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Thursday · 74 answers · 7 debuts

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

  1. 1
    OLE

    45D Adjective sometimes used with 60-Across

    54
    525
  2. 2
    OGRE

    51D Blackguard

    36
    284
  3. 3
    ELS

    47A Two-time U.S. Open winner

    29
    333
  4. 4
    RAE

    35A Norma Webster's middle name

    28
    278
  5. 5
    ENDS

    13D Periods

    27
    303
  6. 6
    ELAN

    2D Joie de vivre

    20
    267
  7. 7
    GRE

    24A Test for some srs.

    18
    119
  8. 8
    ERIC

    55D Pop singer Carmen

    17
    251
  9. 9
    TADA

    54D Cry before applause

    16
    138
  10. 10
    TRES

    29D ___ chic

    16
    136
  11. 11
    ELIE

    14A Onetime newsman ___ Abel

    14
    160
  12. 12
    TONI

    7D N.B.A.'s Kukoc

    14
    117
  13. 13
    SURE

    48A "No problem!"

    14
    84
  14. 14
    ADORE

    15A Flip over

    13
    184
  15. 15
    OOZE

    10A Move slowly

    11
    116
  16. 16
    READ

    19A Take to mean

    11
    115
  17. 17
    TARA

    59A "___ Road" (1999 Oprah's Book Club selection)

    10
    154
  18. 18
    ASPEN

    25D Town near Snowmass

    8
    97
  19. 19
    CROC

    8D Bigmouthed critter

    8
    80
  20. 20
    ETHIC

    28D Reason to be good

    8
    74
  21. 21
    TAPE

    50D Mending stuff

    7
    124
  22. 22
    OPRY

    60A ___ house (down-home music site)

    7
    34
  23. 23
    APOLLO

    25A Program begun under Kennedy

    6
    55
  24. 24
    MANY

    56D Countless

    6
    55
  25. 25
    RACY

    65A R-rated, maybe

    6
    52
  26. 26
    ATRA

    34A Gillette product

    5
    122
  27. 27
    SCONE

    48D Bakery treat

    5
    51
  28. 28
    ADIN

    62A Tennis score

    4
    118
  29. 29
    ZEAL

    12D Enthusiasm

    4
    71
  30. 30
    KERR

    1A Six-time Best Actress nominee

    4
    56
  31. 31
    OREL

    11D Former Dodger Hershiser

    3
    115
  32. 32
    RAGA

    57A Certain sitar piece

    3
    77
  33. 33
    SONIC

    33A Western hoopster, for short

    3
    58
  34. 34
    PROP

    49D Brace

    3
    52
  35. 35
    GENOA

    18A Where explorer John Cabot was born

    3
    50
  36. 36
    LAMP

    17A Cave explorer's need

    3
    47
  37. 37
    NAGANO

    5D Where Jonny Moseley won a skiing gold medal

    3
    21
  38. 38
    MULCH

    21D Nursery buy

    3
    11
  39. 39
    ARGOT

    58A Cant

    2
    42
  40. 40
    TASTY

    31D Toothsome

    2
    39
  41. 41
    IRINA

    30D Figure skater Slutskaya

    2
    36
  42. 42
    YETIS

    32D Himalayan sightings

    2
    34
  43. 43
    KELP

    1D Sustenance for a sea urchin

    2
    26
  44. 44
    NOTCH

    5A Score

    2
    21
  45. 45
    BUNS

    23A Barbecue items

    2
    17
  46. 46
    ETO

    40A Ike's command in W.W. II

    1
    140
  47. 47
    RIME

    3D White coat

    1
    50
  48. 48
    OBRIEN

    10D Rockne player

    1
    18
  49. 49
    PEES debut

    63A Silent parts of 20-, 36- and 49-Across

    1
    11
  50. 50
    OUTSMART

    37D Fool

    1
    5
  51. 51
    PSYCHOTHERAPIST debut

    36A Shrink

    1
    2
  52. 52
    URIS

    41A "Armageddon" author

    0
    94
  53. 53
    ODETS

    6D "Golden Boy" playwright

    0
    65
  54. 54
    AROO

    52D Buck chaser?

    0
    53
  55. 55
    RRR

    22D Elementary letters?

    0
    37
  56. 56
    ATRI

    34D Longfellow's bell town

    0
    31
  57. 57
    IGOT

    53D Jerome Kern's "___ Love"

    0
    31
  58. 58
    APERY

    38D Silly trick

    0
    26
  59. 59
    ROONE

    61A TV exec Arledge

    0
    24
  60. 60
    RELAYS

    44D Circuit breakers

    0
    13
  61. 61
    ETERNITY

    28A "Thou pleasing, dreadful thought," to Addison

    0
    11
  62. 62
    PONTI

    42A Film producer credited with discovering Sophia Loren

    0
    10
  63. 63
    TOTER

    64A Schlepper

    0
    10
  64. 64
    DELAYS

    46A Snags

    0
    9
  65. 65
    BREN

    16A Air-cooled machine gun

    0
    7
  66. 66
    ONYOU

    27D "Shame ___!"

    0
    7
  67. 67
    DUSTER

    46D 1970's Plymouth

    0
    6
  68. 68
    POLESTAR

    39D Guiding light

    0
    6
  69. 69
    NEUROTIC debut

    43A Woody Allen-like

    0
    5
  70. 70
    POSTE

    26D Mail, in Marseille

    0
    5
  71. 71
    HEADGEAR debut

    9D Helmets and such

    0
    3
  72. 72
    PTOLEMAICSYSTEM debut

    49A Classic geocentric theory

    0
    3
  73. 73
    REPUBLIC debut

    4D Plato's ideal

    0
    3
  74. 74
    PNEUMATICDRILLS debut

    20A Road repair tools

    0
    1