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Thursday · 74 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    OLE

    6D Word of encouragement

    54
    525
  2. 2
    EGO

    16A A diva might have a big one

    42
    393
  3. 3
    DOT

    21A Freckle, e.g.

    25
    178
  4. 4
    TAU

    58A Kind of cross

    25
    169
  5. 5
    NIT

    51A Something to be picked

    19
    143
  6. 6
    TUNA

    47A Yellowfin, e.g.

    18
    112
  7. 7
    EDS

    28A Playboy types, briefly

    17
    230
  8. 8
    TOO

    49A "Let's not forget …"

    17
    189
  9. 9
    LIP

    19A Smartness

    17
    136
  10. 10
    EAU

    14A Evian, e.g.

    16
    203
  11. 11
    TLC

    47D What Dr. Mom administers

    16
    146
  12. 12
    LAT

    18D G.P.S. fig.

    14
    109
  13. 13
    RAG

    5D Item in a mechanic's hip pocket

    11
    149
  14. 14
    CRU

    54D High-quality French vineyard

    9
    49
  15. 15
    CPAS

    4D 1040 experts, for short

    8
    76
  16. 16
    IDEAS

    20A Mind set?

    7
    95
  17. 17
    FIRE

    32D Boot or can

    7
    55
  18. 18
    TSE

    56A Literary inits.

    6
    228
  19. 19
    ITA

    55D Give ___ go

    6
    104
  20. 20
    ALIST

    50A Ones most wanted

    5
    77
  21. 21
    TEETH

    10D Sprocket parts

    5
    53
  22. 22
    LOTSA

    31A "___ luck!"

    4
    57
  23. 23
    GOES

    29D Converts (to)

    4
    53
  24. 24
    ZETA

    30A Sorority girl

    4
    52
  25. 25
    QED

    42A Letters to a mathematician

    3
    83
  26. 26
    PATE

    36D Spread out at a party?

    3
    73
  27. 27
    ARIL

    50D Seed covering

    3
    50
  28. 28
    RAIDED

    2D Like refrigerators, often

    3
    16
  29. 29
    STN

    61A Penn, e.g., in N.Y.C.

    2
    56
  30. 30
    LTS

    22A U.S.M.A. grads

    2
    55
  31. 31
    SEPT

    23A Natl. Piano Mo.

    2
    55
  32. 32
    ALCOTT

    9D Transcendentalist Bronson ___

    2
    21
  33. 33
    FINER

    32A Traffic court judge, at times

    2
    18
  34. 34
    SAIDSO

    8D Gave one's approval

    2
    16
  35. 35
    ETCHA debut

    46D ___ Sketch (toy)

    2
    5
  36. 36
    COSI

    39A "___ sia" (Italian "amen")

    1
    38
  37. 37
    EZINE

    27D Slate.com, e.g.

    1
    33
  38. 38
    HAP

    11A Fortune

    1
    30
  39. 39
    PAX

    53D Latin Mass subject

    1
    26
  40. 40
    GROOVE

    41D Place for a needle

    1
    10
  41. 41
    CROSSAT debut

    4A Angry with

    1
    3
  42. 42
    ERI

    48A "___ tu" (aria)

    0
    76
  43. 43
    DRJ

    1A B-ball legend with a career 30,026 points

    0
    34
  44. 44
    ALECS

    37A "Smart" guys

    0
    25
  45. 45
    GMAC

    35D Auto financing co.

    0
    16
  46. 46
    SHANANA

    26D Next-to-last performers at the first Woodstock

    0
    14
  47. 47
    AGORAS

    40D Ancient markets

    0
    13
  48. 48
    METZ

    24D City on the Moselle

    0
    13
  49. 49
    AMARE

    38A To love, in Italy

    0
    12
  50. 50
    PALEALE

    15A Sierra Nevada, e.g.

    0
    12
  51. 51
    POPSTAR

    13D Spin magazine profilee

    0
    11
  52. 52
    HAVARTI

    57A Danish cheese

    0
    10
  53. 53
    JULEPS

    3D Kentucky Derby refreshments

    0
    9
  54. 54
    AGNATE

    40A Related on the father's side

    0
    8
  55. 55
    DATSUN

    44D Car introduced in the U.S. in 1960

    0
    8
  56. 56
    QUILTS

    42D Bees' output

    0
    8
  57. 57
    ACCENTS

    37D Foreigners' giveaways

    0
    7
  58. 58
    DEVISE

    1D Work out

    0
    7
  59. 59
    LECID

    31D Massenet opera

    0
    6
  60. 60
    SEV

    7D Unspecified no.

    0
    5
  61. 61
    AGITATES

    12D Stirs

    0
    4
  62. 62
    ASEXUAL debut

    60A Not really interested in anybody

    0
    4
  63. 63
    CROPCIRCLES

    52A Mysterious phenomena … or a clue to solving 17-, 24-, 33- and 45-Across

    0
    4
  64. 64
    RESPITES

    34D Breaks

    0
    4
  65. 65
    SHS

    59A Test taker's admonitions

    0
    4
  66. 66
    ENSEAT

    43D Put on a throne

    0
    3
  67. 67
    GETHOT

    29A Start making all one's shots, say

    0
    3
  68. 68
    ITSI debut

    25D Odd-sounding albeit grammatical answer to "Who's there?"

    0
    3
  69. 69
    FLOURISH debut

    33D "Ta-da!," e.g.

    0
    2
  70. 70
    HELLBENT

    11D Completely committed

    0
    2
  71. 71
    MISSTHEBAT

    24A What well-pitched baseballs do?

    0
    2
  72. 72
    CUPDEGRACE debut

    45A Chalice in a chapel?

    0
    1
  73. 73
    FREEZINGPINTS debut

    33A Items sold at Baskin-Robbins?

    0
    1
  74. 74
    VILLAGEVICE debut

    17A Smoking or drinking in a small town?

    0
    1