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Wednesday · 78 answers · 3 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

    20A Consumed

    75
    597
  2. 2
    ELI

    59D Hollywood's Roth or Wallach

    60
    599
  3. 3
    AHA

    39A Triumphant cry

    40
    379
  4. 4
    SEA

    24D Word before green or after Red

    40
    370
  5. 5
    LED

    9D Took the helm

    34
    222
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    ETON

    54D Alma mater for George Orwell and Hugh Laurie

    32
    282
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    ELS

    54A Chicago sights, for short

    29
    333
  8. 8
    AFAR

    53D Way off

    25
    233
  9. 9
    STU

    36D "Rugrats" dad

    24
    190
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    ALOT

    2D Oodles

    23
    262
  11. 11
    EGOS

    49A They may be subject to inflation

    23
    210
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    STEW

    56D Hearty dish

    23
    180
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    ORB

    58D Ball

    22
    195
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    APSE

    10A Worshiper's locale, at times

    21
    243
  15. 15
    PELE

    23D Three-season star of the New York Cosmos

    21
    115
  16. 16
    ACES

    8D Wild cards, at times

    20
    211
  17. 17
    IGOR

    46D Sikorsky of aviation fame

    20
    207
  18. 18
    PESO

    42A Chilean money

    20
    131
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    MAR

    4D Besmirch

    19
    215
  20. 20
    OAHU

    31D Locale of the Battleship Missouri Memorial

    18
    185
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    LOL

    41D "What a riot!," in brief

    17
    132
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    TALON

    52A Sharp part of a kite

    17
    71
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    OATH

    7D Requirement for a juror

    16
    143
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    IOWA

    51D "American Gothic" setting

    16
    130
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    AWOL

    60A Off base?

    15
    167
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    ALONE

    62A Isolated

    14
    191
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    SENT

    12D Label on an email folder

    14
    190
  28. 28
    EKES

    13D Scratches (out)

    14
    119
  29. 29
    LACE

    15A Lingerie material

    14
    105
  30. 30
    UNDO

    29D Edit menu command

    13
    129
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    ROAD

    61A ___ test

    12
    95
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    THOU

    52D First word of "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

    12
    72
  33. 33
    SEX

    36A "A conversation carried out by other means," per Peter Ustinov

    11
    118
  34. 34
    PINE

    23A Long (for)

    11
    91
  35. 35
    KIN

    33A Flesh and blood

    10
    94
  36. 36
    OILS

    28D Mechanic's canfuls

    10
    92
  37. 37
    HEAD

    32A Word before or after butt

    10
    66
  38. 38
    HAZE

    63A Befuddled state

    10
    53
  39. 39
    IPOS

    38D Announcements in The Economist, for short

    10
    51
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    PANE

    19A Glazier's product

    9
    90
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    LINE

    55D Cue from a cuer

    8
    112
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    BLAH

    50D Unexciting

    8
    80
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    MAGMA

    1A Hot stuff

    8
    30
  44. 44
    HEX

    27D Curse

    7
    69
  45. 45
    GLUE

    3D Affix, in a way

    7
    48
  46. 46
    SINEW

    65A Source of strength and resilience

    6
    60
  47. 47
    COIL

    30A Wrap, as rope

    6
    47
  48. 48
    LOFT

    57A Apartment option

    6
    46
  49. 49
    BIOTA

    50A Flora and fauna, collectively

    6
    34
  50. 50
    PEEK

    16A Glimpse

    6
    31
  51. 51
    SHAH

    24A Former Mideast bigwig

    5
    104
  52. 52
    CHAT

    30D Shoot the breeze

    5
    74
  53. 53
    SECTS

    22A Amish, Shakers and others

    5
    57
  54. 54
    MAYA

    1D Bygone Mesoamerican civilization

    5
    46
  55. 55
    MYNA

    18D Talkative bird

    5
    26
  56. 56
    GOAL

    6A Target

    4
    48
  57. 57
    YIELD

    37A Give in

    4
    46
  58. 58
    THEIR

    26D Pronoun with two homophones

    4
    31
  59. 59
    APPEAR

    10D Look

    4
    25
  60. 60
    DELL

    48A Small valley

    3
    60
  61. 61
    NETTLE

    44D Irk

    3
    33
  62. 62
    ALTI

    40A Prefix with -meter

    2
    34
  63. 63
    ANEMIC

    5D Low on red blood cells, perhaps

    2
    24
  64. 64
    SHADY

    22D Like a good tree or a bad deal

    2
    17
  65. 65
    BURY

    64A Deep-six

    2
    16
  66. 66
    MYTHS

    21A Debunked "facts"

    2
    12
  67. 67
    ALLAN

    14A Poe's middle name

    1
    43
  68. 68
    LAYLA

    35D Who "turned my whole world upside down," in a 1970s rock hit

    1
    22
  69. 69
    HAZEL

    34A Tree with edible nuts

    1
    21
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    MELODY

    45D Something to hum

    1
    9
  71. 71
    CONGAS

    47D Cuban drums

    1
    6
  72. 72
    GLUTEN

    6D It's in wheat, but not buckwheat

    1
    5
  73. 73
    OHFORGETIT

    58A Reaction to the unsuccessful "conversation" in this puzzle

    1
    4
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    PEACHYKEEN

    11D Dandy

    1
    3
  75. 75
    WIZARDOFOZ

    25D Literary title character who's mostly unseen

    1
    2
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    TURNYOURMICON debut

    43A Response to "Why is everyone ignoring me?"

    1
    1
  77. 77
    WECANTHEARYOU debut

    25A Response to "Let's get this meeting going"

    1
    1
  78. 78
    YOUREMUTED debut

    17A Response to "Good morning, everybody!"

    1
    1