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Thursday · 76 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ONE

    31D Purina ___ (pet food)

    63
    612
  2. 2
    ICE

    62A Medium for playing the Blues?

    40
    391
  3. 3
    SIR

    65A Paul McCartney, for one

    35
    271
  4. 4
    OVA

    60D Largest cells in the human body

    30
    259
  5. 5
    INN

    45A Stopover

    27
    258
  6. 6
    HER

    5D ___ highness

    27
    237
  7. 7
    AFAR

    22A Way out

    25
    233
  8. 8
    PSI

    35A Eerie kind of powers

    24
    198
  9. 9
    ETTA

    18D With 32-Across, "Tell Mama" singer, 1967

    23
    254
  10. 10
    RES

    59D Drops of golden sun?

    17
    279
  11. 11
    TIER

    21A Stage

    17
    179
  12. 12
    ELENA

    64A Tennis star Dementieva

    14
    177
  13. 13
    AORTA

    43A Pump outlet?

    14
    144
  14. 14
    MOO

    34D Jersey call

    14
    137
  15. 15
    ALPO

    1D Boxer's fare

    13
    138
  16. 16
    BIO

    30D Feature on A&E

    13
    123
  17. 17
    POR

    35D ___ avión (stamp on a letter to Spain)

    13
    70
  18. 18
    LADLE

    14A Scoop up

    13
    69
  19. 19
    SAM

    11A Spiegel who produced "On the Waterfront"

    12
    155
  20. 20
    HEM

    61D Constrain, with "in"

    12
    136
  21. 21
    FOE

    41A Mailman, to a canine?

    12
    112
  22. 22
    EBAY

    54A PayPal owner

    11
    131
  23. 23
    EVENT

    63A Westminster Kennel Club show, e.g.

    11
    102
  24. 24
    STERN

    8D Finger-wagging, say

    10
    113
  25. 25
    SGT

    36D ___ Pepper

    9
    117
  26. 26
    SKYE

    44D Kind of terrier

    9
    60
  27. 27
    TEENS

    50D Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, e.g.

    8
    86
  28. 28
    OBOES

    29A Orchestra group

    8
    79
  29. 29
    TAFT

    19D 1920's chief justice

    8
    64
  30. 30
    OFF

    29D Command to a pooch on a couch, maybe

    7
    72
  31. 31
    JET

    32D Fountain feature

    7
    69
  32. 32
    INT

    28A Gridiron abbr.

    6
    139
  33. 33
    MAORI

    2D Polynesian language

    6
    74
  34. 34
    YEAS

    55A For words?

    6
    71
  35. 35
    LETGO

    42A Fire

    6
    46
  36. 36
    IMPEI

    7D John Hancock Tower designer

    6
    37
  37. 37
    MEA

    27A "Give ___ kiss!"

    5
    100
  38. 38
    SEL

    44A Bifteck seasoning

    5
    71
  39. 39
    SAYSO

    66A Last word

    5
    60
  40. 40
    LEWIS

    46D Explorer with Sacagawea

    5
    46
  41. 41
    INST

    45D M.I.T. part: Abbr.

    4
    67
  42. 42
    IDLED

    3D Stayed put

    4
    49
  43. 43
    DIES

    25D Doesn't go on

    4
    48
  44. 44
    OREL

    20A Ivan Turgenev's birthplace

    3
    115
  45. 45
    ISA

    37D "The Heart ___ Lonely Hunter"

    3
    77
  46. 46
    AMISH

    1A Some bearded men

    3
    61
  47. 47
    ABACI

    47D You can count on them

    3
    59
  48. 48
    HELP

    39D Cry to a St. Bernard?

    3
    52
  49. 49
    SCIFI

    11D Video store section

    3
    35
  50. 50
    MISTS

    6A Rain forest features

    3
    21
  51. 51
    IMAN

    57D Mogadishu-born supermodel

    2
    54
  52. 52
    AMTOO

    15A Schoolyard retort

    2
    22
  53. 53
    OYVEY

    49D Cry of dismay

    2
    21
  54. 54
    ALG

    33D Math subj.

    1
    59
  55. 55
    ADDER

    52D Summer

    1
    46
  56. 56
    CATER

    48D Do dinner?

    1
    34
  57. 57
    LLANO

    53D Treeless plain

    1
    33
  58. 58
    TOD

    9D Strauss's "___ und Verklärung"

    1
    32
  59. 59
    MAXIM

    6D FHM competitor

    1
    18
  60. 60
    MUNRO

    13D Short-story writer Alice

    1
    16
  61. 61
    DONICELY debut

    40D Serve its purpose

    1
    2
  62. 62
    SOI

    10D "___ gather"

    0
    41
  63. 63
    CLU

    16A Actor Gulager

    0
    25
  64. 64
    JAMES

    32A See 18-Down

    0
    20
  65. 65
    EARTO

    51D Keep an ___ the ground

    0
    16
  66. 66
    ALOAD

    12D Take ___ off

    0
    15
  67. 67
    INSTANT

    26D Flash

    0
    14
  68. 68
    NESTLES

    24D Snuggles

    0
    14
  69. 69
    MYRON

    67A "Discus Thrower" sculptor of ancient Greece

    0
    6
  70. 70
    CDLI

    56A Year Attila invaded Gaul

    0
    5
  71. 71
    SLALOMED

    4D Took a zigzag course

    0
    3
  72. 72
    POLAREXPEDITION

    17A Travel to the end of the earth

    0
    2
  73. 73
    WATEROVERTHEDAM

    58A Something that can't be undone

    0
    2
  74. 74
    FINDTHELOSTDOGS debut

    38A Instruction for 17-, 23-, 46- and 58-Across

    0
    1
  75. 75
    IDONTMINDIFIDO debut

    23A "Why, yes"

    0
    1
  76. 76
    LACKSPOTENTIAL debut

    46A Isn't likely to succeed

    0
    1