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Friday · 70 answers · 16 debuts

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

  1. 1
    EON

    31A Time on end

    43
    343
  2. 2
    PEA

    50D Green shade

    23
    230
  3. 3
    APT

    35A Flat, in ads

    23
    217
  4. 4
    STP

    19A Certain "edge"

    23
    172
  5. 5
    EURO

    34D It's somewhat less than a pound

    22
    221
  6. 6
    NASA

    8D Pad owner

    18
    174
  7. 7
    EYRE

    34A Fictional orphan

    15
    150
  8. 8
    SIP

    51D Sample

    15
    128
  9. 9
    LARA

    20A Starring role for Julie Christie, 1965

    14
    138
  10. 10
    PASS

    1D Avoid summer school

    11
    97
  11. 11
    ENVY

    22D Need to keep up with the Joneses

    8
    55
  12. 12
    AMPS

    11A Boosters, for short

    7
    108
  13. 13
    CANE

    36D Staff

    7
    85
  14. 14
    GAB

    45A Chitchat

    7
    83
  15. 15
    HELM

    23A Control post

    6
    57
  16. 16
    GENES

    30D They're in the pool

    6
    47
  17. 17
    ADEN

    52A Gulf port

    5
    163
  18. 18
    DRNO

    42A 007 foe

    5
    79
  19. 19
    PERK

    44D Lift (up)

    5
    54
  20. 20
    REID

    32A John ___, the Lone Ranger

    5
    52
  21. 21
    VEEP

    16A Bush, in the 80's

    5
    38
  22. 22
    WIMP

    3D Chicken

    5
    19
  23. 23
    DANTE

    42D Poet translated by Ciardi

    4
    79
  24. 24
    PAID

    44A Put up the cash

    4
    42
  25. 25
    BERT

    47D Puppet of children's TV

    4
    41
  26. 26
    CDT

    9D Aug. setting in K.C.

    4
    28
  27. 27
    AMER

    46D Like the top medalists at the 2000 Olympics: Abbr.

    3
    60
  28. 28
    CENTS

    36A Small change

    3
    38
  29. 29
    TERMS

    24D Specifics

    2
    34
  30. 30
    AFICIONADO

    15A Fan

    2
    6
  31. 31
    GAZA

    45D Where Samson died

    1
    35
  32. 32
    MEATS

    28D Supermarket department

    1
    28
  33. 33
    EVADES

    43A Skirts

    1
    26
  34. 34
    HIED

    23D Scurried

    1
    24
  35. 35
    TENDER

    21A Hardly hardy

    1
    20
  36. 36
    LOCALE

    6D Where it's at

    1
    18
  37. 37
    SEAMY

    33A Squalid

    1
    18
  38. 38
    TITI

    48A South American monkey

    1
    17
  39. 39
    NADINE

    39D Literature Nobelist Gordimer

    1
    14
  40. 40
    CRISIS

    40D Head

    1
    13
  41. 41
    GERRY

    30A Adams of Sinn Fein

    1
    10
  42. 42
    SCRAPMETAL debut

    25D Recycling material

    1
    4
  43. 43
    PETERLORRE

    13D "The Mask of Dimitrios" star, 1944

    1
    3
  44. 44
    LESE

    54A ___-majesté

    0
    72
  45. 45
    ECU

    4D Old French coin

    0
    51
  46. 46
    ANTA

    18A Stage org.

    0
    22
  47. 47
    UNARM

    7D Render defenseless

    0
    21
  48. 48
    AVANTI

    11D Sporty Studebaker

    0
    19
  49. 49
    SPRITE

    25A Robin Goodfellow, e.g.

    0
    18
  50. 50
    OPENSESAME

    49A Password

    0
    17
  51. 51
    CREES

    29A Ontario natives

    0
    13
  52. 52
    OFIT

    2D "Well, what ___?!"

    0
    13
  53. 53
    MORANIS

    41A Rick in flicks

    0
    8
  54. 54
    SEMISOFT debut

    33D Like Bel Paese cheese

    0
    4
  55. 55
    FERTILIZER debut

    53A Garden center purchase

    0
    3
  56. 56
    RILLETS

    5D Brooks of little consequence

    0
    3
  57. 57
    CARVES debut

    40A Does the honors, so to speak

    0
    2
  58. 58
    CUERS debut

    37A Offstage aides

    0
    2
  59. 59
    MELVILLE

    28A Novelist once captured by cannibals

    0
    2
  60. 60
    PRENAMES debut

    38A They're given at birth

    0
    2
  61. 61
    REITERATES debut

    27D Stresses, perhaps

    0
    2
  62. 62
    CANDELA debut

    37D Unit of luminous intensity

    0
    1
  63. 63
    HOSTELRY debut

    10D Inn

    0
    1
  64. 64
    MENDELEYEV debut

    12D Periodic table developer

    0
    1
  65. 65
    POWERLUNCH debut

    1A Meeting that's both business and pleasure

    0
    1
  66. 66
    PREPROVIDE debut

    26D Make available in advance

    0
    1
  67. 67
    SIMULCASTS debut

    17A Some radio productions

    0
    1
  68. 68
    SPARSENESS debut

    14D Characteristic of desert vegetation

    0
    1
  69. 69
    TAKESAPART debut

    55A Breaks down

    0
    1
  70. 70
    TENTERS debut

    24A Camping enthusiasts

    0
    1