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

1. AnswerLast 3 yearsAll time
2. 1
   EEL

   111A Grig

   53
   487
3. 2
   ERIE debut

   150D Sight from Sandusky

   48
   510
4. 3
   STY debut

   105A Piggery

   47
   343
5. 4
   ORAL

   75D Sounded

   42
   367
6. 5
   TRI debut

   69D Part of TNT

   41
   237
7. 6
   ISEE

   140A "So that's what you mean"

   36
   360
8. 7
   ANTI

   20D Opposed

   32
   364
9. 8
   ESSO debut

   154D Old gas brand

   30
   276
10. 9
    UNO debut

    123A Popular card game

    30
    241
11. 10
    ONIT debut

    8D "Step ___!"

    30
    147
12. 11
    EROS debut

    138A Piccadilly Circus statue

    28
    321
13. 12
    OMEN debut

    77D Straw in the wind

    28
    257
14. 13
    ESE

    156D Language ending

    26
    386
15. 14
    STU debut

    101D Erwin of 50's TV

    24
    190
16. 15
    EGAD

    42D "Zounds!"

    18
    203
17. 16
    INRE

    3D As to

    17
    251
18. 17
    TIER

    81A Stadium level

    17
    179
19. 18
    SAC debut

    43D Cul-de-___

    17
    167
20. 19
    ESPY debut

    88D Agriculture Secretary Mike

    16
    130
21. 20
    ELENA

    108D Turgenev heroine

    15
    178
22. 21
    AGAR

    141A "Miracle Mile" star

    15
    172
23. 22
    OMANI debut

    124A Sultan Said, e.g.

    15
    122
24. 23
    MOI

    125D "Pardonnez- ___!"

    15
    101
25. 24
    RENO

    9D City west of Sparks

    13
    230
26. 25
    DEER

    16D Stag party?

    13
    154
27. 26
    PEST debut

    100A Nudnik

    13
    128
28. 27
    OLA debut

    18D Wave on the Ebro

    12
    175
29. 28
    SECT

    122A Splinter group

    11
    137
30. 29
    MAD debut

    61A William Gaines founded it in 1953

    11
    126
31. 30
    RINSE debut

    126A Washer cycle

    11
    96
32. 31
    VISA debut

    78D Discover rival

    11
    60
33. 32
    NILE

    35A Pale aqua

    10
    163
34. 33
    NOEL

    21D "The First ___"

    10
    153
35. 34
    MAP debut

    116A Legend locale?

    10
    138
36. 35
    REBA debut

    41D Singer McEntire

    10
    132
37. 36
    ASIDE

    162A "All kidding ___ ..."

    10
    126
38. 37
    TOYS debut

    76D North Pole exports

    10
    62
39. 38
    ROI debut

    57A Any Louis from I to XVIII

    9
    121
40. 39
    CORE

    52A James Farmer grp.

    9
    84
41. 40
    POSH debut

    149D Ritzy

    9
    64
42. 41
    GNAT debut

    59D Annoying buzzer

    8
    132
43. 42
    HARE

    146D Lagomorph

    8
    129
44. 43
    KNIT debut

    14D Make a bootee

    8
    79
45. 44
    RELIC debut

    107D Museum artifact

    8
    78
46. 45
    PIP debut

    99A "Great Expectations" hero

    8
    58
47. 46
    TOPS debut

    102D First-class

    8
    44
48. 47
    WHEN debut

    127A One of the five W's

    8
    42
49. 48
    SEALS debut

    159A Elite Navy group

    8
    40
50. 49
    NOONE debut

    49D Peter of Herman's Hermits

    7
    91
51. 50
    EDGAR debut

    48D Mystery award

    7
    80
52. 51
    CAGE debut

    32D "Amos & Andres" star Nicolas

    7
    66
53. 52
    DINO debut

    38A The Flintstones' "snorkasaurus"

    7
    61
54. 53
    NOLA debut

    39D Vincent Lopez's theme song

    7
    61
55. 54
    MANI debut

    37A "The ___ Love" (Gershwin tune)

    7
    25
56. 55
    SNAIL debut

    96A Slowpoke

    6
    66
57. 56
    PLATO

    167A "Beetle Bailey" intellect

    6
    46
58. 57
    SHORT debut

    6A Adjective for an elf

    6
    40
59. 58
    LEDON debut

    55A Toyed with

    6
    31
60. 59
    CHAT debut

    1D Bat the breeze

    5
    74
61. 60
    SAYSO debut

    93D Go-ahead

    5
    60
62. 61
    ADLER debut

    94D Sherlock Holmes's love Irene ___

    5
    59
63. 62
    HENRI debut

    23A Rousseau or Matisse

    5
    52
64. 63
    FLUE debut

    47D Air duct

    5
    28
65. 64
    ELAINE debut

    12D Galahad's mother

    4
    101
66. 65
    FEAR debut

    121D Trepidation

    4
    69
67. 66
    TAPS

    86D "Lights out" indicator

    4
    66
68. 67
    TONER debut

    24A Copier requirement

    4
    63
69. 68
    PIES debut

    118D Sondheim's "The Worst ___ in London"

    4
    58
70. 69
    FLAT debut

    153D Fizzless

    4
    57
71. 70
    PRAM debut

    40D Baby buggy

    4
    37
72. 71
    TERESA

    165A Nobelist Mother

    3
    73
73. 72
    DELL debut

    151D Name in paperback publishing

    3
    60
74. 73
    HEAL debut

    53A Be doctor to

    3
    55
75. 74
    SEWN

    113D Darned

    3
    55
76. 75
    ALONG debut

    64D "___ came a spider..."

    3
    53
77. 76
    GURU debut

    142D Expert

    3
    48
78. 77
    SNUG debut

    58A Closefitting

    3
    45
79. 78
    ALARMS debut

    71A Roosters, in a way

    3
    28
80. 79
    CHIT debut

    145D Gambler's marker

    3
    25
81. 80
    ABCD debut

    141D "Alphabet Song" start

    3
    24
82. 81
    MAKO debut

    116D Deadly shark

    3
    22
83. 82
    TASTED debut

    30A Sampled

    3
    14
84. 83
    MANNER debut

    84D To the ___ born

    3
    12
85. 84
    ANE debut

    70A Actress Sue ___ Langdon

    2
    130
86. 85
    IST

    134D Suffix with lobby or hobby

    2
    95
87. 86
    ARON debut

    143D Elvis ___ Presley

    2
    73
88. 87
    OVINE debut

    28A Woolly, maybe

    2
    72
89. 88
    ANTED debut

    50D Pitched in?

    2
    63
90. 89
    LANES debut

    110D Bucolic byways

    2
    58
91. 90
    ARGOT debut

    60A Patois

    2
    42
92. 91
    RIVET debut

    72A Rosie's bolt

    2
    37
93. 92
    WAIL debut

    36A Lament

    2
    36
94. 93
    ICANT debut

    92D "___ Stop Loving You"

    2
    35
95. 94
    STONES debut

    79A Jagger's band, with "the"

    2
    23
96. 95
    MANILA debut

    80A Site of a 1975 "Thrilla"

    2
    22
97. 96
    DEARSANTA debut

    106D Yuletide salutation

    2
    16
98. 97
    CLIPS debut

    1A Tv excerpts

    2
    15
99. 98
    PURIST debut

    114D Stickler

    2
    10
100. 99
     RATITE debut

     29A The emu, for one

     2
     10
101. 100
     UPSTART debut

     112A Parvenu

     2
     10
102. 101
     SNEERY debut

     97A Scroogelike, in a way

     2
     7
103. 102
     ECTO debut

     15D Prefix used in "Ghostbusters"

     1
     62
104. 103
     PRES debut

     4D Chief exec.

     1
     56
105. 104
     ISOLATE

     91D Seclude

     1
     33
106. 105
     ESTELLE debut

     54D Actress Getty

     1
     25
107. 106
     AVIARY debut

     68D Place where many flights originate

     1
     21
108. 107
     ROMANO debut

     17A Grated cheese

     1
     21
109. 108
     LENSES debut

     110A Zoom and fisheye

     1
     14
110. 109
     SCRAMS debut

     44D Beats it

     1
     14
111. 110
     ASTERISK debut

     120D Phone button

     1
     13
112. 111
     RETAIL debut

     17D Market

     1
     13
113. 112
     HONORS debut

     103A Ten through ace

     1
     12
114. 113
     MESCAL debut

     84A Peyote

     1
     10
115. 114
     HUIT debut

     87D Twice quatre

     1
     9
116. 115
     STORIED debut

     6D Floored

     1
     5
117. 116
     CATTISH debut

     13D Spiteful

     1
     3
118. 117
     DUNKED debut

     164A Sank a sinker

     1
     3
119. 118
     PERVADE debut

     11D Spread throughout

     1
     3
120. 119
     IDI debut

     34D Dictator Amin

     0
     120
121. 120
     ITER debut

     147D Brain passage

     0
     77
122. 121
     TOV debut

     76A "Mazel ___!"

     0
     49
123. 122
     CADRE debut

     98A Nucleus of officers

     0
     40
124. 123
     LECH debut

     2D Walesa of Warsaw

     0
     32
125. 124
     ULNAS debut

     163A Radiuses' partners

     0
     30
126. 125
     ABACK debut

     56A One way to be taken

     0
     28
127. 126
     ANIN debut

     117D Have ___ with

     0
     26
128. 127
     TREF debut

     10D Not kosher

     0
     22
129. 128
     SPADES debut

     44A Black suit

     0
     21
130. 129
     IRENIC debut

     161A Peaceful

     0
     19
131. 130
     ELINOR

     26A Writer Wylie

     0
     17
132. 131
     VIPS debut

     90D Big wheels

     0
     17
133. 132
     RANDI debut

     65D "Amazing" magician

     0
     16
134. 133
     SMILES debut

     79D Beams

     0
     16
135. 134
     BATOR debut

     63D Ulan ___

     0
     15
136. 135
     MONDE debut

     83A French world

     0
     15
137. 136
     ACRED debut

     27A Landed

     0
     14
138. 137
     CROSSE debut

     160A Sports racquet

     0
     13
139. 138
     LOADED debut

     133D Well-heeled

     0
     12
140. 139
     MIKADO debut

     137D Nanki-Poo's father

     0
     10
141. 140
     HATARI debut

     157A John Wayne film set in Africa

     0
     9
142. 141
     SANTAANA debut

     152D Kind of winds

     0
     9
143. 142
     POORS debut

     45D Standard & ___

     0
     8
144. 143
     ODAS debut

     148D Turkish rooms

     0
     7
145. 144
     PATIENT debut

     67A Forbearing

     0
     7
146. 145
     METEOUT debut

     80D Allocate

     0
     6
147. 146
     PASTORAL debut

     114A Beethoven's Sixth

     0
     6
148. 147
     RASHERS debut

     72D Bacon slices

     0
     6
149. 148
     ALEAF debut

     119A Shake like ___

     0
     5
150. 149
     BAYLOR debut

     104A Waco university

     0
     5
151. 150
     MERCER debut

     74D See 144-Across

     0
     5
152. 151
     PRESAGES debut

     40A Foretells

     0
     5
153. 152
     SANTAMARIA debut

     33D One of Niña's companions

     0
     5
154. 153
     SANTAMONICA debut

     129D Los Angeles suburb

     0
     5
155. 154
     ARMORED debut

     73A Like the ankylosaur

     0
     4
156. 155
     BURIED debut

     155A Hidden

     0
     4
157. 156
     MISNOMER debut

     19D "Prairie dog," for example

     0
     4
158. 157
     PINCERS debut

     67D Lobster claws

     0
     4
159. 158
     SANTAANITA debut

     46D Noted California race track

     0
     4
160. 159
     SANTAROSA debut

     95D City north of San Francisco

     0
     4
161. 160
     HOVELS debut

     7D Huts

     0
     3
162. 161
     OMI debut

     82A Japan's largest lake

     0
     3
163. 162
     REGALED debut

     51A Wined and dined

     0
     3
164. 163
     MISSIONS debut

     137A Embassies

     0
     2
165. 164
     ORDE debut

     22D General Wingate

     0
     2
166. 165
     PECKED debut

     11A Ate like a bird

     0
     2
167. 166
     SANTAISABEL debut

     130D Capital of Equatorial Guineau, once

     0
     2
168. 167
     ATCHISONTOPEKAANDSANTAFE debut

     144A Train in a song by 74-Down

     0
     1
169. 168
     BESOMS debut

     104D Twiggy brooms

     0
     1
170. 169
     BREEN debut

     66D Deep brownish-green

     0
     1
171. 170
     CSEA debut

     131D State workers' union: Abbr.

     0
     1
172. 171
     DORAB debut

     158A Wolf herring

     0
     1
173. 172
     DRESSTO debut

     106A ___ kill (doll up)

     0
     1
174. 173
     ELANCE debut

     25A Darting ballet movement

     0
     1
175. 174
     HAORIS debut

     136D Japanese coats

     0
     1
176. 175
     HITCHA debut

     103D ___ ride (thumb)

     0
     1
177. 176
     ILEUS debut

     109A Abdominal ailment

     0
     1
178. 177
     LOOSENSUP debut

     115D Relaxes

     0
     1
179. 178
     NAOS debut

     139A Ancient temple

     0
     1
180. 179
     NONSANE debut

     128D Irrational

     0
     1
181. 180
     OHMISS debut

     135A Call to a waitress

     0
     1
182. 181
     RATHE debut

     85A Early-blooming, in old poetry

     0
     1
183. 182
     SANTABARBARA debut

     62A Long-running NBC soap

     0
     1
184. 183
     SANTACATALINA debut

     132A "26 Miles" island

     0
     1
185. 184
     SANTACOOKIE debut

     130A Baked holiday treat

     0
     1
186. 185
     SANTAFILOMENA debut

     46A Longfellow poem

     0
     1
187. 186
     SANTAREM debut

     129A City in northern Brazil

     0
     1
188. 187
     SHEOL debut

     166A Netherworld

     0
     1
189. 188
     SIDEWALKSANTA debut

     5D December bell ringer

     0
     1
190. 189
     THESECRETOFSANTAVITTORIA debut

     31A 1969 Anthony Quinn film

     0
     1
191. 190
     YESVIRGINIATHEREISASANTACLAUS debut

     89A Reply for Miss O'Hanlon

     0
     1