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Friday · 68 answers · 14 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERE

    54D Prior to, to Prior

    43
    602
  2. 2
    EASE

    39A Insouciance

    40
    334
  3. 3
    SOS

    55D Help wanted notice?

    34
    251
  4. 4
    ANTI

    47D Con man?

    32
    364
  5. 5
    SASS

    42A Guff

    29
    202
  6. 6
    ENOS

    40A Western Electric founder ___ Barton

    26
    287
  7. 7
    NEON

    35D Brightly colored

    24
    219
  8. 8
    ATIT

    26D Bickering, say

    24
    197
  9. 9
    ASIS

    52D "No returns"

    21
    183
  10. 10
    SCAR

    45D Mark of Zorro?

    20
    188
  11. 11
    EDIE

    2D 1982 George Plimpton best seller

    19
    190
  12. 12
    TOT

    11D Day care attendee

    16
    200
  13. 13
    AAH

    56D "I see!"

    16
    152
  14. 14
    ESPY

    48A Spot

    16
    130
  15. 15
    ORATE

    6D Declaim

    14
    196
  16. 16
    SCAN

    45A Computer picture

    14
    149
  17. 17
    GENE

    51D Kind of therapy

    10
    158
  18. 18
    EMTS

    14D CPR pros

    10
    96
  19. 19
    GAGA

    49A Bug-eyed

    10
    75
  20. 20
    BETA

    21A Kind of test

    9
    104
  21. 21
    DST

    22A Summer feature: Abbr.

    8
    97
  22. 22
    MOM

    29A Addressee of many a request

    8
    92
  23. 23
    LOW

    5D Fan setting

    8
    72
  24. 24
    ETES

    4D Form of the verb "etre"

    7
    148
  25. 25
    TOES

    19A Flirts may use theirs

    7
    84
  26. 26
    RUSE

    13D Dodge

    7
    77
  27. 27
    PILOT

    7D Command

    7
    47
  28. 28
    ALIST

    12D Most-wanted

    5
    77
  29. 29
    CORA

    46D "The Last of the Mohicans" girl

    3
    44
  30. 30
    FOAM

    24A Head

    3
    30
  31. 31
    MYST

    31D Popular computer game

    3
    29
  32. 32
    LAWS

    32D See 33-Down

    2
    41
  33. 33
    SYNCS

    44D Lip-___ (fakes it)

    2
    28
  34. 34
    FOCAL

    24D Central

    2
    27
  35. 35
    DOTER

    22D 29-Across, often

    2
    15
  36. 36
    PENAL

    33D With 32-Down, things that send people to jail

    1
    54
  37. 37
    CEES

    18A Certain clamp shapes

    1
    48
  38. 38
    MISDO

    29D Botch

    1
    25
  39. 39
    ORTO debut

    28D "___ take arms against a sea of troubles": Shak.

    1
    21
  40. 40
    PIGS

    34D Gluttons

    1
    20
  41. 41
    ESTO

    48D ___ perpetuum (let it be everlasting)

    0
    64
  42. 42
    ISL

    41A Abbr. on mariners' maps

    0
    48
  43. 43
    NCR

    10D Big mfr. of point-of-sale terminals

    0
    46
  44. 44
    SLA

    38A Patty Hearst kidnap grp.

    0
    34
  45. 45
    COOT

    27A Codger

    0
    26
  46. 46
    SESE

    20A Zairean autocrat Mobutu ___ Seko

    0
    22
  47. 47
    ANSE

    15D Handle: Fr.

    0
    21
  48. 48
    GINO debut

    49D Football Hall-of-Famer Marchetti

    0
    18
  49. 49
    OSTIA

    25D Port of ancient Rome

    0
    17
  50. 50
    OTTOS

    30D Four Holy Roman emperors

    0
    17
  51. 51
    DESC

    1D Fam. tree member

    0
    16
  52. 52
    ARIP

    50D "What ___!" ("That's rich!")

    0
    10
  53. 53
    APOSE

    43D Strike ___

    0
    6
  54. 54
    ARTUROTOSCANINI

    57A Memorable Met conductor

    0
    6
  55. 55
    INCUS debut

    41D Small bone of the middle ear

    0
    5
  56. 56
    ELAS debut

    9D Old musical notes

    0
    4
  57. 57
    ACTIVEINTERESTS debut

    36A Hobbies and such

    0
    3
  58. 58
    BMOVIES debut

    21D Standard late-night TV fare

    0
    3
  59. 59
    LOSTOPPORTUNITY debut

    32A Possible result of hesitation

    0
    3
  60. 60
    WAITINGFORGODOT

    37A Paris premiere of 1953

    0
    3
  61. 61
    CONCESSIONAIRES debut

    53A Ballpark figures

    0
    2
  62. 62
    SIDEWALKARTISTS debut

    17A Quick-sketch pros

    0
    2
  63. 63
    STURGES debut

    23D Playwright Preston

    0
    2
  64. 64
    VIDE

    3D ___ infra (see below)

    0
    2
  65. 65
    DEVELOPMENTAREA debut

    1A Locale receiving investments

    0
    1
  66. 66
    EDITORIALCOLUMN debut

    16A Newspaper feature

    0
    1
  67. 67
    MAKEACONFESSION debut

    8D Acknowledge

    0
    1
  68. 68
    RAISESONESHOPES debut

    58A Gives cause for optimism

    0
    1