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Thursday · 78 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    EAR

    28D Stalk outgrowth

    57
    485
  2. 2
    ICE

    37D Harbor problem

    40
    391
  3. 3
    ART

    30A Verb with thou

    40
    384
  4. 4
    AHA

    48A "Caught ya!"

    40
    379
  5. 5
    ANY

    36D Even one

    33
    249
  6. 6
    ANTI

    56D Oppositionist

    32
    364
  7. 7
    EWE

    44A Milk source

    31
    302
  8. 8
    TIL

    40D Dusk-___-dawn

    29
    169
  9. 9
    ORES

    12D Meteor materials

    24
    244
  10. 10
    TIS

    18D "___ Autumn" (Woody Herman hit)

    24
    222
  11. 11
    IDOL

    14A Any of the Beatles, once

    23
    293
  12. 12
    ESS

    26A Obsolescent suffix

    22
    413
  13. 13
    EVER

    66A In any case

    22
    235
  14. 14
    AIM

    46D "Fire" preceder

    21
    177
  15. 15
    NED

    62D "The Simpsons" neighbor

    18
    233
  16. 16
    RCA

    31D VCR maker

    17
    227
  17. 17
    AMA

    9D Org. for an OB/GYN

    15
    262
  18. 18
    LAVA

    15A Rolling rock

    15
    144
  19. 19
    LACE

    6D Mennonite decoration

    14
    105
  20. 20
    DESK

    22A Secretary, e.g.

    12
    105
  21. 21
    ACHOO

    9A Cold response?

    12
    92
  22. 22
    TUB

    33D Primitive percussion instrument

    12
    81
  23. 23
    NOW

    38D When, for an eager beaver

    11
    116
  24. 24
    GASP

    68A Hand-over-mouth reaction

    10
    92
  25. 25
    INE

    41D Chemical suffix

    9
    155
  26. 26
    STL

    21D N.L. Central team: Abbr.

    9
    111
  27. 27
    BTU

    27D A.C. letters

    9
    78
  28. 28
    STAGE

    64A Limelight milieu

    9
    68
  29. 29
    OFAGE

    52D Adult

    9
    31
  30. 30
    RIGA

    58D Capital occupied by the Germans in 1941

    8
    86
  31. 31
    CPAS

    59D Figureheads?

    8
    76
  32. 32
    THY

    32D Lord's Prayer pronoun

    8
    71
  33. 33
    SLID

    5D Declined

    8
    70
  34. 34
    IVAN

    7D Former Wall Street insider Boesky

    7
    135
  35. 35
    OINK

    13D Pen sound

    7
    78
  36. 36
    SLIM

    5A Narrow

    7
    69
  37. 37
    MAORI

    16A Language akin to Tahitian

    6
    74
  38. 38
    HASP

    60D Lock securer

    6
    73
  39. 39
    ADHERE

    50D Cling

    6
    47
  40. 40
    ALIST

    4D Party desirables

    5
    77
  41. 41
    TITAN

    33A Cronus or Oceanus

    5
    73
  42. 42
    ARRIVE

    48D Achieve success

    5
    40
  43. 43
    RANCH

    35A Salad option

    5
    39
  44. 44
    ROSIE

    51A Paper towel hawker, in old TV ads

    4
    62
  45. 45
    SERE

    69A Dry

    3
    123
  46. 46
    WISP

    55D Trace

    3
    51
  47. 47
    HANA

    1A Mandlikova of tennis

    3
    40
  48. 48
    INCAN

    61A Of an old empire

    3
    38
  49. 49
    HEROD

    25D Biblical king

    3
    31
  50. 50
    ADORNS

    2D Trims

    3
    21
  51. 51
    ADMEN

    19A Ones quick with a line?

    2
    37
  52. 52
    NOLESS

    3D At least

    2
    23
  53. 53
    ARRID

    53A Mitchum competitor

    2
    21
  54. 54
    TEABAG

    47D It gets in hot water

    2
    20
  55. 55
    PINED

    67A Sighed (for)

    2
    19
  56. 56
    RATTLE

    45A Danger signal on the prairie

    2
    18
  57. 57
    ROUTES

    54D 37-Across oaths, e.g. [or] 37-Across parades follow them

    2
    13
  58. 58
    AFR

    53D A continent: Abbr.

    1
    37
  59. 59
    WAIF

    55A Ragamuffin

    1
    29
  60. 60
    AMERICAN

    39D Cheese type

    1
    16
  61. 61
    COMBO

    42A Band

    1
    16
  62. 62
    ANACT

    29D Put on __

    1
    12
  63. 63
    HIPPIE

    1D One with a pad, maybe

    1
    8
  64. 64
    PRESIDENTS debut

    20A Washington V.I.P.'s

    1
    4
  65. 65
    AGAS

    65A Turkish chiefs

    0
    43
  66. 66
    ETHYL

    24A Antiknock fluid

    0
    31
  67. 67
    IGORS

    34D Roles in "Frankenstein" movies

    0
    14
  68. 68
    HITTER

    49D One trying to run from home

    0
    11
  69. 69
    CADDY

    10D One who's left holding the bag

    0
    8
  70. 70
    MALTED

    8D Fountain order

    0
    8
  71. 71
    HOMELAND

    11D Old country, maybe

    0
    6
  72. 72
    INSTS

    23A Sci. facilities

    0
    6
  73. 73
    POLITICAL

    17A Kind of system

    0
    5
  74. 74
    CINDY debut

    43A "The Brady Bunch" girl

    0
    3
  75. 75
    BEADLE debut

    27A Mr. Bumble's position in "Oliver Twist"

    0
    2
  76. 76
    INAUGURATIONDAY debut

    37A Cause for swearing

    0
    2
  77. 77
    BIPARTITE debut

    63A Like Congress

    0
    1
  78. 78
    MARCHFOURTH debut

    57A Prior to the 20th Amendment, what 20-Across would do on 37-Across, or when they would do it

    0
    1