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Thursday · 76 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    EPEE

    58D Thin blade

    41
    343
  2. 2
    OPEN

    36D Place the first bet

    26
    217
  3. 3
    IOTA

    19D Bit

    25
    243
  4. 4
    ARK

    31A Something for pairs to enter?

    24
    160
  5. 5
    AHEM

    26D "Excuse me ..."

    23
    171
  6. 6
    ACER

    15A Big name in PCs

    23
    137
  7. 7
    ELF

    55A Pole position holder?

    21
    197
  8. 8
    LENT

    57D Time to give up?

    19
    129
  9. 9
    IOU

    42A Poker game memento, maybe

    18
    160
  10. 10
    LYE

    61D Caustic soda

    17
    146
  11. 11
    ALP

    38D 2006 Winter Olympics backdrop

    16
    187
  12. 12
    SEEN

    66A Spotted

    16
    170
  13. 13
    LANE

    64A Race assignment

    14
    142
  14. 14
    POET

    24A One who works in feet and meters

    14
    98
  15. 15
    BAN

    9D Shut out

    13
    125
  16. 16
    ESTE

    67A Ciudad del ___ (second-largest city in Paraguay)

    11
    203
  17. 17
    RUN

    40D Partner of 53-Across, traffic-wise

    11
    107
  18. 18
    ALAN

    18D Actor Rickman of the Harry Potter films

    10
    232
  19. 19
    HIT

    53A Partner of 40-Down, traffic-wise

    10
    101
  20. 20
    THAW

    47D Get out of the cold?

    8
    80
  21. 21
    TORI

    48A Danish kroner, topologically speaking

    7
    104
  22. 22
    YOYO

    63A Jerk

    7
    81
  23. 23
    ELIOT

    62A Ex-governor Spitzer

    6
    131
  24. 24
    ICI

    6D French "present"

    6
    97
  25. 25
    HAMM

    30A Olympic gymnast Paul or Morgan

    6
    41
  26. 26
    WAWA

    1A Thirsty toddler's request

    6
    38
  27. 27
    ITSOK

    51D "There, there"

    5
    37
  28. 28
    IMAY

    14A Reply suggesting "perhaps"

    5
    29
  29. 29
    SOON

    56D Before you know it

    4
    90
  30. 30
    OCALA

    49D Florida's ___ National Forest

    4
    82
  31. 31
    AMEX

    2D Green card, in brief

    4
    60
  32. 32
    MAYO

    27D Lunch spread, often

    4
    55
  33. 33
    SLUE

    43A Turn around

    4
    52
  34. 34
    ARA

    23A Era of ___ (period in Notre Dame football history)

    3
    181
  35. 35
    LEER

    52A Not look so good?

    3
    156
  36. 36
    MORAL

    41A "Slow and steady wins the race," e.g.

    3
    48
  37. 37
    TAMER

    48D Circus chairperson?

    3
    45
  38. 38
    AANDE

    16A Sister of the Biography Channel

    3
    27
  39. 39
    KEELS

    13D Falls (over)

    3
    26
  40. 40
    RARIN

    50D ___ to go

    3
    16
  41. 41
    AYCARAMBA

    4D Bart Simpson catchphrase

    3
    9
  42. 42
    ELEM

    45D Ca, Co or Cu

    2
    70
  43. 43
    HTS

    60D Cleveland ___, O.

    2
    49
  44. 44
    BOER

    39D Orange Free State settler

    2
    47
  45. 45
    JAN

    28D Qtr. starter

    2
    39
  46. 46
    ADMEN

    12D Pro pitchers

    2
    37
  47. 47
    JAPE

    5D Mock

    2
    29
  48. 48
    RANKS

    65A See 9-Across

    2
    20
  49. 49
    DOUG

    35D QB Flutie

    2
    19
  50. 50
    SAMPLE

    56A Use a portion of, as one song in another

    2
    15
  51. 51
    SENS

    25A Chamber workers: Abbr.

    1
    37
  52. 52
    MISDO

    32A Screw up

    1
    25
  53. 53
    PORK

    24D Bill bloater

    1
    25
  54. 54
    JINX

    5A Hurl curse words at?

    1
    21
  55. 55
    EXHALE

    20A Let it all out?

    1
    20
  56. 56
    WIPE

    1D Exhaust, with "out"

    0
    30
  57. 57
    ENOTE

    11D Short online message

    0
    23
  58. 58
    KTEL

    22A "Hooked on Classics" record company

    0
    22
  59. 59
    ACAT

    54A Nervous as ___

    0
    21
  60. 60
    BREAK

    9A With 65-Across, go against the group ... or what the circled squares literally do in the answers to the starred clues

    0
    17
  61. 61
    RACKS

    10D Sets up, as pool balls

    0
    13
  62. 62
    RELAYS

    46D Some races

    0
    13
  63. 63
    NETWORK

    7D Make some connections

    0
    12
  64. 64
    ICEFLOE

    42D Penguin's locale

    0
    9
  65. 65
    WYO

    21A Mont. neighbor

    0
    9
  66. 66
    NMI

    29D Application letters

    0
    7
  67. 67
    BRITPOP

    39A Genre for the Spice Girls and Oasis

    0
    4
  68. 68
    EYEBANK

    37A Organ donation site

    0
    4
  69. 69
    SPLITPEAS

    34D Some soup ingredients

    0
    4
  70. 70
    XRAYED

    8D Saw right through?

    0
    4
  71. 71
    ITSSIMPLE debut

    33D "No sweat ..."

    0
    2
  72. 72
    WARHAMMER

    3D Medieval close-combat weapon

    0
    2
  73. 73
    AMMANJORDAN debut

    26A *Capital ENE of Jerusalem

    0
    1
  74. 74
    MARSHMALLOWPEEP debut

    59A *Easter basket treat

    0
    1
  75. 75
    PERCAPITAINCOME debut

    17A *Average national earnings

    0
    1
  76. 76
    PERCENTSIGN debut

    44A *Symbol above a 5

    0
    1