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Friday · 70 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

    48A LAX datum

    74
    571
  2. 2
    OAT

    50D Bit of chicken feed

    28
    290
  3. 3
    ATARI

    44D ___ 2600 (hit product of the 1970s-'80s)

    28
    224
  4. 4
    STAT

    47D "This instant!"

    27
    239
  5. 5
    NBA

    51D Org. with the annual Eddie Gottlieb Trophy

    26
    198
  6. 6
    ABBA

    44A "Super Trouper" group, 1980

    25
    192
  7. 7
    ARLO

    34D Live folk album of 1968

    24
    245
  8. 8
    SON

    12A ___ of God

    24
    213
  9. 9
    OTIS

    5D Revolutionary patriot James

    20
    251
  10. 10
    ROT

    6D Start to smell, maybe

    20
    214
  11. 11
    CAT

    26A Persian, e.g.

    19
    179
  12. 12
    RES

    52A Hi-___

    17
    279
  13. 13
    YEP

    18A "Uh-huh"

    15
    87
  14. 14
    SRS

    54A Ones needing career counseling, maybe: Abbr.

    14
    209
  15. 15
    JAB

    46A Poke

    12
    89
  16. 16
    OHARE

    28A W.W. II air ace who lent his name to an airport

    9
    91
  17. 17
    ITIS

    22A Irritation suffix

    8
    94
  18. 18
    VIM

    20A Spirit

    8
    64
  19. 19
    TAPE

    45A Kind of delay

    7
    124
  20. 20
    STARR

    47A Packers QB whose #15 jersey is retired

    7
    87
  21. 21
    XES

    11D Scratches, with "out"

    7
    65
  22. 22
    COCA

    21A ___ leaf

    7
    54
  23. 23
    TRACE

    36A Outline

    6
    62
  24. 24
    LOG

    49D Record

    5
    92
  25. 25
    UTERO

    27A Not yet delivered, after "in"

    4
    51
  26. 26
    TONAL

    25A Like most music

    4
    49
  27. 27
    PEAK

    24D Top

    4
    40
  28. 28
    SBARRO

    39D Italian restaurant chain

    4
    21
  29. 29
    HMOS

    43A Insurance providers, for short

    3
    52
  30. 30
    JAVA

    46D Joe

    3
    52
  31. 31
    OPERAS

    30A Meyerbeer output

    3
    50
  32. 32
    OPALS

    30D Pendant adornments

    3
    48
  33. 33
    ATEIT

    23D Wiped out, slangily

    3
    43
  34. 34
    PICNIC

    1D Eat out?

    3
    16
  35. 35
    CAROLS

    41D Doorstep numbers?

    3
    13
  36. 36
    ANE

    16A What the 1939 50,000-word novel "Gadsby" completely lacks

    2
    130
  37. 37
    AFL

    7D Union inits. starting in 1886

    2
    52
  38. 38
    ANTEATER

    32D It has a long tongue

    2
    21
  39. 39
    COHERE

    21D Stick

    2
    16
  40. 40
    TOPICS

    25D What debaters debate

    2
    14
  41. 41
    SEEMS

    42A Apparently is

    1
    44
  42. 42
    SOC

    39A Assn.

    1
    43
  43. 43
    SILLS

    38A Places for dust to collect

    1
    21
  44. 44
    OBRIEN

    40D TV newswoman Soledad

    1
    18
  45. 45
    UNLESS

    27D Hedge word

    1
    15
  46. 46
    NIXES

    19A Turns down

    1
    14
  47. 47
    NOEXIT

    3D Play with the line "Hell is other people"

    1
    14
  48. 48
    ONABET

    35A How some dares are done

    1
    8
  49. 49
    OVERABARREL debut

    53A At someone's mercy

    1
    2
  50. 50
    OREM

    10D City near Provo

    0
    86
  51. 51
    ONEAM

    29A Wee hour

    0
    47
  52. 52
    ATTYS

    37A Bar tenders?: Abbr.

    0
    18
  53. 53
    DUDES

    4D Guys

    0
    13
  54. 54
    SAYONARA

    12D "Later!"

    0
    13
  55. 55
    APET

    23A Irritated, after "in"

    0
    11
  56. 56
    TOASTERS

    31D Some diner equipment

    0
    9
  57. 57
    ONECARAT

    13D 200 milligrams

    0
    7
  58. 58
    SHAKES

    38D D.T.'s

    0
    7
  59. 59
    LATEPASS

    33D Student excuser

    0
    6
  60. 60
    SHIVERMETIMBERS

    8D "Well, I'll be!," as it might be said on September 19

    0
    6
  61. 61
    LAKEONTARIO

    49A One end of the Welland Canal

    0
    5
  62. 62
    NEPALESE

    14D Like soldiers known as Gurkhas

    0
    5
  63. 63
    BENITO

    9D ___ Santiago, 1987 N.L. Rookie of the Year

    0
    4
  64. 64
    AMRITA

    2D Hindu drink of the gods

    0
    3
  65. 65
    OKBYME

    29D "That's fine"

    0
    3
  66. 66
    PANDORASBOX debut

    1A Source of troubles

    0
    3
  67. 67
    GASSTATIONS

    55A Shell locations

    0
    2
  68. 68
    CREDITLINES debut

    17A Bank offerings

    0
    1
  69. 69
    IMOUTOFHERE debut

    15A "Later!"

    0
    1
  70. 70
    TALKLIKEAPIRATE debut

    31A ___ Day (September 19)

    0
    1