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Wednesday · 76 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ECO

    33D Writer Umberto

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    370
  2. 2
    ETC

    54A And others too numerous to mention

    37
    268
  3. 3
    ACAI

    64A Brazilian berry

    37
    135
  4. 4
    ORCA

    39D Animal whose brain has the most gray matter of any mammal

    34
    234
  5. 5
    NTH

    32D Utmost

    30
    251
  6. 6
    ELS

    42D They're raised in Chi-Town

    29
    333
  7. 7
    EARS

    35D Buds go in them

    27
    163
  8. 8
    ELLE

    65A She, on the Seine

    25
    221
  9. 9
    AMP

    25D Hype (up)

    25
    193
  10. 10
    INON

    46D Part of, as a plot

    22
    166
  11. 11
    ADELE

    12D One of the Astaires

    22
    158
  12. 12
    ILL

    22A Poorly

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    260
  13. 13
    RTE

    61D Its ways are numbered: Abbr.

    20
    285
  14. 14
    CIA

    62D O.S.S. successor

    19
    206
  15. 15
    AGES

    59D Wrinkles in time?

    19
    202
  16. 16
    TWO

    29D Number of graduates in the first class at West Point (1802)

    19
    165
  17. 17
    IMAC

    14A Apple with multiple cores

    16
    154
  18. 18
    OFT

    31D Poetic frequency

    15
    113
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    RAGU

    5A Meaty pasta sauce

    15
    99
  20. 20
    SERA

    67A Word repeated in a 1956 Doris Day single

    14
    172
  21. 21
    ULTRA

    8D Marine leader?

    14
    92
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    OTHER

    41A Check box of last resort

    13
    114
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    DIP

    36D Dance floor flourish

    13
    111
  24. 24
    SOME

    28A "You've got ___ nerve!"

    13
    100
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    THOR

    43A Norse protector of humankind

    12
    99
  26. 26
    SNEER

    66A Expression that might accompany a mustache twirl

    11
    139
  27. 27
    ONLY

    58D Exclusively

    11
    116
  28. 28
    WIT

    37A Dorothy Parker quality

    11
    88
  29. 29
    ONICE

    52D Chilling

    10
    91
  30. 30
    AROAR

    6D Like an excited crowd

    10
    88
  31. 31
    ETHAN

    50D Frome of fiction

    9
    113
  32. 32
    TUNE

    29A Melody

    9
    84
  33. 33
    SUIT

    26D Something to follow, in cards

    9
    70
  34. 34
    TASTE

    63A Have a nibble of

    8
    117
  35. 35
    URAL

    15A Eurasian river

    7
    180
  36. 36
    NOONE

    55A Nary a soul

    7
    91
  37. 37
    BONE

    30A It's often in stock

    7
    67
  38. 38
    CESAR

    53D Labor activist Chavez

    7
    45
  39. 39
    OPTED

    34A Chose a course

    7
    42
  40. 40
    ALAI

    45A Kyrgyzstan mountain range

    6
    181
  41. 41
    SAMOA

    56A Island nation whose currency is the tala

    6
    95
  42. 42
    MITT

    1D It's catching

    6
    74
  43. 43
    HAI

    40A "Yes," in Japanese

    6
    73
  44. 44
    CAMP

    3D Something to make or break

    6
    61
  45. 45
    TOGAS

    51D Classical cover-ups

    5
    50
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    AFROS

    21A Natural hairstyles

    5
    49
  47. 47
    RUG

    5D Runner on the ground?

    5
    49
  48. 48
    IMAY

    2D "Not sure yet"

    5
    29
  49. 49
    GOBI

    24D Its name means "waterless place" in Mongolian

    4
    62
  50. 50
    NOOK

    18D Cozy corner

    4
    57
  51. 51
    CARP

    44A Complain querulously

    4
    55
  52. 52
    MILA

    57D "___ 18" (novel by Leon Uris)

    4
    31
  53. 53
    GAFFE

    7D Social blunder

    4
    30
  54. 54
    HOTS

    19D Romantic attraction, slangily, with "the"

    4
    23
  55. 55
    CULTS

    47A Extremist sects

    4
    9
  56. 56
    DAYS

    68A Brighter times

    3
    36
  57. 57
    SICKO

    26A 2007 Michael Moore documentary about health care

    3
    14
  58. 58
    NOTDO

    16A Abstain from

    3
    10
  59. 59
    MICS

    1A Podcasters' needs

    3
    9
  60. 60
    TYPEO

    20A What's tolerated by every body?

    3
    8
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    HOC

    10D Ad ___

    2
    35
  62. 62
    SCIENCE

    4D "Magic that works," per Vonnegut

    2
    23
  63. 63
    GESTS

    49D Tales of daring

    2
    8
  64. 64
    CLEARED

    44D Found innocent

    2
    6
  65. 65
    GRAINIER

    38D Less sharp, as footage

    2
    3
  66. 66
    ONESCOOP

    9D Small ice cream order

    2
    3
  67. 67
    YOWLS

    13D Caterwauls

    1
    10
  68. 68
    OHSAY

    9A "Hey, by the way …"

    1
    8
  69. 69
    INTHATCASE

    27D "If so, then …"

    1
    4
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    UPSA

    48D "___-daisy!"

    1
    3
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    SHARINGISCARING

    60A Preschool teacher's mantra … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues

    1
    2
  72. 72
    STRIKETHAT

    11D "Never mind what I just said!"

    1
    2
  73. 73
    GETSINTOCAPE debut

    49A *Completes a superhero transformation?

    1
    1
  74. 74
    GIFTCOP debut

    38A *Person who assigns the order of opening presents?

    1
    1
  75. 75
    NOGREATCAKES debut

    23A *Review for a so-so bakery?

    1
    1
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    TAMINGOFTHECREW debut

    17A *Job for a coxswain with rowdy rowers?

    1
    1