← Fill Atlas

Thursday · 74 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    LEO

    35A Cheerful, proud, powerful sort, it's said

    40
    268
  2. 2
    ONCE

    2D A while ago

    32
    326
  3. 3
    STAR

    36A Each state, symbolically

    31
    316
  4. 4
    TIL

    39A Up to

    29
    169
  5. 5
    ARM

    45A Issue pikes and poleaxes, e.g.

    27
    264
  6. 6
    OPT

    55D Make up one's mind

    27
    211
  7. 7
    TREE

    47D Decision-making diagram

    25
    309
  8. 8
    IRON

    60A Pressing need?

    18
    284
  9. 9
    OAHU

    16A Locale of the highways H1 and H2

    18
    185
  10. 10
    ACED

    17A Served to perfection?

    18
    152
  11. 11
    AMO

    24A Te-___ cigars

    13
    152
  12. 12
    AVON

    53D Skin So Soft maker

    12
    179
  13. 13
    PERU

    58A The Putumayo River forms part of its northern border

    12
    161
  14. 14
    NOVA

    57A Source for an outburst

    12
    125
  15. 15
    EATEN

    33A Downed

    11
    88
  16. 16
    EZRA

    48D Fitch of Abercrombie & Fitch

    10
    139
  17. 17
    OHNO

    12D "Horrors!"

    9
    149
  18. 18
    ATALL

    26D In the least

    9
    77
  19. 19
    TEAT

    61A Milk dispenser

    9
    42
  20. 20
    NEAT

    51D Straight up

    8
    224
  21. 21
    PLOP

    10A Sit heavily

    8
    46
  22. 22
    EXERT

    15A Apply

    7
    71
  23. 23
    GOAT

    1A Big kid?

    7
    70
  24. 24
    ALEX

    3D Doonesbury's daughter in "Doonesbury"

    6
    125
  25. 25
    SWAT

    41D Team letters

    6
    85
  26. 26
    MEETS

    62A Encounters

    6
    74
  27. 27
    ESTD

    33D Abbr. before a date

    6
    70
  28. 28
    KANE

    49D Sugar ___, Marilyn Monroe's role in "Some Like It Hot"

    6
    55
  29. 29
    DARED

    37A Displayed audacity

    6
    30
  30. 30
    SANG

    54D Trolled

    5
    60
  31. 31
    AWARD

    27D Bestow

    5
    57
  32. 32
    XMAS

    22D $hopping season?

    5
    41
  33. 33
    LEMUR

    18A Animal in the 2005 film "Madagascar"

    5
    20
  34. 34
    AERIE

    31D Raptor's perch

    4
    147
  35. 35
    AXEL

    6D Jump and a twist

    4
    110
  36. 36
    SOON

    32D "So ___?"

    4
    90
  37. 37
    ORZO

    55A Minestrone morsels

    4
    58
  38. 38
    CORGI

    40A Cattle-herding canine

    4
    37
  39. 39
    SEEIN

    41A Usher to the parlor

    4
    27
  40. 40
    PYRO

    38A Fire starter?

    4
    26
  41. 41
    LAC

    46A Switzerland's ___ Léman

    3
    80
  42. 42
    CARA

    40D Italian sweetie

    3
    49
  43. 43
    NOI

    23A "___ certainly do not!"

    3
    45
  44. 44
    ONEIL

    29D Buck ___, first African-American coach in Major League Baseball

    3
    43
  45. 45
    GUAM

    1D Acquisition of the U.S. in the Spanish-American War

    3
    37
  46. 46
    DRUM

    8D Run (out of)

    3
    30
  47. 47
    ALARMS

    44D Bells and whistles, say

    3
    28
  48. 48
    PUG

    13D Palooka

    3
    25
  49. 49
    KONG

    63A Donkey ___

    2
    27
  50. 50
    WINES

    34A Cellar stock

    2
    19
  51. 51
    ATEE

    50D To ___ (just so)

    1
    102
  52. 52
    LAIC

    11D Not of the cloth

    1
    74
  53. 53
    KATIE

    25D Holmes of "Dawson's Creek"

    1
    35
  54. 54
    SLYER

    30D More foxy

    1
    31
  55. 55
    TING

    19A Sound of silver striking crystal

    1
    11
  56. 56
    BARDS

    5A Burns and Cowper

    1
    10
  57. 57
    STREAKED

    9D Like some poorly washed windows

    1
    5
  58. 58
    BELAIR

    5D 1950s-'70s Chevy

    1
    3
  59. 59
    OATER

    56A "The Big Trail" or "The Big Stampede"

    0
    63
  60. 60
    ONEAM

    59A Two bells, in a sailor's middle watch

    0
    47
  61. 61
    DIRGE

    28D Doleful air

    0
    28
  62. 62
    REMI

    7D Do trailers?

    0
    23
  63. 63
    COON

    21D Nighttime scavenger, informally

    0
    19
  64. 64
    UNLV

    14A Sch. of the Runnin' Rebels

    0
    13
  65. 65
    TVDINNER

    4D Takeout alternative

    0
    7
  66. 66
    MAXOUT

    43D Hit the limit

    0
    5
  67. 67
    PEACENIK

    38D Dove

    0
    5
  68. 68
    POTION

    10D Aphrodisiac, perhaps

    0
    5
  69. 69
    DORMROOM

    37D Campus digs

    0
    4
  70. 70
    DELMARDELAWARE debut

    42A Mid-Atlantic border town portmanteau

    0
    1
  71. 71
    KANORADOKANSAS debut

    25A Plains border town portmanteau

    0
    1
  72. 72
    MEXICALIMEXICO debut

    20A South-of-the-border border town portmanteau

    0
    1
  73. 73
    TEXARKANATEXAS debut

    47A South-central border town portmanteau

    0
    1
  74. 74
    XORO debut

    52D Tic-tac-toe choice

    0
    1