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Friday · 76 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ARE

    68A Be a certain way?

    56
    533
  2. 2
    IRE

    44A Pique condition?

    52
    498
  3. 3
    ASH

    9D Silvery-gray

    50
    458
  4. 4
    TEN

    64A It's taken to calm down

    39
    369
  5. 5
    EAT

    33A Down

    33
    399
  6. 6
    OSLO

    43A Cold capital

    32
    324
  7. 7
    SPY

    10D 19-Down employee

    27
    177
  8. 8
    TREE

    67A See 57-Across

    25
    309
  9. 9
    ENE

    45D Chemical suffix

    24
    403
  10. 10
    ENT

    60D Three-in-one M.D.

    24
    222
  11. 11
    NEON

    27D #10 on a table

    24
    219
  12. 12
    IAN

    52D Ziering of "90210"

    23
    260
  13. 13
    ALEC

    56D Smart ___

    19
    279
  14. 14
    AVA

    54A Palindromic girl's name

    19
    229
  15. 15
    CIA

    19D Employer of 10-Downs: Abbr.

    19
    206
  16. 16
    NEW

    65D Fresh

    18
    181
  17. 17
    PAT

    23A Nonverbal congratulations

    18
    168
  18. 18
    GRE

    62D Princeton Review subj.

    18
    119
  19. 19
    ANNA

    12D Lady whom Don Giovanni tries to seduce

    17
    239
  20. 20
    SEED

    70A Start of something

    17
    141
  21. 21
    EAU

    14A Feu fighter

    16
    203
  22. 22
    HEN

    1D Game ___

    16
    188
  23. 23
    OAK

    57A With 67-Across, sacred symbol to Zeus

    16
    152
  24. 24
    ASST

    54D Bob Cratchit to Scrooge, e.g.: Abbr.

    15
    193
  25. 25
    RIOT

    20A Mr. Hilarious

    15
    191
  26. 26
    HEE

    63D Part of a snicker

    15
    102
  27. 27
    RAH

    5D Exclamation heard 12 times in Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance"

    13
    215
  28. 28
    ARCH

    4A Chief

    13
    159
  29. 29
    EACH

    25D Per

    11
    130
  30. 30
    LAW

    71A Brief subject

    10
    102
  31. 31
    NEA

    61D Class-conscious grp.?

    9
    217
  32. 32
    ESO

    50D Peruvian pronoun

    9
    141
  33. 33
    ROAM

    41D Tramp

    9
    94
  34. 34
    CRU

    6D Word on a vin bottle

    9
    49
  35. 35
    PAST

    13D Over

    8
    79
  36. 36
    ADAGE

    46A Saw

    7
    107
  37. 37
    CAMP

    11D Rough it, say

    6
    61
  38. 38
    EROTIC

    47D Blue

    5
    51
  39. 39
    TOLET

    36D Flat sign

    3
    49
  40. 40
    CELT

    34A Bird, e.g., once

    3
    42
  41. 41
    GETAT

    30A Intimate

    3
    41
  42. 42
    ESPANA

    16A Land of Papá Noel

    3
    33
  43. 43
    HMM

    1A Not an ideal answer to "Do these jeans make me look fat?"

    3
    30
  44. 44
    SKITS

    53D Burlesque bits

    3
    19
  45. 45
    RARA

    15A Uncommon, in ancient Rome

    2
    83
  46. 46
    DIR

    22A Chair: Abbr.

    2
    40
  47. 47
    NUS

    17A N N N

    2
    39
  48. 48
    GASCAP

    8A Something to unscrew on an auto

    2
    16
  49. 49
    ETUI

    28D Seamstress's aid

    1
    102
  50. 50
    MME

    24D Fr. title

    1
    65
  51. 51
    LIETO

    26D Misinform, maybe

    1
    52
  52. 52
    OUCH

    37A Comment upon receiving a large bill

    1
    41
  53. 53
    INSO

    42A "___ doing ..."

    1
    37
  54. 54
    LYS

    35D Lily, in Lille

    1
    37
  55. 55
    VICI

    55D Part of a boast

    1
    17
  56. 56
    HARDC

    7D Head of cattle?

    1
    16
  57. 57
    MTSINAI

    29A It has 3,750 "steps of penitence"

    1
    9
  58. 58
    LONI

    58A TV's Anderson

    0
    63
  59. 59
    SALTED

    49D Like many winter roads

    0
    18
  60. 60
    SCENEI

    66A It takes place on board a ship at sea in "The Tempest"

    0
    16
  61. 61
    GEHRIG

    8D The Iron Horse of baseball

    0
    14
  62. 62
    TICTAC

    69A Bit of candy

    0
    12
  63. 63
    GOGH

    40D Van follower

    0
    10
  64. 64
    OHI

    21D "___ don't know"

    0
    9
  65. 65
    EASEDIN

    48A Entered cautiously

    0
    7
  66. 66
    ARCTAN

    4D Inverse trig function

    0
    4
  67. 67
    MICHAELCAINE

    24A Scrooge player of film

    0
    3
  68. 68
    MUSICSTAND debut

    3D Score keeper?

    0
    3
  69. 69
    SILENTNIGHT

    59A Song of 1859 ... or what the five circled letters represent?

    0
    3
  70. 70
    THERIVIERA

    32D "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" setting

    0
    3
  71. 71
    USAC

    39D Car-racing org.

    0
    3
  72. 72
    ACCIDENTAL

    31D Chance

    0
    2
  73. 73
    MAURITANIA debut

    2D Its capital is Nouakchott

    0
    2
  74. 74
    CHRISTMASEVE debut

    51A Time before the present day?

    0
    1
  75. 75
    CHURCHHYMNS debut

    18A Carols, often

    0
    1
  76. 76
    NAUGHTYORNICE debut

    38A Polar opposites?

    0
    1