← Fill Atlas

Thursday · 72 answers · 9 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

  1. 1
    EEL

    8D Fish that may be caught in a cage

    53
    487
  2. 2
    OPS

    31D Special ___

    31
    179
  3. 3
    TOE

    29A Golf club part

    29
    293
  4. 4
    GEL

    33D Breast enlargement material

    26
    185
  5. 5
    ARLO

    22A He preceded Joan at Woodstock

    24
    245
  6. 6
    DEE

    56D Near failure

    22
    182
  7. 7
    MENU

    39D Restaurant offering

    18
    183
  8. 8
    INTO

    54D Digging

    17
    219
  9. 9
    ISLA

    9D Puerto Rico, por ejemplo

    17
    119
  10. 10
    REA

    26A Mens ___ (criminal intent)

    12
    201
  11. 11
    RESET

    28D Kind of button

    10
    109
  12. 12
    ROSE

    35A See 34-Across

    9
    138
  13. 13
    CUT

    53A Action stopper

    7
    59
  14. 14
    ALEE

    20D On the safe side

    6
    275
  15. 15
    PETE

    34A With 35-Across, one who has done the circled things, combined, more often than any other major-league player

    6
    136
  16. 16
    AGORA

    50D Pythagoras' square

    6
    105
  17. 17
    LUIS

    4D Baseball All-Star Tiant

    5
    44
  18. 18
    TRIS

    52D Speaker of the diamond

    5
    44
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    XENON

    49A Photographic flash gas

    3
    40
  20. 20
    TEMPURA

    38D Japanese restaurant offering

    3
    8
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    GIL

    58D Apt name for an ichthyologist?

    2
    56
  22. 22
    EOE

    43A Want ad abbr.

    2
    54
  23. 23
    TAW

    19A Shooter on the playground

    2
    29
  24. 24
    ABBIE

    21A Old Al Capp strip "___ an' Slats"

    2
    24
  25. 25
    RESORTS

    14A Vacation destinations

    2
    18
  26. 26
    LEGEND

    32A Bigger-than-life persona

    2
    17
  27. 27
    PIPET

    51A Lab tube

    2
    11
  28. 28
    RECORD

    45D 34 & 35-Across's 4,256 career hits, e.g.

    2
    11
  29. 29
    IER

    46A Hotel addition?

    1
    55
  30. 30
    SASSED

    61A Spoke rudely to

    1
    29
  31. 31
    SUMP

    25A Water collector

    1
    24
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    RAREBIT

    44A Cheese dish

    1
    20
  33. 33
    ERL

    5D Goethe's "The ___-King"

    1
    15
  34. 34
    SEEPED

    15D Permeated, with "into"

    1
    15
  35. 35
    ALLRISE

    17A Order in the court

    1
    13
  36. 36
    NEATENS

    41D Tidies

    1
    12
  37. 37
    COOPS

    18A Some urban digs

    1
    10
  38. 38
    IGNORED

    57A Turned a blind eye toward

    1
    9
  39. 39
    EDUARDO

    55A ___ Sánchez, co-director of "The Blair Witch Project"

    1
    7
  40. 40
    COLORIN debut

    24D Fill, as with a crayon

    1
    5
  41. 41
    PICARD

    13D Enterprise-D captain

    1
    4
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    POSTURE

    13A Poor thing about a slouch

    1
    4
  43. 43
    ANEAR

    27D Lend ___

    0
    50
  44. 44
    ALAE

    50A Latin wings

    0
    41
  45. 45
    HAMLET

    1A Source of the line "Frailty, thy name is woman!"

    0
    25
  46. 46
    HONOREE

    1D Mother, on the second Sunday in May

    0
    15
  47. 47
    SEANS

    48D Penn and others

    0
    14
  48. 48
    AILERON

    40D Bank controller

    0
    13
  49. 49
    IGETA

    54A "Can ___ Witness" (Marvin Gaye hit)

    0
    9
  50. 50
    ADMS

    47A U.S.N. brass: Abbr.

    0
    8
  51. 51
    DEISTS

    7A Some believers

    0
    8
  52. 52
    DREADS

    42D Rastafarian's do, for short

    0
    6
  53. 53
    TESTSITE

    6D Where to take an exam

    0
    6
  54. 54
    HEAPED

    36D Like some spoonfuls

    0
    5
  55. 55
    MTAPO

    3D Highest peak in the Philippines: Abbr.

    0
    5
  56. 56
    ASTOLAT

    2D Whence Elaine, in Arthurian lore

    0
    4
  57. 57
    SORBS

    10D Gathers on a surface, chemically

    0
    4
  58. 58
    STSIMON

    12D Apostle called "the Zealot"

    0
    4
  59. 59
    ALIENOR

    27A One who is no longer entitled

    0
    3
  60. 60
    DETONATE

    30A Set off, in a big way

    0
    3
  61. 61
    DRAWIN

    7D Attract

    0
    3
  62. 62
    FLATTAX

    23D Political proposal from some conservatives

    0
    3
  63. 63
    HITSAT debut

    36A Attempts to strike

    0
    3
  64. 64
    INTAILS

    16A Dressed for a white-tie affair

    0
    2
  65. 65
    SLOANS

    62A Classic brand of liniment

    0
    2
  66. 66
    TRIBUTE debut

    11D Reason for a medley, perhaps

    0
    2
  67. 67
    CITRONS debut

    60A Lemonlike fruit

    0
    1
  68. 68
    DERNIER debut

    59A Last of the French?

    0
    1
  69. 69
    FSLIC debut

    23A Former org. protecting depositors

    0
    1
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    IODIDES debut

    37D Salt add-ins

    0
    1
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    MORELAND debut

    39A Georgia birthplace of Erskine Caldwell

    0
    1
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    ROBOTICS debut

    35D Branch of technology

    0
    1