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Friday · 68 answers · 9 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ASH

    44A Gray shade

    50
    458
  2. 2
    TRI

    48D Prefix with state

    41
    237
  3. 3
    ESE

    6D San Jose-to-Fresno dir.

    26
    386
  4. 4
    AKA

    10D Booking letters

    19
    211
  5. 5
    PLEA

    28D Many a prayer

    18
    154
  6. 6
    EDS

    27A Co. founded by H. Ross Perot in 1962

    17
    230
  7. 7
    REESE

    43D Baseball's Little Colonel

    12
    153
  8. 8
    RENE

    40A French writer François ___ de Chateaubriand

    11
    221
  9. 9
    POSE

    28A Ask

    11
    88
  10. 10
    TERI

    24A Actress Polo of "Meet the Fockers"

    10
    210
  11. 11
    BAS

    20A ___-Saint-Laurent (Quebec region)

    9
    96
  12. 12
    ROPE

    41A Ring side

    8
    100
  13. 13
    UMPS

    34A Hall-of-famers Bill Klem and Nestor Chylak, e.g.

    8
    69
  14. 14
    ETRADE

    1A Modern investor's option

    8
    46
  15. 15
    ARMANI

    4D Emporio ___

    7
    44
  16. 16
    EDSEL

    19A Ranger that cost about $2,500

    6
    122
  17. 17
    BEL

    35A "___-Ami" (Guy de Maupassant novel)

    6
    81
  18. 18
    AMOUR

    22D Cause for an assignation

    6
    58
  19. 19
    PRADA

    38A Milan-based fashion house

    6
    33
  20. 20
    ARCED

    8D Bowed

    5
    68
  21. 21
    PIVOT

    42D Basketball maneuver

    4
    23
  22. 22
    PUNS

    26D Groaners

    4
    20
  23. 23
    WOES

    23D Griper's litany

    3
    44
  24. 24
    ESTAS

    46A "Cómo ___?"

    3
    34
  25. 25
    ENMASSE

    36D As one

    3
    30
  26. 26
    DEPTH

    5D Bathysphere reading

    3
    21
  27. 27
    LAPSED

    7D No longer practicing

    3
    19
  28. 28
    NEGATES

    12D Disestablishes

    3
    10
  29. 29
    SAHL

    9D Montreal-born comic who wrote jokes for J.F.K.

    2
    67
  30. 30
    BIDE

    30D Wait

    2
    38
  31. 31
    BERN

    45D Capital founded in 1191

    2
    31
  32. 32
    POLES

    26A A pair apart?

    2
    25
  33. 33
    LASAGNA

    7A Potluck supper offering

    2
    20
  34. 34
    DENISE

    17D "Room 222" actress Nicholas

    2
    7
  35. 35
    HUR

    49D Judah's house in a Lew Wallace novel

    1
    41
  36. 36
    MILD

    25A Not sharp

    1
    33
  37. 37
    GUESS

    29A Something ventured

    1
    26
  38. 38
    ATESTS

    13D Big news in the 40's and 50's

    1
    25
  39. 39
    GAPED

    29D Couldn't hide one's astonishment

    1
    23
  40. 40
    EMME

    39A She's a plus

    1
    22
  41. 41
    BIDET

    45A Privy fixture

    1
    17
  42. 42
    USAUSA

    51A "Hooray for the red, white, and blue!"

    1
    17
  43. 43
    RENTER

    53A Thrifty customer?

    1
    12
  44. 44
    HITAT debut

    18A Deride

    1
    11
  45. 45
    ESTHETE

    1D Museumgoer, e.g.

    1
    9
  46. 46
    PRAWNS

    38D Cioppino ingredients

    1
    7
  47. 47
    BLUEJEANS

    30A Calvins, e.g.

    1
    6
  48. 48
    SPLINTS

    52A They may give players a stiff arm

    1
    6
  49. 49
    EIDERS

    39D You can get down from them

    0
    13
  50. 50
    EMMETT

    31D Daniel Decatur ___, composer of "Dixie"

    0
    13
  51. 51
    SHORES

    14A Where some bank deposits are made

    0
    13
  52. 52
    WITT

    23A Gold medalist in Sarajevo and Calgary

    0
    13
  53. 53
    PRIER

    32A Nosy Parker

    0
    8
  54. 54
    PROSHOP

    32D It supplies drivers

    0
    8
  55. 55
    RAPHAEL

    33D Renaissance man

    0
    7
  56. 56
    RESCAN

    40D Do a price check on

    0
    7
  57. 57
    LESSTAR

    37D Pitch from Carlton or Merit

    0
    5
  58. 58
    ROUTERS

    3D Network devices

    0
    5
  59. 59
    PIPEDREAMS

    42A Capricious conceits

    0
    4
  60. 60
    PARAKEET debut

    15A Talkative one

    0
    3
  61. 61
    TRUMPEDUPCHARGE debut

    16A Part of a frame

    0
    3
  62. 62
    BEATOUT debut

    35D Edge

    0
    2
  63. 63
    EVENHANDED debut

    21A Fair

    0
    2
  64. 64
    GERBILS

    11D Desert rats

    0
    2
  65. 65
    NOERRORS debut

    50A Flawless diamond display?

    0
    1
  66. 66
    PUDDLEJUMPERS debut

    15D Short-hop specialists

    0
    1
  67. 67
    THRIVED debut

    2D Shined

    0
    1
  68. 68
    WHATEVERTHECOST debut

    47A Sparing no expense

    0
    1