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Tuesday · 76 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    IRE

    46A Rage

    52
    498
  2. 2
    ASH

    1A Stuff in Santa's footprints

    50
    458
  3. 3
    ADS

    13D Many website banners

    46
    325
  4. 4
    TRI

    61D Numerical prefix that sounds like a verb

    41
    237
  5. 5
    ORA

    60D " … boy ___ girl?"

    35
    227
  6. 6
    ACT

    1D Play a part, or a play part

    31
    302
  7. 7
    OLD

    37D Like Father Time

    30
    247
  8. 8
    TMI

    67A "I didn't need to hear all that!"

    27
    122
  9. 9
    ESE

    8D Compass heading

    26
    386
  10. 10
    DOT

    9D Pointillism mark

    25
    178
  11. 11
    SETS

    34A Creates, as a goal

    21
    170
  12. 12
    IGOR

    53A Frankenstein's assistant

    20
    207
  13. 13
    IRON

    30A Fe, to chemists

    18
    284
  14. 14
    OWL

    58D Pretentious friend of Winnie-the-Pooh

    18
    135
  15. 15
    ARAL

    33A Asia's disappearing ___ Sea

    17
    184
  16. 16
    AMOS

    65A Wally ___, "famous" cookie maker

    17
    180
  17. 17
    TAP

    22D Alternative to a swipe, for a credit card

    17
    165
  18. 18
    NYE

    7D Bill ___, the Science Guy

    17
    125
  19. 19
    CEO

    14A Buffett or Cook, for short

    15
    177
  20. 20
    DELI

    47A Place for ham-handed workers?

    15
    152
  21. 21
    SIC

    38D [not my mistake]

    15
    116
  22. 22
    NAPA

    10A West Coast wine valley

    13
    112
  23. 23
    TERM

    22A Time spent in a seat

    13
    93
  24. 24
    LOU

    29D Gehrig in Cooperstown

    12
    139
  25. 25
    DEBT

    47D Money owed

    11
    98
  26. 26
    AIOLI

    33D Garlicky sauce

    11
    51
  27. 27
    CUP

    31A 1/16 of a gallon

    11
    41
  28. 28
    PIER

    4D Santa Monica tourist attraction

    10
    97
  29. 29
    GPS

    27D Navigation aid that works through satellites, in brief

    10
    96
  30. 30
    FUR

    64A Bear hair

    10
    66
  31. 31
    ICAN

    19D Declaration of determination

    10
    57
  32. 32
    IONS

    56D They're not free of charge

    9
    94
  33. 33
    CORE

    21A Spot for abs or apple seeds

    9
    84
  34. 34
    HATE

    62A Word repeated four times in the chorus of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off"

    8
    98
  35. 35
    OBOES

    51D Orchestra woodwinds

    8
    79
  36. 36
    ROUT

    41A Good old-fashioned butt-kicking

    8
    72
  37. 37
    ASSAM

    5D Silk-producing region of India

    8
    63
  38. 38
    PEDRO

    32A Napoleon Dynamite's best friend

    8
    32
  39. 39
    SER

    45D To be, in Spanish

    7
    100
  40. 40
    OVID

    16A "Metamorphoses" poet

    7
    99
  41. 41
    SPRY

    38A Agile

    7
    92
  42. 42
    ROLO

    26D Caramel-filled candy

    7
    46
  43. 43
    ZEE

    59D Last section in a dictionary

    6
    93
  44. 44
    CHA

    57D "___-ching!"

    6
    85
  45. 45
    NOTOK

    10D Against the rules

    6
    16
  46. 46
    BRED

    36D Born and ___

    5
    50
  47. 47
    RELIT

    52D Ignited again

    5
    48
  48. 48
    ISAYSO

    15A Words after "Because" in a parent's explanation

    5
    14
  49. 49
    DRAPE

    48A Window dressing

    4
    35
  50. 50
    GLIB

    54A Smooth-talking

    3
    52
  51. 51
    AREEL

    28A Staggering this way and that

    3
    45
  52. 52
    LOGOS

    42A Corporate emblems

    3
    25
  53. 53
    KRAFT

    25D Company that merged with Heinz in 2015

    3
    21
  54. 54
    SEEHERE

    2D "Now you listen to me …"

    3
    15
  55. 55
    BEINGS

    55A Life forms

    3
    5
  56. 56
    AVARICE

    11D Greed

    2
    21
  57. 57
    YIPES

    50D "Yowzers!"

    2
    20
  58. 58
    OPOSSUM

    44D North America's only marsupial

    2
    11
  59. 59
    PAWNED

    4A Exchanged for cash, in a way

    2
    7
  60. 60
    HOORAH

    20A Triumphant shout

    1
    13
  61. 61
    PINENUT

    12D Pesto ingredient

    1
    11
  62. 62
    HONORED

    3D Paid homage to

    1
    6
  63. 63
    NOMERCY

    18D What the ruthless show

    1
    5
  64. 64
    PROGRAM

    39D "Get with the ___!"

    1
    4
  65. 65
    TENNESSEETITANS

    17A A.F.C. South team ("Look in the lake! It's … ah, never mind")

    1
    3
  66. 66
    CRYPTOZOOLOGIST

    57A Pseudoscientist investigating the "sightings" in this puzzle

    1
    2
  67. 67
    GAGGIFT

    43D Purchase for a white elephant exchange

    1
    2
  68. 68
    LEASTS

    66A Bare minimums

    1
    2
  69. 69
    REPLYTO

    40D Answer, as an email

    1
    2
  70. 70
    STORING

    34D Saving for later

    1
    2
  71. 71
    CIRCUIT debut

    24D Lecture tour

    1
    1
  72. 72
    COPYEDITOR debut

    49A Professional proofreader ("Over there, in the snow! That had to be something, right?!")

    1
    1
  73. 73
    CUBICFOOT debut

    35A Imperial unit of volume ("There's another one! I swear he just slipped into those trees …")

    1
    1
  74. 74
    MUCKRAKING debut

    23A Investigative journalism ("What was that in the sea?! I must be imagining things")

    1
    1
  75. 75
    WASHU debut

    6D Sch. located in St. Louis, not Seattle

    1
    1
  76. 76
    WEREIN debut

    63A "Sign us up!"

    1
    1