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Thursday · 74 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    DNA

    35A Paternity identifier

    37
    260
  2. 2
    STAT

    55D P.D.Q., to a surgeon

    27
    239
  3. 3
    HER

    46D Part of H.M.S.

    27
    237
  4. 4
    SSNS

    14D Payroll dept. ID's

    26
    130
  5. 5
    PEA

    37D Preceder of 32-Down

    23
    230
  6. 6
    ERIN

    39D Poetic name for Ireland

    19
    279
  7. 7
    AKA

    61D Pseudonym lead-in

    19
    211
  8. 8
    ELO

    8D Pop grp. heard in "Xanadu"

    17
    250
  9. 9
    INTO

    11D Preoccupied with

    17
    219
  10. 10
    NAP

    60D Pile

    17
    192
  11. 11
    ERODE

    2D Partly eat away

    16
    175
  12. 12
    RASP

    53D Prisoner's tool for escape

    15
    137
  13. 13
    OFT

    21D Poetic adverb

    15
    113
  14. 14
    POD

    32D Plant container, when preceded by 37-Down

    15
    101
  15. 15
    LION

    13D Pride member

    13
    131
  16. 16
    AHOY

    44A Port-of-call call

    13
    108
  17. 17
    ROLE

    38D Part

    11
    165
  18. 18
    MESA

    33A Phoenix neighbor

    11
    151
  19. 19
    ANODE

    52D Positive end

    10
    107
  20. 20
    MIRE

    31D Peat source

    9
    84
  21. 21
    OTRA

    49A Paulina's "other"

    9
    79
  22. 22
    SKYE

    43A Portree's isle

    9
    60
  23. 23
    RADII

    51D Projections from a central point

    8
    81
  24. 24
    ISO

    63D Prefix with propyl

    7
    117
  25. 25
    ODAY

    30D Performer with Krupa and Kenton

    6
    50
  26. 26
    NOFEE

    3D "Payment not required"

    6
    26
  27. 27
    LOSE

    12D Place last, say

    5
    102
  28. 28
    USERID

    65A PC info

    5
    36
  29. 29
    POMP

    29A Pageantry

    5
    33
  30. 30
    ROSIE

    53A Paper towel-touting waitress

    4
    62
  31. 31
    AROUSE

    15A Pique

    3
    58
  32. 32
    CHAN

    58A Peter Sellers parodied him in "Murder by Death"

    3
    52
  33. 33
    LEERAT

    6D Profligately eye

    3
    36
  34. 34
    PENPAL

    1A Person of letters?

    3
    28
  35. 35
    ORI

    42A "Protect mine innocence, ___ fall into the trap …": "King Henry VIII"

    2
    63
  36. 36
    ARTTEST debut

    27A Pamphlet with a "Draw Me" challenge

    2
    3
  37. 37
    FRA

    57A Pisa monk's title

    1
    67
  38. 38
    ECTO

    34D Plasm prefix

    1
    62
  39. 39
    PENNY

    48D Preceder of 10-Down

    1
    21
  40. 40
    PATCH

    1D Pirate's eye cover

    1
    20
  41. 41
    POTPIE

    67A Potato, meat and sauce dish

    1
    18
  42. 42
    THARP

    50D "Push Comes to Shove" choreographer

    1
    18
  43. 43
    TSU

    40D Pedagogical inits. in Nashville

    1
    18
  44. 44
    ASNO

    25D "… perhaps comes ___ surprise …"

    1
    16
  45. 45
    TEAMUP

    47D Partner (with)

    1
    12
  46. 46
    ILLINOIS

    16A Prairie State

    1
    10
  47. 47
    TOFFEE

    17A Peanut brittle base

    1
    10
  48. 48
    SEASNAKE

    64A Pacific wriggler

    1
    8
  49. 49
    ANTENNAE

    59A Pair on a head

    1
    5
  50. 50
    PICKPOCKET

    29D Petty criminal

    1
    5
  51. 51
    AFLASH

    24A Practically no time

    1
    3
  52. 52
    ASE

    5D Peer Gynt's mother

    0
    79
  53. 53
    ENTR

    41A Play's ___'acte

    0
    53
  54. 54
    ONEI

    54D "Phew! Finally ___ know!"

    0
    46
  55. 55
    IDIO

    36A Personal: Prefix

    0
    35
  56. 56
    STAS

    26D Penn. and others

    0
    34
  57. 57
    ROK

    20A Pusan soldier

    0
    24
  58. 58
    HEEP

    23A Perfidious clerk in "David Copperfield"

    0
    23
  59. 59
    IEST

    56D Pluck or hair extension?

    0
    16
  60. 60
    RAU

    28D President Johannes ___ of Germany, 1999-2004

    0
    14
  61. 61
    PINCH

    10D Practice economy, when preceded by 48-Down

    0
    11
  62. 62
    MIKADO

    62A "Princess Ida" follow-up operetta, with "The"

    0
    10
  63. 63
    MINH

    33D Phu My Hung site, Ho Chi ___ City

    0
    10
  64. 64
    CDEF

    19A Preceders of G

    0
    7
  65. 65
    PENSEE

    48A Parisian thought

    0
    5
  66. 66
    PLU

    9D Phenomena or personae: Abbr.

    0
    5
  67. 67
    COENS

    22A Pair of filmmaking brothers

    0
    4
  68. 68
    PICKLEDPIGSFEET

    7D Preserved food in jars

    0
    3
  69. 69
    PICTUREPOSTCARD

    37A Pretty souvenir

    0
    3
  70. 70
    LIGHTUP

    45A Pay no heed to smoking rules

    0
    2
  71. 71
    COUNTSON debut

    18A Puts faith in

    0
    1
  72. 72
    PEPPILLS debut

    7A Picker-uppers

    0
    1
  73. 73
    PITTYPAT debut

    66A Pulsating sound, informally

    0
    1
  74. 74
    PUFFPASTRY debut

    4D Pepperidge Farm offering

    0
    1