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Thursday · 72 answers · 7 debuts

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

  1. 1
    EAR

    34D Bud's place

    57
    485
  2. 2
    ETC

    21D Abbr. for those who didn't make the list

    37
    268
  3. 3
    OBOE

    59A Instrument for Johann Jacob Bach

    32
    315
  4. 4
    NESS

    66A Storied loch

    23
    202
  5. 5
    ATL

    30A QE2's domain: Abbr.

    23
    171
  6. 6
    ASP

    48D Guido Reni painting "Cleopatra With the ___"

    22
    265
  7. 7
    NOS

    32D Directory listings: Abbr.

    21
    156
  8. 8
    NEAR

    62A Hereabout

    20
    183
  9. 9
    AKIN

    18A Blood-related

    18
    138
  10. 10
    OMIT

    17A Pass over

    16
    218
  11. 11
    ALP

    43A Lötschberg Tunnel locale

    16
    187
  12. 12
    UNI

    25A Single at the beginning?

    16
    153
  13. 13
    ESTE

    63A House of ___ (European princely dynasty)

    11
    203
  14. 14
    OBEY

    56D Not rock the boat

    11
    127
  15. 15
    NOON

    37D XII, maybe

    11
    103
  16. 16
    RAVI

    15A Shankar who played at the Concert for Bangladesh, 1971

    11
    71
  17. 17
    ORIOLE

    33A Met's 1969 World Series rival

    10
    93
  18. 18
    GNAT

    1A Zapper's casualty

    8
    132
  19. 19
    PRESS

    28D Imperative in an automated telephone message

    8
    64
  20. 20
    REPS

    40A The "20" in "Drop and give me 20!"

    7
    89
  21. 21
    DINO

    8D Natural history museum exhibit, for short

    7
    61
  22. 22
    GONG

    55D Sound heard at the end of "Bohemian Rhapsody"

    7
    35
  23. 23
    PEON

    31A Low jack?

    6
    73
  24. 24
    ARIANA

    11D Afghanistan's national airline

    6
    27
  25. 25
    NOFEE

    10D Apartment ad come-on

    6
    26
  26. 26
    TETRA

    4D Vampire ___ (fanged fish)

    5
    106
  27. 27
    NIKON

    61A Word on a lens cap

    5
    36
  28. 28
    LOAM

    57D Gardener's bagful

    4
    73
  29. 29
    GLAD

    5A Rodgers and Hart's "___ to Be Unhappy"

    4
    71
  30. 30
    NOTATE

    23A Mark up

    4
    8
  31. 31
    RAVE

    14A Event starting at 2 a.m., maybe

    3
    115
  32. 32
    AVIV

    7D Tel ___

    3
    44
  33. 33
    HET

    49A Dithery, with "up"

    3
    39
  34. 34
    AIRES

    29D Buenos ___

    3
    37
  35. 35
    INAPT

    9A Malapropos

    3
    29
  36. 36
    NORAH

    16A Newswoman O'Donnell

    3
    28
  37. 37
    PARROT

    12D Quote by rote

    3
    19
  38. 38
    LAKE

    6D It may be skimmed over

    2
    62
  39. 39
    AFIRE

    19A Lit

    2
    60
  40. 40
    DRUB

    60A Shellac

    2
    20
  41. 41
    GYMS

    65A Recess sites, at times

    2
    17
  42. 42
    AWNING

    43D Overhang

    2
    16
  43. 43
    REHEARSE

    38D Run through

    2
    15
  44. 44
    NAMEONE

    2D "Give me an example"

    2
    12
  45. 45
    SPOUSE

    39A Other half

    2
    12
  46. 46
    INAWHILE

    9D Shortly

    2
    9
  47. 47
    PROW

    24D Ferry's front

    1
    43
  48. 48
    RUNON

    51D Ramble

    1
    27
  49. 49
    ROSSSEA

    46A Body of water named for an English explorer

    1
    16
  50. 50
    GRADEA

    5D Tops

    1
    15
  51. 51
    PEANUTS

    41D Brown strip

    1
    13
  52. 52
    IVANI

    58A Muscovite prince known as "Moneybag"

    1
    9
  53. 53
    NOTUS

    54A God of the south wind

    1
    6
  54. 54
    WEARIN debut

    50A "The ___ o' the Green" (old Irish ballad)

    1
    2
  55. 55
    WEARY

    22A Beat

    0
    22
  56. 56
    WIDEN

    53D Dilate

    0
    18
  57. 57
    ISWEAR

    52A "Really!"

    0
    15
  58. 58
    EIDERS

    47D Ducks for cover?

    0
    13
  59. 59
    AVIATION

    3D F.A.A. center

    0
    8
  60. 60
    PATAKI

    45D New York governor before Spitzer

    0
    8
  61. 61
    PHENOL

    24A Embalming chemical

    0
    7
  62. 62
    STROBES

    42D Balls at balls?

    0
    7
  63. 63
    MODUS

    27D ___ vivendi

    0
    6
  64. 64
    CAMPARI

    26A Italian bitters

    0
    5
  65. 65
    LEOVII debut

    44D 10th-century pope interred at St. Peter's Basilica

    0
    4
  66. 66
    GIING

    64A Cleaning, as if for military inspection

    0
    3
  67. 67
    THEYLL

    13D "___ never know"

    0
    2
  68. 68
    UPRISING debut

    36D Rebellion

    0
    2
  69. 69
    GOLDPIANO debut

    55A Elvis instrument now in the Country Music Hall of Fame

    0
    1
  70. 70
    GROWNUP debut

    1D Big, now

    0
    1
  71. 71
    NOUNDERWEAR debut

    35A Fashion rule for the liberated ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle

    0
    1
  72. 72
    WEAREDEVO debut

    20A End of a 1978 new-wave album title

    0
    1