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Thursday · 74 answers · 20 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

  1. 1
    ATE

    54A Broke bread

    75
    597
  2. 2
    END

    40A Part to grab hold of

    55
    447
  3. 3
    AGE

    23A Time of one's life

    47
    417
  4. 4
    ANT

    59D Colony member

    45
    401
  5. 5
    OPS

    32A Photo ___

    31
    179
  6. 6
    EMIT

    10A Release

    30
    262
  7. 7
    EMU

    49A Australian runner

    27
    295
  8. 8
    ASHE

    44A 1972 U.S. Open finalist

    22
    275
  9. 9
    OTTO

    15A Conductor Klemperer

    22
    273
  10. 10
    TED

    48A Football Hall-of-Famer Hendricks

    22
    245
  11. 11
    EMT

    10D Ambulance asst.

    21
    188
  12. 12
    STE

    19D Part of many town names in Quebec

    20
    274
  13. 13
    PER

    33D A shot

    19
    270
  14. 14
    DOE

    25A The buck stops here

    19
    192
  15. 15
    MENU

    16A Dessert ___

    18
    183
  16. 16
    UTAH

    7D Canyonlands locale

    17
    238
  17. 17
    SEAT

    41A Senator's claim

    15
    152
  18. 18
    IDES

    65A July 15, e.g.

    14
    170
  19. 19
    PEP

    53A Life

    14
    126
  20. 20
    LSU

    51A The Fighting Tigers, for short

    13
    107
  21. 21
    TESTS

    1A Items often passed

    12
    94
  22. 22
    TUB

    22A Place to unwind

    12
    81
  23. 23
    RENE

    62A Russo of "Outbreak"

    11
    221
  24. 24
    NEST

    27A Swallow flat

    10
    242
  25. 25
    GENE

    56D Subject of passing concern?

    10
    158
  26. 26
    ARSON

    66A Bad lighting?

    10
    107
  27. 27
    DON

    36D Head of a syndicate

    8
    111
  28. 28
    GENT

    64A Chap

    7
    67
  29. 29
    TSETSE

    35D Word from Tswana

    6
    113
  30. 30
    MAORI

    50D Language of New Zealand

    6
    74
  31. 31
    ELITES

    43D Aristocracies

    5
    36
  32. 32
    UNTIE

    14A Ruin a bow

    4
    76
  33. 33
    OUTER

    60A ___ Banks, N.C.

    4
    41
  34. 34
    EPHRON debut

    47D "Sleepless in Seattle" writer-director

    4
    9
  35. 35
    ENRAGE

    2D Tick off

    3
    48
  36. 36
    HOMER

    30D Semilegendary Greek poet

    3
    37
  37. 37
    FINN

    31A Many an Olympic skiing gold medalist

    3
    35
  38. 38
    USOFA debut

    52D The States

    3
    17
  39. 39
    PIA

    26A Singer Zadora

    2
    66
  40. 40
    MUIR

    57D Pioneering conservationist

    2
    46
  41. 41
    SEXES

    5D Sides in a classic battle

    2
    30
  42. 42
    FONDA

    31D Big name in workouts

    2
    24
  43. 43
    BOBCAT

    6D Rancher's threat

    2
    9
  44. 44
    AMIN

    61A Afghan leader before the Soviet invasion

    1
    51
  45. 45
    STORES

    3D Reserves

    1
    21
  46. 46
    HETERO

    46D Straight

    1
    20
  47. 47
    ITHE

    29A "Am ___ only one...?"

    1
    20
  48. 48
    BUSH debut

    6A 41st in a series

    1
    19
  49. 49
    SUISSE

    21D Geneve's country

    1
    12
  50. 50
    TEETIME debut

    39D When you can start to drive

    1
    12
  51. 51
    SPITES

    45D Treats maliciously

    1
    11
  52. 52
    TING

    4D Bell sound

    1
    11
  53. 53
    TURBAN debut

    13D Muslim wear

    1
    9
  54. 54
    INRUINS debut

    12D Devastated

    1
    5
  55. 55
    STALAG

    41D Hogan's domain

    0
    31
  56. 56
    PRET debut

    42A ___-a-porter (ready-to-wear)

    0
    15
  57. 57
    TRIREME

    39A Erstwhile warship

    0
    13
  58. 58
    BRONX debut

    17A Big name in zoos

    0
    9
  59. 59
    SUA

    24A Possessive Latin pronoun

    0
    9
  60. 60
    EMB

    49D Massachusetts Ave. bldg., in D.C.

    0
    8
  61. 61
    TRADESIN debut

    37D Gets rid of, as an old car

    0
    6
  62. 62
    FIERO debut

    63A Sporty Pontiac

    0
    5
  63. 63
    TUBMAN debut

    1D Underground Railroad leader

    0
    5
  64. 64
    MEATPIES debut

    11D Empanadas

    0
    4
  65. 65
    LISABONET

    58A Malcolm-Jamal Warner co-star

    0
    3
  66. 66
    STRODEUP debut

    8D Approached boldly, with "to"

    0
    3
  67. 67
    BARTSTARR debut

    18A M.V.P. of Super Bowls I and II

    0
    2
  68. 68
    HOTTO debut

    9D Too ___ handle

    0
    2
  69. 69
    OUTDOES

    34A Beats

    0
    2
  70. 70
    IMPUGNED debut

    38D Questioned

    0
    1
  71. 71
    MAGGIESMITH debut

    55A Best Actress of 1969

    0
    1
  72. 72
    MARGESCHOTT debut

    20A Controversial baseball owner

    0
    1
  73. 73
    THESIMPSONS debut

    37A Theme of this puzzle

    0
    1
  74. 74
    TOHIT debut

    28D In French it's frapper

    0
    1