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Sunday · 170 answers · 54 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERIE

    23A Mule Sal's canal

    48
    510
  2. 2
    SNL debut

    78A Variety show since 1975: Abbr.

    40
    263
  3. 3
    EAT

    6D Sup

    33
    399
  4. 4
    ISH

    44A Language suffix

    30
    193
  5. 5
    ALAS

    101D "Woe is me!"

    26
    321
  6. 6
    PTA

    126D Educ. grp.

    25
    240
  7. 7
    OPAL

    121D Solitaire item

    23
    253
  8. 8
    APSE

    134A Church part

    21
    243
  9. 9
    ARC

    118A Comet's path in the sky

    20
    265
  10. 10
    NAE

    56D Not, to a Scot

    19
    171
  11. 11
    IOU

    127D Cash alternative

    18
    160
  12. 12
    SEAL

    43A Holiday stamp

    18
    151
  13. 13
    KEN

    72A Baseball historian Burns

    18
    144
  14. 14
    SOLO

    77A Song sung singly

    18
    135
  15. 15
    AMOS

    53D "My Michael" writer _____ Oz

    17
    180
  16. 16
    ERG

    84D Energy unit

    17
    175
  17. 17
    LOS

    63A Part of L.A.

    17
    144
  18. 18
    SLAT

    124D Chair support

    17
    141
  19. 19
    COT

    95D Rustic house

    17
    128
  20. 20
    NOSE

    48A Proboscis

    15
    188
  21. 21
    POE

    104D "Israfel" writer

    15
    154
  22. 22
    ALIEN

    17D Highly unusual

    14
    180
  23. 23
    TONI

    130A "Beloved" author Morrison

    14
    117
  24. 24
    CEDE

    122D Turn over

    13
    152
  25. 25
    CHI

    50A Ancient Chinese dynasty

    13
    148
  26. 26
    POEM

    54A It has many feet

    13
    81
  27. 27
    SWAN debut

    32D Ugly Duckling, actually

    13
    78
  28. 28
    SOL

    67D Monetary unit of Peru

    12
    174
  29. 29
    ALERT

    136A With it

    12
    168
  30. 30
    SEN

    15D D.C. V.I.P.

    11
    184
  31. 31
    PJS

    30A Nightclothes, informally

    11
    72
  32. 32
    ORR

    99A Eight-time Norris Trophy winner

    10
    235
  33. 33
    SPAR

    102A Box

    10
    188
  34. 34
    HIT

    46D Diamond datum

    10
    101
  35. 35
    LAST

    115D Z-like

    10
    100
  36. 36
    ONSET

    55A Assault

    9
    141
  37. 37
    ELLEN

    21A TV comic Degeneres

    9
    105
  38. 38
    SONAR

    86A Dolphin sense

    9
    91
  39. 39
    STATE

    85D Washington _____

    9
    90
  40. 40
    ESTER

    31A Fragrant compound

    8
    115
  41. 41
    USAGE debut

    27D Grammarian's topic

    8
    66
  42. 42
    ESOS

    20D Those, in Tegucigalpa

    8
    59
  43. 43
    NNE

    128D From N.M. to N.D

    7
    205
  44. 44
    URAL

    93D Caspian tributary

    7
    180
  45. 45
    TERSE

    89D To the point

    7
    142
  46. 46
    TART

    19D Not bland

    7
    99
  47. 47
    DIOR

    14D New Look designer

    7
    93
  48. 48
    HAIR

    123D Bangs, e.g.

    7
    90
  49. 49
    SEAM

    36D Tuxedo junction

    7
    89
  50. 50
    HEAR

    1D Learn via the grapevine

    7
    61
  51. 51
    KIM

    72D Kipling youth

    7
    58
  52. 52
    NITRO debut

    28A Explosive liquid

    7
    55
  53. 53
    SCORE

    35D It may be tied

    7
    47
  54. 54
    ROGER

    98A "All right"

    7
    38
  55. 55
    TSE

    106A Mao follower

    6
    228
  56. 56
    ELIOT

    64A "The Cocktail Party" playwright

    6
    131
  57. 57
    SIDE

    41D Up-down connector

    6
    94
  58. 58
    SNAIL

    62A Slowpoke

    6
    66
  59. 59
    SAINT

    85A Anthony or Elmo, e.g.

    6
    49
  60. 60
    ANKA

    5D "Puppy Love" singer, 1960

    5
    109
  61. 61
    ELDER

    105D Senior Mormon

    5
    84
  62. 62
    MATTE

    16A Filmmaker's special effects shot

    5
    72
  63. 63
    CROP

    117D Cut short

    5
    69
  64. 64
    ELIAS

    24A Literature Nobelist Canetti

    5
    59
  65. 65
    EAVES

    65A Roofer's concern

    5
    47
  66. 66
    TORME

    90A Mellow Mel

    5
    41
  67. 67
    AGGIE

    26D Texas A&M player

    5
    39
  68. 68
    GAIA debut

    33A Controversial James Lovelock book

    5
    22
  69. 69
    TRIMS

    52D Cuts away

    5
    22
  70. 70
    NONA debut

    94D Pop singer Hendryx

    5
    17
  71. 71
    ARIES

    13D Bygone Dodge

    4
    121
  72. 72
    OILY

    97A Hardly trustworthy

    4
    79
  73. 73
    TONER

    49D Color tester

    4
    63
  74. 74
    SLUE

    107A Swing around

    4
    52
  75. 75
    GOAL

    82D Ideal

    4
    48
  76. 76
    CADS

    12A They're no gentlemen

    4
    47
  77. 77
    FLAG

    3D Ross national product

    4
    40
  78. 78
    BRIAR

    81A Pipe root

    4
    32
  79. 79
    CONGA

    95A Party line

    4
    31
  80. 80
    ETHICS debut

    6A Aristotle treatise

    4
    30
  81. 81
    ANS

    34D Reply: Abbr.

    3
    91
  82. 82
    FLO

    70A Ziegfeld, to pals

    3
    74
  83. 83
    SONIC debut

    129A Kind of boom

    3
    58
  84. 84
    INUIT debut

    42D Eskimo people

    3
    56
  85. 85
    FEST

    4D Song or slug follower

    3
    44
  86. 86
    SHEDS

    43D Wood stock sites

    3
    38
  87. 87
    TOED

    114A Hit obliquely, as a nail

    3
    38
  88. 88
    STRIDE debut

    109D Comfortable gait

    3
    19
  89. 89
    EPOCHS debut

    119A Eras

    3
    15
  90. 90
    COCOON debut

    110D Caterpillar's quarters

    3
    12
  91. 91
    STETS

    88D Proofreading marks

    2
    41
  92. 92
    LAYER

    61D Productive hen

    2
    35
  93. 93
    EUGENE

    135A City on the Willamette

    2
    32
  94. 94
    LOATH debut

    113A Unwilling

    2
    30
  95. 95
    SCARS

    35A Marks left

    2
    29
  96. 96
    FOCAL

    37D The "f" in f-stop

    2
    27
  97. 97
    SLAMS debut

    68A They can be grand

    2
    27
  98. 98
    EMENDS

    66A Alters

    2
    24
  99. 99
    THANK

    49A Be gracious to

    2
    20
  100. 100
    FORAY debut

    70D Brief incursion

    2
    18
  101. 101
    EDITORS

    73D Copyholders?

    2
    17
  102. 102
    HOFFA debut

    1A '60s labor leader

    2
    16
  103. 103
    HUNS debut

    75A Vandals

    2
    13
  104. 104
    ELOI

    116D "The Time Machine" people

    1
    111
  105. 105
    ITALO

    38D _____-Turkish War, 1911-12

    1
    67
  106. 106
    NADIA

    132A Olga's successor

    1
    43
  107. 107
    PENA

    120D Catcher Tony

    1
    40
  108. 108
    ALGER

    125A "Ragged Dick" writer

    1
    36
  109. 109
    CLI

    10D Year in Ptolemy's life

    1
    30
  110. 110
    PRIOR

    76D Rap sheet info

    1
    27
  111. 111
    DRYER

    69A Where clothes spin

    1
    26
  112. 112
    RAGTAG

    29A Motley

    1
    25
  113. 113
    PORES

    76A Tiny openings

    1
    24
  114. 114
    DOING debut

    69D "What's _____?"

    1
    23
  115. 115
    GOREN

    82A Point count bidding pioneer

    1
    21
  116. 116
    ROACH

    92D European freshwater fish

    1
    20
  117. 117
    SONNY debut

    77D Any lad

    1
    16
  118. 118
    SWANN debut

    36A Proust hero

    1
    14
  119. 119
    TROPIC debut

    7D Capricorn, e.g.

    1
    14
  120. 120
    PEANUTS

    104A Comic strip originally called "Li'l Folks"

    1
    13
  121. 121
    STUS

    96D Actor Erwin et al.

    1
    9
  122. 122
    RIGUP debut

    87D Equip

    1
    4
  123. 123
    MIXERS

    83A Socials

    1
    3
  124. 124
    TITANICSINKS debut

    18D Headline of #19,806 (April 16, 1912)

    1
    3
  125. 125
    NIXONRESIGNS debut

    74D Headline of #42,566 (Aug. 9, 1974)

    1
    2
  126. 126
    IDI

    79A Uganda's Amin

    0
    120
  127. 127
    OLLA

    2D Stew

    0
    88
  128. 128
    RST

    87A Alphabet trio

    0
    80
  129. 129
    EREI

    40D "..._____ saw Elba"

    0
    63
  130. 130
    EIS

    80A Dortmund dessert

    0
    55
  131. 131
    OLEIC

    112D Type of acid

    0
    28
  132. 132
    NATTY

    100A Cooper's Bumppo

    0
    22
  133. 133
    SADR

    96A Iran's Bani-_____

    0
    21
  134. 134
    ALANS

    59D Mathematician Turing et al.

    0
    20
  135. 135
    ARABLE

    22A Fit to till

    0
    20
  136. 136
    KOO debut

    71A Hootchie _____

    0
    18
  137. 137
    RAWLS

    39D Singer Lou

    0
    18
  138. 138
    SMIRK

    86D Brat's look

    0
    18
  139. 139
    LOONS

    113D Grebes' cousins

    0
    17
  140. 140
    SELLERS debut

    62D They've got the goods

    0
    14
  141. 141
    TISCH debut

    133A CBS exec Laurence

    0
    13
  142. 142
    CAWED debut

    51A Sang like a crow

    0
    12
  143. 143
    SOPHIE debut

    108D Meryl Streep's 1982 title role

    0
    11
  144. 144
    SWEATS debut

    32A Gym wear

    0
    11
  145. 145
    PAVES

    54D Smooths the way

    0
    10
  146. 146
    SENECAS debut

    11D Iroquoian Indians

    0
    9
  147. 147
    BAWDY debut

    81D Off-color

    0
    8
  148. 148
    DELUISE debut

    58D "Cannonball Run" co-star

    0
    8
  149. 149
    IBOS debut

    9D Nigerian people

    0
    8
  150. 150
    SERRATE debut

    60D Put teeth into

    0
    8
  151. 151
    TAUR debut

    52A Bull: Prefix

    0
    8
  152. 152
    COPRA debut

    117A Malaysian export

    0
    5
  153. 153
    POTABLE debut

    103D Drink

    0
    4
  154. 154
    SOMAS

    111A Biological bodies

    0
    4
  155. 155
    ATUG debut

    118D Give _____ (pull)

    0
    3
  156. 156
    CENTRO debut

    12D Il _____ di gravita

    0
    3
  157. 157
    MENWALKONMOON debut

    16D Headline of #40,721 (July 21, 1969)

    0
    2
  158. 158
    SHELDON debut

    45D Author Sidney

    0
    2
  159. 159
    STARI debut

    102D "First _____ see..."

    0
    2
  160. 160
    ALASKATOJOINUNION debut

    25A Headline of #36,683 (Ju1y 1, 1958)

    0
    1
  161. 161
    ALLIEDARMIESLAND debut

    57A Headline of #31,545 (June 6, 1944)

    0
    1
  162. 162
    FIRESINCHICAGO debut

    37A Headline of #6,256 (Oct. 9, 1871)

    0
    1
  163. 163
    HAJJAH debut

    8D Palindromic Yemeni city

    0
    1
  164. 164
    LEILAS debut

    115A Stage actress Martin et al.

    0
    1
  165. 165
    LOUDON debut

    131A Actress Dorothy

    0
    1
  166. 166
    OTARIES debut

    47A Eared seals

    0
    1
  167. 167
    PROHIBITIONREPEAL debut

    126A Headline of #27,710 (Dec. 6, 1933)

    0
    1
  168. 168
    SHERMANSMARCH debut

    68D Headline of #4,110 (Nov. 25, 1864)

    0
    1
  169. 169
    STOCKSCOLLAPSE debut

    108A Headline of #26,212 (Oct. 30, 1929)

    0
    1
  170. 170
    TWOGERMANYSUNITE debut

    91A Headline of #48,377 (Oct. 3, 1990)

    0
    1