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Thursday · 76 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ETA

    3D Cockpit guess, for short

    74
    571
  2. 2
    ALE

    10D Bar choice

    59
    570
  3. 3
    ODE

    58D W. H. Auden wrote one to his pupils

    58
    523
  4. 4
    EAR

    62A Inner ___

    57
    485
  5. 5
    GAS

    56D Rightmost pedal

    30
    218
  6. 6
    EYE

    11A Feature of a peacock's tail

    28
    283
  7. 7
    LSAT

    40D Its max. score is 180

    25
    172
  8. 8
    DEE

    55A Actor Billy ___ Williams

    22
    182
  9. 9
    TRIO

    5D ZZ Top, e.g.

    21
    204
  10. 10
    AFRO

    23D ___-American

    18
    170
  11. 11
    SRS

    65A Some yearbook signers: Abbr.

    14
    209
  12. 12
    IRATE

    32A Red in the face, maybe

    14
    194
  13. 13
    ELECT

    1A Give a majority of the vote

    13
    99
  14. 14
    AONE

    54D Dynamite

    12
    209
  15. 15
    REA

    60D New Deal inits.

    12
    201
  16. 16
    AWL

    59D It has a sticking point

    12
    118
  17. 17
    AJAR

    38D Admitting just a little light, maybe

    10
    192
  18. 18
    RKO

    46D Studio of "Notorious" and "Suspicion"

    10
    89
  19. 19
    LUNA

    39D ___ moth

    10
    74
  20. 20
    SITAR

    14A Instrument often played while sitting on the floor

    9
    73
  21. 21
    SIM

    9D Computer family member

    9
    58
  22. 22
    ANISE

    33D Flavoring for pfeffernüsse

    8
    110
  23. 23
    RUT

    57D Sticking point

    8
    101
  24. 24
    COP

    19A Filch

    8
    90
  25. 25
    LIU

    2D Sch. in Brooklyn

    8
    79
  26. 26
    GILA

    21A Arizona county or river

    8
    55
  27. 27
    SLAV

    24D Dweller along the Danube

    7
    99
  28. 28
    APRIL

    15A "The uncertain glory of an ___ day": Shakespeare

    7
    66
  29. 29
    OPTED

    7D Chose

    7
    42
  30. 30
    ERAT

    51A Form of the Latin "esse"

    6
    170
  31. 31
    GUT

    21D Kind of instinct

    6
    55
  32. 32
    HOIST

    41A Lift

    6
    29
  33. 33
    STEPS

    66A Arthur Murray instruction

    5
    72
  34. 34
    SAYSO

    6D Unsupported statement

    5
    60
  35. 35
    ESQ

    1D Atty.'s title

    5
    49
  36. 36
    VAST

    22A Seemingly endless

    5
    45
  37. 37
    IPSO

    52A ___ facto

    4
    69
  38. 38
    SOUSA

    6A "Semper Fidelis" composer

    4
    50
  39. 39
    VEIL

    22D Maugham's "The Painted ___"

    4
    35
  40. 40
    STOUT

    26D Bar choice

    4
    34
  41. 41
    RISERS

    45D Choral platforms

    4
    26
  42. 42
    APPEAR

    44D Materialize

    4
    25
  43. 43
    OPERAS

    28D Met expectations?

    3
    50
  44. 44
    QATAR

    53A Peninsular nation

    3
    42
  45. 45
    ESPANA

    47A Neighbor of Francia

    3
    33
  46. 46
    ENLAI

    67A China's Zhou

    2
    61
  47. 47
    EQUIP

    49D Rig out

    2
    29
  48. 48
    TECHIE

    30D Geek Squad member

    2
    19
  49. 49
    HQS

    34D Command centers: Abbr.

    2
    14
  50. 50
    TIPTOES

    31A Goes quietly

    2
    6
  51. 51
    URI

    8D Canton bordering Valais

    1
    150
  52. 52
    LACES

    50D They're found above tongues

    1
    39
  53. 53
    WILE

    27D Chicanery

    1
    30
  54. 54
    TUGS

    18D Yanks

    1
    21
  55. 55
    OOOH

    36D "How exciting!"

    1
    11
  56. 56
    NEZ

    16A ___ Perce tribe

    0
    46
  57. 57
    ESTH

    47D Book before Job: Abbr.

    0
    31
  58. 58
    NEWEL

    64A End of a railing

    0
    23
  59. 59
    SOUSE

    20A Drunkard

    0
    19
  60. 60
    ENCINO

    11D San Fernando Valley community

    0
    18
  61. 61
    AUDIE

    63A Murphy of "The Red Badge of Courage"

    0
    17
  62. 62
    BSIDES

    43D They're opposite hits

    0
    13
  63. 63
    EZPASS

    13D Thruway convenience

    0
    11
  64. 64
    AUJUS

    42A French menu phrase

    0
    10
  65. 65
    AHOLE

    33A Like ___ in the head

    0
    9
  66. 66
    GROUCHOMARX

    56A Speaker of the quip revealed by the ends of the answers to 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across

    0
    7
  67. 67
    LOVECONQUERSALL

    35A Motto derived from Virgil

    0
    7
  68. 68
    SPIKEHEELS

    48A Dominatrix's wear

    0
    6
  69. 69
    QUALITYTIME

    17A Precious moments

    0
    5
  70. 70
    BARRIOS

    43A Some neighborhoods

    0
    4
  71. 71
    XLI

    61D Year Claudius I became emperor

    0
    4
  72. 72
    CALSTATE debut

    4D Fullerton campus

    0
    2
  73. 73
    EFLATS debut

    29A Notes in C minor chords

    0
    2
  74. 74
    YEOLDE debut

    12D Start of many an English inn's name

    0
    2
  75. 75
    GODSWOUNDS debut

    25A Phrase from which the exclamation "Zounds!" comes

    0
    1
  76. 76
    SUPERMEN debut

    37D George Reeves and Christopher Reeve

    0
    1