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Sunday · 168 answers · 12 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERA

    39A Epoch

    97
    791
  2. 2
    ARE

    96D It may come after you

    56
    533
  3. 3
    TEE

    87A Tick (off)

    49
    395
  4. 4
    USE

    6D Milk

    47
    356
  5. 5
    IRA

    112A Something to contribute to, for short

    46
    448
  6. 6
    ASIA

    22A 1980s hit-makers with a geographical name

    38
    350
  7. 7
    DNA

    134A Kind of sequencing

    37
    260
  8. 8
    SAT

    138D Pre-coll. exam

    35
    284
  9. 9
    IDO

    80A Swear words?

    33
    336
  10. 10
    OMNI

    88A Present opener?

    31
    218
  11. 11
    NTH

    95D Ultimate

    30
    251
  12. 12
    TAN

    86A Go for the bronze?

    30
    238
  13. 13
    OMEN

    56D Shooting star, maybe

    28
    257
  14. 14
    STIR

    1A To-do

    27
    292
  15. 15
    ARM

    9D Branch

    27
    264
  16. 16
    AFAR

    90A Come from ___

    25
    233
  17. 17
    APT

    92D Just right

    23
    217
  18. 18
    REST

    149A Pause

    22
    256
  19. 19
    EVER

    64D "Did I ___!"

    22
    235
  20. 20
    OED

    43A Competitor of Chambers, for short

    22
    141
  21. 21
    EGG

    60D See 62-Across

    21
    206
  22. 22
    SNIT

    101D Pique

    21
    159
  23. 23
    ERIN

    133D Moran of "Happy Days"

    19
    279
  24. 24
    PER

    32D ___ se

    19
    270
  25. 25
    EGAD

    144A "Holy cow!"

    18
    203
  26. 26
    SEER

    19D Sibyl

    18
    170
  27. 27
    OKRA

    109D Member of the mallow family

    17
    156
  28. 28
    OWN

    74D Totally dominate

    17
    148
  29. 29
    RASP

    89A Godfather's voice, maybe

    15
    137
  30. 30
    KEG

    116A It may be tapped

    14
    106
  31. 31
    POLE

    97D Barber's emblem

    14
    74
  32. 32
    ATONE

    28A Agreeing (with)

    13
    172
  33. 33
    ADIEU

    141A Word sung twice before "to you and you and you"

    13
    148
  34. 34
    RID

    57D Relieved (of)

    13
    148
  35. 35
    FRO

    85A Natural do

    13
    114
  36. 36
    URGE

    83D Spur

    12
    208
  37. 37
    EDDY

    135D Mini-whirlpool

    12
    154
  38. 38
    AGENT

    96A Hollywood figure

    12
    150
  39. 39
    ISLAM

    11D What a crescent symbolizes

    12
    94
  40. 40
    GOD

    119D "My ___!"

    12
    79
  41. 41
    OPEC

    72D The U.A.E. is in it

    11
    143
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    UNTO

    132D A law ___ itself

    11
    143
  43. 43
    EXEC

    131D Board member

    11
    101
  44. 44
    LEGO

    46D Kind of block

    11
    101
  45. 45
    DOSE

    71A Two tablets, say

    11
    88
  46. 46
    TARA

    93D Scarlett's true love

    10
    154
  47. 47
    OAF

    140D Blockhead

    10
    144
  48. 48
    SPAN

    42D Month or year

    10
    132
  49. 49
    AGER

    90D Golden ___

    10
    108
  50. 50
    ICK

    76A "Bleah!"

    10
    70
  51. 51
    PETRI

    142A Dish name

    10
    54
  52. 52
    LIDS

    69D They close at night

    9
    52
  53. 53
    HIP

    31A Cool

    8
    88
  54. 54
    IVAN

    67A ___ the Great, leader of 1462-1505

    7
    135
  55. 55
    DSL

    48A Alternative to cable

    7
    82
  56. 56
    OFF

    77A Not quite right

    7
    72
  57. 57
    SALIVA

    8D Mouth watering?

    7
    23
  58. 58
    ERSE

    115A European tongue

    6
    160
  59. 59
    TITLE

    12D Lord, e.g.

    6
    94
  60. 60
    SNORE

    126D Noise at night

    6
    92
  61. 61
    KNEW

    47D Had down pat

    6
    68
  62. 62
    TRAIT

    62D Quality

    6
    54
  63. 63
    MONET

    125D London Parliament series painter

    5
    58
  64. 64
    SULU

    41D Takei's "Star Trek" role

    5
    54
  65. 65
    RATED

    66A Like movies and hotels

    5
    52
  66. 66
    LIEGE

    61A Feudal superior

    5
    49
  67. 67
    OUTS

    99D Loopholes

    5
    49
  68. 68
    ADIN

    110A Score before winning a game, maybe

    4
    118
  69. 69
    SEDER

    129D Meal in Nisan

    4
    92
  70. 70
    ZEAL

    26A Fire

    4
    71
  71. 71
    LEOI

    17D First pope called "the Great"

    4
    37
  72. 72
    FRANC

    78D F, monetarily

    4
    33
  73. 73
    TENORS

    137A Some of the knights in Wagner's "Tannhäuser"

    4
    28
  74. 74
    SKIER

    37D Mogul negotiator

    4
    26
  75. 75
    BELTS

    15A Big shots?

    4
    19
  76. 76
    RVER

    98D KOA campground user

    4
    19
  77. 77
    SATAY debut

    121D Asian appetizer

    4
    13
  78. 78
    TROD

    139A ___ the boards (acted)

    3
    90
  79. 79
    RECAP

    65D Sum up

    3
    72
  80. 80
    OTELLO

    13D Verdi masterpiece

    3
    57
  81. 81
    ALLIE

    25A Holden's little brother in "The Catcher in the Rye"

    3
    47
  82. 82
    SCOTT

    146A "Kenilworth" author

    3
    43
  83. 83
    IBERIA

    143A It borders France

    3
    40
  84. 84
    YENTL

    145A 1983 Streisand role

    3
    38
  85. 85
    ERODES

    104D Diminishes bit by bit

    3
    37
  86. 86
    GUAM

    49A Home of the War in the Pacific National Historic Park

    3
    37
  87. 87
    FINN

    103D Eero Saarinen, by birth

    3
    35
  88. 88
    SOCK

    73A Punch

    3
    31
  89. 89
    WANDA

    63D Country singer Jackson

    3
    27
  90. 90
    TWA

    58D Old "Up, up and away" sloganeer

    2
    115
  91. 91
    NIPS

    130D Barely defeats

    2
    53
  92. 92
    ATLARGE

    111D How U.S. senators are elected

    2
    35
  93. 93
    EASELS

    128A Museum supporters

    2
    35
  94. 94
    OVULE

    105A Proto-seed

    2
    32
  95. 95
    BOARD

    15D Daily meals

    2
    30
  96. 96
    DEATH

    21D Its stroke is "as a lover's pinch, which hurts, and is desired," per Cleopatra

    2
    28
  97. 97
    DEFY

    148A Flout

    2
    28
  98. 98
    STAMEN

    81D Anther's place

    2
    27
  99. 99
    SOILS

    127A Agronomists' samples

    2
    19
  100. 100
    TRYIT

    124D "Have some!"

    2
    18
  101. 101
    LETSNOT debut

    108A "I think we should say no"

    2
    11
  102. 102
    ESTELLA

    135A "Great Expectations" girl

    2
    7
  103. 103
    MORALS

    55A Subject for Hume

    2
    5
  104. 104
    ATNO

    111A 5 for B or 6 for C

    1
    91
  105. 105
    OPEL

    45D European car

    1
    76
  106. 106
    ENGR

    94A Mech. ___

    1
    55
  107. 107
    ANDI

    34D "You ___" (1982 Eddie Rabbitt hit)

    1
    46
  108. 108
    FORTE

    79D F, musically

    1
    34
  109. 109
    REINA

    4D Spain's Isabel I, e.g.

    1
    28
  110. 110
    TILED

    20A Decorated in ceramic, say

    1
    23
  111. 111
    REAGAN

    30D "An American Life" autobiographer

    1
    19
  112. 112
    VIS

    122A Roman power

    1
    19
  113. 113
    HAZY

    5D Vague, as a recollection

    1
    18
  114. 114
    POLK

    44A "54-40 or fight" candidate

    1
    18
  115. 115
    STREAMS

    123A Avon and others

    1
    17
  116. 116
    DUETS

    71D 1993 triple-platinum Frank Sinatra album

    1
    16
  117. 117
    HUMS

    5A Symptoms for a car mechanic

    1
    16
  118. 118
    IXNAY

    136A "No go"

    1
    16
  119. 119
    CAVES

    36A Locales for some paintings

    1
    11
  120. 120
    RIPOPEN

    53A Unwrap impatiently

    1
    11
  121. 121
    ROSITA

    23A Hispanic "Sesame Street" character

    1
    11
  122. 122
    FATCATS

    91A Tycoons, slangily

    1
    10
  123. 123
    BOSSED

    82D Pushed (around)

    1
    9
  124. 124
    MELINDA

    38A Name repeated in Woody Allen's "___ and ___"

    1
    9
  125. 125
    MOLTEN

    27A Liquefied

    1
    9
  126. 126
    ABITOF

    9A Some

    1
    8
  127. 127
    LEGATE

    35A Envoy

    1
    8
  128. 128
    POTENT

    147A Packing a punch

    1
    8
  129. 129
    STINKS

    51D Ruckuses

    1
    8
  130. 130
    NEGLECT debut

    68A Inattention

    1
    5
  131. 131
    NEUTRALZONE

    130A *Where everyone wears beige?

    1
    4
  132. 132
    STEELTIP

    106D Boot option

    1
    4
  133. 133
    PLUCKY debut

    54D Having gumption

    1
    2
  134. 134
    ERNE

    52D White-tailed bird

    0
    111
  135. 135
    TYNE

    18D ___ and Wear (English county)

    0
    49
  136. 136
    OXEYE

    24A Cousin of an aster

    0
    38
  137. 137
    ANIN

    70A Have ___ with

    0
    26
  138. 138
    BOOB

    10D Half-wit

    0
    25
  139. 139
    IPSE

    50A ___ dixit

    0
    21
  140. 140
    GAZEBO

    117D Site of many an outdoor wedding

    0
    16
  141. 141
    CLIENT

    75D Lawyer's need

    0
    14
  142. 142
    ASSAULT

    114D Onslaught

    0
    12
  143. 143
    PROAMS

    97A Some golf fund-raisers

    0
    10
  144. 144
    HANSOM

    59D Cab's ancestor

    0
    8
  145. 145
    MIAHAMM

    7D Hall-of-Fame forward

    0
    8
  146. 146
    AIRERS

    107A They put on shows

    0
    7
  147. 147
    HINTED

    120D Suggested

    0
    6
  148. 148
    RUNLOW

    65A Dwindle

    0
    6
  149. 149
    IGNIS

    102D Flavius's fire

    0
    5
  150. 150
    STRENGTH

    106A Might

    0
    5
  151. 151
    EXTRAPOINT

    16D *Added comment?

    0
    4
  152. 152
    HASHMARKS debut

    40A *Corned beef stains?

    0
    4
  153. 153
    NARRATES

    84D Talks through a film

    0
    4
  154. 154
    STAPLED

    1D Bound, in a way

    0
    4
  155. 155
    FALSESTART debut

    91D *Onset of a lie?

    0
    3
  156. 156
    OFFENSIVELINE

    77D *"That dress makes you look fat," e.g.?

    0
    3
  157. 157
    PASSINTERFERENCE

    100A *Chaperon's job?

    0
    3
  158. 158
    PLENARY

    29A Fully constituted, as a session of Congress

    0
    3
  159. 159
    RILLETS

    113D Small creeks

    0
    3
  160. 160
    TILLERS

    2D Boat steerers

    0
    3
  161. 161
    CHASTISE

    36D Castigate

    0
    2
  162. 162
    SUPERBOWLSUNDAY

    81A Setting for the answers to the 10 starred clues

    0
    2
  163. 163
    BALLCARRIER debut

    33A *Airline for Lucille?

    0
    1
  164. 164
    FANCIERS debut

    14D Lovers

    0
    1
  165. 165
    ILLEGALMOTION debut

    3D *Rolling past a stop sign?

    0
    1
  166. 166
    THEATRES debut

    58A The Globe and others

    0
    1
  167. 167
    TIGHTENDS debut

    118A *Tersely edited epilogues?

    0
    1
  168. 168
    TWOMINUTEWARNING debut

    62A *Caution when boiling a 60-Down?

    0
    1