← Fill Atlas

Friday · 70 answers · 20 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ARE

    5D Metric measure

    56
    533
  2. 2
    ERIE

    8D Gannon University city

    48
    510
  3. 3
    LEO

    58D Fierce type, astrologically

    40
    268
  4. 4
    ACHE

    23A Long

    28
    282
  5. 5
    ESE

    24D Suffix with Brooklyn

    26
    386
  6. 6
    LAS

    19A Spanish article

    17
    173
  7. 7
    ENG

    40D School subj.

    17
    160
  8. 8
    AID

    36D Succor

    15
    167
  9. 9
    ALDA

    55D Actor whose last name has three letters of his first

    13
    160
  10. 10
    LEG

    61D Mutton serving

    13
    126
  11. 11
    ELL

    32D Addition of sorts

    10
    228
  12. 12
    ZEN

    4D Pursuit of satori

    10
    102
  13. 13
    ING

    62D Like a popular Beethoven minuet

    10
    77
  14. 14
    ORION

    65A Wooer of Merope, in myth

    8
    112
  15. 15
    KAT

    50A Kit ___

    8
    101
  16. 16
    RUT

    56A Street wear?

    8
    101
  17. 17
    REDD

    9D Demond's 70's TV co-star

    7
    51
  18. 18
    MAL

    10D Start to adjust?

    5
    66
  19. 19
    ONSALE

    29D Discounted

    5
    51
  20. 20
    LIMIT

    18A The sky, maybe

    5
    48
  21. 21
    RPI

    27D Coll. in Troy, N.Y.

    4
    76
  22. 22
    POOH

    7D "Fiddle-faddle!"

    4
    67
  23. 23
    TAMPA

    51A Super Bowl XXV site

    4
    67
  24. 24
    STILT

    57A Circus prop

    4
    49
  25. 25
    TOKEN

    63A It might get you a ride

    4
    37
  26. 26
    SHEDS

    20A Exuviates

    3
    38
  27. 27
    SALTY

    31D Slightly blue

    3
    33
  28. 28
    ANSWER

    26D Match, as a description

    3
    22
  29. 29
    UPI

    11D Co. formed in a 1958 merger

    2
    95
  30. 30
    PAAR

    54D Bygone TV host

    2
    71
  31. 31
    ETERNAL

    43D Like some flames

    2
    42
  32. 32
    MORT

    53D "Beetle Bailey" creator Walker

    2
    27
  33. 33
    NEESON

    28A "Rob Roy" star, 1995

    2
    26
  34. 34
    SOSUEME

    44D Snide retort

    2
    20
  35. 35
    EARNER

    25A Wage ___

    2
    19
  36. 36
    FRITOS

    47A PepsiCo product

    2
    8
  37. 37
    TNN

    59D Statler Bros. broadcaster

    1
    68
  38. 38
    ESSENE

    33A Ancient ascetic

    1
    37
  39. 39
    AGTS

    52D Ticket sellers: Abbr.

    1
    30
  40. 40
    TSETSES

    45D Cousins of houseflies

    1
    21
  41. 41
    EPICENE

    13D Having the characteristics of both sexes

    1
    8
  42. 42
    RETURNS

    14D Figures watched at night?

    1
    8
  43. 43
    SWALLOW debut

    35A Accept, but maybe unhappily

    1
    4
  44. 44
    UNLACES debut

    2D Prepares to remove

    1
    2
  45. 45
    LESE

    49A Literally, "injured"

    0
    72
  46. 46
    ECU

    22A Bygone money

    0
    51
  47. 47
    AVIATOR

    38D Snoopy, as he sometimes fancied himself

    0
    27
  48. 48
    WIL

    42D 1977 "Gnomes" best-selling author Huygen

    0
    20
  49. 49
    PCTS

    6D Batting avgs., e.g.

    0
    13
  50. 50
    LINGER debut

    48A Persist

    0
    7
  51. 51
    SEANPENN debut

    31A He played himself in "Being John Malkovich"

    0
    5
  52. 52
    BIPLANE debut

    1D Many a crop-duster

    0
    4
  53. 53
    BUGZAPPER debut

    1A Backyard item

    0
    4
  54. 54
    NEWHART

    30D Sitcom with Dick and Joanna

    0
    4
  55. 55
    TRADENAME

    64A Teflon, for one

    0
    4
  56. 56
    ALLSIZES debut

    34A The gamut, in retailing

    0
    3
  57. 57
    APIPE debut

    16A Foucault's "This Is Not ___"

    0
    3
  58. 58
    AVONLADY debut

    46A Noted bell ringer

    0
    3
  59. 59
    TALKSTO debut

    37D Addresses

    0
    3
  60. 60
    FEWEST debut

    41A Optimal number of golf strokes

    0
    2
  61. 61
    INNERCORE

    15A The earth's is largely iron

    0
    2
  62. 62
    JIMENEZ debut

    12D 1956 Literature Nobelist Juan Ramón ___

    0
    2
  63. 63
    KONTIKI debut

    39D 1950 nonfiction best seller

    0
    2
  64. 64
    MUJER debut

    10A Woman of La Mancha

    0
    2
  65. 65
    SEALOFF debut

    21D Barricade

    0
    2
  66. 66
    TAKEAHIT debut

    37A Get clobbered

    0
    2
  67. 67
    GNASHES debut

    3D Grinds

    0
    1
  68. 68
    GOALLINES debut

    60A Important crossing points

    0
    1
  69. 69
    PLANETOID debut

    17A Ceres, for one

    0
    1
  70. 70
    STRAGGLES debut

    66A Lags

    0
    1