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Friday · 70 answers · 11 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ARE

    21D Be altered?

    56
    533
  2. 2
    ANTE

    57A Table center piece?

    45
    461
  3. 3
    ASIA

    18A Minor area?

    38
    350
  4. 4
    RAT

    39A Unpopular singer

    29
    280
  5. 5
    APE

    51A Lummox

    28
    415
  6. 6
    ENOS

    53D Fourth book of the Book of Mormon

    26
    287
  7. 7
    ORES

    32D They may hold the lead

    24
    244
  8. 8
    OTTO

    34D Nobel-winning physicist Stern

    22
    273
  9. 9
    ARAB

    49D Desert mount

    22
    228
  10. 10
    AFRO

    25D Its locks are tight

    18
    170
  11. 11
    IBET

    8D Response of disbelief

    16
    132
  12. 12
    ROAR

    16A React angrily

    13
    169
  13. 13
    RAIL

    3D Alternative to air

    13
    120
  14. 14
    TUB

    42D Hot ___

    12
    81
  15. 15
    ROLE

    47A Lead, for one

    11
    165
  16. 16
    STEREO

    41A Successor of 31-Across

    11
    112
  17. 17
    ROSE

    54A Showed respect, in a way

    9
    138
  18. 18
    RARER

    6D More enticing to a philatelist, say

    8
    72
  19. 19
    AVERT

    40A Parry

    8
    65
  20. 20
    ROTH

    38A Longtime Delaware senator William

    8
    64
  21. 21
    AIDA

    51D Musical that opens with "Every Story Is a Love Story"

    7
    161
  22. 22
    NARC

    33D One looking for a deal?

    7
    121
  23. 23
    DSL

    19A Option for seeing the sites quickly, for short

    7
    82
  24. 24
    MONO

    31A Precursor to 41-Across

    7
    69
  25. 25
    POOR

    52D Description of 15-Down

    7
    67
  26. 26
    COAT

    26D Snow on the ground, say

    6
    89
  27. 27
    TIT

    56D Start of an exchange

    6
    81
  28. 28
    BEAN

    59A Bop

    6
    63
  29. 29
    MLK

    30A Annual honoree: Abbr.

    6
    40
  30. 30
    RAINS

    12D They may pound the pavement

    5
    34
  31. 31
    AFOUL

    29A In a state of entanglement

    5
    32
  32. 32
    OZONE

    45D Gas with a penetrating odor

    4
    73
  33. 33
    ORANGE

    43D Like goldfish

    4
    72
  34. 34
    MAY

    36A Blooming period

    4
    63
  35. 35
    DISCO

    44A Club with a big ball

    2
    39
  36. 36
    BORAT debut

    37A "Da Ali G Show" persona

    2
    20
  37. 37
    OCCULT

    45A Alternative bookstore section

    2
    12
  38. 38
    XTRA

    10A Remarkably, in commercialese

    1
    20
  39. 39
    BIGD

    1D Cowboy's home, informally

    1
    18
  40. 40
    GRACE

    35A It's often hard to maintain under pressure

    1
    18
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    JACOB

    24A Third book of the Book of Mormon

    1
    18
  42. 42
    JUDE

    50D Law with many parts

    1
    10
  43. 43
    BIRDBRAIN

    1A Ding-dong

    1
    5
  44. 44
    YORICK debut

    15D Of whom Hamlet said "He hath borne me on his back a thousand times"

    1
    3
  45. 45
    IMUS

    2D ABC Radio host

    0
    46
  46. 46
    DRT

    4D Sullivan Travis, in a 2000 film title

    0
    27
  47. 47
    CESTA

    46D Sports basket

    0
    22
  48. 48
    TOSIR

    11D Quaint note opener

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    18
  49. 49
    ALHIRT

    7D Wynton Marsalis's first trumpet was a gift from him

    0
    16
  50. 50
    JAGR

    24D Five-time N.H.L. scoring leader of the 1990s-'00s

    0
    9
  51. 51
    RELAID

    39D Put down anew

    0
    9
  52. 52
    SEESSTARS

    60A Reacts to a big buffet

    0
    9
  53. 53
    AIRERS

    23A Networks, e.g.

    0
    7
  54. 54
    ARAG

    13D "She's ___ doll" (4 Seasons lyric)

    0
    7
  55. 55
    MARTINIS

    36D Some people like them dirty

    0
    6
  56. 56
    TALCED

    27A Like a baby's bottom, often

    0
    5
  57. 57
    DIDGERIDOO

    58A Wind instrument Down Under

    0
    4
  58. 58
    AMATE

    28D "___ should keep himself to himself": "Treasure Island"

    0
    3
  59. 59
    BEARABLE

    5D Not too awful

    0
    3
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    GUITARHERO debut

    17A Hit video game series launched in 2005

    0
    3
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    IMAREALBOY debut

    14A Exuberant cry from Pinocchio

    0
    3
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    NOREALLY

    9D Response to a disbeliever

    0
    3
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    ONDES debut

    48D Waves on l'océan

    0
    3
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    XRATEDMOVIE

    10D Work with raw material?

    0
    3
  65. 65
    BADLIARS debut

    37D Those who aren't super dupers?

    0
    2
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    TOUCHSCREEN debut

    22D Common A.T.M. feature

    0
    2
  67. 67
    AZERBAIJANI debut

    49A Russian's neighbor

    0
    1
  68. 68
    INUNDATION debut

    55A Flood

    0
    1
  69. 69
    REITERATING debut

    20A Hammering away at

    0
    1
  70. 70
    TARR debut

    22A Basher ___, one of the eleven in "Ocean's Eleven"

    0
    1