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Wednesday · 78 answers · 2 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    ATE

    67A Consumed

    75
    597
  2. 2
    SPA

    23A Me-time destination

    59
    475
  3. 3
    ACE

    17A Top starter

    57
    493
  4. 4
    ETNA

    13D Sicilian smoker

    36
    334
  5. 5
    UNO

    5D Game in which players draw and skip

    30
    241
  6. 6
    ISH

    57A Suffix with devil

    30
    193
  7. 7
    IDOL

    6D Big celebrity

    23
    293
  8. 8
    OHIO

    40A Its three largest cities all have names starting with C

    23
    200
  9. 9
    ITCH

    57D Bite reminder, maybe

    21
    135
  10. 10
    BET

    1A "OK," in modern slang

    21
    120
  11. 11
    EERIE

    69A Like many a campfire story

    19
    260
  12. 12
    URN

    10D Decorative vessel

    19
    244
  13. 13
    ATSEA

    41A Completely lost … or where the now-idiomatic answer to each italicized clue has a literal meaning

    18
    194
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    AKIN

    42D Similar

    18
    138
  15. 15
    STOP

    26A Bus schedule component

    17
    180
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    NERO

    38D Fiddler-emperor, legend has it

    15
    243
  17. 17
    SHOO

    58D "Get away!"

    15
    112
  18. 18
    SURE

    62D Positive

    14
    84
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    APOP

    12D Each

    13
    107
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    EKED

    43A Barely made (out)

    13
    86
  21. 21
    REEF

    52A Part of many a shallow-water ecosystem

    12
    100
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    ERUPT

    16A Blow, as 13-Down does repeatedly

    11
    54
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    DMS

    65D Personally contacts online, for short

    11
    22
  24. 24
    DEAD

    47A Out of juice

    10
    77
  25. 25
    MOTTO

    20A "Semper Fidelis," for one

    10
    51
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    KIT

    73A Word with sewing or starter

    9
    106
  27. 27
    SELL

    49D Promote

    9
    103
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    PREP

    61D Dice peppers, e.g.

    8
    87
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    ROTH

    29D I.R.A. classification

    8
    64
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    UHOH

    36D "That's not good"

    7
    95
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    EXERT

    56D Wield, as authority

    7
    71
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    MIN

    66D Max's opposite

    7
    62
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    REDD

    34D Comedian Foxx

    7
    51
  34. 34
    SPEND

    72A Shell out cash

    7
    47
  35. 35
    NOUN

    37A "Verb," ironically

    6
    97
  36. 36
    XENA

    25D TV's "Warrior Princess"

    6
    81
  37. 37
    CTR

    70A Hiker to a QB: Abbr.

    6
    65
  38. 38
    SPADE

    39A Part of a black suit

    6
    63
  39. 39
    CUTE

    19D ___ as a bug's ear

    6
    41
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    HOIST

    71A Elevate, as a flag

    6
    29
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    COMMA

    68A Character in "Monsters, Inc."

    6
    26
  42. 42
    DREGS

    8D Leftovers

    6
    26
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    LOSE

    7D When repeated, leading only to bad outcomes

    5
    102
  44. 44
    ODEA

    33D Roman theaters

    5
    72
  45. 45
    HEMI

    59D Prefix with sphere

    4
    45
  46. 46
    MOCS

    35D Soft leather shoes, for short

    4
    24
  47. 47
    PUNS

    11D "Sofa, so good" and such

    4
    20
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    CLAPS

    60A Expresses approval, in a way

    4
    15
  49. 49
    EDITOR

    31A Worker who's behind the Times?

    3
    59
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    EXO

    14A Prefix with skeleton

    3
    55
  51. 51
    MULE

    35A Plow puller of old

    3
    48
  52. 52
    ENDOR

    15A Ewok's home

    3
    32
  53. 53
    EDGERS

    28A Some landscaping equipment

    3
    20
  54. 54
    SHEENS

    48A Paint options

    3
    9
  55. 55
    BUILD

    4A Develop

    3
    7
  56. 56
    EXCOP

    2D Former member of the force

    3
    6
  57. 57
    SUSAN

    30D Lazy ___

    2
    29
  58. 58
    GOTTI

    55D Jailed New York crime boss

    2
    27
  59. 59
    BEAMS

    1D Has a happy face

    2
    19
  60. 60
    NEWAGE

    54A Music genre for some yoga classes

    2
    17
  61. 61
    PUPAE

    9A Postlarval insects

    2
    15
  62. 62
    UNBOX

    63A Remove from its original packaging, say

    2
    7
  63. 63
    TOETHELINE

    3D *Stand barefoot in formation along seams of deck planks

    2
    5
  64. 64
    HARK

    46A Old-timey "Listen!"

    1
    28
  65. 65
    LEGUP

    22A Advantage

    1
    15
  66. 66
    FADES

    53D Gradually tapered cuts

    1
    10
  67. 67
    SPHINX

    24A Creature of Egyptian myth

    1
    7
  68. 68
    LOOSECANNON

    18A *Unsecured artillery that can slide across the deck

    1
    5
  69. 69
    NOIRON

    50A Permanent-press

    1
    5
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    BELONG

    4D Fit in

    1
    4
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    PIPEDOWN

    27D *Bosun's whistled call signaling a shift change

    1
    4
  72. 72
    REUSED

    51D Not just thrown away, say

    1
    4
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    PEAPODS

    9D Stir-fry add-ins

    1
    3
  74. 74
    TAKENABACK

    32D *Flattened against the masts in a changing wind

    1
    3
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    ONECOAT

    45D Minimal paint job

    1
    2
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    TIDEOVER

    21D *Drift with the natural flow of currents

    1
    2
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    CONVO debut

    44A Chat, informally

    1
    1
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    THEDOLDRUMS debut

    64A *Equatorial ocean area notorious for lack of winds

    1
    1