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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
    ALE

    65A Barley brew

    59
    570
  2. 2
    ERE

    5D Before, in verse

    43
    602
  3. 3
    USA

    44A "Born in the ___" (Bruce Springsteen hit)

    40
    261
  4. 4
    BRA

    37D Bali product

    31
    229
  5. 5
    HER

    29A Beatles hit "And I Love ___"

    27
    237
  6. 6
    ABLE

    4D Blessed with skills

    25
    259
  7. 7
    LSAT

    21A Barrier for an aspiring D.A.

    25
    172
  8. 8
    ETE

    10D Bordeaux summer

    24
    320
  9. 9
    PEA

    58D Black-eyed ___

    23
    230
  10. 10
    APT

    1A Befitting the circumstances

    23
    217
  11. 11
    SKI

    23A Biathlete's need

    21
    180
  12. 12
    ABC

    22D "Bachelor in Paradise" network

    20
    153
  13. 13
    HAS

    29D Bears, as a child

    19
    175
  14. 14
    BAR

    45A Block, in a way

    18
    157
  15. 15
    ARAL

    53A By the 1980s, this sea had become two lakes

    17
    184
  16. 16
    BIT

    18D Bridle attachment

    15
    91
  17. 17
    MOO

    14A Bovine expression

    14
    137
  18. 18
    AESOP

    4A "Belling the Cat" storyteller

    14
    127
  19. 19
    ALARM

    50D Burglar deterrent

    14
    104
  20. 20
    TREAT

    61A Buy a drink for, say

    13
    94
  21. 21
    HEM

    28A Bottom of a dress

    12
    136
  22. 22
    PAS

    59D Ballet step

    12
    114
  23. 23
    SCOT

    24A Byron, by ancestry

    12
    113
  24. 24
    RIB

    51D Bone in a cage

    10
    113
  25. 25
    LAW

    32D "Buckle up! It's the ___"

    10
    102
  26. 26
    INE

    52A Benedict follower?

    9
    155
  27. 27
    ETUDE

    60A Bach exercise

    9
    87
  28. 28
    SUB

    6D Benchwarmer

    9
    65
  29. 29
    MIDST

    54A "Behold, the kingdom of God is in the ___ of you": Luke

    9
    35
  30. 30
    ETHOS

    16A Belief system

    8
    90
  31. 31
    HIP

    62A Body part with a ball and socket

    8
    88
  32. 32
    SMASH

    64A Break into pieces

    8
    64
  33. 33
    RUSE

    51A Blind, to a duck

    7
    77
  34. 34
    ARABS

    26D Bedouins, e.g.

    7
    69
  35. 35
    EER

    43D Bard's "always"

    6
    212
  36. 36
    LASH

    36D Bind with rope

    6
    80
  37. 37
    CRAB

    38A Bad-tempered sort

    5
    85
  38. 38
    TOGAS

    27D "Ben-Hur" getups

    5
    50
  39. 39
    UNTIE

    20A Break up, as a knot

    4
    76
  40. 40
    GUST

    34A Burst, as of wind

    4
    23
  41. 41
    BRUNO

    15A "Borat" follow-up from Sacha Baron Cohen

    4
    19
  42. 42
    MYTH

    54D Belief that bulls hate the color red, e.g.

    3
    31
  43. 43
    DECCA

    9A Bing Crosby's record label

    3
    30
  44. 44
    BEECH

    19A Budweiser beer is aged using this wood

    3
    21
  45. 45
    KABOB

    31D Beef on a skewer, e.g.

    3
    20
  46. 46
    AEROBE

    41A Bacterium requiring oxygen

    3
    18
  47. 47
    DEBTOR

    9D Bondservant, often

    3
    9
  48. 48
    ASSAIL

    46D Beset

    2
    39
  49. 49
    ADM

    56D Byrd's rank: Abbr.

    2
    37
  50. 50
    TEEMS

    63A Brims (with)

    2
    36
  51. 51
    POESY

    8D Burns books?

    2
    24
  52. 52
    POUNCE

    2D Big cats and opportunists both do this

    2
    10
  53. 53
    CRONES

    30A Beldames

    2
    9
  54. 54
    ONELB

    7D Box of spaghetti's weight: Abbr.

    2
    9
  55. 55
    BUMBLEBEE

    17A Buzzer you wouldn't want to hit?

    2
    6
  56. 56
    CABINET

    38D Biden's advisers

    2
    5
  57. 57
    BAHTS

    49D Bangkok coins

    2
    4
  58. 58
    KAMALA debut

    31A Big name in D.C.

    2
    2
  59. 59
    ALEUT

    33D Bering Sea islander

    1
    83
  60. 60
    BLADES

    42D Business ends of swords

    1
    14
  61. 61
    RETYPE

    47D Bang out again, as a text

    1
    12
  62. 62
    SWEARS

    40A Blasphemes

    1
    12
  63. 63
    AMBUSH

    1D Blindside, say

    1
    10
  64. 64
    TOMTOM

    3D Basic drum

    1
    10
  65. 65
    NICAD

    55A Battery type

    1
    9
  66. 66
    REUNITE

    39D Bring back together

    1
    7
  67. 67
    BASEBALLBAT

    35A Brewer's implement

    1
    6
  68. 68
    BUDDHA

    45D Bo tree meditator

    1
    5
  69. 69
    BARBECUE

    35D Backyard get-together

    1
    4
  70. 70
    BEME

    25D Bieber's "That Should ___"

    1
    4
  71. 71
    BUBBLEBATH

    48A Blissful soak

    1
    4
  72. 72
    CHESTNUT

    11D Brownish-red shade

    1
    4
  73. 73
    ASHIEST

    13D Beyond the pale?

    1
    3
  74. 74
    BABYBOTTLE debut

    25A Breast milk container

    1
    1
  75. 75
    COCKLES debut

    12D Bivalve mollusks

    1
    1
  76. 76
    HAPPYBDAY debut

    57A "Best wishes for your once-a-year celebration!" (and a wish for solvers of this puzzle)

    1
    1