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Tuesday · 76 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ETA

    67A When a plane is due in, in brief

    74
    571
  2. 2
    ACE

    41D ___ in the hole

    57
    493
  3. 3
    ERR

    62D Make a typo, say

    54
    522
  4. 4
    EEL

    55A Fish that can burrow into the seabed

    53
    487
  5. 5
    SEE

    23A "Look here …"

    44
    430
  6. 6
    ELSE

    36D Ultimatum word

    43
    440
  7. 7
    EDEN

    35D Idyllic spot

    42
    457
  8. 8
    EAST

    58D Big ___ (college conference)

    33
    285
  9. 9
    LIE

    51A That's unbelievable!

    28
    318
  10. 10
    NENE

    47A Goose of Hawaii

    23
    140
  11. 11
    AAA

    40A Highest level of minor-league baseball

    20
    230
  12. 12
    NOD

    56A Subtle acknowledgment

    20
    158
  13. 13
    TUNA

    59D Common sushi fish

    18
    112
  14. 14
    IMP

    5D Teacher's pest

    17
    166
  15. 15
    EAU

    63A Toilette water

    16
    203
  16. 16
    DEA

    32D Anti-trafficking org.

    16
    124
  17. 17
    ECRU

    2D Light beige

    15
    196
  18. 18
    MSN

    65A Alternative to AOL

    15
    73
  19. 19
    EVIL

    15A Devils' center, appropriately

    14
    208
  20. 20
    CDS

    45A Some pre-streaming music purchases

    14
    147
  21. 21
    NUT

    13D Little fastener

    14
    112
  22. 22
    KEG

    1A Something tapped at a bar

    14
    106
  23. 23
    SELF

    8D Beginning of consciousness?

    14
    90
  24. 24
    MOE

    29A Tavern owner who's often prank-called by Bart Simpson

    11
    149
  25. 25
    LIEU

    18A Stead

    11
    113
  26. 26
    TOAD

    33D ___ Hall ("The Wind in the Willows" residence)

    10
    122
  27. 27
    DEB

    43A Apt name for a socialite?

    10
    94
  28. 28
    AIRS

    22D Broadcasts

    9
    110
  29. 29
    NIECE

    10D Mother's daughter's daughter, perhaps

    9
    104
  30. 30
    TREY

    57D Shot that made its N.B.A. debut in 1979, slangily

    9
    82
  31. 31
    WHOA

    53A "That's unbelievable!"

    9
    74
  32. 32
    MOM

    61D Certain parent

    8
    92
  33. 33
    GILA

    4A ___ monster (only venomous lizard native to the U.S.)

    8
    55
  34. 34
    ONEL

    25D First-year legal student, informally

    6
    79
  35. 35
    SING

    8A Go caroling, say

    6
    55
  36. 36
    ALLEY

    50D Spot for cats and rats

    6
    35
  37. 37
    NORM

    56D What you'd expect when you're expecting?

    5
    92
  38. 38
    GIVE

    26D Donate

    5
    38
  39. 39
    STEADY

    27D Like a good sharpshooter's hand

    5
    16
  40. 40
    SALES

    42A They spike during the holidays

    4
    47
  41. 41
    GOOF

    3D Blooper

    4
    32
  42. 42
    SWORD

    46D Cutlass, e.g.

    4
    23
  43. 43
    VESPA

    48D Italian scooter brand

    4
    18
  44. 44
    VDAY

    48A Global movement to end violence against women

    4
    8
  45. 45
    TATI

    14D Comic actor Jacques

    3
    55
  46. 46
    KEPT

    1D Didn't tell, as a secret

    3
    42
  47. 47
    ASPER

    7D In line with

    3
    41
  48. 48
    CARTE

    28D À la ___

    3
    36
  49. 49
    IVIES

    9D Group of elite colleges

    3
    35
  50. 50
    GODS

    4D Combatants in the Titanomachy

    3
    34
  51. 51
    BLEAT

    39A What the shepherd heard, perhaps

    3
    29
  52. 52
    REVERSE

    37A R, as in a Rolls-Royce?

    3
    19
  53. 53
    LIANE

    6D Former NPR host Hansen

    3
    18
  54. 54
    IDBET

    52D "My gut says …"

    3
    11
  55. 55
    UNITARD

    31A Attire for a contemporary dancer

    3
    9
  56. 56
    TEATREE

    33A Source of a certain essential oil

    3
    8
  57. 57
    AERIAL

    22A Like drone photography

    2
    32
  58. 58
    CURB

    24D Where the sidewalk ends

    2
    24
  59. 59
    ETHANOL

    30D Renewable gasoline additive

    2
    23
  60. 60
    SEAMEN

    17D Sailors

    2
    16
  61. 61
    HOY

    54D Today, in Tijuana

    2
    13
  62. 62
    FLOATS

    21D A&W specialties

    2
    9
  63. 63
    ONTHEDL

    38A Hush-hush

    2
    9
  64. 64
    TOOLSET

    57A Carpenter or plumber's kit

    2
    3
  65. 65
    BLONDE

    44D Marilyn Monroe or Britney Spears

    1
    16
  66. 66
    DEARS

    49D Darlings

    1
    13
  67. 67
    TUFTS

    19A University just north of Harvard

    1
    7
  68. 68
    ASYMMETRY

    66A Unusual feature of this puzzle … or, when parsed as two words (1,8), another unusual feature of this puzzle

    1
    4
  69. 69
    GLUTE

    11D Largest human muscle, informally

    1
    3
  70. 70
    ECONOMIST

    12A British weekly on business, politics and culture, with "The"

    1
    2
  71. 71
    RELEASEME

    34D Cry to a captor

    1
    2
  72. 72
    COGSCI debut

    24A Study of the mind, for short

    1
    1
  73. 73
    NETEFFECT debut

    20A Overall impact

    1
    1
  74. 74
    PREORDERED debut

    64A Like goods bought before they hit the shelves

    1
    1
  75. 75
    PROUDPAPAS debut

    16A Ones taking baby pictures in the delivery room, maybe

    1
    1
  76. 76
    SALMONBERRY debut

    60A Fruit traditionally eaten with the fish it's named for

    1
    1