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Sunday · 179 answers · 24 debuts

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

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    ELI

    77A Nutmeg State collegian

    60
    599
  2. 2
    ARI

    23A "Exodus" role

    36
    378
  3. 3
    SAT

    84A Was idle

    35
    284
  4. 4
    ASA

    45A Cute ___ button

    27
    230
  5. 5
    ATOP

    1D On

    22
    208
  6. 6
    ENYA

    41A "Only Time" singer

    22
    161
  7. 7
    YETI

    95D Hairy Himalayan

    22
    127
  8. 8
    ILL

    51A Laid up

    21
    260
  9. 9
    ASIS

    65D Flea market tag

    21
    183
  10. 10
    EERIE

    128D Creepy

    19
    260
  11. 11
    ALOHA

    9D Hello and goodbye

    19
    194
  12. 12
    DARE

    111D Have the nerve

    19
    116
  13. 13
    MENU

    138D Food card

    18
    183
  14. 14
    BAR

    116D Setting for many a joke

    18
    157
  15. 15
    RES

    50D Scale notes

    17
    279
  16. 16
    ASTI

    141D Italian wine area

    17
    224
  17. 17
    STOP

    136D Station

    17
    180
  18. 18
    TIER

    7D Rank

    17
    179
  19. 19
    OWN

    70D On one's ___

    17
    148
  20. 20
    TALC

    144A Gym bag stuff

    17
    145
  21. 21
    ELATE

    22A Thrill to pieces

    16
    182
  22. 22
    TET

    5A Asian new year

    16
    178
  23. 23
    SCAM

    133D Pyramid scheme

    16
    168
  24. 24
    EPI

    21A Prefix with center

    16
    141
  25. 25
    RAY

    57D Unit of hope?

    16
    128
  26. 26
    AGAR

    40A Gel in a lab

    15
    172
  27. 27
    AID

    47D Red Cross effort

    15
    167
  28. 28
    ACDC

    1A Rock band with an electrical name

    15
    129
  29. 29
    CEDE

    54D Grant

    14
    152
  30. 30
    CONE

    2D Traffic director

    14
    88
  31. 31
    BAA

    64A Pastoral sound

    13
    167
  32. 32
    OLA

    73D Slangy suffix

    12
    175
  33. 33
    TENS

    140D Till section

    12
    128
  34. 34
    AROD

    121A Nickname in which "A" stands for Alex

    12
    86
  35. 35
    AROMA

    132D Bouquet

    11
    191
  36. 36
    TORO

    20A Ring figure

    11
    115
  37. 37
    WIT

    75A Drollery

    11
    88
  38. 38
    TERI

    107D Actress Garr

    10
    210
  39. 39
    ANODE

    67A + end

    10
    107
  40. 40
    RUIN

    97D Botch

    10
    97
  41. 41
    OOO

    89A Noughts in noughts-and-crosses

    10
    81
  42. 42
    DEAD

    63D No longer under consideration

    10
    77
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    FBI

    115A Org. with a lab

    10
    75
  44. 44
    OLEO

    148A Spread on a dinner table

    9
    264
  45. 45
    DEAR

    49D Tootsie

    9
    118
  46. 46
    EPEES

    6D Some foils

    9
    104
  47. 47
    ATALL

    29D Whatsoever

    9
    77
  48. 48
    MAG

    83D Cosmo or S.I.

    9
    63
  49. 49
    NINJA

    118A Martial arts expert

    9
    38
  50. 50
    RITE

    145A Marriage, e.g.

    8
    117
  51. 51
    RESIN

    127A Pine product

    8
    84
  52. 52
    ONYX

    37D Black beauty

    8
    74
  53. 53
    BEG

    8D Solicit

    8
    59
  54. 54
    PODS

    152A Pea jackets?

    8
    40
  55. 55
    SAFARI

    10D Leopards are spotted here

    8
    39
  56. 56
    ASSIST

    121D Basketball stat

    8
    35
  57. 57
    ETES

    19D Giverny summers

    7
    148
  58. 58
    EATAT

    130D Really bother

    7
    71
  59. 59
    CAGE

    16A Batter's box

    7
    66
  60. 60
    NOLA

    112A Vincent Lopez's theme song

    7
    61
  61. 61
    TSE

    69D China's Lao-___

    6
    228
  62. 62
    ALGA

    134D Lowlife?

    6
    92
  63. 63
    LASH

    13D Unit of punishment

    6
    80
  64. 64
    ONEL

    119A Scott Turow's first book

    6
    79
  65. 65
    HAI

    31A "Bali ___"

    6
    73
  66. 66
    GALE

    18D Kind of force

    6
    67
  67. 67
    IOUS

    81D Things in pots

    6
    54
  68. 68
    YDS

    126A Bowl stats: Abbr.

    5
    125
  69. 69
    LEES

    36D Historic Virginia family

    5
    97
  70. 70
    SCH

    76D P.T.A. meeting place: Abbr.

    5
    75
  71. 71
    ARCED

    14D Rainbowlike

    5
    68
  72. 72
    AGASSI

    154A 1992 Wimbledon champ

    5
    49
  73. 73
    ALGORE

    44D Dick Cheney's predecessor

    5
    44
  74. 74
    FOB

    99D Vest pocket

    5
    44
  75. 75
    ITSIN

    39A "___ his kiss" (1964 pop lyric)

    5
    13
  76. 76
    DID

    62A Pulled off

    4
    67
  77. 77
    BASED

    8A Stationed (in)

    4
    24
  78. 78
    MAGE

    59A Dungeons & Dragons spellcaster

    4
    24
  79. 79
    EGGNOG

    125D Yuletide cupful

    4
    20
  80. 80
    ENERO

    71A Calendario page

    3
    137
  81. 81
    SAS

    74A Airline to Sweden

    3
    116
  82. 82
    DER

    12D "___ Freischütz" (Weber opera)

    3
    115
  83. 83
    IRANI

    122A Shiraz native

    3
    99
  84. 84
    LAC

    13A Varnish ingredient

    3
    80
  85. 85
    NASH

    87A "The Turtle" poet

    3
    75
  86. 86
    ETAIL

    11D Online commerce

    3
    57
  87. 87
    GOSH

    82D "Oh, my!"

    3
    47
  88. 88
    ATREST

    42D Motionless

    3
    42
  89. 89
    VAIL

    55A Rockies resort

    3
    36
  90. 90
    ESTAS

    135A These, to Jorge

    3
    34
  91. 91
    NIBS

    48D Penpoints

    3
    27
  92. 92
    ROAMS

    137A Drifts

    3
    26
  93. 93
    ARNOLD

    85D Gov. Schwarzenegger

    3
    25
  94. 94
    REGAN

    131A Wife of the Duke of Cornwall, in Shakespeare

    3
    20
  95. 95
    FRESCOS debut

    115D Michelangelo works

    3
    5
  96. 96
    LAHR

    90A Actor Bert

    2
    78
  97. 97
    ISE

    78D Expert finish?

    2
    64
  98. 98
    PERIL

    26D Storm, to a captain

    2
    63
  99. 99
    LTS

    98D Columbo and others: Abbr.

    2
    55
  100. 100
    MCI

    83A Long-distance inits.

    2
    48
  101. 101
    SIRES

    56A Fathers

    2
    39
  102. 102
    GMA

    146D Popular a.m. show

    2
    27
  103. 103
    MRIS

    35D Dr.'s orders

    2
    26
  104. 104
    CLERIC

    142A White-collar worker

    2
    22
  105. 105
    CABANA

    16D Beach shelter

    2
    19
  106. 106
    STEALS

    93D Picks up?

    2
    19
  107. 107
    GNOMES

    146A Underworld figures?

    2
    17
  108. 108
    ELHI

    113A K-12, in education

    1
    86
  109. 109
    AARE

    124A Sight from Bern

    1
    83
  110. 110
    ITALO

    129D Author Calvino

    1
    67
  111. 111
    ADLAI

    45D Part of 65-Across

    1
    64
  112. 112
    LOTT

    106A 1990's Senate majority leader

    1
    47
  113. 113
    RATON

    66A Finger

    1
    43
  114. 114
    SATES

    133A Fills up

    1
    42
  115. 115
    XENO

    102D Prefix with phobic

    1
    23
  116. 116
    ADLIBS

    40D Improvises

    1
    22
  117. 117
    DUANE

    38A Guitarist Allman

    1
    22
  118. 118
    SOYS

    80D Farmers' beans

    1
    15
  119. 119
    INEED

    103A "Man, do ___ a drink!"

    1
    14
  120. 120
    IMDONE debut

    108D "Finished!"

    1
    13
  121. 121
    AGEIST

    147A Person who shows discrimination

    1
    11
  122. 122
    GRATA

    139A Persona non ___

    1
    11
  123. 123
    TIKIS

    107A Polynesian carvings

    1
    9
  124. 124
    CMS debut

    91A Ruler amts.

    1
    7
  125. 125
    DESIGNS

    79A Stars and stripes, and others

    1
    7
  126. 126
    MULLED debut

    92D Prepared, as cider

    1
    2
  127. 127
    ONAN

    149A ___ upswing

    0
    78
  128. 128
    AES

    65A See 45-Down

    0
    62
  129. 129
    SDI

    120A Reagan-era program: Abbr.

    0
    62
  130. 130
    MANN

    59D "Buddenbrooks" author

    0
    59
  131. 131
    CTS

    143D Price abbr.

    0
    51
  132. 132
    AGAS

    34D Eastern titles

    0
    43
  133. 133
    LRON

    100D ___ Hubbard

    0
    37
  134. 134
    RSTU

    153A Pre-V formation

    0
    27
  135. 135
    INERROR

    117D Mistakenly

    0
    24
  136. 136
    RECT

    58A Domino-shaped fig.

    0
    21
  137. 137
    ABAT

    24A "Like ___ out of ..."

    0
    18
  138. 138
    GOFAR

    27A Succeed

    0
    18
  139. 139
    DARC

    53A Jeanne ___

    0
    16
  140. 140
    SMILES

    84D All ___

    0
    16
  141. 141
    MRHYDE

    94A Literary alter ego

    0
    14
  142. 142
    SARAS

    33A Teasdale and Lee

    0
    14
  143. 143
    SCRABBLE

    28A Subject of Stefan Fatsis' book "Word Freak"

    0
    14
  144. 144
    AMARILLO

    34A City in a George Strait country hit

    0
    13
  145. 145
    IONESCO

    72A "Rhinoceros" playwright

    0
    13
  146. 146
    EMDEN

    114A City with a Volkswagen plant

    0
    12
  147. 147
    COSTAS debut

    4D Bob of broadcasting

    0
    11
  148. 148
    MOMENT

    150A Jiffy

    0
    11
  149. 149
    ONASPREE

    25A Bingeing

    0
    9
  150. 150
    LATVIA debut

    90D Baryshnikov's birthplace

    0
    8
  151. 151
    INHALED

    122D Dragged on?

    0
    7
  152. 152
    SPANDEX

    76A Something to exercise in

    0
    7
  153. 153
    ISAYNO debut

    39D "Forget it!"

    0
    6
  154. 154
    NELLE debut

    105A "Ally McBeal" role

    0
    6
  155. 155
    LENOX

    52D Tanglewood Music Festival town

    0
    5
  156. 156
    MANETS debut

    151A "Luncheon on the Grass" and others

    0
    5
  157. 157
    MAXOUT

    101A Charge to the limit

    0
    5
  158. 158
    REPAIRMAN

    66D Mr. Fix-It

    0
    5
  159. 159
    BETSYROSS

    68A Legendary maker of a 96-Across

    0
    3
  160. 160
    CIRCUSACT

    15D Juggling, e.g.

    0
    3
  161. 161
    CUTSSHORT

    104A Abridges

    0
    3
  162. 162
    HECTARES

    32A Square measures

    0
    3
  163. 163
    ABBREVIATED debut

    17D See 3-Down

    0
    2
  164. 164
    BOVID

    109A Buffalo, for one

    0
    2
  165. 165
    DEXTRAL debut

    49A On the right

    0
    2
  166. 166
    HACKED debut

    88D Cut up

    0
    2
  167. 167
    LOADSIN debut

    46A Starts, as a roll of film

    0
    2
  168. 168
    LYSED debut

    60A Disintegrated, as cells

    0
    2
  169. 169
    PEWTERER

    30A Artisan who works with metal

    0
    2
  170. 170
    TERRANOVA debut

    5D National park in Newfoundland

    0
    2
  171. 171
    COLONYNAMES debut

    91D See 3-Down

    0
    1
  172. 172
    DESCENDED debut

    61D Came down

    0
    1
  173. 173
    DRAWSTARSON debut

    3D With 86-, 17- and 91-Down, how to "illustrate" this puzzle

    0
    1
  174. 174
    EARLYUSFLAG debut

    96A Item commissioned by George Washington

    0
    1
  175. 175
    INCOINS debut

    123D How vending machines give change

    0
    1
  176. 176
    INHERENCE debut

    129A Innateness

    0
    1
  177. 177
    INJARS debut

    110D How jams are stored

    0
    1
  178. 178
    SLAVA debut

    43A Cellist Rostropovich, to friends

    0
    1
  179. 179
    THETHIRTEEN debut

    86D See 3-Down

    0
    1