← Fill Atlas

Friday · 68 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ORE

    51A It's picked

    48
    581
  2. 2
    PAR

    37D Hole stat

    25
    218
  3. 3
    RTE

    10D Way: Abbr.

    20
    285
  4. 4
    AISLE

    22A Grocery section

    16
    140
  5. 5
    NAN

    20A ___-Shan, ship in Conrad's "Typhoon"

    16
    118
  6. 6
    ELMO

    50D Zoe's friend, on "Sesame Street"

    15
    174
  7. 7
    EASES

    27A Simplifies

    10
    74
  8. 8
    ANDS

    53D Added stipulations

    7
    76
  9. 9
    MEEK

    33D Unlikely to raise a ruckus

    5
    48
  10. 10
    TAKEI

    40A He sat in front of Nimoy and Shatner

    5
    31
  11. 11
    ABUTS

    4D Neighbors

    4
    30
  12. 12
    BETAS

    45D They're not final releases

    4
    28
  13. 13
    RIGID

    42A Inflexible

    4
    26
  14. 14
    ELAL

    29D Big international carrier

    3
    197
  15. 15
    SERE

    30D Like a desert

    3
    123
  16. 16
    DER

    26D German article

    3
    115
  17. 17
    TELE

    14D Phony start?

    3
    103
  18. 18
    SPCA

    28D Shelter provider: Abbr.

    3
    89
  19. 19
    ALONG

    23A Beside

    3
    53
  20. 20
    AREEL

    47D Dizzy

    3
    45
  21. 21
    LATKE

    46D Applesauce-topped treat

    3
    27
  22. 22
    EDSELS

    60A Corsair, Ranger and Pacer

    2
    45
  23. 23
    OMEARA

    52A Mark who won the 1998 Masters and British Open

    2
    24
  24. 24
    HABLA

    44A Señor's speech

    2
    15
  25. 25
    SETTOS

    19A Scraps

    2
    13
  26. 26
    ONEA

    12D Most eligible, in a way

    1
    175
  27. 27
    CALI

    48D Valle del Cauca's capital

    1
    55
  28. 28
    ETHNO

    9D Prefix with -centric

    1
    45
  29. 29
    ACAD

    13D Ens. producer

    1
    38
  30. 30
    RIOS

    1D Ebro y otros

    1
    36
  31. 31
    GOAPE

    43D Snap

    1
    31
  32. 32
    NNW

    55D Weather report abbr.

    1
    28
  33. 33
    ROTTEN

    56A No-good

    1
    19
  34. 34
    OPENAIR

    7D Like some markets

    1
    16
  35. 35
    ALLINALL

    54A Generally

    1
    9
  36. 36
    YARDSALE

    39A Spring cleaning follow-up, perhaps

    1
    6
  37. 37
    POLECAR

    37A First one out on the track

    1
    5
  38. 38
    COMPOSER

    31A Berlin, for one

    1
    4
  39. 39
    DRYSEASON

    6D April to September, in southern Africa

    1
    4
  40. 40
    INABAR

    15A Where many jokes are set

    1
    4
  41. 41
    ELEANOR

    36A Ferdinand III's daughter

    0
    45
  42. 42
    DADE

    21A ___ City, Fla.

    0
    30
  43. 43
    CEST

    31D "___ la guerre"

    0
    21
  44. 44
    ILER

    49D Robert of "The Sopranos"

    0
    21
  45. 45
    OLEA

    32D Olive genus

    0
    14
  46. 46
    ROLAND

    1A "Doonesbury" reporter Hedley

    0
    10
  47. 47
    SEEPIN

    38A Enter drop by drop

    0
    10
  48. 48
    CIEL

    48A Sky over the Seine

    0
    9
  49. 49
    OCCUPY

    17A Take up

    0
    9
  50. 50
    ONCEA

    2D "___-Year Day" ("The Pajama Game" tune)

    0
    9
  51. 51
    ETHEREAL

    18A Light

    0
    8
  52. 52
    LACTI

    3D Milk: Prefix

    0
    8
  53. 53
    EADIE

    25A Title lady of a 1932 Ethel Merman song

    0
    7
  54. 54
    GIRLIE

    41D Opposite of macho

    0
    7
  55. 55
    SNAKED debut

    58A Meandered

    0
    7
  56. 56
    NEILDIAMOND

    24D Grammy winner for "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"

    0
    6
  57. 57
    OVERCOAT

    7A Chesterfield, e.g.

    0
    6
  58. 58
    VITALE

    8D Sports analyst who wrote "Living a Dream"

    0
    6
  59. 59
    GORKI

    41A "The Lower Depths" playwright

    0
    5
  60. 60
    YODELED

    39D Sang on high?

    0
    4
  61. 61
    IRONWEED

    59A Pulitzer-winning William Kennedy novel

    0
    3
  62. 62
    WIMPLE

    35A Nun's wear

    0
    3
  63. 63
    LEMONPIE

    57A Tartish treat

    0
    2
  64. 64
    NAPOLEONIII debut

    5D He was defeated and captured at Sedan

    0
    2
  65. 65
    WORKHORSE debut

    35D Productive one

    0
    2
  66. 66
    CARDGAMES debut

    11D They often involve drawing

    0
    1
  67. 67
    PAPERLION debut

    34D George Plimpton book

    0
    1
  68. 68
    PITTANCE debut

    16A Small amount

    0
    1