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Friday · 78 answers · 45 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERIE

    2D Spooky waterway?

    48
    510
  2. 2
    SEA debut

    18D Main

    40
    370
  3. 3
    EVE

    37A She raised Cain

    34
    373
  4. 4
    IDEA

    15A "The _____!" (hmmph!)

    33
    396
  5. 5
    AMEN

    53D "I agree!"

    27
    296
  6. 6
    ETE

    61D Somme summer

    24
    320
  7. 7
    ALOT

    63A Scads

    23
    262
  8. 8
    OPAL

    12D Type of glass

    23
    253
  9. 9
    ANEW

    65A From the top

    23
    237
  10. 10
    EGOS

    54D Inflatable items

    23
    210
  11. 11
    RIPE

    16A Good enough to eat

    17
    106
  12. 12
    CAL debut

    34A U.C.L.A. rival

    15
    158
  13. 13
    LIT

    46A Stewed

    13
    166
  14. 14
    EDDY

    58D Swirl

    12
    154
  15. 15
    OCEAN

    49D Symbol of vastness

    12
    147
  16. 16
    TUTU

    39D Balletic put-on

    12
    96
  17. 17
    SLOT debut

    45A Vending machine part

    11
    131
  18. 18
    UPON

    50A Over

    11
    129
  19. 19
    DYES

    36D Aids in disguises

    11
    100
  20. 20
    WIT debut

    6D Dorothy Parker, e.g.

    11
    88
  21. 21
    EMIL

    59A Nobelist _____ von Behring

    10
    131
  22. 22
    NYSE debut

    66A Popular source of quotes, for short

    10
    113
  23. 23
    METE

    13D Dish (out)

    10
    90
  24. 24
    LEAK

    23A Washington story, maybe

    9
    75
  25. 25
    BUT debut

    43A Exceptional word?

    9
    44
  26. 26
    RELIC

    25A Remembrance of things past

    8
    78
  27. 27
    CRY debut

    40A 1951 Johnnie Ray hit

    8
    76
  28. 28
    EASED

    64A _____ up (relented)

    8
    61
  29. 29
    ALIBI

    30D Convenient story

    7
    108
  30. 30
    PHD debut

    51D Reward for yrs. of study

    7
    87
  31. 31
    CLIP debut

    31A Fleece

    7
    66
  32. 32
    PADRE debut

    9D Army chaplain

    6
    53
  33. 33
    HAY

    29A Turn-of-century Secretary of State

    5
    79
  34. 34
    MATTE

    38D Photo choice

    5
    72
  35. 35
    EAVES

    27D Runoff site

    5
    47
  36. 36
    KHAN

    24D Turkish for "ruler"

    4
    35
  37. 37
    GASES debut

    47A Firedamps

    4
    24
  38. 38
    OREL debut

    57D Heavily damaged city of W.W. II

    3
    115
  39. 39
    PERSE

    32D In itself

    3
    59
  40. 40
    WISP debut

    6A Bit of smoke

    3
    51
  41. 41
    MUSE

    44A Deliberate

    3
    50
  42. 42
    NEGATE

    20A Disprove

    3
    44
  43. 43
    FRED

    26D Oscar-winning film director Zinnemann

    3
    40
  44. 44
    RAHS debut

    33A Hoorays

    3
    40
  45. 45
    POSY debut

    56D Bouquet

    3
    22
  46. 46
    BEFIT debut

    1A Suit

    3
    16
  47. 47
    ORONO

    14A Town near Bangor

    2
    94
  48. 48
    BELA debut

    52D Gymnastics coach Karolyi

    2
    77
  49. 49
    JOT

    35D Make a memo of

    2
    46
  50. 50
    COY debut

    34D Not 100% open

    2
    40
  51. 51
    DEEJAY debut

    41A Disk spinner

    2
    15
  52. 52
    FOGG debut

    3D 80-day traveler

    2
    12
  53. 53
    ULCER debut

    22D Worrier's risk, so they say

    1
    46
  54. 54
    FROM debut

    10A _____ scratch

    1
    37
  55. 55
    BONN debut

    1D Beethoven's birthplace

    1
    29
  56. 56
    FEWER debut

    26A Easier to count

    1
    15
  57. 57
    DETOO debut

    48A Name in robotry

    1
    11
  58. 58
    BARBECUE debut

    52A Dinner alfresco

    1
    4
  59. 59
    LOUDLY debut

    46D With trumpets ablare

    1
    3
  60. 60
    ANAT

    19A Gray's subj.

    0
    126
  61. 61
    IDAS debut

    7D G. & S. princess and others

    0
    31
  62. 62
    SENTRY debut

    8D Door stopper?

    0
    14
  63. 63
    JEERED debut

    35A Knocked, in a way

    0
    9
  64. 64
    DRYLY debut

    67A Sans elan

    0
    8
  65. 65
    MANOWAR debut

    44D Sports legend of 1920

    0
    8
  66. 66
    TOTTER debut

    5D Rock

    0
    8
  67. 67
    FRAGILE debut

    10D Box label

    0
    6
  68. 68
    INHALES debut

    4D Gulps

    0
    5
  69. 69
    JOEBLOW debut

    42D Mr. Average

    0
    5
  70. 70
    MONITOR debut

    38A One side in an 1862 battle

    0
    5
  71. 71
    GOOSED debut

    47D Spurred on

    0
    4
  72. 72
    HOOPOE debut

    55A Fancy-coiffed bird

    0
    2
  73. 73
    LEVO debut

    62A The L of L-dopa

    0
    2
  74. 74
    RINGCIRCUS debut

    11D Three-_____

    0
    2
  75. 75
    EDGEDSWORD debut

    60A Two-_____

    0
    1
  76. 76
    NIGHTSTAND debut

    17A One-_____

    0
    1
  77. 77
    STRUGGLE debut

    21A Go all-out

    0
    1
  78. 78
    WHEELDRIVE debut

    28D Four-_____

    0
    1