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Thursday · 72 answers · 15 debuts

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

  1. 1
    LET

    41D Judge's cry

    33
    287
  2. 2
    STAR

    31D Alpha, beta or gamma

    31
    316
  3. 3
    ESSO

    44A Canadian station sign

    30
    276
  4. 4
    ALT

    46D Pilot's abbr.

    29
    225
  5. 5
    ATOM

    10D ___ smasher

    23
    266
  6. 6
    ELLA

    37A "___ in London" (jazz album)

    23
    262
  7. 7
    RHO

    59D Greek character

    23
    191
  8. 8
    ASP

    47A Villainous member of the Serpent Society, in Marvel Comics

    22
    265
  9. 9
    YETI

    50D Hairy Himalayan

    22
    127
  10. 10
    MAR

    23D Chip, maybe

    19
    215
  11. 11
    IKEA

    4D Retail giant founded by a 17-year-old

    19
    130
  12. 12
    AWE

    24D Amaze

    18
    238
  13. 13
    ESL

    20A Night class subj.

    18
    153
  14. 14
    DOH

    16D Play-___

    18
    116
  15. 15
    YEA

    50A 39-Down vote

    17
    192
  16. 16
    PRO

    39D Voting 50-Across

    15
    214
  17. 17
    AMO

    57D I love, to Livy

    13
    152
  18. 18
    ELECT

    62A Pick

    13
    99
  19. 19
    INTEL

    15A Spy satellite's acquisition

    11
    83
  20. 20
    OXO

    18A Housewares brand

    11
    67
  21. 21
    FAT

    9D Stout

    8
    116
  22. 22
    PEW

    36A Church perch

    8
    74
  23. 23
    ALOU

    33D Diamond family name

    7
    153
  24. 24
    ADLIB

    1A Proceed without notes, say

    7
    77
  25. 25
    TSE

    22D Literary monogram

    6
    228
  26. 26
    GALE

    30D Big blow?

    6
    67
  27. 27
    SINCE

    48D "___ when?"

    6
    44
  28. 28
    APPT

    52D Datebook entry: Abbr.

    6
    31
  29. 29
    DHL

    53A FedEx rival

    6
    30
  30. 30
    TREX

    12D "The Lost World" menace

    5
    65
  31. 31
    TAY

    58D Scotland's Firth of ___

    5
    22
  32. 32
    OPE

    7D Expose, poetically

    4
    92
  33. 33
    OHS

    8D Sounds of surprise

    4
    71
  34. 34
    SERE

    11D Very dry

    3
    123
  35. 35
    ALLIE

    54A Half of a 1980s sitcom duo

    3
    47
  36. 36
    DANES

    2D The majority of Jutlanders

    3
    43
  37. 37
    ASHAMED

    42D Red-faced

    3
    16
  38. 38
    FETAL

    17A ___ position

    2
    21
  39. 39
    MALONE

    32A "Molly ___," popular Irish song

    2
    21
  40. 40
    PESTS

    49D Gadflies, e.g.

    1
    54
  41. 41
    DOSES

    64A Pharmacy units

    1
    30
  42. 42
    MAINS

    60A Sewers have them

    1
    20
  43. 43
    TOMORROW

    6D Song sung by an orphan

    1
    16
  44. 44
    ALIFE

    1D Subtitle of many biographies

    1
    13
  45. 45
    LAIKA

    13A Soviet space dog

    1
    5
  46. 46
    OLAS debut

    35A Spanish waves

    1
    4
  47. 47
    INTOYOU debut

    63A 2003 hip-hop hit by Fabolous

    1
    3
  48. 48
    MIXEDMETAPHOR debut

    14D Answer to each of the six starred clues, literally

    1
    2
  49. 49
    EPOS

    26A Heroic verse

    0
    37
  50. 50
    LALO

    55D "Fiesque" composer

    0
    36
  51. 51
    MOHS

    32D Eponymous scale developer

    0
    27
  52. 52
    MEX

    19A Felipe Calderón's land: Abbr.

    0
    20
  53. 53
    ABM

    40D 1972 treaty subj.

    0
    12
  54. 54
    EXON

    51D Nebraska senator succeeded by Hagel

    0
    8
  55. 55
    POSEUR

    27D Affected one

    0
    8
  56. 56
    SUBURBIA

    43A "American Beauty" setting

    0
    4
  57. 57
    BALLOON debut

    5D Swell

    0
    3
  58. 58
    DIMESTORE

    16A Bygone emporium

    0
    3
  59. 59
    LARGER

    41A Like XX vis-à-vis X, sizewise

    0
    3
  60. 60
    PIPERS

    25D Piccolo players, e.g.

    0
    3
  61. 61
    PRIEDIEU debut

    36D Devotional bench

    0
    3
  62. 62
    TOOFAST debut

    6A How kids grow up, it's often said

    0
    3
  63. 63
    DRAWINGS

    28A Artist's portfolio

    0
    2
  64. 64
    EXPATRIOT debut

    56A Football's Adam Vinatieri, e.g.

    0
    1
  65. 65
    HOMEPART debut

    38A *Kitchen or living room?

    0
    1
  66. 66
    LITTLELAMB debut

    3D Mary's charge

    0
    1
  67. 67
    MOPHATER debut

    14A *One who dislikes unruly hair?

    0
    1
  68. 68
    MOREPHAT debut

    34A *Better, in hip-hop slang?

    0
    1
  69. 69
    NHLGOALIES debut

    29D Masked men with blades

    0
    1
  70. 70
    OTHERMAP debut

    21A *Alternative way to get directions?

    0
    1
  71. 71
    ROMEPATH debut

    45A *Via Veneto?

    0
    1
  72. 72
    TOPMAHER debut

    61A *Be funnier than comedian Bill?

    0
    1