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Friday · 72 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ETA

    26A Fraternity chapter

    74
    571
  2. 2
    ASIA

    16A Fertile Crescent's place

    38
    350
  3. 3
    NSA

    31A U.S. code and cipher grp.

    38
    233
  4. 4
    ESP

    45A Super power

    35
    344
  5. 5
    EVE

    41D Time before

    34
    373
  6. 6
    EAT

    29D Put away

    33
    399
  7. 7
    ACHE

    5D Really smart

    28
    282
  8. 8
    ELK

    52A Canada's ___ Island National Park

    25
    207
  9. 9
    STEW

    57D Hasenpfeffer, e.g.

    23
    180
  10. 10
    SLR

    34D Camera inits.

    23
    129
  11. 11
    DRE

    30D Dr. ___

    22
    175
  12. 12
    MESS

    56A Jumble

    17
    145
  13. 13
    RATE

    66A Clip

    16
    182
  14. 14
    MAT

    4D Where pins are made

    16
    145
  15. 15
    EXIT

    63A Sign in the dark

    12
    151
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    RHEA

    6D Bird whose male hatches the eggs

    11
    133
  17. 17
    DENS

    59D Animal shelters

    11
    125
  18. 18
    FREE

    21A Unoccupied

    10
    107
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    ROI

    19A Chef d'état

    9
    121
  20. 20
    DEAR

    24A "___ me!"

    9
    118
  21. 21
    PAW

    62A Lab offering?

    9
    91
  22. 22
    CAD

    65D Hardly a girl's dream date

    7
    101
  23. 23
    HAR

    44A Part of a guffaw

    7
    73
  24. 24
    ALEE

    60D "Hard ___!" (helm command)

    6
    275
  25. 25
    PIANO

    35A Honky-tonk player

    6
    88
  26. 26
    LOCH

    22A ___ Fyne, Scotland

    6
    48
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    CUB

    32A Pack animal

    6
    44
  28. 28
    GIFT

    11A Endowment

    5
    23
  29. 29
    TAPS

    7D Memorial Day solo

    4
    66
  30. 30
    GEARS

    33A Attunes

    4
    29
  31. 31
    PRONTO

    47D "Now!"

    4
    20
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    SAS

    40D Carrier to Tampere

    3
    116
  33. 33
    DART

    53A Zip

    3
    74
  34. 34
    RAVEL

    43A "Mother Goose Suite" composer

    3
    33
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    SCREEN

    9D Filter

    3
    30
  36. 36
    DOODAD

    58A Thingum

    3
    21
  37. 37
    COCOON

    2D Cover made of silk

    3
    12
  38. 38
    ELPASO

    49D Title city in a 1960 #1 hit

    2
    48
  39. 39
    PLED

    55A Was appealing

    2
    46
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    EASIER

    20A Not so strict

    2
    37
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    HIGHC

    23D Soprano's note

    2
    12
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    FUNK

    18A Depression

    2
    11
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    ISURECAN debut

    12D Volunteer's confident declaration

    2
    6
  44. 44
    SMEW

    68A Old World duck

    1
    27
  45. 45
    TODOS

    54D Hullabaloos

    1
    23
  46. 46
    ATTICA

    3D Ancient Greek state

    1
    14
  47. 47
    ORALEXAM

    38D Hurdle for a doctoral student

    1
    14
  48. 48
    CROCK

    42A Nonsense

    1
    11
  49. 49
    NOTACHANCE

    15A Flat turndown

    1
    8
  50. 50
    SCAMARTIST

    1A Phony

    1
    6
  51. 51
    SERIESE debut

    48A W.W. II bond designation

    1
    5
  52. 52
    SOWHATELSEISNEW debut

    37A Gossip's question

    1
    5
  53. 53
    LEAKED

    28D Passed illegally, maybe

    1
    3
  54. 54
    TAKEABOW

    14D "Congratulations!"

    1
    3
  55. 55
    DIMS

    61D Darkens

    0
    25
  56. 56
    GAFF

    11D Ship's spar

    0
    18
  57. 57
    ISLIP

    36D West ___, Long Island weather station locale

    0
    18
  58. 58
    SADIST

    46D One who's hurting

    0
    14
  59. 59
    SEACOW

    50D Gentle underwater creature

    0
    13
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    TETRAS

    10D Colorful fish

    0
    13
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    SNARLS

    1D Complications

    0
    12
  62. 62
    FINETUNE

    13D Make just right

    0
    10
  63. 63
    RAPIER

    25D Two-edged sword

    0
    10
  64. 64
    EDWYNN

    51D Player of the Texaco Fire Chief, on old radio

    0
    5
  65. 65
    INAID

    8D Grant-___

    0
    4
  66. 66
    SNAILED

    27A Went slowly

    0
    4
  67. 67
    STONEMASON

    67A Person at a foundation

    0
    4
  68. 68
    SCHEMERS debut

    37D They're intriguing

    0
    3
  69. 69
    ACTTHEPART debut

    17A Do a performance

    0
    2
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    INDELICACY debut

    64A Risqué display

    0
    1
  71. 71
    TOSSESDOWN debut

    69A Chug-a-lugs

    0
    1
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    WORKSITE debut

    39D Job setting

    0
    1