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Wednesday · 76 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ASS

    54A Immature high score initials on an arcade game

    58
    409
  2. 2
    ERR

    22D Drop the ball

    54
    522
  3. 3
    ALI

    42D 2001 biopic starring Will Smith

    49
    518
  4. 4
    STY

    13D What a parent might compare a messy bedroom to

    47
    343
  5. 5
    AREA

    65A Field

    46
    631
  6. 6
    ART

    23A Graffiti, to some

    40
    384
  7. 7
    SEA

    27D Neptune's territory

    40
    370
  8. 8
    EASE

    66A Facility

    40
    334
  9. 9
    ASIA

    7D ___ Minor

    38
    350
  10. 10
    ERAS

    59D Important stretches

    38
    295
  11. 11
    ERS

    26D Verbal hesitations

    33
    284
  12. 12
    TIL

    12D "___ death do us part"

    29
    169
  13. 13
    UNIT

    16A Section in a textbook

    28
    230
  14. 14
    OIL

    36A Word with pan, pump or paint

    27
    282
  15. 15
    ISNT

    17A "___ She Lovely" (Stevie Wonder hit)

    23
    162
  16. 16
    URSA

    37A ___ Minor

    22
    190
  17. 17
    AVA

    39D ___ Max, singer of the 2018 hit "Sweet but Psycho"

    19
    229
  18. 18
    ARID

    1A Sahara-esque

    16
    222
  19. 19
    IOWA

    58D Part of the Corn Belt

    16
    130
  20. 20
    RAY

    63D "A drop of golden sun," in song

    16
    128
  21. 21
    IVE

    44A "___ got it!"

    15
    158
  22. 22
    SETH

    9D "Family Guy" creator MacFarlane

    15
    142
  23. 23
    TBS

    41D Longtime "American Dad!" airer

    15
    116
  24. 24
    SALT

    60D The word "salary" derives from the Latin for this

    15
    115
  25. 25
    ELON

    33D North Carolina university

    15
    102
  26. 26
    MEMO

    14A "Didn't you get the ___?"

    15
    95
  27. 27
    ORATE

    64A Speak at a political convention, perhaps

    14
    196
  28. 28
    TENT

    8D Something that's pitched

    14
    117
  29. 29
    BED

    62D Bouncy part of a trampoline

    13
    113
  30. 30
    DIP

    32D Drop

    13
    111
  31. 31
    RELY

    19A Depend (on)

    11
    114
  32. 32
    DYES

    69A Blue No. 1 and Yellow No. 6

    11
    100
  33. 33
    ASTER

    70A Fall bloom

    10
    109
  34. 34
    SINAI

    53A Mount ___ Health System

    8
    90
  35. 35
    TAFT

    41A President who was a heavyweight wrestling champion in college

    8
    64
  36. 36
    UNSEE

    15A Wipe from one's memory, so to speak

    8
    10
  37. 37
    STOLE

    28A Lifted

    7
    77
  38. 38
    LAMB

    61D What a shepherd may shepherd

    7
    74
  39. 39
    EXERT

    21D Put forth

    7
    71
  40. 40
    DOTS

    4D Top three sights in Fiji?

    7
    63
  41. 41
    OMITS

    51A Excludes

    7
    60
  42. 42
    BRAS

    62A They offer support

    7
    59
  43. 43
    LOOSE

    40D Not taut

    7
    58
  44. 44
    BATS

    71A Cave wall hangings?

    7
    54
  45. 45
    TRIB

    35D Chicago paper, with "the"

    7
    53
  46. 46
    KIR

    49D ___ royale (Champagne cocktail)

    7
    38
  47. 47
    GUT

    56A Something to trust

    6
    55
  48. 48
    RITES

    25A Quinceañeras, e.g.

    5
    41
  49. 49
    NOUNS

    45A Cats and dogs, for example

    5
    32
  50. 50
    SKORT

    34A Hybrid tennis attire

    5
    28
  51. 51
    COTS

    10A Private sleeping accommodations?

    4
    35
  52. 52
    MINK

    68A Semiaquatic relative of a weasel

    4
    21
  53. 53
    SHEER

    55D See-through

    3
    28
  54. 54
    ONESTAR

    11D Miserable rating

    3
    22
  55. 55
    STEAKS

    52D They can be well-done

    3
    13
  56. 56
    AMIGAS

    1D Female friends from Fuenlabrada

    3
    12
  57. 57
    SNEEZE

    6D "Bless you!" elicitor

    2
    36
  58. 58
    TATTLE

    50D Rat (on)

    2
    27
  59. 59
    PSATS

    5A Exams for high school jrs.

    2
    23
  60. 60
    LOWER

    31D Drop

    2
    19
  61. 61
    RESORTS

    2D Some vacation destinations

    2
    18
  62. 62
    WALLE

    67A 2008 film about a solitary trash-compacting robot

    2
    14
  63. 63
    STUDENT

    47D Lecture attendee

    2
    9
  64. 64
    PUFFY

    5D Like eyes during an allergy attack

    2
    3
  65. 65
    ELDERCARE

    30A Services for senior citizens

    2
    2
  66. 66
    XYZ

    24A Three unnamed things, in shorthand

    1
    18
  67. 67
    FEINT

    18A Deceptive move in fencing

    1
    17
  68. 68
    NIGERIA

    46D Country bordering Chad and Benin

    1
    10
  69. 69
    FANBASE

    43D The "Beyhive" for Beyoncé, e.g.

    1
    3
  70. 70
    STRAWPOLL

    38A Unofficial vote

    1
    3
  71. 71
    IMNOTOK

    3D "My mood is pretty low"

    1
    2
  72. 72
    LOSTCAUSES

    29D Situations one might no longer put effort into

    1
    2
  73. 73
    BLACKBART debut

    48A Old West outlaw who left behind poetic messages after some robberies

    1
    1
  74. 74
    BURIESTHELEDE debut

    57A Hides one's central point, in a way ... with a doubly homophonic hint to 20-, 30-, 38- and 48-Across

    1
    1
  75. 75
    CURRICULUM debut

    10D Set of courses offered

    1
    1
  76. 76
    GOOSEFEATHERS debut

    20A Natural pillow filling

    1
    1