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Thursday · 78 answers · 11 debuts

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

  1. 1
    EAR

    30A Musical aptitude

    57
    485
  2. 2
    STAR

    21A Have the lead

    31
    316
  3. 3
    OLD

    66A Used

    30
    247
  4. 4
    ETAS

    12D Announcements from the cockpit, briefly

    26
    214
  5. 5
    ANON

    56D Soon

    20
    275
  6. 6
    AGES

    5D Wrinkles, say

    19
    202
  7. 7
    ELO

    46A "Evil Woman" band, for short

    17
    250
  8. 8
    CANOE

    3D Birchbark

    16
    113
  9. 9
    NOSE

    59A Beak

    15
    188
  10. 10
    RIP

    36A Insult, slangily

    15
    144
  11. 11
    RANT

    32D Carry on

    14
    133
  12. 12
    RENO

    35D Splitsville

    13
    230
  13. 13
    AGUA

    15A What un lago holds

    13
    103
  14. 14
    TAS

    69A ___ in Thomas

    13
    99
  15. 15
    TORO

    58D Corrida beast

    11
    115
  16. 16
    ELKS

    30D Lodge group

    11
    103
  17. 17
    PIC

    1A Film, in Variety

    11
    63
  18. 18
    EMIL

    34D Pianist Gilels

    10
    131
  19. 19
    AXLE

    33D Mandrel

    10
    119
  20. 20
    GASP

    4A Pant

    10
    92
  21. 21
    OOP

    63D "Alley ___"

    9
    96
  22. 22
    LINE

    42A "Come here often?," e.g.

    8
    112
  23. 23
    SSR

    61D Lith., once

    6
    161
  24. 24
    ITA

    14A Call ___ day

    6
    104
  25. 25
    SNAIL

    54A Creepy one?

    6
    66
  26. 26
    NOTA

    41D Part of N.B.

    6
    61
  27. 27
    EELY

    13D Hard to hold

    6
    58
  28. 28
    DROP

    68A Lozenge

    5
    82
  29. 29
    ALBA

    37A Goya's "Duchess of ___"

    5
    76
  30. 30
    LEEDS

    53D Yorkshire city

    5
    51
  31. 31
    AURAL

    50A Like some physical tests

    4
    58
  32. 32
    XED

    8D Checked, as a box

    4
    58
  33. 33
    AVATAR

    26A Hindu incarnation

    4
    51
  34. 34
    MANOR

    10D Estate

    4
    49
  35. 35
    DENIAL

    19A Bad news from a credit card company

    4
    18
  36. 36
    AERIES

    33A High nests

    4
    15
  37. 37
    ROBOT

    51D Unpaid servant

    3
    58
  38. 38
    GAT

    4D Hood's gun

    2
    81
  39. 39
    ESTOP

    39D Bar at the bar

    2
    64
  40. 40
    PENT

    57A Caged

    2
    51
  41. 41
    ICEMAN

    9D Bygone deliverer

    2
    30
  42. 42
    MRIS

    11D Hosp. testing techniques

    2
    26
  43. 43
    TOPICS

    27D Themes

    2
    14
  44. 44
    ELOI

    20A Patron saint of goldsmiths

    1
    111
  45. 45
    ITALO

    2D ___-Greek

    1
    67
  46. 46
    ABIE

    31D Rose's love, on Broadway

    1
    64
  47. 47
    ADONIS

    64A Handsome youth

    1
    45
  48. 48
    LOESS

    24A Wind-borne deposits

    1
    41
  49. 49
    ECARTE

    16A Card game for two

    1
    25
  50. 50
    ASYLA

    52D Refuges

    1
    20
  51. 51
    PIXEL

    1D Computer bit

    1
    20
  52. 52
    CORSET

    45A Certain foundation

    1
    17
  53. 53
    LOYOLA debut

    49A Chicago university

    1
    9
  54. 54
    RANGER

    48D Person with binoculars

    1
    8
  55. 55
    EERO

    65A Architect Saarinen

    0
    132
  56. 56
    RST

    43A Queue after Q

    0
    80
  57. 57
    ASTRAY

    29D Off the mark

    0
    27
  58. 58
    MOSSY

    23A Outdated

    0
    20
  59. 59
    SEEA

    25D "Did You Ever ___ Dream Walking?" (1933 hit)

    0
    11
  60. 60
    SULTAN

    6D Harem keeper

    0
    10
  61. 61
    FINALS

    60A Playoffs

    0
    9
  62. 62
    COLLIE

    47D Sheep gatherer

    0
    7
  63. 63
    PALAVER

    7D Chitchat

    0
    7
  64. 64
    NIDI

    55D Spiders' nests

    0
    6
  65. 65
    TELEXED

    44D Sent before e-mail

    0
    5
  66. 66
    DISLIKE debut

    18D Can't stand

    0
    4
  67. 67
    LIANG

    49D Chinese weight unit

    0
    4
  68. 68
    RADIX

    22D Plant root

    0
    4
  69. 69
    AGROUND debut

    37D Dragging on the shore

    0
    2
  70. 70
    CATERSTO

    47A Humors

    0
    2
  71. 71
    LEANEDON debut

    28A Pressured

    0
    2
  72. 72
    SFAX debut

    54D Tunisian port once a stronghold for Barbary pirates

    0
    2
  73. 73
    XANDTELL debut

    17A Like some memoirs

    0
    1
  74. 74
    XGOODBYE debut

    62A Abandon

    0
    1
  75. 75
    XIMMEE debut

    8A Neighbor of Orlando

    0
    1
  76. 76
    XINGER debut

    67A 1973 Peace Nobelist

    0
    1
  77. 77
    XINGKIN debut

    40A Close cousins

    0
    1
  78. 78
    XMEKATE debut

    38A Porter classic

    0
    1