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Friday · 72 answers · 13 debuts

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

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    ETS

    49A They make contact in "Contact"

    37
    319
  2. 2
    SOS

    48A "Help!"

    34
    251
  3. 3
    ANA

    9A Bibliophile's suffix

    33
    367
  4. 4
    ASA

    57D ___ rule

    27
    230
  5. 5
    SIT

    61A Brood

    26
    172
  6. 6
    ATT

    34A Telecommunications letters

    23
    161
  7. 7
    ARAB

    9D Desert mount

    22
    228
  8. 8
    ACES

    42D Super-duper

    20
    211
  9. 9
    REDO

    5D Start again from scratch

    20
    173
  10. 10
    DRS

    56D 1-Down members

    20
    116
  11. 11
    EIRE

    23D Where hurling originated

    18
    204
  12. 12
    BEE

    22A Event where one stands for a spell

    18
    184
  13. 13
    DEL

    58D State on the Atl.

    18
    128
  14. 14
    INANE

    17D Without substance

    17
    193
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    AMA

    1D Grp. with a caduceus

    15
    262
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    ELMO

    4D One who's tickled

    15
    174
  17. 17
    MOI

    21A Egoiste's concern

    15
    101
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    POET

    50D "Painter of the soul": D'Israeli

    14
    98
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    BLT

    22D Deli order

    12
    121
  20. 20
    REBA

    53D Singer McEntire

    10
    132
  21. 21
    BEN

    7D Big ___

    10
    122
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    RIB

    20A Sticking spot?

    10
    113
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    FED

    2D Eliot Ness, e.g.

    10
    105
  24. 24
    ABASE

    60A Belittle

    9
    82
  25. 25
    EMIRS

    51A Foreign heads of state

    9
    47
  26. 26
    POL

    50A Professional runner?

    8
    99
  27. 27
    IVAN

    52D Nobelist Pavlov

    7
    135
  28. 28
    ERNO

    37D Cubist Rubik

    7
    81
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    OINK

    18D It comes from a pen

    7
    78
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    AFTER

    1A Pursuing

    7
    70
  31. 31
    STOOL

    15D Bird decoy

    7
    54
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    YDS

    41D Broncos run for them: Abbr.

    5
    125
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    EGYPT

    29D Memphis setting

    5
    41
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    CANS

    46A Gives the heave-ho

    5
    39
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    RABE

    35A Obie-winning dramatist David

    5
    35
  36. 36
    EARLS

    30D British peers

    4
    48
  37. 37
    ANEMIA

    11D Tiredness

    4
    46
  38. 38
    ETCETERA

    59A Latin extension

    4
    29
  39. 39
    EIDER

    47A Quilt stuffing

    3
    63
  40. 40
    SPACE

    38A 1982 Michener epic

    3
    61
  41. 41
    BATHE

    43D Clean up

    3
    44
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    ONSETS

    44D Initiations

    3
    29
  43. 43
    SSW

    62A London-to-Lisbon dir.

    2
    67
  44. 44
    NOV

    10D Veterans Day mo.

    1
    52
  45. 45
    DOONE

    19A Blackmore heroine

    1
    37
  46. 46
    ANGIE

    24A Actress Dickinson

    1
    33
  47. 47
    MERLE

    12A Truman biographer ___ Miller

    1
    33
  48. 48
    TRIAGE

    31A MASH procedure

    1
    26
  49. 49
    SION debut

    26A Suffix with scan

    1
    17
  50. 50
    ATEOUT debut

    39D Patronized an inn

    1
    15
  51. 51
    TARSUS

    28D St. Paul's birthplace

    1
    6
  52. 52
    NATAL

    63A Kind of star

    0
    55
  53. 53
    ANEAR

    32A Lend ___ (pay attention)

    0
    50
  54. 54
    IBN

    6A Part of a Mideast name

    0
    41
  55. 55
    ENRY

    33A Liza's mentor, to Liza

    0
    23
  56. 56
    CCI

    55D Third-century date

    0
    17
  57. 57
    INDENT

    6D Move over a bit

    0
    15
  58. 58
    BURMA

    40D Part of W.W. II's Pacific theater

    0
    14
  59. 59
    HEEHAW

    45D Bray

    0
    12
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    THIEVE debut

    14D Cop

    0
    7
  61. 61
    ACHILLES debut

    34D Not so well-heeled person?

    0
    6
  62. 62
    BRASSHAT

    36D Pentagon big

    0
    6
  63. 63
    TRADESIN

    3D Swaps at a car lot

    0
    6
  64. 64
    GOATEED debut

    25D Like Mitch Miller, e.g.

    0
    5
  65. 65
    BLURRY debut

    40A Out of focus

    0
    4
  66. 66
    NUTRIENT debut

    8D Fuel for the body

    0
    3
  67. 67
    STRAUB debut

    26D Horror novelist Peter

    0
    2
  68. 68
    ABOUTTHEHUSBAND debut

    42A Quip, part 3

    0
    1
  69. 69
    ADAMDIDNTHAVETO debut

    16A Start of a quip

    0
    1
  70. 70
    LISTENTOEVETALK debut

    27A Quip, part 2

    0
    1
  71. 71
    NEUTRONS debut

    13A Atomic bits

    0
    1
  72. 72
    SHECOULDHAVEHAD debut

    54A End of the quip

    0
    1