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Wednesday · 78 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    USE

    2D Avail

    47
    356
  2. 2
    ANTI

    24A Not on board with

    32
    364
  3. 3
    ISLE

    12A Key that might be part of a chain

    31
    316
  4. 4
    EWE

    38A "Another sheep pun? ___ gotta be kidding!"

    31
    302
  5. 5
    SAD

    67A Heavy-hearted

    31
    236
  6. 6
    AVE

    6D Park in N.Y.C., e.g.

    28
    246
  7. 7
    ORS

    51A Conditional words

    25
    161
  8. 8
    ENE

    68A Denver-to-Omaha dir.

    24
    403
  9. 9
    REST

    23A Take a break

    22
    256
  10. 10
    ATON

    14D Lots

    19
    136
  11. 11
    RNS

    45A I.C.U. staffers

    19
    126
  12. 12
    RUE

    69A Rhyme of 43-Across, but not a homophone of 49-Across

    18
    207
  13. 13
    OTOH

    9D "Conversely …," in a text

    18
    60
  14. 14
    INRE

    61D Memo line

    17
    251
  15. 15
    ENG

    37D Subj. taught by Fulbright scholars

    17
    160
  16. 16
    HUE

    41A Shade

    17
    121
  17. 17
    LAIR

    59D Leopard's spot

    15
    143
  18. 18
    RIM

    53A Pacific ___

    15
    140
  19. 19
    LEND

    57D Give for a time

    15
    88
  20. 20
    LEA

    39A Field for grazing

    14
    261
  21. 21
    BID

    1D Put in an offer

    14
    59
  22. 22
    UTES

    22D Native Coloradans

    13
    149
  23. 23
    LAM

    5A On the ___

    13
    128
  24. 24
    FRO

    10D Not to

    13
    114
  25. 25
    AGENT

    17A Customer service worker

    12
    150
  26. 26
    FEN

    34A Marshland

    12
    79
  27. 27
    UNTO

    55D "Once more ___ the breach"

    11
    143
  28. 28
    LIEU

    60D Place

    11
    113
  29. 29
    OTC

    28A Like Plan B, for short

    11
    92
  30. 30
    DEAD

    16A Opposite of hopping

    10
    77
  31. 31
    ATF

    42A Gun-regulating grp.

    10
    58
  32. 32
    SNAFU

    27D Real mess

    10
    58
  33. 33
    SEETO

    26D Take care of

    9
    86
  34. 34
    OTRA

    15A Spaniard's "other"

    9
    79
  35. 35
    AWS

    48A Sounds of sympathy

    9
    52
  36. 36
    FAD

    11D It doesn't stay hot for long

    8
    87
  37. 37
    COW

    66A Rhyme of 19-Across, but not a homophone of 46-Across

    8
    61
  38. 38
    HERON

    40A Everglades wader

    8
    47
  39. 39
    YEESH

    33D "Hoo-boy!"

    8
    19
  40. 40
    MEOW

    56D Communicate like a Sphynx

    7
    76
  41. 41
    OMITS

    50D Leaves out

    7
    60
  42. 42
    GODNO

    47D "Puh-lease!"

    7
    17
  43. 43
    SAMOA

    52D Island country that's 24 hours ahead of its closest neighbor

    6
    95
  44. 44
    NAGS

    13D Keeps at

    6
    44
  45. 45
    ASSAY

    25A Evaluate for purity

    5
    68
  46. 46
    EENSY

    30A Wee

    5
    30
  47. 47
    BOSC

    54D Brownish pear

    4
    56
  48. 48
    NEHRU

    31D Leader who wrote "The Discovery of India"

    3
    71
  49. 49
    GOOD

    18A "Serves you right!"

    3
    46
  50. 50
    AFLAC

    25D Insurer with an avian mascot

    3
    39
  51. 51
    FAME

    58D "___ is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day": Gabriel García Márquez

    3
    32
  52. 52
    FEDORA

    4D Classic accessory for Humphrey Bogart

    3
    22
  53. 53
    UEYS

    20D Remedies for missed turns

    3
    17
  54. 54
    ONENAME

    62A A pop star might go by this

    3
    9
  55. 55
    OHH

    36D Exclamation of understanding

    3
    6
  56. 56
    RUBON

    53D Apply, as sunscreen

    3
    4
  57. 57
    FLAB

    3D Exerciser's target

    2
    40
  58. 58
    THROW

    29D Rhyme of 21-Across, but not a homophone of 43-Across

    2
    26
  59. 59
    ABSTAIN

    63A Stay away (from)

    2
    12
  60. 60
    ROUGH

    49A Uneven

    2
    12
  61. 61
    THREADS

    43D Clothing, colloquially

    2
    11
  62. 62
    DOUGH

    21A It gets baked

    2
    8
  63. 63
    STOODON

    64A Used as a platform

    2
    5
  64. 64
    SWUNG

    32D Totally shifted the momentum of

    2
    5
  65. 65
    DOFF

    8A Rhyme of 46-Across, but not a homophone of 21-Across

    1
    21
  66. 66
    NIVEA

    13A Olay competitor

    1
    15
  67. 67
    BUFF

    1A Rhyme of 49-Across, but not a homophone of 19-Across

    1
    13
  68. 68
    BUMDEAL

    54A Unfair outcome, informally

    1
    5
  69. 69
    DOGGIE

    8D Pooch

    1
    4
  70. 70
    BOUGH

    19A Main branch of a tree

    1
    3
  71. 71
    THROUGH

    43A By way of

    1
    3
  72. 72
    COUGH

    46A Attention-getting sound

    1
    2
  73. 73
    SOPHIES

    35A "___ Choice"

    1
    2
  74. 74
    FUSILLI debut

    58A Corkscrew-shaped pasta

    1
    1
  75. 75
    HRISSUE debut

    44D Serious workplace problem, for short

    1
    1
  76. 76
    LIGHTOPERA debut

    5D Many a Gilbert and Sullivan work

    1
    1
  77. 77
    MENDACIOUS debut

    7D Untruthful

    1
    1
  78. 78
    MOUSIER debut

    65A More timid

    1
    1