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Thursday · 72 answers · 17 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ONE

    16A Microphone tester's word

    63
    612
  2. 2
    ORE

    59D Sourdough's find

    48
    581
  3. 3
    ANT

    28A Thesaurus abbr.

    45
    401
  4. 4
    STIR

    21A Pokey

    27
    292
  5. 5
    NIL

    57A Nothing at all

    27
    249
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    TIRE

    38D Bias-ply, for one

    22
    168
  7. 7
    ESL

    61A Night school subj.

    18
    153
  8. 8
    RCA

    19A TV inits.

    17
    227
  9. 9
    RAY

    6D Sci-fi killer

    16
    128
  10. 10
    LAOS

    29A One of the world's last remaining People's Democratic Republics

    16
    121
  11. 11
    FIT

    11A Conditioned

    14
    81
  12. 12
    CAP

    22A Tube top

    13
    137
  13. 13
    REA

    64A "Still Crazy" star Stephen

    12
    201
  14. 14
    TAXI

    14A Curbside call

    12
    136
  15. 15
    ICED

    1A Like some coffee

    11
    106
  16. 16
    TARA

    44A Fictional plantation

    10
    154
  17. 17
    USS

    60D Enterprise inits.

    8
    110
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    ITAL

    53A Type type: Abbr.

    8
    94
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    STOAT

    30D Ermine, at times

    7
    51
  20. 20
    EINE

    63A Article in Stern

    6
    119
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    ITA

    5D Ending on a niña's name

    6
    104
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    OLDS

    7D Reo maker

    6
    103
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    ICI

    52A Here, in Le Havre

    6
    97
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    PERT

    34A Full of pep

    6
    97
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    TETRIS debut

    10D Popular computer game

    6
    34
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    ANKA

    54D "She's a Lady" songwriter

    5
    109
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    AMOCO

    20A 1999 British Petroleum acquisition

    5
    55
  28. 28
    LYES

    55D Strong cleaners

    5
    48
  29. 29
    ERASES

    65A Cleans

    4
    52
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    TALESE

    15A "Unto the Sons" author

    4
    36
  31. 31
    NOISY debut

    25D Like many a jalopy

    4
    25
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    EXAM

    40A All-nighter follower

    3
    116
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    YARN

    24D It's a long story

    3
    65
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    DOOM

    66A Ruination

    3
    53
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    SAFER

    31A Not so exposed

    3
    46
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    SYSTEM

    47D Bettor's faith

    3
    38
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    CINEMA

    26A Auteur's field

    3
    33
  38. 38
    IROBOT debut

    5A 1950 Isaac Asimov novel

    3
    30
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    ITHACA

    1D Ivy League city

    3
    26
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    ELNINO

    46D Climate affecter

    2
    71
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    STAIR

    49D The way up, maybe

    2
    65
  42. 42
    TONIC

    42A Coke, as originally touted

    2
    51
  43. 43
    EVANS

    56A Editor Harold

    2
    40
  44. 44
    DISCO

    4D 70's "in" spot

    2
    39
  45. 45
    NAPES

    27D Scruffs

    2
    33
  46. 46
    AFLAT

    33D Black key

    2
    29
  47. 47
    CLICHE debut

    43D Writer's no-no

    2
    13
  48. 48
    RETAINER

    35D Orthodontist's creation

    2
    12
  49. 49
    MAMIE

    32D Bess's follower

    1
    29
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    OSRIC

    9D "Hamlet" courtier

    1
    28
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    IVIED

    51D Overgrown, in a way

    1
    17
  52. 52
    YALIES

    41A Cantabs' rivals

    1
    9
  53. 53
    HIKERS

    62A Trail travelers

    1
    6
  54. 54
    CAIMAN debut

    2D Alligator kin

    1
    5
  55. 55
    EXORCISE debut

    36D Cast out

    1
    3
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    TEPIDLY debut

    50A In a halfhearted way

    1
    2
  57. 57
    AES

    45A Pol. monogram of '52 and '56

    0
    62
  58. 58
    ADAGIO

    45D Slowly

    0
    33
  59. 59
    EXTORT

    3D Obtain via shakedown

    0
    13
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    MORITA debut

    32A "The Karate Kid" star Pat

    0
    11
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    POLLOI

    18D Hoi ___

    0
    10
  62. 62
    BEIT

    8D "So ___"

    0
    7
  63. 63
    HEAPED debut

    39D In a mound

    0
    5
  64. 64
    INCAMERA

    12D Privately

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    5
  65. 65
    TEAPARTY debut

    13D Tax protest of 1773

    0
    5
  66. 66
    CANYOUDIGIT debut

    58A Groovy archeologist's query?

    0
    3
  67. 67
    MANTILLA debut

    37D Señora's scarf

    0
    2
  68. 68
    ARTELS debut

    48A Peasants' cooperatives

    0
    1
  69. 69
    CAROLYN debut

    23A John Jr.'s love

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    1
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    FORCEFED debut

    11D Compelled to take

    0
    1
  71. 71
    HITSPAYDIRT debut

    17A Gets rich, as an archeologist?

    0
    1
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    REMAINSOFTHEDAY debut

    35A Archeologist's favorite film, with "The"?

    0
    1