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Thursday · 78 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERA

    38A Prohibition ___

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    791
  2. 2
    ETA

    45A Airport approximation

    74
    571
  3. 3
    AREA

    12D Department

    46
    631
  4. 4
    ANN

    35A Author Beattie

    33
    300
  5. 5
    ELS

    56A Noisy trains

    29
    333
  6. 6
    ABBA

    14A Common rhyme scheme

    25
    192
  7. 7
    ETE

    9D Berlioz's "Nuit d'___"

    24
    320
  8. 8
    KNEE

    39D Kind of jerk

    24
    264
  9. 9
    NEED

    60D Financial aid criterion

    24
    214
  10. 10
    TIARA

    16A Coronet

    24
    152
  11. 11
    OHIO

    59D Wheeling's river

    23
    200
  12. 12
    NOT

    42A "Just kidding!"

    22
    176
  13. 13
    TRIO

    50D The Fates, e.g.

    21
    204
  14. 14
    SKI

    5D Word with water or jet

    21
    180
  15. 15
    SODA

    61D Kind of jerk

    21
    163
  16. 16
    REDO

    54D Overhaul

    20
    173
  17. 17
    TIA

    21A ___ Maria liqueur

    20
    144
  18. 18
    UTAH

    37D Its motto is "Industry"

    17
    238
  19. 19
    EOS

    65D Daybreak deity

    17
    173
  20. 20
    ABCS

    3D Basics

    16
    133
  21. 21
    NERO

    52A Rex's stout detective

    15
    243
  22. 22
    ORATE

    30D Emulate Cicero

    14
    196
  23. 23
    EXIT

    18D Withdrawal

    12
    151
  24. 24
    POT

    6D Olla

    12
    120
  25. 25
    CHAR

    24D Flat cleaner

    12
    89
  26. 26
    YODA

    71A Geriatric Jedi master

    12
    73
  27. 27
    LIED

    68A Falsified

    11
    83
  28. 28
    FREE

    53A Let go

    10
    107
  29. 29
    TWOS

    70A Times that try parents' souls

    10
    80
  30. 30
    CAPE

    1D May in New Jersey, e.g.

    10
    66
  31. 31
    IDOLS

    66A Poster boys, maybe

    10
    55
  32. 32
    SPAT

    5A Scrap

    9
    134
  33. 33
    HARP

    34A King David's instrument

    9
    56
  34. 34
    STOW

    57D Put in the hold

    8
    117
  35. 35
    SINAI

    32D Where Moses got the word

    8
    90
  36. 36
    STUD

    26A Poker game

    8
    84
  37. 37
    ISO

    63D Prefix with -prene

    7
    117
  38. 38
    HMO

    64D Medical provider grp.

    7
    111
  39. 39
    ICET

    48D "Body Count" rapper

    7
    110
  40. 40
    UKES

    27D Banjos' kin

    7
    61
  41. 41
    COAT

    1A Wrap

    6
    89
  42. 42
    IRONS

    58A Caddies' offerings

    6
    85
  43. 43
    TARP

    13D Field cover

    6
    78
  44. 44
    ECLAT

    9A Sparkle

    5
    113
  45. 45
    KONA

    25D Hawaiian coffee

    5
    36
  46. 46
    ESSEX

    20A Connecticut River town

    4
    101
  47. 47
    ELIHU

    36A Yale of Yale University

    3
    63
  48. 48
    THEA

    28D Former ABC sitcom

    3
    35
  49. 49
    UNMET

    31D Like some goals, sadly

    3
    23
  50. 50
    RATA

    19D Pro ___

    2
    84
  51. 51
    LAHR

    11D Bert who was a Leo, aptly

    2
    78
  52. 52
    OBIS

    2D "The Mikado" attire

    2
    57
  53. 53
    EWOK

    55D Furry "Star Wars" creature

    2
    56
  54. 54
    HARSH

    29D Grating

    2
    50
  55. 55
    RAYE

    41D Actress Martha

    2
    39
  56. 56
    TOKYO

    69A 1964 Olympics site

    2
    27
  57. 57
    THONG

    33D Flip-flop

    2
    24
  58. 58
    ACHT

    7D Sieben follower

    2
    21
  59. 59
    THEISM debut

    8D Belief in God

    2
    10
  60. 60
    DECI

    51A Metric prefix

    1
    31
  61. 61
    NOMO

    67A Pitcher Hideo

    1
    17
  62. 62
    SANA

    46A Mideast capital

    0
    47
  63. 63
    SICK

    23A Kind of bay

    0
    30
  64. 64
    SILENT

    49D Mum

    0
    24
  65. 65
    ARAP

    22A Not give ___

    0
    19
  66. 66
    KOCH

    15A Mayor Dinkins's predecessor

    0
    18
  67. 67
    ASTON

    43A ___ Martin cars

    0
    17
  68. 68
    CITADEL

    10D It went coed 8/24/96, with "The"

    0
    12
  69. 69
    ORDERLY

    44D Neat

    0
    8
  70. 70
    SHORTLY

    46D Soon

    0
    4
  71. 71
    TAKESUP

    4D Occupies

    0
    4
  72. 72
    ETHN debut

    40D People: Prefix

    0
    3
  73. 73
    KRAMERS debut

    39A Hoffman and Streep, in a 1979 film

    0
    3
  74. 74
    FRIT debut

    53D Glassmaking ingredient

    0
    2
  75. 75
    HEREISTHYTHIGH debut

    47A Part of a Pilgrim's anatomy lesson

    0
    1
  76. 76
    PICKEITHERETHER debut

    17A Choose one of two gas forms

    0
    1
  77. 77
    REWRITETHEOTHEO debut

    62A "Do that vowel over, Kojak"

    0
    1
  78. 78
    THOUTHOUMAKEST debut

    28A Grand you earn, old-style

    0
    1