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Thursday · 78 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ODE

    24A Ben Jonson wrote one to himself

    58
    523
  2. 2
    AHA

    50D "I get it!"

    40
    379
  3. 3
    ORCA

    32D Deep-sea killer

    34
    234
  4. 4
    EDIT

    10D Polish prose

    32
    302
  5. 5
    OIL

    43D Try to loosen

    27
    282
  6. 6
    ABBA

    35D Pop music acronym

    25
    192
  7. 7
    ALOT

    72A Often

    23
    262
  8. 8
    AURA

    15A Vibrations

    22
    218
  9. 9
    ACES

    61D Super-duper

    20
    211
  10. 10
    PEN

    30D White House souvenir

    19
    187
  11. 11
    ERGO

    63D Thus

    17
    198
  12. 12
    IDEAL

    16A Model

    17
    135
  13. 13
    EDYS

    34D Popular ice cream

    17
    106
  14. 14
    SNO

    51A ___-cone

    14
    188
  15. 15
    TIME

    14A "___ shall unfold what plaited cunning hides": Shak.

    14
    92
  16. 16
    BAA

    8D It's heard in a herd

    13
    167
  17. 17
    CASE

    5D Lawyer's assignment

    13
    108
  18. 18
    AIOLI

    54D Garlicky mayonnaise

    11
    51
  19. 19
    LANA

    12D Turner of "By Love Possessed"

    9
    105
  20. 20
    NHL

    21D Flyers' org.

    9
    101
  21. 21
    EARTH

    23A Ground

    9
    76
  22. 22
    GNAT

    64D Black fly, e.g.

    8
    132
  23. 23
    MAGI

    45A Gift bearers

    8
    102
  24. 24
    ILSA

    26A "Casablanca" role

    7
    116
  25. 25
    SER

    27D Sun. delivery

    7
    100
  26. 26
    TABS

    46A Settings in word processing

    7
    58
  27. 27
    ARESO

    7D Response to "Am not!"

    7
    57
  28. 28
    USED

    58D Not new

    6
    165
  29. 29
    ADEN

    35A Mideast port

    5
    163
  30. 30
    ISR

    42D Land on the Medit. Sea

    5
    142
  31. 31
    ONEAL

    52D Patrick of "The Way We Were"

    5
    140
  32. 32
    CRAB

    5A Zodiac symbol

    5
    85
  33. 33
    KLEE

    19D "Ad Parnassum" artist, 1932

    5
    63
  34. 34
    RUTS

    6D Dead-end jobs

    5
    32
  35. 35
    LEAS

    11D Rural expanses

    4
    55
  36. 36
    VERB

    33D Trick or treat, e.g.

    4
    34
  37. 37
    HEATS

    53A Qualifying races

    4
    21
  38. 38
    ELAL

    49A Carrier at J.F.K.

    3
    197
  39. 39
    TRA

    66D Singsong syllable

    3
    187
  40. 40
    RAGA

    69A Music of India

    3
    77
  41. 41
    EARED

    40A Dog-___

    3
    56
  42. 42
    SALA

    59D Spanish hotel reservation

    3
    47
  43. 43
    WIDE

    9D Off the mark

    3
    45
  44. 44
    IDEM

    17A Footnote word

    3
    39
  45. 45
    BAILS

    44A Jumps (out)

    3
    14
  46. 46
    BSA

    39D Jamboree grp.

    2
    76
  47. 47
    DIAS

    36D "Buenos ___"

    2
    25
  48. 48
    ROBO

    67A "___Cop"

    2
    18
  49. 49
    MUSCAT

    57A Mideast capital

    2
    10
  50. 50
    SIDEA

    2D Part that's most listened to

    1
    39
  51. 51
    ELBE

    38A Hamburg's river

    1
    37
  52. 52
    ASSYRIA

    47A Nineveh's home

    1
    13
  53. 53
    DREDGE

    25D Excavating machine

    1
    11
  54. 54
    LETSAT debut

    22A Releases to fight

    1
    8
  55. 55
    PITFALL debut

    73A Unexpected difficulty

    1
    6
  56. 56
    MIDSUMMER

    57D Early August

    1
    3
  57. 57
    NEGATION debut

    62A Denial

    1
    2
  58. 58
    SNOWFALL debut

    56D Skier's wish

    1
    2
  59. 59
    EGIS

    37D Auspices: Var.

    0
    36
  60. 60
    EMEER

    3D OPEC V.I.P.

    0
    33
  61. 61
    ISTS

    48D Followers: Suffix

    0
    27
  62. 62
    ALAW

    70A ___ unto himself

    0
    23
  63. 63
    DELVE

    68A Dig

    0
    22
  64. 64
    TOBAT

    55D Go ___ for

    0
    7
  65. 65
    ALLMAN

    28D Rock's ___ Brothers

    0
    6
  66. 66
    ISAACSTERN

    65A Carnegie Hall's main auditorium is named after him

    0
    6
  67. 67
    REPROVE debut

    29A Censure

    0
    4
  68. 68
    WINTERTIDE debut

    1D December festival

    0
    4
  69. 69
    BIGGIRLSDONTCRY

    41A 1962 #1 hit by the group hinted at in this puzzle's theme

    0
    2
  70. 70
    CAVY

    60D South American rodent

    0
    2
  71. 71
    DEEPNESS

    20A Profundity

    0
    2
  72. 72
    RATTLETRAP

    31D One in need of a good inspection

    0
    2
  73. 73
    SPRINGLET

    13D Small water source

    0
    2
  74. 74
    STEAKDIANE

    18A Flambéed beef entree

    0
    2
  75. 75
    SUMMERDAYS

    71A 1965 Beach Boys album

    0
    2
  76. 76
    WELLSPRING

    9A Source of abundance

    0
    2
  77. 77
    TEMPTINGLY debut

    4D With allure

    0
    1
  78. 78
    WINTERSET debut

    1A Iowa town where John Wayne was born

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    1