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Thursday · 78 answers · 14 debuts

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

  1. 1
    AREA

    55D Specialty, so to speak

    46
    631
  2. 2
    TNT

    48A Cable inits.

    38
    338
  3. 3
    ROE

    25A Expensive eggs?

    33
    283
  4. 4
    ETAL

    33A End of a list of names

    32
    327
  5. 5
    ACT

    30A Operate

    31
    302
  6. 6
    ESE

    60D Vane dir.

    26
    386
  7. 7
    ALTO

    16A Like some singing

    25
    290
  8. 8
    IOTA

    1D Scintilla

    25
    243
  9. 9
    ELLE

    11D Woman of Paris

    25
    221
  10. 10
    ITS

    45A "When ___ Love" (Van Halen hit)

    23
    257
  11. 11
    NESS

    10A Costner's role in "The Untouchables"

    23
    202
  12. 12
    MIA

    36A War stat.

    21
    209
  13. 13
    ESTEE

    63A First name in beauty

    18
    185
  14. 14
    IOU

    21D Marker

    18
    160
  15. 15
    OMIT

    14A Skip

    16
    218
  16. 16
    ELATE

    49A Thrill

    16
    182
  17. 17
    AID

    29A Give a hand

    15
    167
  18. 18
    REC

    8D Boombox button abbr.

    15
    163
  19. 19
    EYRE

    57D Jane who stayed at Thornfield

    15
    150
  20. 20
    ASKS

    29D Shows curiosity

    14
    141
  21. 21
    RESTS

    66A They have bar signs

    11
    86
  22. 22
    CEE

    41A Middling mark

    10
    138
  23. 23
    PEER

    64A Squint (at)

    8
    116
  24. 24
    ARTE

    62A Comic Johnson

    7
    154
  25. 25
    ISO

    35D Prefix with thermal

    7
    117
  26. 26
    NACRE

    10D Bead material

    7
    59
  27. 27
    ITE

    47D Suffix in rock names

    6
    149
  28. 28
    SADE

    67A "Smooth Operator" chanteuse

    6
    84
  29. 29
    SODS

    13D Covers the earth

    6
    50
  30. 30
    HRS

    44A Abbr. in a marathon time

    5
    90
  31. 31
    LUMET debut

    50D Director Sidney

    5
    21
  32. 32
    NECK

    43A Make out

    4
    64
  33. 33
    CIRCE

    31D Lurer of sailors, in myth

    3
    26
  34. 34
    WAFER debut

    15A Symbol of thinness

    3
    17
  35. 35
    ISMS

    1A Poly-sci subjects

    2
    53
  36. 36
    GODOT

    23D Noted object of a wait

    2
    26
  37. 37
    EKING debut

    38D Making (out)

    2
    25
  38. 38
    STONES

    12D Things on rings

    2
    23
  39. 39
    LASSES

    46D Sweethearts

    2
    20
  40. 40
    ORALLY

    61A Aloud

    2
    16
  41. 41
    TONERS

    52D Xerox products

    2
    15
  42. 42
    UTHER

    27D King Arthur's father

    2
    11
  43. 43
    YSER

    65A Site of a W.W. I Allied victory

    1
    134
  44. 44
    HONEST

    58A Lincolnesque

    1
    42
  45. 45
    SHAY

    51D Old-fashioned conveyance

    1
    34
  46. 46
    MISDO

    34A Botch

    1
    25
  47. 47
    TASKS

    32D Assignments

    1
    25
  48. 48
    WANED

    6D Dwindled

    1
    23
  49. 49
    MIES

    3D Architect ___ van der Rohe

    1
    15
  50. 50
    MUDS

    34D Mucks

    1
    7
  51. 51
    TALLER debut

    17A Six-foot vis-à-vis five-foot

    1
    7
  52. 52
    ASSAILED debut

    20A Beset

    1
    6
  53. 53
    THREEMUSKETEERS

    37A Group with a hint to this puzzle's theme

    1
    5
  54. 54
    REFORMS debut

    59A Familiar political promises

    1
    2
  55. 55
    STOOGE

    51A Dummy

    0
    36
  56. 56
    OSTE

    53D Bone: Prefix

    0
    31
  57. 57
    DWARF

    5A Overshadow

    0
    28
  58. 58
    EGRESS

    22A Exit

    0
    22
  59. 59
    KUDOS

    42A Acclaim

    0
    22
  60. 60
    AMEER

    30D Mideast chief

    0
    20
  61. 61
    FETCH

    26D Order to Fido

    0
    11
  62. 62
    TOTER

    48D Bellhop, at times

    0
    10
  63. 63
    ENFORCE

    18A Administer

    0
    8
  64. 64
    CLONED

    19A Beside oneself?

    0
    6
  65. 65
    SMALLS

    2D Shirt sizes

    0
    6
  66. 66
    DWELLS debut

    5D Lives

    0
    5
  67. 67
    NARES

    28D Nostrils

    0
    5
  68. 68
    EFFORTS debut

    49D Attempts

    0
    4
  69. 69
    FREERIDE debut

    9D Something for nothing

    0
    4
  70. 70
    FUNGUS debut

    26A A growing concern?

    0
    4
  71. 71
    GOLDS debut

    24A Big name in gyms

    0
    4
  72. 72
    AFFORDS

    7D Provides

    0
    3
  73. 73
    ENVELOPS

    40D Wraps up

    0
    3
  74. 74
    STRAGGLE

    4D Opposite of lead

    0
    3
  75. 75
    GALLED

    56D Vexed

    0
    2
  76. 76
    LIVRES debut

    46A French books

    0
    2
  77. 77
    FUSELAGE debut

    54A Flying body?

    0
    1
  78. 78
    MUTTERER debut

    39D One who can hardly be made out

    0
    1