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Thursday · 78 answers · 25 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ALE

    34A Brighton brew

    59
    570
  2. 2
    SPA

    32D Toning-up spot

    59
    475
  3. 3
    ACE

    23D Virtuoso

    57
    493
  4. 4
    ALI

    50D Bard of boxing

    49
    518
  5. 5
    TEE

    8D Driver's aid

    49
    395
  6. 6
    ECO

    70A System start-up

    42
    370
  7. 7
    ERS

    14A Speech fumbles

    33
    284
  8. 8
    OBOE

    16A Mitch Miller's instrument

    32
    315
  9. 9
    STIR

    9D Be up and about

    27
    292
  10. 10
    ADD

    25D Postfix

    27
    224
  11. 11
    SRO

    66D Letters angels love?

    24
    251
  12. 12
    ROO

    48D "Who Slew Auntie ____?" (1971 film)

    20
    189
  13. 13
    AGES

    44A Consent and Reason, e.g.

    19
    202
  14. 14
    STOP

    60D What to do when you see red

    17
    180
  15. 15
    NYE

    56A "Steve Allen Show" regular

    17
    125
  16. 16
    PGA

    2A Links org.

    16
    132
  17. 17
    NUT

    38D Ding-a-ling

    14
    112
  18. 18
    LOU

    43A Singer Christie

    12
    139
  19. 19
    POT

    39A Cauldron

    12
    120
  20. 20
    HOLE

    6D Pit

    12
    89
  21. 21
    ONME

    19A "Lean ____" (Bill Withers hit)

    11
    102
  22. 22
    TEAR

    71A Salt deposit?

    10
    149
  23. 23
    RKO

    73A "Citizen Kane" studio

    10
    89
  24. 24
    OHM

    63A Physicist Georg

    9
    103
  25. 25
    SUM

    26A Bottom-line amount

    8
    80
  26. 26
    DUO

    20A The Smothers Brothers, e.g.

    7
    105
  27. 27
    DEEM

    31D Adjudge

    6
    86
  28. 28
    ADOBE debut

    54D Kind of brick

    6
    70
  29. 29
    ORELSE debut

    7D Blackmailer's words

    5
    75
  30. 30
    UNCAP debut

    24A Open

    5
    38
  31. 31
    COMIC

    12D "Cathy," e.g.

    5
    31
  32. 32
    HEWN

    35A Carved out

    4
    32
  33. 33
    PROS

    61A Cowboys and Indians, e.g.

    3
    65
  34. 34
    MULE

    27D Slipper

    3
    48
  35. 35
    TSHIRT

    65A Casual coverup

    3
    38
  36. 36
    XMEN

    41D Mutant cartoon superheroes

    3
    36
  37. 37
    CIRCE

    28A "Odyssey" enchantress

    3
    26
  38. 38
    ABNER

    11D Dogpatch denizen

    2
    62
  39. 39
    PUT

    67A Stock option

    2
    57
  40. 40
    HADAT

    53D Set upon

    2
    29
  41. 41
    BACK debut

    10A Support

    2
    27
  42. 42
    ETUDES

    30A Chopin's "Butterfly" et al.

    2
    26
  43. 43
    AMTOO debut

    58D "Are not!" response

    2
    22
  44. 44
    LORCA

    57A "Romancero gitano" poet

    2
    16
  45. 45
    ADONIS

    59A Handsome hunk

    1
    45
  46. 46
    ROOD

    52A Cross

    1
    28
  47. 47
    HAZEL debut

    53A Maid-for-TV?

    1
    21
  48. 48
    SERIAL

    51D Any soap opera

    1
    21
  49. 49
    ROS

    17A Bandleader Edmundo

    1
    17
  50. 50
    ZORBA

    55D Kazantzakis character

    1
    17
  51. 51
    SHADOW debut

    32A February 2 sighting

    1
    16
  52. 52
    WIRY debut

    33D In fighting trim

    1
    15
  53. 53
    HORNET debut

    15A Charlotte cager

    1
    14
  54. 54
    PERDU

    2D Lost in Lille

    1
    10
  55. 55
    ASSOCIATE debut

    4D Hobnob

    1
    8
  56. 56
    GROUNDHOG debut

    3D What 1-Down is

    1
    2
  57. 57
    ORNE

    62D D-Day river

    0
    48
  58. 58
    ABBE

    68A Clairvaux cleric

    0
    37
  59. 59
    DIDO debut

    29A Antic

    0
    36
  60. 60
    RMN

    46A "Six Crises" monogram

    0
    33
  61. 61
    MELS

    21A Alice's restaurant

    0
    32
  62. 62
    KEENE

    13D Nancy Drew's creator

    0
    25
  63. 63
    ALEXEI debut

    18A Mr. Kosygin

    0
    15
  64. 64
    ORIANA

    69A Elizabeth I, to poets

    0
    15
  65. 65
    RAKEIN debut

    22A Make hand over fist

    0
    15
  66. 66
    DORS debut

    64A Actress Diana

    0
    10
  67. 67
    MARMOT

    47A 37-Down, e.g.

    0
    9
  68. 68
    PAYEES debut

    49A They're on the receiving end

    0
    9
  69. 69
    SPENSER debut

    45D "The Faerie Queen" poet

    0
    8
  70. 70
    POLLED debut

    72A Hornless, as cattle

    0
    4
  71. 71
    SHAMPOOS debut

    5D Shock treatments?

    0
    4
  72. 72
    SHOUTS

    5A Hollers

    0
    3
  73. 73
    WOODCHUCK debut

    37D What 3-Down is

    0
    2
  74. 74
    BOOKISH debut

    10D Fond of reading

    0
    1
  75. 75
    ELMOROPER debut

    36D George Gallup competitor

    0
    1
  76. 76
    KARLSTAD debut

    42D Site of 1905's Norway-Sweden split

    0
    1
  77. 77
    PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL debut

    1D For the outlook, look out for his look out!

    0
    1
  78. 78
    SIXWEEK debut

    40A Like a certain period of burrowed time?

    0
    1