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Thursday · 78 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ELSE

    68A Something ___ (a wow)

    43
    440
  2. 2
    NOR

    8D Negative connector

    33
    332
  3. 3
    EAST

    45D Wicked witch's home in "The Wizard of Oz"

    33
    285
  4. 4
    ARENA

    47A Bowl

    24
    334
  5. 5
    ALEC

    40D Lover of Tess in "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"

    19
    279
  6. 6
    ACME

    53D -

    19
    210
  7. 7
    REAL

    70A Unexaggerated

    19
    160
  8. 8
    OKRA

    67A Pod holder

    17
    156
  9. 9
    RENT

    57D -

    16
    190
  10. 10
    DEAL

    60D Cry made with a handshake

    14
    104
  11. 11
    AGUA

    11D Composition of the Spanish Main

    13
    103
  12. 12
    AVER

    1D -

    12
    195
  13. 13
    AVOW

    1A Maintain

    12
    112
  14. 14
    GLEE

    56D Delight

    12
    112
  15. 15
    TSARS

    18A Some Romanovs

    11
    117
  16. 16
    AGEE

    16A "The Night of the Hunter" screenwriter

    10
    201
  17. 17
    EZRA

    59D Old Testament book

    10
    139
  18. 18
    EVADE

    26A Dodge

    10
    117
  19. 19
    OOPS

    55D "I goofed"

    10
    104
  20. 20
    WENT

    12D Hit the road

    10
    70
  21. 21
    MASH

    51A Squoosh

    10
    63
  22. 22
    AMEND

    5A Fiddle with

    9
    94
  23. 23
    KEYS

    13D Florida ___

    9
    77
  24. 24
    RAKE

    58D Don Juan

    8
    90
  25. 25
    EVEL

    17A First name in daredeviltry

    8
    66
  26. 26
    VIM

    31A Gusto

    8
    64
  27. 27
    GAPE

    10D -

    8
    54
  28. 28
    DUO

    25A Pair

    7
    105
  29. 29
    ELUDE

    26D -

    7
    87
  30. 30
    MOPE

    65A Be a gloomy Gus

    7
    45
  31. 31
    ERAT

    7D Quod ___ faciendum

    6
    170
  32. 32
    USDA

    38A Stamp letters

    6
    83
  33. 33
    HUN

    63D Savage

    6
    54
  34. 34
    RONA

    23D Author Jaffe

    5
    97
  35. 35
    ALTER

    5D -

    5
    86
  36. 36
    INTER

    32D Put to rest

    5
    75
  37. 37
    ODEA

    3D Concert halls

    5
    72
  38. 38
    COOL

    61A Nippy

    5
    60
  39. 39
    THESE

    62A Benny Goodman's "___ Foolish Things"

    5
    53
  40. 40
    VISOR

    27D Sun protection

    5
    24
  41. 41
    POOL

    54D Gene group

    4
    67
  42. 42
    MAZE

    64A Challenge for Theseus, in myth

    4
    60
  43. 43
    ENTRY

    69A Door

    4
    55
  44. 44
    KFC

    50A Fast-food franchise that started in S. Salt Lake, Ut.

    4
    46
  45. 45
    GAWK

    10A Rubberneck

    4
    19
  46. 46
    TUNER

    66A Radio part

    3
    30
  47. 47
    APOGEE

    53A It's all downhill from here

    3
    29
  48. 48
    VIDI

    14A Part of Caesar's boast

    3
    18
  49. 49
    TMEN

    21D Prohibition agents

    2
    104
  50. 50
    LEROI

    15A ___ Soleil (Louis XIV)

    2
    49
  51. 51
    PASADENA

    36A Annual parade site

    2
    9
  52. 52
    AKERS

    49A N.F.L. placekicker David

    2
    8
  53. 53
    DYAD

    25D -

    1
    23
  54. 54
    MAIDS

    33D Changers of 34-Across

    1
    19
  55. 55
    LINENS

    34A See 33-Down

    1
    16
  56. 56
    PUNY

    19A Runtish

    1
    16
  57. 57
    GREATS

    22A Legends

    1
    8
  58. 58
    HAKE

    43D Relative of a cod

    1
    8
  59. 59
    SERVED debut

    44A Like tennis balls and dinners

    1
    2
  60. 60
    ERO

    46A Ranch closing?

    0
    39
  61. 61
    IMRE

    24A 2002 Literature Nobelist ___ Kertész

    0
    35
  62. 62
    APERY

    52D Impersonator's work

    0
    26
  63. 63
    ARTI

    41A Part of the Constitution after the Preamble: Abbr.

    0
    18
  64. 64
    MESSED

    6D Goofed (around)

    0
    9
  65. 65
    ROADTEST

    20A Motor Trend job

    0
    8
  66. 66
    VERVE

    31D -

    0
    8
  67. 67
    VIVO

    2D In ___ (form of research)

    0
    8
  68. 68
    AMUSER

    48D Comic, e.g.

    0
    7
  69. 69
    APLAN

    30D "Sounds like ___!"

    0
    7
  70. 70
    DARKHUMOR debut

    37D Death jokes and such

    0
    4
  71. 71
    DONSHULA

    42A N.F.L. coach who was undefeated in 1972

    0
    4
  72. 72
    DAYIN

    29A Start of a phrase meaning "always"

    0
    2
  73. 73
    SMURFETTE debut

    35D Cartoon character with feminine wiles

    0
    2
  74. 74
    ANDNO debut

    28D All bark ___ bite

    0
    1
  75. 75
    DISGUISES debut

    9D Spy supply

    0
    1
  76. 76
    MALDE debut

    39A ___ mer

    0
    1
  77. 77
    RUPTURED debut

    57A Tore

    0
    1
  78. 78
    WILDIDEAS debut

    4D They're unlikely to work

    0
    1