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Wednesday · 78 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ACE

    36D Top gun

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    493
  2. 2
    ALI

    26A Actress Wong of the Netflix series "Beef"

    49
    518
  3. 3
    ERIE

    12D Canal with a "low bridge" ("Everybody down!")

    48
    510
  4. 4
    AREA

    6A Province

    46
    631
  5. 5
    ELSE

    69A "We will make amends ere long; / ___ the Puck a liar call": Shak.

    43
    440
  6. 6
    ETSY

    68A Crafty website

    41
    116
  7. 7
    ASIA

    19A Where Bengali and Burmese are spoken

    38
    350
  8. 8
    ETNA

    35A Sicilian landmark

    36
    334
  9. 9
    EWE

    52A She's a woolly one

    31
    302
  10. 10
    SAD

    48A Disappointing

    31
    236
  11. 11
    ESC

    63D Corner keyboard key

    30
    209
  12. 12
    EELS

    33A "I don't mind ___ / Except as meals. / And the way they feels": Ogden Nash

    28
    199
  13. 13
    NIL

    18D Zilch

    27
    249
  14. 14
    ODES

    45A Praiseful verses

    26
    226
  15. 15
    ETTA

    27A James of jazz

    23
    254
  16. 16
    AIM

    1D Objective

    21
    177
  17. 17
    LIL

    61D ___ Nas X

    20
    166
  18. 18
    SAY

    54A "What ___ you?"

    20
    132
  19. 19
    CSI

    30A Onetime CBS forensic drama

    19
    127
  20. 20
    APED

    10A Followed move-for-move

    19
    103
  21. 21
    DYE

    37D Word aptly hidden in "turned yellow"

    18
    162
  22. 22
    OMIT

    56D Leave out

    16
    218
  23. 23
    AISLE

    9D Congressional divide, literally as well as metaphorically

    16
    140
  24. 24
    TORE

    16A Ripped

    15
    122
  25. 25
    SHH

    64D "Keep it down!"

    15
    100
  26. 26
    EONS

    57D A seeming eternity

    14
    162
  27. 27
    RATS

    7D "Aw, phooey!"

    13
    142
  28. 28
    LSU

    2D Sch. on the banks of the Mississippi

    13
    107
  29. 29
    ESSAY

    39D Writing assignment

    12
    153
  30. 30
    TAXI

    15A Ground transportation option

    12
    136
  31. 31
    ATEAM

    22D Starting squad

    12
    122
  32. 32
    PIT

    62D Place to retire?

    11
    102
  33. 33
    SALSA

    31D Taco topper

    11
    98
  34. 34
    NILE

    55D River through Khartoum

    10
    163
  35. 35
    CEE

    38A Tragic ending?

    10
    138
  36. 36
    NAG

    23A Persistently bother, with "at"

    10
    115
  37. 37
    WED

    53D Exchanged rings with

    10
    115
  38. 38
    BUS

    3D Ground transportation option

    10
    100
  39. 39
    PAM

    29D "The Office" role

    10
    94
  40. 40
    DEAD

    13D Out of juice

    10
    77
  41. 41
    NIECE

    23D Many a godchild

    9
    104
  42. 42
    HYENA

    49A Villainous animal in "The Lion King"

    9
    45
  43. 43
    LINE

    65A Forgetful actor's request

    8
    112
  44. 44
    IRISH

    67A ___ coffee (whiskey drink)

    8
    85
  45. 45
    TABLE

    51D Postpone for now

    8
    42
  46. 46
    TINT

    50A Add color to

    7
    86
  47. 47
    INEPT

    28A Ham-handed

    7
    76
  48. 48
    TYRA

    58D Banks of "America's Next Top Model"

    7
    44
  49. 49
    IMON

    59A "That's my cue!"

    7
    39
  50. 50
    EER

    43A Suffix with rocket

    6
    212
  51. 51
    EJECT

    57A Toss from the game

    5
    49
  52. 52
    INONE

    41D Hole-___ (singular feat)

    5
    41
  53. 53
    BOY

    42D "Whew!"

    5
    37
  54. 54
    NOIDEA

    55A "Beats me!"

    5
    32
  55. 55
    SELENA

    34D Pop star Gomez

    5
    28
  56. 56
    LINK

    66A Part of a chain

    5
    27
  57. 57
    ISUZU

    14A Japanese automaker named for a river

    4
    30
  58. 58
    NESSIE

    44A Highlands cryptid, affectionately

    4
    28
  59. 59
    AMANDA

    36A Seyfried of "Mean Girls"

    3
    43
  60. 60
    CATCH

    70A Day's harvest, for a fisher

    3
    27
  61. 61
    MAKO

    46A Fast-swimming shark

    3
    22
  62. 62
    EXE

    8D PC file extension

    2
    60
  63. 63
    LASTED

    21A Bore up

    2
    13
  64. 64
    ALBUS

    1A Hogwarts headmaster ___ Dumbledore

    2
    6
  65. 65
    KIDNEY

    47D Organ with a distinctive shape

    2
    3
  66. 66
    UZIS

    4D Commando weapons

    1
    37
  67. 67
    ANTHEM

    24D Something to stand for

    1
    29
  68. 68
    ATASTE

    10D Just the slightest bit

    1
    12
  69. 69
    SKIMS

    20A Barely scrapes the surface

    1
    11
  70. 70
    HECTIC

    49D Overwhelmingly busy

    1
    4
  71. 71
    CHEMICALSYMBOLS

    40A He and I, but not she and you

    1
    3
  72. 72
    BLOODTYPES

    60A A+ and B-, but not F

    1
    2
  73. 73
    MUSICNOTES

    17A A, B and C, but not X, Y and Z

    1
    2
  74. 74
    POSTALCODES

    11D MA and MS, but not BA and BS

    1
    2
  75. 75
    ATOMICMASS debut

    6D Figure that roughly equals protons plus neutrons

    1
    1
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    GENERATIONS debut

    25D X, Y and Z, but not A, B and C

    1
    1
  77. 77
    INSIDEJOKE debut

    32D Something only some of us will get

    1
    1
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    SUCKAT debut

    5D Perform dreadfully, so to speak

    1
    1