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Sunday · 140 answers · 20 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ACE

    27A Crackerjack

    57
    493
  2. 2
    ELSE

    62A "Anything ___?"

    43
    440
  3. 3
    ICE

    54D Word before maker or breaker

    40
    391
  4. 4
    IDLE

    20A Kind of speculation

    30
    259
  5. 5
    SASS

    18D Guff

    29
    202
  6. 6
    EROS

    115A Troubadour's inspiration

    28
    321
  7. 7
    NEED

    74D Straits

    24
    214
  8. 8
    EPIC

    101D Sweeping

    23
    235
  9. 9
    NOS

    109D Rejections

    21
    156
  10. 10
    AERO

    103A Prefix with 94-Down

    20
    269
  11. 11
    TEEN

    36A "___ Wolf," Michael J. Fox film

    20
    192
  12. 12
    ALEC

    84A Smart ___

    19
    279
  13. 13
    USER

    29A Manual reader

    19
    246
  14. 14
    CNN

    58D "The Situation Room" airer

    19
    126
  15. 15
    PAL

    65D Familiar

    18
    198
  16. 16
    BAR

    96D Kind of exam

    18
    157
  17. 17
    PLEA

    65A Fund-raising letter, e.g.

    18
    154
  18. 18
    OBI

    48A Bow site

    17
    199
  19. 19
    TAP

    32D Select

    17
    165
  20. 20
    RENT

    33D Payment in Monopoly

    16
    190
  21. 21
    ACTI

    55A Play opener

    16
    129
  22. 22
    RASP

    41A Croak

    15
    137
  23. 23
    INERT

    49A Static

    14
    149
  24. 24
    RDA

    8D Food packaging abbr.

    13
    138
  25. 25
    DENS

    44A Hideaways

    11
    125
  26. 26
    ACS

    70D Window boxes, for short?

    11
    63
  27. 27
    ERICA

    2D Longtime "All My Children" role

    10
    118
  28. 28
    LANA

    22A Actress Wood of "Diamonds Are Forever"

    9
    105
  29. 29
    SEEM

    87A Sound

    9
    100
  30. 30
    WHOA

    90A "Hold your horses!"

    9
    74
  31. 31
    NEAT

    111A "Swell!"

    8
    224
  32. 32
    CPAS

    15A Ernst & Young employees, for short

    8
    76
  33. 33
    DERN

    112A "Monster" actor, 2003

    8
    67
  34. 34
    ASSAM

    68D Tea-growing area of the Himalayas

    8
    63
  35. 35
    WES

    69D Gen. Clark, informally

    7
    113
  36. 36
    ANGER

    52A Hot flash

    7
    75
  37. 37
    YARD

    40D It may be behind a picket fence

    7
    62
  38. 38
    LETO

    26D Actor Jared

    7
    59
  39. 39
    TIGER

    3D Go-getter

    7
    52
  40. 40
    COLD

    86A Siberian

    7
    40
  41. 41
    BCC debut

    51D Abbr. on top of some e-mails

    7
    31
  42. 42
    ALEE

    39D How a ship may be turned

    6
    275
  43. 43
    EINE

    110A A, in Austria

    6
    119
  44. 44
    ELSIE

    67D ___ Janis, star of Broadway's "Puzzles of 1925"

    6
    89
  45. 45
    ICH

    49D Freud's ego

    6
    75
  46. 46
    HOW

    12D "Lord, ___ long?": Isaiah

    6
    54
  47. 47
    ANKA

    17D "Lonely Boy" singer/writer

    5
    109
  48. 48
    SHAH

    72D Bygone monarch

    5
    104
  49. 49
    CAIN

    34D Lord Byron biblical drama

    5
    58
  50. 50
    SIB

    87D Household member, for short

    4
    69
  51. 51
    BRAN

    7A Wheat ___

    4
    63
  52. 52
    LIEGE

    66D Feudal lord

    4
    48
  53. 53
    NIP

    24D Chill in the air

    3
    107
  54. 54
    ANS

    35A T or F: Abbr.

    3
    91
  55. 55
    SHAD

    11A Kohada, on a sushi menu

    3
    56
  56. 56
    LOKI

    80D Norse deity of mischief

    3
    50
  57. 57
    SENSES

    72A Picks up

    3
    50
  58. 58
    EULER

    98D Mathematician who introduced the function symbol f(x)

    3
    49
  59. 59
    HET

    25D Worked (up)

    3
    39
  60. 60
    PANAM

    1D ___ Games

    3
    39
  61. 61
    SIGNS

    43D Some campaign expenses

    3
    39
  62. 62
    GIA

    83A 1970s-'80s supermodel Carangi

    3
    35
  63. 63
    INAPT

    97D Not fitting

    3
    29
  64. 64
    BOOST

    85A Acceleration

    3
    28
  65. 65
    AIS

    52D Sue Grafton's "___ for Alibi"

    3
    18
  66. 66
    GRIME

    45A Smutch

    3
    18
  67. 67
    ARISEN

    19A Up

    2
    43
  68. 68
    SISSY

    99D Wuss

    2
    41
  69. 69
    GHOST

    64A Word game popularized by James Thurber

    2
    32
  70. 70
    ROLFE

    41D Jamestown colonist

    2
    31
  71. 71
    SCARS

    11D Lasting marks

    2
    29
  72. 72
    NEESON

    10D "Les Misérables" star, 1998

    2
    26
  73. 73
    YESORNO

    100A "Stop equivocating!"

    2
    25
  74. 74
    BOOK

    81D Musical credit

    2
    22
  75. 75
    USH

    4D Show to a seat, briefly

    2
    22
  76. 76
    NADIRS

    50D Bottoms

    2
    14
  77. 77
    OSWALD

    61D Warren Commission subject

    2
    12
  78. 78
    PIGGED debut

    56A Overate, with "out"

    2
    3
  79. 79
    YSER

    100D River in W.W. I fighting

    1
    134
  80. 80
    REL

    95D Faith: Abbr.

    1
    133
  81. 81
    RMS

    71D Abbr. in an apt. ad

    1
    45
  82. 82
    COSI

    21A "___ fan tutte"

    1
    38
  83. 83
    BEENE

    51A Designer Geoffrey

    1
    30
  84. 84
    ELOPES

    113A Runs off (with)

    1
    26
  85. 85
    KART

    104A Go-___

    1
    25
  86. 86
    SRIS

    116A Indian titles of respect

    1
    24
  87. 87
    BALES

    81A Plantation inventory

    1
    21
  88. 88
    BARNONE

    85D Without exception

    1
    14
  89. 89
    ANIONS

    6D Particles in electrolysis

    1
    12
  90. 90
    DOGG

    38D Snoop ___

    1
    10
  91. 91
    PETULA

    1A "Downtown" singer Clark

    1
    8
  92. 92
    DELUGE

    44D 40 days and 40 nights event

    1
    7
  93. 93
    ALASKANS

    82D Ones with the motto "North to the Future"

    1
    6
  94. 94
    HUEYS debut

    78A Some military helicopters, familiarly

    1
    5
  95. 95
    GETUGLY debut

    45D Turn unpleasant

    1
    2
  96. 96
    CRI

    108D ___ du coeur

    0
    56
  97. 97
    SANA

    102D Mideast capital

    0
    47
  98. 98
    TERR

    89D Australia's Northern ___: Abbr.

    0
    47
  99. 99
    ABOIL

    42D Bubbling

    0
    43
  100. 100
    RCAS

    114A Some stereos

    0
    34
  101. 101
    IOLA

    47A Kansas county seat on the Neosho River

    0
    22
  102. 102
    KOO

    60D Hootchy-___

    0
    18
  103. 103
    CMI

    91A Early 10th-century year

    0
    17
  104. 104
    NUI

    105A Rapa ___ (Easter Island)

    0
    15
  105. 105
    PARC

    16D ___ zoologique (French zoo)

    0
    15
  106. 106
    FLEES

    79A Cuts out

    0
    14
  107. 107
    GAO

    107D Fed. auditor

    0
    13
  108. 108
    SOIE

    28A French silk

    0
    13
  109. 109
    SECY

    76A Cabinet member: Abbr.

    0
    12
  110. 110
    KISSES

    59D Rejects, with "off"

    0
    9
  111. 111
    EULA

    73D Faulkner femme fatale ___ Varner

    0
    7
  112. 112
    AIMLESS

    77A Futile

    0
    6
  113. 113
    ALLURES

    9D Charms

    0
    6
  114. 114
    DESTRY

    117A Title hero of a classic western

    0
    6
  115. 115
    DISROBE

    14D Strip

    0
    6
  116. 116
    LETSIN

    5D Admits

    0
    6
  117. 117
    IGNIS

    63A ___ fatuus

    0
    5
  118. 118
    LOGICAL

    53A Ratiocinative

    0
    5
  119. 119
    POTSIE

    56D "Happy Days" boy

    0
    5
  120. 120
    ARBORDAY

    37A Annual event celebrated outdoors

    0
    3
  121. 121
    CORDED

    91D Like some tires

    0
    3
  122. 122
    FRESCAS debut

    30A Coca-Cola Co. drinks

    0
    3
  123. 123
    BIGEATER debut

    7D Gourmand

    0
    2
  124. 124
    CLASSRING

    15D School souvenir

    0
    2
  125. 125
    MOTILE

    92D Capable of getting around, biologically

    0
    2
  126. 126
    SYCAMORES debut

    75D Graceful trees

    0
    2
  127. 127
    WORLDS

    90D ___ apart

    0
    2
  128. 128
    ASKFORME debut

    13D Personal offer to help

    0
    1
  129. 129
    ASSWEET debut

    55D How a rose by any other name would smell, according to Shakespeare

    0
    1
  130. 130
    CHOOSER debut

    86D Voter, e.g.

    0
    1
  131. 131
    FINCHDUCKSCUCKOOS debut

    57A Lawyer Atticus avoids crazies?

    0
    1
  132. 132
    FOLLOWER debut

    79D Copyist

    0
    1
  133. 133
    HADATALK debut

    88A Conversed

    0
    1
  134. 134
    MARTINPARROTSCOOTS debut

    31A Actor Steve repeats what geezers say?

    0
    1
  135. 135
    MERLINROOKSBOOBIES debut

    93A Famed magician cheats chumps?

    0
    1
  136. 136
    NAUTS debut

    94D Voyagers: Suffix

    0
    1
  137. 137
    NIGHTINGALEHAWKSLARKS debut

    23A Nurse Florence sells adventures?

    0
    1
  138. 138
    REICHL debut

    46D Food writer Ruth

    0
    1
  139. 139
    SPARROWGULLSCARDINALS debut

    106A Disney's Captain Jack dupes church leaders?

    0
    1
  140. 140
    WRENSWALLOWSRAILS debut

    69A Architect Christopher gobbles banisters?

    0
    1