    50
    458
  3. 3
    ALI

    3D Actor Mahershala of "Moonlight"

    49
    518
  4. 4
    ANT

    53A Picnic pest

    45
    401
  5. 5
    DNA

    14A Cheek swab material

    37
    260
  6. 6
    ASAP

    1A "Stat!"

    36
    300
  7. 7
    SIR

    2D What the Portuguese "senhor" means

    35
    271
  8. 8
    SOS

    29A "Mayday!"

    34
    251
  9. 9
    IDO

    58A Wedding words

    33
    336
  10. 10
    RED

    39A One side in checkers

    32
    278
  11. 11
    SKA

    29D Genre for the 1990s band Sublime

    31
    163
  12. 12
    ONIT

    45A "Right away, boss!"

    30
    147
  13. 13
    RAT

    55D Smallest of the Chinese zodiac animals

    29
    280
  14. 14
    INS

    50D Helpful connections

    28
    224
  15. 15
    STEP

    63A Staircase part

    25
    229
  16. 16
    AMP

    1D Bit of concert equipment

    25
    193
  17. 17
    ABBA

    41A "Dancing Queen" group

    25
    192
  18. 18
    IAN

    28A Actor McKellen who played Gandalf

    23
    260
  19. 19
    TEND

    35D Maintain, as a bar

    22
    122
  20. 20
    TON

    16D Boatload

    21
    209
  21. 21
    EVA

    40A Longoria of "Desperate Housewives"

    20
    247
  22. 22
    GEE

    44A "Golly!"

    20
    200
  23. 23
    OAHU

    60A Diamond Head's island

    18
    185
  24. 24
    THE

    56D Fill-in-___-blank

    18
    175
  25. 25
    RATE

    37D Give stars, say

    16
    182
  26. 26
    RON

    17A Howard who narrates "Arrested Development"

    16
    169
  27. 27
    OAK

    38A Hardwood tree

    16
    152
  28. 28
    ROW

    61A Heed the coxswain

    16
    95
  29. 29
    EVIL

    36D Rotten

    14
    208
  30. 30
    RENO

    22D City mentioned at the start of the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil"

    13
    230
  31. 31
    LOAN

    52D Student ___ forgiveness

    10
    89
  32. 32
    FBI

    30A Org. with a Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list

    10
    75
  33. 33
    BAD

    31D Rotten

    9
    109
  34. 34
    SKIS

    20D Hits the slopes

    9
    66
  35. 35
    KEEL

    24A Ship's backbone

    8
    61
  36. 36
    HEAT

    21D Track meet event

    7
    82
  37. 37
    SPLAT

    59A Pie-in-the-face sound

    7
    46
  38. 38
    RADIO

    13A SiriusXM medium

    6
    84
  39. 39
    OPTIC

    19D Fiber-___ cable

    6
    60
  40. 40
    SUP

    57D "How's it goin'?"

    6
    55
  41. 41
    MARK

    5D Swindler's victim

    6
    32
  42. 42
    KEEN

    62A Sharp and shrewd

    5
    68
  43. 43
    MILE

    12A 1/26.2 of a marathon

    5
    66
  44. 44
    COACH

    33D Ted Lasso, for one

    5
    15
  45. 45
    JUS

    25A Roast beef au ___

    5
    13
  46. 46
    SIETE

    7D Dos + cinco

    4
    15
  47. 47
    PENPAL

    4D Snail-mail correspondent

    3
    28
  48. 48
    ADROIT

    9D Skillful

    3
    27
  49. 49
    GENTLE

    44D Having a light touch

    3
    18
  50. 50
    CORDS

    8D Bungee cables, for example

    3
    16
  51. 51
    AFFAIR

    41D Common plot point on a soap opera

    3
    14
  52. 52
    OREOOS

    45D Cookie-flavored breakfast cereal

    3
    9
  53. 53
    MASC

    5A Like most Italian nouns ending in -o: Abbr.

    2
    40
  54. 54
    TTYL

    27A Texter's sign-off

    2
    31
  55. 55
    KIOSK

    47D Merchant's booth

    2
    22
  56. 56
    USH

    26D Show people to their seats, informally

    2
    22
  57. 57
    LOUPE

    48D Jeweler's lens

    2
    16
  58. 58
    BESTOW

    43D Present, as a prize

    2
    9
  59. 59
    SHRANK

    20A Shriveled

    2
    5
  60. 60
    HANSEL

    11D Fairy tale brother

    1
    17
  61. 61
    ADDERS

    6D Some venomous snakes

    1
    15
  62. 62
    BRANDO

    42D "The Godfather" Oscar winner

    1
    15
  63. 63
    GIRDLE

    49A Tight undergarment

    1
    7
  64. 64
    RESPITE

    23A Temporary relief

    1
    6
  65. 65
    SNORTY

    10D Like high-strung horses

    1
    5
  66. 66
    FRECKLE

    46A Skin spot

    1
    3
  67. 67
    FREEGIFT

    30D Something you don't have to pay for, redundantly

    1
    3
  68. 68
    OUTOFSORTS

    54A Irritable ... or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues?

    1
    2
  69. 69
    STOCKCHARACTER

    32A *Stereotypical literary persona

    1
    2
  70. 70
    FASHIONLINE debut

    51A *Designer's collection

    1
    1
  71. 71
    POCKETDOORS debut

    18A *Barriers that slide in and out of a wall

    1
    1
  72. 72
    PRINTORDER debut

    15A *Number of copies requested by a publisher

    1
    1
  73. 73
    ROCKJOCK debut

    13D Mountaineering enthusiast, in slang

    1
    1