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Friday · 72 answers · 11 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ANI

    31A Frog-eating bird

    35
    237
  2. 2
    EDIT

    57D Better papers?

    32
    302
  3. 3
    NAP

    58A What you may do when you're beat

    17
    192
  4. 4
    RIP

    45A Washington Irving hero, informally

    15
    144
  5. 5
    OMAHA

    16A Home of Creighton University

    14
    137
  6. 6
    ASAHI

    50A Japanese brew

    14
    45
  7. 7
    AMO

    61D "Just ___" ("Hold on")

    13
    152
  8. 8
    ADIEU

    7D Literally, "to God"

    13
    148
  9. 9
    SNAFU

    32A Tangle

    10
    58
  10. 10
    TEEM

    53A Burst

    9
    104
  11. 11
    IRAQ

    48A What some veterans recall

    9
    87
  12. 12
    ADAGE

    51D It may become a cliché

    8
    107
  13. 13
    SMART

    35D Upper-class?

    8
    81
  14. 14
    OMENS

    11D Forecaster's concerns

    8
    78
  15. 15
    PATIO

    59A Sunbathing spot

    8
    50
  16. 16
    COME

    10D Take place

    6
    43
  17. 17
    COPSE

    10A Savannah growth

    6
    29
  18. 18
    EMS

    29A Middle of summer?

    5
    149
  19. 19
    SHAW

    26A 1925 Literature Nobelist

    5
    62
  20. 20
    UZI

    4D Magazine holder

    4
    88
  21. 21
    LUNAR

    28D Like the Bay of Rainbows

    4
    43
  22. 22
    LYON

    5D Lord ___ (overseer of Scottish heraldry)

    4
    43
  23. 23
    TAL

    9D ___ vez (Mexican "maybe")

    3
    61
  24. 24
    SEARS

    8D Brands ... or carrier of brands

    3
    48
  25. 25
    JAW

    60D Hook connection point

    2
    65
  26. 26
    IVY

    34D It creeps up

    2
    52
  27. 27
    DAZE

    56A More than surprise

    2
    50
  28. 28
    INO

    19A Mythical mortal who helped raise Dionysus

    2
    36
  29. 29
    BIENNIA

    42D Stretches between Ryder Cups

    2
    8
  30. 30
    CRISPED debut

    38D Like rice in some cereal treats

    2
    4
  31. 31
    REL

    46A Father, e.g.: Abbr.

    1
    133
  32. 32
    NEER

    20A Aye's opposite, poetically

    1
    100
  33. 33
    MIND

    22A See 49-Down

    1
    34
  34. 34
    SABOT

    41A French for "clog"

    1
    31
  35. 35
    EXACT

    62A Not rounded

    1
    30
  36. 36
    TETES

    25D Parisian thinkers?

    1
    30
  37. 37
    SHRINE

    47A Vigil locale

    1
    21
  38. 38
    SLOSH

    30D Washing machine sound

    1
    20
  39. 39
    IRANIAN

    2D Like much oil

    1
    18
  40. 40
    VIALS

    33D Glasses for a scientist

    1
    18
  41. 41
    TWEAK

    37D Small change

    1
    15
  42. 42
    MADONNA

    3D One often seen with her child

    1
    11
  43. 43
    SCRIMPS

    1D Doesn't blow dough

    1
    11
  44. 44
    SPARTAN

    40D One of 300 at Thermopylae

    1
    11
  45. 45
    SHEBANG

    13D Ball of wax

    1
    9
  46. 46
    TEMPEST

    44D Nautical danger

    1
    8
  47. 47
    ANTIVENOM

    36A Herpetologist's supply

    1
    3
  48. 48
    WERETOAST debut

    65A Dead duck's cry

    1
    2
  49. 49
    COTY

    55D President after Auriol

    0
    22
  50. 50
    PANELS

    27A Cartoon series

    0
    17
  51. 51
    PADTHAI

    12D Dish topped with crushed peanuts and lime

    0
    16
  52. 52
    AIRTAXI

    39D On-demand flier

    0
    10
  53. 53
    DEFAT

    23D Trim, in a way

    0
    10
  54. 54
    RUSTY

    24A Out of top form

    0
    10
  55. 55
    CIDERS

    6D Press releases?

    0
    6
  56. 56
    MEDES

    18A Iron Age people

    0
    6
  57. 57
    QUICK

    49D With 22-Across, genius's asset

    0
    6
  58. 58
    STRUCK

    54A X'd

    0
    6
  59. 59
    EASYWIN debut

    14D Romp

    0
    5
  60. 60
    HAZER

    52D "Animal House" figure

    0
    5
  61. 61
    ONEACTS

    43D Plays without a break

    0
    5
  62. 62
    CRAZYIDEA debut

    15A Nut's suggestion

    0
    4
  63. 63
    DINKY

    64A Two-bit

    0
    4
  64. 64
    SIZZLE

    47D Thing often heard in short order?

    0
    4
  65. 65
    WENTBY debut

    21A Used the name

    0
    4
  66. 66
    RADIODIAL debut

    17A Station finder

    0
    3
  67. 67
    JAZZDANCE debut

    60A Bob Fosse specialty

    0
    2
  68. 68
    SIMULCAST debut

    1A Run in two places at once

    0
    2
  69. 69
    WYMAN

    21D Longtime Rolling Stones bassist

    0
    2
  70. 70
    AGELIMITS debut

    63A Minor restrictions

    0
    1
  71. 71
    CASTAWAYS debut

    38A Some island dwellers

    0
    1
  72. 72
    VITALSIGN debut

    33A Temperature, e.g.

    0
    1