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Sunday · 140 answers · 22 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ATE

    34A Absorbed, as a loss

    75
    597
  2. 2
    ETS

    56D Space invaders, for short

    37
    319
  3. 3
    EPA

    45D Smog-fighting grp.

    36
    320
  4. 4
    ANY

    79D "___ ideas?"

    33
    249
  5. 5
    STAR

    58A Take the lead

    31
    316
  6. 6
    ALL

    64D See 90-Across

    28
    299
  7. 7
    STP

    68A Initials on a Nascar car

    23
    172
  8. 8
    REST

    69A Put one's legs up

    22
    256
  9. 9
    NOS

    57D Rebuffs

    21
    156
  10. 10
    ITO

    112D Judge Lance

    20
    240
  11. 11
    CIA

    62A Bush Sr.'s bailiwick, 1976-77

    19
    206
  12. 12
    TAT

    111D Part of an exchange

    19
    174
  13. 13
    NATO

    60A Grp. that spans an ocean

    19
    167
  14. 14
    REF

    81D Whistle-blower

    18
    188
  15. 15
    IRENE

    24A Woman in Sherlock Holmes stories

    16
    208
  16. 16
    ELMO

    29D Fad doll, once

    15
    174
  17. 17
    ARCH

    89D Cunning

    13
    159
  18. 18
    OBIT

    37D Final words

    13
    142
  19. 19
    FOR

    1D See 118-Across

    13
    103
  20. 20
    SOL

    65D Staff note

    12
    174
  21. 21
    PAD

    33A Walk softly

    12
    103
  22. 22
    CEE

    113D Letter switched to ess in this puzzle's theme

    10
    138
  23. 23
    BAT

    38D Baseball club

    10
    128
  24. 24
    DEEP

    52D Full of meaning

    9
    91
  25. 25
    YOU

    90A With 64-Down, a down-home pronoun

    9
    83
  26. 26
    SKIS

    59D Stowe gear

    9
    66
  27. 27
    KNOT

    87D Cluster

    8
    100
  28. 28
    LOP

    3D Slice (off)

    8
    99
  29. 29
    ROLL

    83D Sushi offering

    8
    97
  30. 30
    MOON

    30D Place for a halo

    8
    70
  31. 31
    LADS

    28D Pubmates

    8
    60
  32. 32
    AWW

    98A "How adorable!"

    8
    33
  33. 33
    ELIS

    76D "Boola Boola" singers

    7
    129
  34. 34
    BEST

    103D Top of the line

    7
    90
  35. 35
    BEET

    54A Sugar source

    7
    83
  36. 36
    AMISS

    6D Out of order

    7
    77
  37. 37
    LOIN

    71A Kind of chop

    7
    69
  38. 38
    SAID

    39D Mentioned

    7
    62
  39. 39
    DINO

    107D Bedrock pet

    7
    61
  40. 40
    FERN

    47D Adder's-tongue, e.g.

    7
    53
  41. 41
    SESTET

    96D Certain set of lines from Petrarch

    7
    40
  42. 42
    FRET

    15D Stay awake nights

    6
    77
  43. 43
    INOIL

    115A How anchovies are packed

    6
    34
  44. 44
    WON

    42D Wooed successfully

    5
    90
  45. 45
    LORRE

    35A Peter of "Casbah"

    5
    57
  46. 46
    TWIST

    70D Peel in a drink

    5
    28
  47. 47
    SERF

    59A Toiler

    4
    71
  48. 48
    CRIB

    62D Baby holder

    4
    67
  49. 49
    OHOH

    104D Excited cry

    4
    64
  50. 50
    RUBE

    81A Hardly a sophisticate

    4
    45
  51. 51
    CAY

    74D Reef locale

    4
    43
  52. 52
    FLIT

    47A Hummingbirds do it

    4
    35
  53. 53
    TENURE

    5D Academic achievement

    4
    32
  54. 54
    YURI

    77D Doctor Zhivago

    4
    31
  55. 55
    MINK

    36D Stole material

    4
    21
  56. 56
    NEWS

    60D Kind of flash

    3
    74
  57. 57
    TONTO

    109A Scout master?

    3
    65
  58. 58
    SMELL

    96A Common sense?

    3
    43
  59. 59
    RINK

    67D Curling place

    3
    35
  60. 60
    INBED

    49A Under cover?

    3
    23
  61. 61
    CARED

    118A Liked, with 1-Down

    3
    22
  62. 62
    YAWS

    77A Doesn't go straight

    3
    14
  63. 63
    OMOO

    32A Adventure tale of 1847

    2
    98
  64. 64
    SIENA

    58D City in Tuscany

    2
    50
  65. 65
    MOA

    41A Bygone relative of the kiwi

    2
    45
  66. 66
    CANAL

    78A Toll site

    2
    40
  67. 67
    EMPTY

    51D Drain

    2
    39
  68. 68
    BASIL

    80A "Sweet" herb

    2
    36
  69. 69
    GAUL

    55D Site of ancient Aquitania

    2
    26
  70. 70
    CURB

    46D Rein in

    2
    24
  71. 71
    SWEDEN

    93D Country almost 1,000 miles long

    2
    24
  72. 72
    SPUNK

    53A Pluck

    2
    17
  73. 73
    BEIN

    54D Hippie gathering of a sort

    2
    16
  74. 74
    CARLOT

    10D Escorts can be gotten here

    2
    15
  75. 75
    BRUNEI

    22A The Abode of Peace

    2
    10
  76. 76
    SHILOH

    9D Battlefield of April 6-7, 1862

    2
    9
  77. 77
    INKWELLS debut

    75A Accountants used to dip into them

    2
    6
  78. 78
    YIPE

    61A "My goodness!"

    1
    39
  79. 79
    MIND

    12D Be bothered

    1
    34
  80. 80
    ICKY

    73A Gross

    1
    28
  81. 81
    PEETE

    101D Quarterback Rodney

    1
    26
  82. 82
    SCAMS

    9A Rip-offs

    1
    25
  83. 83
    ONAPAR

    17D At the same level (with)

    1
    22
  84. 84
    TOETOTOE

    119A In direct opposition

    1
    21
  85. 85
    IXNAY

    40D Slangy turndown

    1
    16
  86. 86
    REPUTE

    18D Standing

    1
    14
  87. 87
    EMBERS

    29A They may flare up

    1
    13
  88. 88
    STEPPES

    13D Prairielands abroad

    1
    13
  89. 89
    UNTOLD

    95D Incalculable

    1
    10
  90. 90
    FINK debut

    7D Disloyal sort

    1
    9
  91. 91
    SLIDER

    4D Fast reverse curve

    1
    8
  92. 92
    FATHOM debut

    91D Grasp

    1
    6
  93. 93
    ASE

    2D Peer Gynt's mother

    0
    79
  94. 94
    ONOR

    106D ___ about (roughly)

    0
    79
  95. 95
    MONA

    105D First name in portraits

    0
    67
  96. 96
    SOI

    99A "___ sez ..."

    0
    41
  97. 97
    WINO

    42A Big tippler

    0
    41
  98. 98
    HABIT

    21A Custom

    0
    35
  99. 99
    HOWE

    66D Player second only to Gretzky in most N.H.L. goals

    0
    34
  100. 100
    ABEE

    11D "... sting like ___"

    0
    28
  101. 101
    IDIOTIC

    88D Nonsensical

    0
    16
  102. 102
    AWHILE

    92D How long one might stay

    0
    14
  103. 103
    IMSO

    27D "___ sorry!"

    0
    14
  104. 104
    JOWL

    72A It may hang by the neck

    0
    14
  105. 105
    OSOLEMIO

    20A Popular tune for tenor or accordion

    0
    14
  106. 106
    CURS

    78D 82-Across denizens

    0
    13
  107. 107
    DULY

    84D As expected

    0
    10
  108. 108
    ANTEDATE

    116A Come before

    0
    9
  109. 109
    MAKEDO

    97D Manage

    0
    9
  110. 110
    MENTHE

    117A Crème flavorer

    0
    9
  111. 111
    AERY

    89A Ethereal

    0
    8
  112. 112
    PEARLY

    101A Lustrous white

    0
    8
  113. 113
    HIDEHO debut

    108A Cab Calloway's signature line

    0
    7
  114. 114
    ABRADES

    14D Wears away

    0
    6
  115. 115
    LEFTJAB debut

    48D Start of a one-two punch

    0
    6
  116. 116
    REMAPS

    25A Changes the boundaries of

    0
    6
  117. 117
    ONSECOND

    44A Halfway around the bases

    0
    5
  118. 118
    AFFORD debut

    14A Provide, as access

    0
    4
  119. 119
    BASSSAX debut

    43A Low wind instrument

    0
    4
  120. 120
    DISSED

    19D Put down, slangily

    0
    4
  121. 121
    GENDARME debut

    55A French cop

    0
    4
  122. 122
    INCR

    100A Enlargement: Abbr.

    0
    4
  123. 123
    LASTONE debut

    86D Extremely short supply

    0
    4
  124. 124
    FALSTAFF

    1A Friend of Prince Henry

    0
    3
  125. 125
    JUNKYARD

    82A Spare parts source

    0
    3
  126. 126
    OLESON

    114A Nels of "Little House on the Prairie"

    0
    3
  127. 127
    DIETETIC

    110A Like low-sodium foods, say

    0
    2
  128. 128
    JEEREDAT debut

    82D Made fun of

    0
    2
  129. 129
    SILKIER debut

    85A More smooth

    0
    2
  130. 130
    BASKINTHEUSSR debut

    63A Old tourist slogan for Black Sea resorts?

    0
    1
  131. 131
    BRASSTASKS debut

    31D Duties for generals?

    0
    1
  132. 132
    BRISKLAYER debut

    50D Spring-y chicken?

    0
    1
  133. 133
    DUSKBILLEDPLATYPUS debut

    26A Dark-nosed Tasmanian?

    0
    1
  134. 134
    FASTSANDFIGURES debut

    91A Magazine for extreme dieters?

    0
    1
  135. 135
    FOGBOUND debut

    8D Unable to see in any direction

    0
    1
  136. 136
    FUMY debut

    16D Like noxious gases

    0
    1
  137. 137
    GIFTIE debut

    94D "O wad some Pow'r the ___ gie us": Burns

    0
    1
  138. 138
    MUSHTOBEDESIRED debut

    36A Motto of a romance novelist?

    0
    1
  139. 139
    REPINING debut

    23A Longing

    0
    1
  140. 140
    THEBOTTOMOFTHEDESK debut

    102A Where wads of gum may be found?

    0
    1