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Tuesday · 76 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    ERR

    42A Make a mistake

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    522
  2. 2
    IRE

    20A Spleen

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    498
  3. 3
    ASIA

    62A Afghan's place

    38
    350
  4. 4
    ACRE

    35A Part of a decent-sized plot

    38
    328
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    EVE

    27D 12/24 or 12/31

    34
    373
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    ANY

    13D "___ takers?"

    33
    249
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    STAN

    39A Uber-fan

    31
    228
  8. 8
    AVE

    22D "___ Maria"

    28
    246
  9. 9
    ADD

    44D Chip in

    27
    224
  10. 10
    IOTA

    6D Smidgen

    25
    243
  11. 11
    AFAR

    56D Miles away

    25
    233
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    REV

    32A Cleric's title, for short

    24
    147
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    SKI

    4D Winter item on a car's roof rack

    21
    180
  14. 14
    SEW

    39D Patch things up, say?

    20
    169
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    AKA

    60D Inits. before a nickname

    19
    211
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    ACH

    34D German "Geez!"

    18
    126
  17. 17
    HAN

    37D Largest Chinese ethnic group

    15
    113
  18. 18
    ELIE

    55D Nobelist Wiesel

    14
    160
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    RBIS

    5D Hank Aaron holds the M.L.B. record for these, for short (2,297)

    12
    83
  20. 20
    SEX

    31A “Science is like ___: Sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it": Richard Feynman

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    118
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    ZEN

    8D Mindfulness-based practice

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    102
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    CVS

    58D Big name in pharmacies

    10
    28
  23. 23
    ABASE

    51D Degrade

    9
    82
  24. 24
    BORE

    15A Drill (into)

    9
    77
  25. 25
    BEAU

    54A Male admirer

    9
    74
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    ISAW

    21A Middle of a classic boast from Caesar

    9
    47
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    ACA

    57A Signature Obama achievement, in brief

    9
    46
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    DAH

    43A "Well, lah-di-___"

    8
    61
  29. 29
    KEEL

    63A Bottom of a boat

    8
    61
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    JEER

    65A Rudely "welcome" the away team

    8
    49
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    ANDY

    66A "Toy Story" boy

    6
    93
  32. 32
    TIT

    29D Small songbird

    6
    81
  33. 33
    MAITAI

    33A Tiki bar drink

    6
    41
  34. 34
    NERTS

    23A "Phooey!"

    5
    48
  35. 35
    TORME

    52A Crooner Mel who was called "The Velvet Fog"

    5
    41
  36. 36
    ASLAN

    16A Hero of Narnia in C. S. Lewis novels

    5
    37
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    DONUT

    50D Dunkable edible

    5
    34
  38. 38
    NOOK

    14A Small recess

    4
    57
  39. 39
    MOOLA

    9A Lettuce or cabbage

    4
    43
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    SOIREE

    2D Evening party

    4
    36
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    AMIGA

    22A Spanish girlfriend

    4
    30
  42. 42
    ASITIS

    26D "Given the way things appear …"

    4
    15
  43. 43
    USPS

    1A Mail inits. since 1971

    3
    33
  44. 44
    TIMON

    24D Shakespeare's "___ of Athens"

    3
    21
  45. 45
    NISSAN

    18D Altima maker

    3
    17
  46. 46
    STACHE

    30D Upper part of a Vandyke beard, informally

    3
    7
  47. 47
    RITZ

    5A ___-Carlton (hotel chain)

    2
    41
  48. 48
    HAJ

    59D One of Islam's Five Pillars

    2
    32
  49. 49
    FJORD

    53A Common sight along the Norwegian coast

    2
    22
  50. 50
    DESISTS

    28A Partner of "ceases"

    2
    9
  51. 51
    INATUB

    38D Like "three men" of nursery rhyme

    2
    8
  52. 52
    DIRGES

    43D Funereal compositions

    2
    7
  53. 53
    CLUNG

    58A Held on (to)

    2
    6
  54. 54
    KRAKEN

    46D N.H.L. team with a mythological eponym

    2
    6
  55. 55
    DEADLY

    48D Lethal

    2
    5
  56. 56
    UNBIND

    1D Remove the fastenings from

    2
    3
  57. 57
    OSRIC

    10D Courtier who oversees Hamlet's duel with Laertes

    1
    28
  58. 58
    SSGTS

    64A Army squad leaders: Abbr.

    1
    20
  59. 59
    TRAWL

    7D Fishing net

    1
    20
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    EMCEED

    47D Presided over a roast, say

    1
    16
  61. 61
    VENUE

    61A Where it's at

    1
    14
  62. 62
    AGGRO

    35D Belligerent, in British slang

    1
    9
  63. 63
    LALAKER

    12D B-baller in California

    1
    8
  64. 64
    CHIANG

    41A Ted ___, author of the best-selling short-story collection "Exhalation"

    1
    7
  65. 65
    POKERS

    3D Tools for fireplaces

    1
    6
  66. 66
    DRILY

    19A In a deadpan manner

    1
    4
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    MADMAX

    9D Cop-turned-vigilante in a postapocalyptic film

    1
    4
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    HALFBAKED

    59A Description of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across, in different senses?

    1
    3
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    LAVACAKE

    25A Chocolate confection with a molten core

    1
    3
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    CARLJUNG

    36D Swiss founder of analytical psychology

    1
    2
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    OLIGARCH

    11D Member of a powerful ruling elite

    1
    2
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    TRIFLES

    40D Unimportant things

    1
    2
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    BIKINITAN debut

    17A Evidence of a day at the beach

    1
    1
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    CONTACTHIGH debut

    36A Effect of secondhand pot smoke

    1
    1
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    SNARKED debut

    45A Made an irreverently sarcastic comment

    1
    1
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    WILDIDEA debut

    49A Flight of fancy

    1
    1