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Sunday · 140 answers · 19 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

  1. 1
    ACE

    113A Top-notch

    57
    493
  2. 2
    EAR

    106D Side flap

    57
    485
  3. 3
    ERE

    65A "Myself was stirring ___ the break of day": Shak.

    43
    602
  4. 4
    EDEN

    1A Starting point

    42
    457
  5. 5
    ICE

    30D Put away for good

    40
    391
  6. 6
    SNL

    76A "TV Funhouse" show, for short

    40
    263
  7. 7
    ETAL

    53D Card catalog abbr.

    32
    327
  8. 8
    ESSO

    129A Bygone U.S. gas brand

    30
    276
  9. 9
    IDLE

    67D Nothing doing?

    30
    259
  10. 10
    INS

    62A Connections

    28
    224
  11. 11
    ASA

    120D Simile's center

    27
    230
  12. 12
    HOE

    31A Companion of a spade

    27
    173
  13. 13
    RAN

    15D Dashed

    25
    291
  14. 14
    OSHA

    9A Org. that inspects factories

    24
    192
  15. 15
    ALIT

    47D Came down

    21
    220
  16. 16
    ELAN

    83D Flair

    20
    267
  17. 17
    URN

    37D Banquet holder

    19
    244
  18. 18
    DOE

    75A ___-eyed

    19
    192
  19. 19
    NATO

    73D Grp. conducting Operation Deny Flight

    19
    167
  20. 20
    DOS

    86D To-___

    18
    175
  21. 21
    OKRA

    33A Pod that's sometimes pickled

    17
    156
  22. 22
    FOR

    43D Backing

    13
    103
  23. 23
    PEAT

    105A ___ moss

    13
    75
  24. 24
    OMAR

    57D Poet who wrote "The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on"

    12
    252
  25. 25
    LETS

    42D "I'm game!"

    12
    106
  26. 26
    LEGO

    125A Toy company whose name is an anagram of 124-Across

    11
    101
  27. 27
    NUN

    118D Novice, maybe

    11
    95
  28. 28
    RIDS

    29A Purges

    11
    47
  29. 29
    ALAN

    41D English playwright Ayckbourn

    10
    232
  30. 30
    STAG

    115D Unaccompanied

    10
    168
  31. 31
    TIED

    49D One-to-one, e.g.

    10
    80
  32. 32
    OLEO

    50A Dinner spread

    9
    264
  33. 33
    RIDE

    61A Not go by one's own locomotion

    9
    114
  34. 34
    NIECE

    4D Relative of 26-Across

    9
    104
  35. 35
    YOU

    99D Crossword solver, presumably

    9
    83
  36. 36
    IDED

    72D Carded, say

    9
    48
  37. 37
    FIDO

    77D Cousin of Spot

    9
    47
  38. 38
    ISAW

    123A 1965 movie "___ What You Did"

    9
    47
  39. 39
    UTERI

    45D Development sites

    9
    41
  40. 40
    TREES

    18D Shady sorts?

    8
    77
  41. 41
    AEIOU

    17D Fivesome seen in order in the answer to each starred clue

    8
    60
  42. 42
    OYS

    6D Exclamations of exasperation

    8
    48
  43. 43
    LUAU

    78D Beach bash

    7
    89
  44. 44
    EDGAR

    1D Annual literary award

    7
    80
  45. 45
    FLA

    77A Key holder?: Abbr.

    7
    69
  46. 46
    CODE

    48D Word with bar or color

    7
    66
  47. 47
    OGLE

    124A Give a come-hither look

    6
    200
  48. 48
    MAS

    63A Family V.I.P.'s

    6
    111
  49. 49
    NPR

    25D Home of "The Diane Rehm Show"

    6
    98
  50. 50
    HOPI

    40D Some cliff dwellers

    6
    92
  51. 51
    ORTHO

    16D Maker of Bug-B-Gon

    6
    55
  52. 52
    ODAY

    91A Jazzy Anita

    6
    50
  53. 53
    ROOM

    21A Inn's offering

    5
    80
  54. 54
    DAHL

    80A "Fantastic Mr. Fox" author, 1970

    5
    73
  55. 55
    YIP

    90D Small bark

    5
    44
  56. 56
    SHOES

    64D Arch sites

    5
    36
  57. 57
    CHUG

    74D Repeated cry at a beer blast

    5
    18
  58. 58
    DEMI

    19A ___-pointe (ballet position)

    4
    72
  59. 59
    YAHOO

    112D Uneducated boor

    4
    51
  60. 60
    OWNER

    44D Landlord, e.g.

    4
    45
  61. 61
    TSOS

    128A General ___ chicken

    4
    40
  62. 62
    HOPES

    28A They may be high before a competition

    4
    22
  63. 63
    BOAS

    5A Wraps on stage

    3
    57
  64. 64
    OPENER

    126A Corkscrew, e.g.

    3
    41
  65. 65
    LYNN

    20A Footballer-turned-politician Swann

    3
    40
  66. 66
    AMTRAK

    12D City of New Orleans operator

    3
    22
  67. 67
    NEGATES

    96D Brings to naught

    3
    10
  68. 68
    GLO

    121D Day-___

    2
    63
  69. 69
    ACTUP

    103D Misbehave

    2
    38
  70. 70
    HOC

    11D Ad follower

    2
    35
  71. 71
    GAGS

    127A One-liners

    2
    32
  72. 72
    INTACT

    46A Unbroken

    2
    24
  73. 73
    EHUD

    114A Israeli statesman Barak

    2
    19
  74. 74
    KEANE

    104D "The Family Circus" cartoonist

    2
    18
  75. 75
    EMMAS

    3D Thompson and Lazarus

    2
    16
  76. 76
    ELOI

    55A Patron saint of metalworkers

    1
    111
  77. 77
    ETUI

    87A Special case?

    1
    102
  78. 78
    OLEG

    39D Designer Cassini

    1
    93
  79. 79
    APER

    101A Imitator

    1
    85
  80. 80
    EFTS

    69D Newts

    1
    64
  81. 81
    RENDS

    60D Tears to pieces

    1
    30
  82. 82
    ANACIN

    27A Motrin rival

    1
    28
  83. 83
    GREER

    97D Feminist Germaine

    1
    26
  84. 84
    NTWT

    51A Food label abbr.

    1
    22
  85. 85
    AZUR

    36A Côte d'___

    1
    20
  86. 86
    SOUS

    10D Old French coins

    1
    19
  87. 87
    ETIENNE

    93D Saint-___, capital of France's Loire department

    1
    15
  88. 88
    CELIE

    71D Role in "The Color Purple"

    1
    14
  89. 89
    ORDEALS

    9D Periods in prison, e.g.

    1
    14
  90. 90
    THROAT

    13A Frog's place

    1
    13
  91. 91
    TEDIUM

    85A Lack of variety

    1
    12
  92. 92
    RESECT

    32A Surgically excise

    1
    10
  93. 93
    INTERNS

    35D Future residents

    1
    9
  94. 94
    VINOS

    54D Chiantis, e.g.

    1
    5
  95. 95
    LUDWIG debut

    100D Philosopher Wittgenstein

    1
    4
  96. 96
    SHARI

    115A Actress/spokeswoman Belafonte

    0
    37
  97. 97
    DEANE

    2D Silas of the Continental Congress

    0
    26
  98. 98
    TASSO

    102D Italian poet Torquato ___

    0
    20
  99. 99
    PATROL

    56A Not skip a beat?

    0
    19
  100. 100
    AUNTIE

    26A Mame, e.g.

    0
    17
  101. 101
    SLUES

    110D Pivots

    0
    16
  102. 102
    AMYL

    79D ___ nitrate

    0
    15
  103. 103
    ARIOT

    107D Rampaging

    0
    11
  104. 104
    DOGLEG

    92A Sharp bend

    0
    11
  105. 105
    LIVY

    89A Roman historian

    0
    11
  106. 106
    MICAS

    24D Biotite and phlogopite

    0
    10
  107. 107
    TOOLE

    109D "A Confederacy of Dunces" author

    0
    10
  108. 108
    ANOINTED

    66A Oiled, in a manner

    0
    9
  109. 109
    SNOOK

    8D Derisive gesture

    0
    9
  110. 110
    GALILEE debut

    68D Sea of ___

    0
    8
  111. 111
    REWET

    82D Lick again

    0
    8
  112. 112
    HOUSTON

    14D First word spoken to earth from the lunar surface

    0
    7
  113. 113
    ISSEL

    88A Dan ___, former N.B.A. star and coach

    0
    7
  114. 114
    ROARER

    22A Hungry lion, e.g.

    0
    7
  115. 115
    GETSBY

    108A Does just all right

    0
    6
  116. 116
    AEOLIA

    116A Ancient Greek region

    0
    5
  117. 117
    ENERGETIC

    59A Go-go-go

    0
    5
  118. 118
    ETHYLENE

    98A Colorless, flammable gas

    0
    4
  119. 119
    FOYLE

    34D Christopher Morley novel "Kitty ___"

    0
    4
  120. 120
    NEPHEWS debut

    95D 4-Down's brothers

    0
    4
  121. 121
    SUNUNU

    122A New Hampshire senator John

    0
    4
  122. 122
    ELEVS

    52A Rocky Mtn. highs?

    0
    3
  123. 123
    GOULD debut

    70D Stephen Jay ___, author of "The Panda's Thumb"

    0
    3
  124. 124
    TVRATINGS

    84D Nielsens

    0
    3
  125. 125
    BIGGS debut

    111D "American Pie" actor Jason

    0
    2
  126. 126
    HALFSERIOUSLY

    40A *Somewhat in jest

    0
    2
  127. 127
    INCAREOF debut

    72A To be handled by

    0
    2
  128. 128
    ANCHORITE debut

    7D Religious recluse

    0
    1
  129. 129
    BLINTZE debut

    5D Jewish crêpe

    0
    1
  130. 130
    FACETIOUS debut

    34A *Tongue-in-cheek

    0
    1
  131. 131
    GAMEMISCONDUCT debut

    23A *Ice hockey penalty

    0
    1
  132. 132
    GATHERINGCLOUDS debut

    68A *Sign of coming danger

    0
    1
  133. 133
    LATENIGHTHOUR debut

    58D *Time during a graveyard shift

    0
    1
  134. 134
    LOOKEDON debut

    38A Observed

    0
    1
  135. 135
    NETRESULT debut

    81A Upshot

    0
    1
  136. 136
    STANNO debut

    117A Tin: Prefix

    0
    1
  137. 137
    TAKEITOUT debut

    102A *What "dele" means

    0
    1
  138. 138
    TRADEDISCOUNT debut

    13D *Professional courtesy in pricing

    0
    1
  139. 139
    WANDERINGSOUL debut

    94A *Drifter

    0
    1
  140. 140
    WATERINGTROUGH debut

    119A *Barnyard fixture

    0
    1