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Friday · 72 answers · 25 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ALI

    21D Star of "The Greatest"

    49
    518
  2. 2
    EDGE

    58A Skirt

    21
    293
  3. 3
    MAC

    31A Big sandwich name

    19
    133
  4. 4
    DESI

    5A Love of Lucy

    18
    139
  5. 5
    SLAP

    49D Strike

    17
    123
  6. 6
    ABU

    51D _____ Bakr (first caliph of Mecca)

    16
    86
  7. 7
    OMANI

    44D Sultan Qabus bin Said, e.g.

    15
    122
  8. 8
    AONE

    2D Top-of-the-line

    12
    209
  9. 9
    SINE

    27D Kind of curve

    12
    102
  10. 10
    CHAR

    45A Blacken

    12
    89
  11. 11
    SLOT

    23A Word with coin or time

    11
    131
  12. 12
    TEAR

    56A Rend

    10
    149
  13. 13
    OAF

    43D Big galoot

    10
    144
  14. 14
    NEIL

    52A Pulitzer-winning writer Sheehan

    10
    115
  15. 15
    AMES

    46D City on the Skunk River

    9
    174
  16. 16
    RENEE

    36D 1966 hit "Walk Away _____"

    8
    129
  17. 17
    EXPO

    59A Canadian baseballer

    8
    97
  18. 18
    BEAD

    47D Bit of wampum

    8
    55
  19. 19
    AXON

    15A Nerve impulse conduit

    8
    53
  20. 20
    ALEX

    48D "A Clockwork Orange" droogie

    6
    125
  21. 21
    CZAR

    33D All-powerful one

    6
    96
  22. 22
    ALLY

    53A Compatriot

    6
    86
  23. 23
    ARTSY debut

    28D Affected

    5
    52
  24. 24
    BLAB

    1D Spill the beans

    5
    49
  25. 25
    ANTIS

    28A Pros' foes

    5
    44
  26. 26
    JEDI debut

    25D Skywalker, e.g.

    4
    48
  27. 27
    EXIST

    6D Live and breathe

    4
    45
  28. 28
    SYD

    13D Baseball exec Thrift

    3
    78
  29. 29
    ELEA

    40A Zeno of _____ (Greek logician)

    3
    59
  30. 30
    SNUG

    3D Comfy

    3
    45
  31. 31
    USING debut

    57A On, as medication

    3
    32
  32. 32
    MILK

    31D Exploit

    3
    27
  33. 33
    BENIN

    54A Neighbor of Nigeria

    3
    23
  34. 34
    AMATI

    51A Cremona product

    2
    81
  35. 35
    ISE

    38A British verb ending

    2
    64
  36. 36
    ELEGY

    16A Shelley's "Adonais," e.g.

    2
    47
  37. 37
    TYRO

    50D Neophyte

    2
    33
  38. 38
    VERSE debut

    39A Limerick, e.g.

    2
    33
  39. 39
    ROUTS debut

    24A Handily subdues

    2
    25
  40. 40
    NOTCH debut

    22D Chalk up

    2
    21
  41. 41
    BARNDANCE debut

    30D Hoedown

    2
    4
  42. 42
    ATEE

    32D Fitting phrase ending

    1
    102
  43. 43
    UZIS debut

    26D Terrorists' tools

    1
    37
  44. 44
    CANA

    55A Where water turned to wine

    1
    33
  45. 45
    BASK debut

    1A Lie poolside

    1
    29
  46. 46
    CLING

    45D Adhere

    1
    23
  47. 47
    CIRC debut

    18A About: Abbr.

    1
    19
  48. 48
    SEXED

    19A Being male or female

    1
    19
  49. 49
    VEXES debut

    11D Nettles

    1
    7
  50. 50
    BONNY debut

    41A Like a fair lass

    1
    3
  51. 51
    BIOTIN debut

    41D A B vitamin

    1
    2
  52. 52
    LONI

    14A Anderson of TV sitcoms

    0
    63
  53. 53
    OILED

    44A Tipsy

    0
    38
  54. 54
    EZIO

    29A Handel opera

    0
    36
  55. 55
    IGET

    12D "_____ it!" ("Eureka!")

    0
    34
  56. 56
    ALEUTS

    10D Seal hunters

    0
    17
  57. 57
    DACRON

    5D Clothing tag name

    0
    8
  58. 58
    SORB

    7D Soak up

    0
    7
  59. 59
    RECREATE

    37D Stage anew

    0
    6
  60. 60
    INCARNATE debut

    8D Personified

    0
    5
  61. 61
    JUSTIN debut

    25A Newly arrived

    0
    5
  62. 62
    KINGSTON debut

    4D Caribbean capital

    0
    5
  63. 63
    MAVIS debut

    9A Author _____ Gallant

    0
    5
  64. 64
    BRACT

    30A Leaf

    0
    4
  65. 65
    ANUN debut

    17A Faulkner's "Requiem for _____"

    0
    3
  66. 66
    MESQUITE debut

    9D Smokehouse flavoring

    0
    2
  67. 67
    AMOVEABLEFEAST debut

    46A Hemingway memoir

    0
    1
  68. 68
    BEGGARSBANQUET debut

    20A Rolling Stones album of 1968

    0
    1
  69. 69
    CHELAE debut

    42D Pincers

    0
    1
  70. 70
    COCKER debut

    42A Promoter of rooster fights

    0
    1
  71. 71
    DINNERATTHERITZ debut

    34A Niven film of 1937

    0
    1
  72. 72
    EVOLVING debut

    35D Not fixed

    0
    1