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Thursday · 76 answers · 14 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ALE

    36A Stout

    59
    570
  2. 2
    ANN

    47A Mary ___ Evans (George Eliot's real name)

    33
    300
  3. 3
    OMNI

    49A Old Dodge

    31
    218
  4. 4
    ATM

    26A Many a drive-thru feature

    30
    260
  5. 5
    OPERA

    21A Word with buff or buffa

    26
    247
  6. 6
    RAN

    43D Amounted (to)

    25
    291
  7. 7
    ALIT

    30D Settled

    21
    220
  8. 8
    TEES

    68A Starts (off)

    19
    145
  9. 9
    DARE

    24A "I ___ you!"

    19
    116
  10. 10
    UNI

    19A Prefix with sex

    16
    153
  11. 11
    OFT

    4D "___ in the Stilly Night" (Thomas Moore lyric)

    15
    113
  12. 12
    AGREE

    52D Match

    14
    154
  13. 13
    CDS

    48A Sound investments, for short

    14
    147
  14. 14
    SEN

    67A China's Sun Yat-___

    11
    184
  15. 15
    MESA

    65A Costa ___, Calif.

    11
    151
  16. 16
    GOO

    60A Baby's first word

    11
    121
  17. 17
    ARCO

    1A Oil company acronym

    11
    114
  18. 18
    RAS

    5A Univ. dorm supervisors

    8
    84
  19. 19
    MAST

    45A Boom support

    8
    83
  20. 20
    RHINO

    2D Zoo heavyweight

    8
    59
  21. 21
    ELIS

    33D The Bushes, collegiately

    7
    129
  22. 22
    STOLE

    55A It's a wrap

    7
    77
  23. 23
    BALSA

    37A Raft material

    7
    65
  24. 24
    OCHRE

    51D Earth tone

    7
    59
  25. 25
    IUD

    62D Birth control method, for short

    7
    29
  26. 26
    APHID

    39A Greenfly, e.g.

    6
    59
  27. 27
    BUM

    37D Cadge

    6
    41
  28. 28
    AAAS debut

    23D Motorists' clubs, in brief

    6
    29
  29. 29
    NOISE

    53D It may be white

    5
    83
  30. 30
    SWAB

    55D Tar

    5
    71
  31. 31
    SODAS

    54D Tonics, to some

    5
    67
  32. 32
    SESAME

    8A Opening word?

    5
    62
  33. 33
    AHME

    11D Woeful words

    5
    55
  34. 34
    PASO

    40D El ___, Tex.

    5
    54
  35. 35
    ANTIS

    6D Nay sayers

    5
    44
  36. 36
    ASI

    25D Faulkner's "___ Lay Dying"

    4
    130
  37. 37
    ILIAD

    20A War story

    4
    99
  38. 38
    UZI

    41A Ammo belt accompanier

    4
    88
  39. 39
    TORY

    56D Naturalist Roger ___ Peterson

    4
    41
  40. 40
    GMT

    63D You can set your watch by it: Abbr.

    4
    38
  41. 41
    OREL

    57D Russian city on the Oka

    3
    115
  42. 42
    QED

    31D Logical conclusion

    3
    83
  43. 43
    EDDA

    13D 13th-century literary work

    3
    72
  44. 44
    MEIR

    12D Former Israeli P.M.

    3
    67
  45. 45
    CHEF

    14A One receiving orders

    3
    51
  46. 46
    SHAQ

    28A Great Laker

    3
    49
  47. 47
    ACTUP

    1D Misbehave

    2
    38
  48. 48
    ENSOR

    9D TV journalist David

    2
    33
  49. 49
    SEI

    8D Tre + tre

    2
    32
  50. 50
    BTUS

    59D Heater stats

    2
    29
  51. 51
    CECIL

    3D Rhodes of Rhodesia

    2
    28
  52. 52
    OHIOANS

    51A Buckeyes

    2
    7
  53. 53
    GAZA

    32D Where Samson died

    1
    35
  54. 54
    MESON

    50D Quark plus antiquark

    1
    20
  55. 55
    TOLDYA

    46D "See?!"

    1
    15
  56. 56
    EXXON

    27D 1-Across competitor

    1
    11
  57. 57
    STOA

    7D Portico

    0
    75
  58. 58
    EFS

    27A Failing grades

    0
    28
  59. 59
    HAHN

    29D Otto who helped discover nuclear fission

    0
    19
  60. 60
    POLARIS

    22A Guiding light

    0
    15
  61. 61
    XXX

    38A Poison warning

    0
    10
  62. 62
    ABCDE

    58A Start of a children's rhyme

    0
    7
  63. 63
    SCAPES debut

    10D Scenic views, briefly

    0
    7
  64. 64
    REDDFOXX debut

    16D Comedian born John Elroy Sanford

    0
    5
  65. 65
    AREYOUSURE debut

    64A "Really?"

    0
    3
  66. 66
    LADDIES

    35D Boys

    0
    2
  67. 67
    AIRTRAP debut

    18D Curved pipe feature

    0
    1
  68. 68
    BYLAND debut

    66A One of Paul Revere's message options

    0
    1
  69. 69
    ENTRENCHED debut

    15A Dug in

    0
    1
  70. 70
    GEARBOXOIL debut

    32A It's good for the teeth

    0
    1
  71. 71
    ICHDIEN debut

    44D Motto of the Prince of Wales

    0
    1
  72. 72
    OXONIANS debut

    34D Clinton and Blair, for two

    0
    1
  73. 73
    PROOXIDANT debut

    42A Chemical substance that hastens aging

    0
    1
  74. 74
    RECLIMB debut

    5D Go over again

    0
    1
  75. 75
    TICTACTOEISAMID debut

    17A First line of a couplet pertinent to this puzzle

    0
    1
  76. 76
    WORDSINTHISGRID debut

    61A End of the couplet

    0
    1