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Thursday · 72 answers · 11 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERA

    48A Laundry detergent brand

    97
    791
  2. 2
    ETA

    26A Airport abbr.

    74
    571
  3. 3
    DNA

    22A Life's blueprint

    37
    260
  4. 4
    LET

    51A Tennis call

    34
    288
  5. 5
    EKE

    44A Barely get, with "out"

    31
    236
  6. 6
    ESE

    54A Oahu-to-Maui dir.

    26
    386
  7. 7
    ANNE

    58A Edgar Lee Masters's "___ Rutledge"

    26
    283
  8. 8
    EDNA

    10D Seat of Jackson County, Tex.

    19
    245
  9. 9
    RON

    19A Ely of Tarzan fame

    16
    169
  10. 10
    ABA

    16A Old cagers' org.

    14
    195
  11. 11
    DAD

    57A Scout leader, maybe

    14
    144
  12. 12
    HEP

    11A Like cats, once

    11
    82
  13. 13
    ENID

    15A Ladies called her "the Fair"

    10
    232
  14. 14
    NERD

    5D Unlikely candidate for prom king

    10
    159
  15. 15
    CHIC

    25A In

    10
    83
  16. 16
    ILE

    32A Land in l'océan

    9
    234
  17. 17
    RIDE

    7A Tease mercilessly

    9
    114
  18. 18
    MEAN

    18A Middle figure

    8
    89
  19. 19
    COAL

    55A Furnace fodder

    8
    74
  20. 20
    STAND

    20A Easel

    6
    69
  21. 21
    AMENS

    4D Chorus cries

    6
    57
  22. 22
    INERTIA

    8D Staying power?

    6
    42
  23. 23
    COPSE

    25D Little wood

    6
    29
  24. 24
    PADS

    21D Roller derby equipment

    5
    54
  25. 25
    FCC

    53D Media monitor, for short

    5
    52
  26. 26
    GNUS

    47A Hump-shouldered beasts

    5
    38
  27. 27
    GARBO

    47D "Two-Faced Woman" star, 1941

    4
    25
  28. 28
    SPCA

    49D Watchdog org.

    3
    89
  29. 29
    HEAL

    50D Knit, in a way

    3
    55
  30. 30
    STIRS

    49A Ruins 007's martini

    3
    54
  31. 31
    PARMA

    21A Toscanini's birthplace

    3
    17
  32. 32
    MISSTEP

    1D Error

    3
    15
  33. 33
    ANE

    6D Hydrocarbon suffix

    2
    130
  34. 34
    SENORAS

    39D Ladies of Spain

    2
    19
  35. 35
    CINCO

    30D ___ de Mayo

    2
    16
  36. 36
    THERESA

    35D Last empress of Brazil

    2
    14
  37. 37
    CLOSES debut

    59A "Yours truly" and others

    2
    9
  38. 38
    PENCILS debut

    29A Eyebrow darkeners

    2
    6
  39. 39
    PICA

    52A Type size

    1
    47
  40. 40
    TADS

    23A Young 'uns

    1
    34
  41. 41
    SEVERE

    17A Like some thunderstorms

    1
    19
  42. 42
    WILDE

    27D "I can resist everything except temptation" wit

    1
    19
  43. 43
    PANACHE

    13D Verve

    1
    15
  44. 44
    ICEMEN

    14A Pursuers of goals

    1
    13
  45. 45
    UKULELE

    40D Arthur Godfrey played it

    1
    13
  46. 46
    ADOPTEE debut

    31A Ex-orphan

    1
    11
  47. 47
    CABALA

    56A Secret doctrine

    1
    11
  48. 48
    HARDHAT debut

    11D Helmet

    1
    7
  49. 49
    STANDBY debut

    34A Passenger status

    1
    6
  50. 50
    EERO

    45A Architect Saarinen

    0
    132
  51. 51
    RLS

    33A Literary monogram

    0
    74
  52. 52
    CANTO

    24A Minstrel's offering

    0
    31
  53. 53
    MORALE

    43D It sometimes needs boosting

    0
    27
  54. 54
    ACETATE

    2D Film stock

    0
    26
  55. 55
    PESETAS

    41D Pocket change for 39-Down

    0
    18
  56. 56
    MANANA

    1A Lazybones's catchword

    0
    17
  57. 57
    FERRET

    53A Detective sort

    0
    14
  58. 58
    PONS

    38D French-born Met diva

    0
    13
  59. 59
    AERATED

    36D Poked holes in, say

    0
    11
  60. 60
    STEELED

    34D Ready

    0
    10
  61. 61
    YESICAN

    37D Sammy Davis Jr. autobiography

    0
    10
  62. 62
    NEVADAN

    3D Ben Cartwright, e.g.

    0
    8
  63. 63
    REMAND

    7D Send back

    0
    8
  64. 64
    ASONG

    46A "With ___ in My Heart"

    0
    6
  65. 65
    GOLLY

    28D "Holy smokes!"

    0
    6
  66. 66
    HAOLE

    50A Non-Polynesian

    0
    5
  67. 67
    DIAMONDRING debut

    9D Symbol of commitment

    0
    4
  68. 68
    EBONITE debut

    12D Electrical insulation material

    0
    3
  69. 69
    PILESUP debut

    38A Grows

    0
    3
  70. 70
    CELEBRATION debut

    24D Reception, e.g.

    0
    1
  71. 71
    THECEREMONY debut

    42A Marriage-day centerpiece

    0
    1
  72. 72
    WEDDINGOATH debut

    27A It's taken during 42-Across

    0
    1