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Tuesday · 78 answers · 3 debuts

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

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    ETA

    56A Schedule abbr.

    74
    571
  2. 2
    ELI

    3D Roth of "Inglourious Basterds"

    60
    599
  3. 3
    ODE

    65D Shelley's "To a Skylark," for one

    58
    523
  4. 4
    ARE

    61D "What ___ the odds?"

    56
    533
  5. 5
    OLE

    66D World Cup chant

    54
    525
  6. 6
    AGE

    36D Ripen

    47
    417
  7. 7
    SAD

    62D Down in the dumps

    31
    236
  8. 8
    IDLE

    70A Inactive

    30
    259
  9. 9
    RAE

    57A Middle name for Alec Baldwin and Carly Jepsen

    28
    278
  10. 10
    STEM

    69A Often-discarded part of a fruit

    26
    228
  11. 11
    NEED

    73A Nonnegotiable thing

    24
    214
  12. 12
    TIARA

    68A Pageant topper

    24
    152
  13. 13
    ETCH

    42D Cut quite a figure?

    23
    174
  14. 14
    ARC

    1D Airplane's path on a flight map, often

    20
    265
  15. 15
    AAA

    10D Highly rated, as a bond

    20
    230
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    REAL

    39D Down-to-earth

    19
    160
  17. 17
    BEE

    64D Wax producer

    18
    184
  18. 18
    ACED

    1A Hit a serve past

    18
    152
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    REAP

    51D Collect what's been sown

    17
    155
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    UGH

    24A Cry of disgust that sounds like 24-Down

    16
    128
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    SEAT

    41D Ticket assignment

    15
    152
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    TOM

    20A Male cat

    15
    144
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    LIT

    6D Happening, in modern parlance

    13
    166
  24. 24
    LETS

    44A Tennis do-overs

    12
    106
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    SEX

    45D Something a prenatal ultrasound can determine

    11
    118
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    DEBT

    4D Red scare?

    11
    98
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    FED

    67D Put quarters in, as a meter

    10
    105
  28. 28
    THEE

    72A Biblical pronoun

    10
    91
  29. 29
    EASES

    9A Lightens (up)

    10
    74
  30. 30
    GRIN

    59D Beam

    10
    65
  31. 31
    RIND

    15A Often-discarded part of a fruit

    9
    78
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    GUAC

    25D Green dip, familiarly

    9
    28
  33. 33
    UGG

    24D Australian boot brand

    9
    25
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    PEW

    21A Big name in public opinion research

    8
    74
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    GAPE

    34A Stare open-mouthed

    8
    54
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    PABST

    53D "Blue Ribbon" brewer

    8
    49
  37. 37
    HEPA

    26D Purifying filter acronym

    8
    8
  38. 38
    INEPT

    7D Bumbling

    7
    76
  39. 39
    EDSEL

    8D Old car make named for Henry Ford's son

    6
    122
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    RULE

    14A Word after golden or slide

    6
    100
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    SAINT

    16A Canonized person

    6
    49
  42. 42
    PLIE

    5A Ballet dancer's bend

    5
    88
  43. 43
    INTER

    40D Lead-in to mingle or mezzo

    5
    75
  44. 44
    ARMED

    71A One-___ bandit

    5
    50
  45. 45
    ESQ

    9D Abbr. on a lawyer's business card

    5
    49
  46. 46
    GATO

    29D One purring in Peru

    5
    30
  47. 47
    OHNEAT

    46A "That's pretty nifty!"

    5
    7
  48. 48
    CUR

    2D Junkyard dog

    4
    73
  49. 49
    FUN

    23A It might be poked

    4
    51
  50. 50
    ZAG

    58A Go the other way

    4
    50
  51. 51
    TOPAZ

    28D November birthstone

    4
    31
  52. 52
    WELSH

    22D Language in which "w" can be a vowel

    4
    22
  53. 53
    THX

    55A Appreciative text

    4
    16
  54. 54
    STANDS

    13D Array at a farmer's market

    3
    24
  55. 55
    RAJAS

    60A Indian royals

    3
    15
  56. 56
    HOTAIR

    47D Windbag's output

    3
    14
  57. 57
    HEATH

    54D Toffee bar brand since 1928

    2
    34
  58. 58
    OMERTA

    46D Mafia code of silence

    2
    32
  59. 59
    GUESSSO

    31A "Yeah, I suppose"

    2
    8
  60. 60
    NBAJAM

    48D Classic video game with the catchphrase "He's on fire!"

    2
    7
  61. 61
    VERSACE

    49A Fashion house whose logo features Medusa

    2
    5
  62. 62
    ENDURE

    12D Stick it out

    1
    25
  63. 63
    QANDA

    19A Post-panel sesh

    1
    23
  64. 64
    LADLES

    33A Soup kitchen utensils

    1
    16
  65. 65
    ENZYME

    50D Biological catalyst

    1
    14
  66. 66
    SERGEI

    32D Composer Rachmaninoff

    1
    13
  67. 67
    ODOULS

    30D Nonalcoholic beer brand

    1
    8
  68. 68
    NOBS

    18D Noggins

    1
    7
  69. 69
    PROMOS

    5D Sneak previews

    1
    6
  70. 70
    PASSTO

    35A Target, as a wide receiver

    1
    5
  71. 71
    SERVO

    37D Kind of motor used in robotics

    1
    5
  72. 72
    BOTTLEGOURD

    27A Fruit also known as calabash

    1
    2
  73. 73
    GENZER

    43A Millennial's successor, informally

    1
    2
  74. 74
    MOBILEPHONE

    52A Counterpart to a landline

    1
    2
  75. 75
    SINFUL

    11D Iniquitous

    1
    2
  76. 76
    BABYPROOF debut

    63A Make safer, in a way ... or what the starts of 17-, 27-, 38- and 52-Across might be?

    1
    1
  77. 77
    CARRIAGEHOUSE debut

    38A Outbuilding for many a historic home

    1
    1
  78. 78
    CRIBNOTES debut

    17A Cheat sheets

    1
    1