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

1. AnswerLast 3 yearsAll time
2. 1
   SET

   55D See 18-Across

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   402
3. 2
   ART

   47A Oils and such

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   384
4. 3
   OGRE

   9D Grimm figure

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   284
5. 4
   IRAN

   51D 1980 combatant

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6. 5
   RTE

   54D Itinerary abbr.

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   285
7. 6
   AVA

   6D Clark's "Mogambo" co-star

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8. 7
   APP

   35A PC program

   19
   133
9. 8
   DIE

   26A It may be loaded

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   168
10. 9
    AISLE

    50A Where a 19-Across may sit

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    140
11. 10
    ALIEN

    15A Kind of race

    13
    179
12. 11
    RAS

    43A ___ Dashan (highest point in Ethiopia)

    8
    84
13. 12
    INERTIA

    8D It may be hard to overcome

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    42
14. 13
    ERASERS

    39D School stock

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    28
15. 14
    ATHENA

    28D Phidias subject

    5
    60
16. 15
    HEMS

    33A Sewer lines?

    5
    36
17. 16
    DUET

    22A Verdi's "Fu la sorte dell' armi," e.g.

    4
    59
18. 17
    KNEEL

    56A Get down in church

    4
    41
19. 18
    FANS

    10A Some screamers

    4
    20
20. 19
    STDS

    58A Criteria: Abbr.

    3
    59
21. 20
    EES

    31A Some M.I.T. grads

    3
    57
22. 21
    ENCASE

    25A Pack up

    3
    36
23. 22
    CELIA

    52A Salsa singer Cruz

    3
    29
24. 23
    RAINMAKER debut

    16A Law firm hotshot

    3
    6
25. 24
    APING

    15D Mimetic behavior

    2
    30
26. 25
    ABROAD

    1D Not at home, perhaps

    2
    17
27. 26
    STENOS

    44D Obsolescent office positions

    1
    55
28. 27
    TADS

    46A Traces

    1
    34
29. 28
    AST

    21A N.S. clock setting

    1
    32
30. 29
    NEMESES

    12D Tough opponents

    1
    24
31. 30
    RAHAL

    42D 1986 Indy winner

    1
    19
32. 31
    EDDIED

    24D Swirled

    1
    10
33. 32
    MEANSIT

    2D Isn't kidding

    1
    7
34. 33
    VENEERED debut

    20D Like most modern furniture

    1
    2
35. 34
    DIK

    7D Cartoonist Browne

    0
    17
36. 35
    MINH

    4D Chi follower

    0
    10
37. 36
    ONTHE debut

    18A With 55-Down, where to be quiet?

    0
    10
38. 37
    LINEAL

    45A Like royal descent, usually

    0
    9
39. 38
    ALIMENT

    35D Sustenance

    0
    7
40. 39
    MLII

    32A Year of Philip I's birth

    0
    7
41. 40
    PERMA

    17A Prefix on names of durable products

    0
    6
42. 41
    PANELED

    36D Covered, in a way

    0
    5
43. 42
    REMEDIAL

    5D Skill-building

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    5
44. 43
    REVIEWER

    19A Certain newspaper writer

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    5
45. 44
    AIRWAVE debut

    11D Broadcasting unit?

    0
    4
46. 45
    AMFMRADIO debut

    1A It has two bands

    0
    4
47. 46
    MASSACRE

    34D Wipe out

    0
    4
48. 47
    SAPP debut

    49D 1999 N.F.L. Defensive Player of the Year

    0
    4
49. 48
    AMETHYST

    48A Hue duller than heliotrope

    0
    3
50. 49
    DARLENE

    40D An original Mouseketeer

    0
    3
51. 50
    NATTIER

    38D Less frowzy

    0
    3
52. 51
    SNARER debut

    13D Web, at times

    0
    3
53. 52
    CLACKS debut

    41D Old telegraph machine sounds

    0
    2
54. 53
    FLITTER debut

    3D Hummingbird, e.g.

    0
    2
55. 54
    PETERARNO

    57A The New Yorker contributor until 1968

    0
    2
56. 55
    PRETENSES

    59A They may be false

    0
    2
57. 56
    TRIALDATE debut

    29A When arguments begin?

    0
    2
58. 57
    AIRSCREEN debut

    53A It keeps the bugs out

    0
    1
59. 58
    BELIEVING debut

    14A Religious

    0
    1
60. 59
    CLAIREDANES debut

    41A "The Mod Squad" co-star

    0
    1
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    FLEECIEST debut

    10D Most like a cumulus cloud

    0
    1
62. 61
    IMPIETIES debut

    30D Confession collection

    0
    1
63. 62
    INDIANGIVER debut

    27A One who takes things back, in old lingo

    0
    1
64. 63
    UNLIVELY debut

    23D Dull

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    1
65. 64
    VENERATED debut

    37A Put on a pedestal

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    1