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Sunday · 182 answers · 45 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ORAL

    58A Like some traditions

    42
    367
  2. 2
    TIE

    112A Liaison

    34
    284
  3. 3
    AXE

    154A Can

    34
    269
  4. 4
    ERS

    164A TV drama settings

    33
    284
  5. 5
    EMIT

    52A Utter

    30
    262
  6. 6
    STAT

    13D "Immediately!"

    27
    239
  7. 7
    EARS

    150D Anvil locations

    27
    163
  8. 8
    ETE

    34A Toulouse time

    24
    320
  9. 9
    ORB

    108D Poet's eye

    22
    195
  10. 10
    EBB

    4D "Chicago" lyricist Fred

    20
    182
  11. 11
    TRY

    30A Hear

    19
    181
  12. 12
    HAS

    10A Chooses

    19
    175
  13. 13
    EMIR

    54A Descendant of Muhammad the Prophet

    18
    218
  14. 14
    OBI

    68D It's tied at the back

    17
    199
  15. 15
    NETS

    125A New Jersey ___

    17
    172
  16. 16
    MER

    143A Debussy subject

    15
    157
  17. 17
    THAI

    75D Tangy ethnic food

    15
    130
  18. 18
    SITE

    152D Spot

    15
    115
  19. 19
    ICES

    163A Wraps up, so to speak

    14
    120
  20. 20
    TRAM

    49D Log carrier

    14
    113
  21. 21
    DEER

    22D Fantail, for one

    13
    154
  22. 22
    UTES

    36D Colorado natives

    13
    149
  23. 23
    VET

    44D Examine thoroughly

    13
    116
  24. 24
    ATTIC

    66D Web site?

    13
    108
  25. 25
    UFOS

    113A Subject of Project Blue Book

    13
    88
  26. 26
    IDA

    64A Dwight Eisenhower's mother's name

    12
    251
  27. 27
    ALERT

    2D Whistle, maybe

    12
    168
  28. 28
    SCOT

    148D Macintosh, e.g.

    12
    113
  29. 29
    AWES

    127D Blows away, so to speak

    12
    80
  30. 30
    ARCO

    96A With the bow, in music

    11
    114
  31. 31
    RUN

    107D Printing amount

    11
    107
  32. 32
    PASS

    126A Bridge comment

    11
    97
  33. 33
    TEAR

    109D Rupture

    10
    149
  34. 34
    RIB

    116A Kid

    10
    113
  35. 35
    RESET

    145D Order to a typographer

    10
    109
  36. 36
    PALE

    50D Show fear

    10
    81
  37. 37
    OHNO

    33D Cry before disaster

    9
    149
  38. 38
    ESTATE

    60A Mount Vernon, e.g.

    9
    125
  39. 39
    TOTO

    83D Group with Grammy's 1982 Record of the Year

    9
    113
  40. 40
    ASIF

    79A Like

    9
    105
  41. 41
    HARE

    80A Hopper

    8
    129
  42. 42
    TASTE

    1D Soupçon

    8
    117
  43. 43
    FAT

    158D Rounder than round

    8
    116
  44. 44
    ATBAT

    14D Up

    8
    91
  45. 45
    ATA

    151D ___ stroke

    7
    161
  46. 46
    OSU

    119D Six-time Rose Bowl winner, for short

    7
    100
  47. 47
    BARN

    120A Milking area

    7
    67
  48. 48
    SAID

    82A Legalistic adjective

    7
    62
  49. 49
    RISK

    67D Capitalist's concern

    7
    59
  50. 50
    LEEK

    97A Shade of green

    7
    51
  51. 51
    TSETSE

    135D It can put you to sleep

    6
    113
  52. 52
    SAFE

    13A First call?

    6
    107
  53. 53
    TITLE

    40A Ground for a claim

    6
    94
  54. 54
    AEON

    122D Billion years

    6
    89
  55. 55
    RADIO

    38A See 83-Across

    6
    84
  56. 56
    SIRS

    94D Dear people?

    6
    80
  57. 57
    EMERGE

    29A Turn out

    6
    64
  58. 58
    OPTIC

    104D Instrument lens

    6
    60
  59. 59
    ONEONE

    118A Early game score

    6
    28
  60. 60
    ROSY

    67A Flushed

    5
    79
  61. 61
    PART

    20D Chapter

    5
    72
  62. 62
    LABS

    146D Family dogs

    5
    67
  63. 63
    STARS

    142D Alpha, beta, gamma, etc.

    5
    54
  64. 64
    POSER

    91D Model

    5
    42
  65. 65
    TALK

    83A With 38-Across, popular entertainment

    5
    30
  66. 66
    YENTA

    117A Blatherskite

    4
    65
  67. 67
    MAIM

    90D Wing, say

    4
    55
  68. 68
    ADOPT

    57D Take over

    4
    52
  69. 69
    ATWAR

    153A Feuding

    4
    48
  70. 70
    MASON

    100A Fictional lawyer

    4
    48
  71. 71
    SPARSE

    55A Spread out

    4
    40
  72. 72
    AGATES

    85A 5.5-point type sizes

    4
    35
  73. 73
    CTA debut

    69A Windy City rail system, briefly

    4
    35
  74. 74
    GAFFE

    141D Apology preceder

    4
    30
  75. 75
    BASAL

    72D Fundamental

    4
    26
  76. 76
    INGE

    21D "A Loss of Roses" playwright

    3
    124
  77. 77
    OTELLO

    7D 1887 La Scala premiere

    3
    57
  78. 78
    ALONG

    84D Word with sing or string

    3
    53
  79. 79
    ERNS

    111D Fliers with wedge-shaped tails

    3
    53
  80. 80
    ASTRA

    77A Word in Kansas' motto

    3
    45
  81. 81
    EELED

    31A Fished in crevices

    3
    42
  82. 82
    TOUT

    149D Plug

    3
    42
  83. 83
    SLUG

    12D Hit hard

    3
    34
  84. 84
    DEALS

    47D Buyouts, e.g.

    3
    33
  85. 85
    EUREKA

    42D Seat of Humboldt County, Calif.

    3
    33
  86. 86
    TEASES

    53D Kids

    3
    33
  87. 87
    WEANS

    105D Detaches, in a way

    3
    25
  88. 88
    EXECS

    144D Top dogs

    3
    23
  89. 89
    SIENNA

    138A Crayola shade

    3
    19
  90. 90
    MANIAC

    121A Nut

    3
    18
  91. 91
    HUMANE

    26A Kind

    3
    17
  92. 92
    AGEISTS

    11D Medicare cutback proponents?

    3
    12
  93. 93
    NITRATES debut

    160A Fertilizer ingredients

    3
    4
  94. 94
    AMATI

    62A Treasured instrument

    2
    81
  95. 95
    RETIRE

    114A Put on the shelf

    2
    29
  96. 96
    SETTER

    162A Volleyball player

    2
    26
  97. 97
    ACTII

    96D Intermission ender, maybe

    2
    25
  98. 98
    ALCOTT

    155A "An Old-Fashioned Girl" author, 1870

    2
    21
  99. 99
    DEPOSE

    47A Testify

    2
    21
  100. 100
    FINER

    137A More subtle

    2
    18
  101. 101
    GLOSSY

    86D Mailing to a casting director

    2
    14
  102. 102
    LEONARDODAVINCI

    41D Onetime military engineer for Cesare Borgia

    2
    11
  103. 103
    ESSAYTEST

    165A Place for verbal expression

    2
    10
  104. 104
    SANELY

    65A With judgment

    2
    9
  105. 105
    SYR

    61D The Euphrates crosses it: Abbr.

    1
    61
  106. 106
    DITTO

    136A Duplicate

    1
    40
  107. 107
    LYS

    59D Lily, in Lille

    1
    37
  108. 108
    EMMET

    48D Actor M. ___ Walsh

    1
    21
  109. 109
    PIET

    81A Mathematician Hein

    1
    19
  110. 110
    BLOUSE

    159A Top

    1
    13
  111. 111
    FREDO debut

    9D "The Godfather, Part II" character

    1
    12
  112. 112
    REREADS

    5D Goes back over

    1
    10
  113. 113
    EYETEETH

    88D Some canines

    1
    9
  114. 114
    LITTERED

    46D Gave birth to whelps

    1
    5
  115. 115
    TENSEUP debut

    49A Tighten

    1
    5
  116. 116
    HAVOCS debut

    132A Earthquake aftermaths

    1
    4
  117. 117
    ALLBETTER debut

    23A No longer painful

    1
    3
  118. 118
    REUSABLE debut

    28A Like most bottles

    1
    3
  119. 119
    AGIN

    124A "Ah'm ___ it!"

    0
    64
  120. 120
    ARETE

    139D Appalachian feature

    0
    59
  121. 121
    LALO

    74D "Symphonie espagnole" composer

    0
    36
  122. 122
    SALK

    94A Kind of vaccine

    0
    25
  123. 123
    ILLE

    147D Latin pronoun

    0
    16
  124. 124
    ALLIED

    92A Connected

    0
    15
  125. 125
    ISI

    25D "It ___" ("Who's there?" response)

    0
    15
  126. 126
    ERECTOR

    16D Crane

    0
    14
  127. 127
    DOTO

    95A Work on

    0
    12
  128. 128
    HOKE

    89D Nonsense

    0
    11
  129. 129
    RECIPES

    130A Childish doings?

    0
    11
  130. 130
    XOO debut

    99D Part of a football play diagram

    0
    10
  131. 131
    ARRIBA debut

    92D Upstairs, in Uruguay

    0
    9
  132. 132
    SHEAVE

    102D Bind, as grass stalks

    0
    9
  133. 133
    SARK

    78D One of the Channel Islands

    0
    8
  134. 134
    TREPID debut

    17A Hesitant

    0
    8
  135. 135
    CHINASEA

    123D Major fishing area in the Pacific Rim

    0
    7
  136. 136
    SANTINI

    128D 1979 Duvall title role

    0
    7
  137. 137
    AORTIC debut

    39D Kind of valve

    0
    6
  138. 138
    CROSSBOW

    101A Tell-tale weapon?

    0
    6
  139. 139
    EMACIATE

    45D Starve

    0
    6
  140. 140
    ITSOVER debut

    131D Roy Orbison classic

    0
    6
  141. 141
    MARCOPOLO

    90A "Description of the World" writer

    0
    6
  142. 142
    RUMPLE

    18D Opposite of smooth

    0
    6
  143. 143
    SINGSONG debut

    140A Verse style

    0
    6
  144. 144
    ANGRILY debut

    133D How complainers complain

    0
    5
  145. 145
    GROT

    51A Cavern

    0
    5
  146. 146
    LISTENSTOREASON

    146A Shows level-headedness

    0
    5
  147. 147
    BEHOLD debut

    87A View

    0
    4
  148. 148
    FEZES debut

    8D Hats with tassels: Var.

    0
    4
  149. 149
    FREELANCE

    161A Like most paparazzi

    0
    4
  150. 150
    SEABREEZE debut

    27A It may pick up in the afternoon

    0
    4
  151. 151
    AGLITTER

    24A Like a chandelier

    0
    3
  152. 152
    BEELINES debut

    87D They don't take turns

    0
    3
  153. 153
    GETINSHAPE debut

    110A Exercise

    0
    3
  154. 154
    INKPOT debut

    63D Site of a black hole

    0
    3
  155. 155
    LENINSTOMB debut

    70A Noted Russian shrine

    0
    3
  156. 156
    LXII debut

    98A Year the Roman writer Persius died

    0
    3
  157. 157
    PITIED debut

    56D Was moved by

    0
    3
  158. 158
    PLUTON debut

    93D Igneous rock far beneath the earth's surface

    0
    3
  159. 159
    SHUTAWAY debut

    134A Isolate

    0
    3
  160. 160
    ALLSOULS

    35A ___ Day

    0
    2
  161. 161
    BANGORMAINE debut

    103D Setting of many Stephen King novels

    0
    2
  162. 162
    EMEU debut

    19D Big bird: Var.

    0
    2
  163. 163
    FOWLES debut

    137D "The French Lieutenant's Woman" author

    0
    2
  164. 164
    MITRED debut

    100D Like some bedsheet corners, in Britain

    0
    2
  165. 165
    STEELIES

    6D Shooter's supply

    0
    2
  166. 166
    SYNODIC

    129D ___ month (moon phase recurrence)

    0
    2
  167. 167
    TAPERSOFF debut

    1A Doesn't stop cold turkey

    0
    2
  168. 168
    THEMALTESEFALCON debut

    17D John Huston's film-directing debut

    0
    2
  169. 169
    DIGITALCOMPUTER debut

    32A Performer of complicated operations

    0
    1
  170. 170
    EMPTINESS debut

    115D Sad feeling

    0
    1
  171. 171
    FALSIFIES debut

    157A Cooks

    0
    1
  172. 172
    FELLING debut

    15D Bringing down

    0
    1
  173. 173
    HARDLINES debut

    10D Tough luck, in Britain

    0
    1
  174. 174
    IDEATIVE debut

    156A Entertaining thoughts

    0
    1
  175. 175
    NONLEVEL debut

    43A Unbalanced

    0
    1
  176. 176
    PEYOTL debut

    93A Mescaline source

    0
    1
  177. 177
    PLAYERPIANO debut

    3D Old-time entertainer

    0
    1
  178. 178
    STILLLIFEPAINTER debut

    71D Manet, at times

    0
    1
  179. 179
    STOCKTIP debut

    76A "Buy" or "sell," say

    0
    1
  180. 180
    TAKESLIBERTIES debut

    73A Isn't cautious (with)

    0
    1
  181. 181
    TITHAL debut

    37A Pertaining to church taxes, old-style

    0
    1
  182. 182
    ULTERIORMOTIVE debut

    106A Reason for coyness, maybe

    0
    1