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Thursday · 76 answers · 2 debuts

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

  1. 1
    SEE

    45A Make out

    44
    430
  2. 2
    IRS

    13D Collection agcy.

    36
    246
  3. 3
    OIL

    43D Salad topping

    27
    282
  4. 4
    ENT

    66D One who's often looking down in the mouth, for short?

    24
    222
  5. 5
    OWE

    11D Be shy

    23
    208
  6. 6
    ESS

    26D Suffix with heir or host

    22
    413
  7. 7
    REEL

    21A Casting need

    19
    184
  8. 8
    CSI

    64D TV show with Dr. Ray Langston

    19
    127
  9. 9
    TRES

    61D Uno y dos

    16
    136
  10. 10
    HISS

    20A *Let off some steam?

    14
    79
  11. 11
    DISC

    48A *CD part

    13
    81
  12. 12
    MISO

    28A *___ soup

    13
    68
  13. 13
    HOSE

    39D Water bearer?

    12
    109
  14. 14
    PHDS

    32D Pursuits of some candidates, for short

    11
    55
  15. 15
    LISP

    30A *Not get some Z's?

    10
    68
  16. 16
    FRI

    40D Night that "Dallas" aired for most of its run: Abbr.

    9
    75
  17. 17
    DOHA

    36A Capital whose name means "big tree" in Arabic

    9
    38
  18. 18
    TAC

    55A Sea-___ Airport

    8
    90
  19. 19
    SHA

    27D Doo-wop syllable

    6
    107
  20. 20
    BASH

    7D Big blowout

    5
    61
  21. 21
    SERENA

    51D Sister of Venus

    5
    41
  22. 22
    NEAL

    57A "Hud" Oscar winner Patricia

    4
    70
  23. 23
    LOTSA

    58D Mucho

    4
    57
  24. 24
    SERT

    60D Spanish muralist

    4
    46
  25. 25
    HUM

    22A Accompany musically, maybe

    4
    43
  26. 26
    BANANA

    71A Smoothie flavor

    4
    39
  27. 27
    FIST

    59A *It may be pumped or bumped

    4
    36
  28. 28
    ESA

    38A Hockey's Tikkanen

    3
    93
  29. 29
    AMER

    37D New World abbr.

    3
    60
  30. 30
    WISH

    33A *Birthday secret

    3
    29
  31. 31
    VAR

    12D Alternative spelling: Abbr.

    2
    36
  32. 32
    TINES

    54D Points at the table?

    2
    25
  33. 33
    CASED

    49D Checked out

    2
    24
  34. 34
    SENSEI

    3D Martial arts instructor

    2
    23
  35. 35
    LOMA

    63D ___ Linda

    2
    20
  36. 36
    RAOUL

    15D French Fauvist Dufy

    2
    15
  37. 37
    ANTIWAR

    16A Pacific

    2
    12
  38. 38
    IQTESTS

    70A Noodle strainers?

    2
    10
  39. 39
    KIEV

    25D Chicken ___

    1
    42
  40. 40
    VISE

    46A *Workshop sight, perhaps

    1
    33
  41. 41
    SALERNO

    62A Port on the Tyrrhenian Sea

    1
    15
  42. 42
    JIGSAW

    10D Puzzle type

    1
    13
  43. 43
    ILEFT

    53A "___ My Sugar Standing in the Rain" (1920s hit)

    1
    9
  44. 44
    EFFACE

    47D Rub away

    1
    8
  45. 45
    AIRE

    44A Suffix with concession

    0
    76
  46. 46
    ONEI

    8D "The ___ Love" (1987 hit)

    0
    46
  47. 47
    NTEST

    9D Big blowout?

    0
    44
  48. 48
    AZO

    34A Kind of dye

    0
    43
  49. 49
    CAROB

    56D Fake chocolate

    0
    21
  50. 50
    SINCERE

    68A Not false

    0
    19
  51. 51
    TOSIR

    1D Words sung "with love"?

    0
    18
  52. 52
    OZMA

    29D Baum princess

    0
    17
  53. 53
    TAKES

    24A Walks off with

    0
    16
  54. 54
    SOV

    31D The first "S" in S.S.R.: Abbr.

    0
    13
  55. 55
    SANGRIA

    17A Purplish drink

    0
    12
  56. 56
    CLEANER

    64A Fantastik, e.g.

    0
    11
  57. 57
    TASMAN

    1A Explorer Abel who discovered New Zealand

    0
    10
  58. 58
    XOO

    42A Tic-tac-toe loser

    0
    10
  59. 59
    ANADEM

    2D Wreath for the head

    0
    9
  60. 60
    AERY

    5D Ethereal

    0
    8
  61. 61
    DOMINOS

    69A Big name in pizza

    0
    8
  62. 62
    IDSAYSO

    19A "It looks that way to me!"

    0
    8
  63. 63
    NAISH

    6D Two-time Oscar nominee J. Carrol ___

    0
    8
  64. 64
    BONJOVI

    7A Band with the 1994 platinum record "Always"

    0
    7
  65. 65
    ONEYEAR

    14A Lease period, often

    0
    7
  66. 66
    XVI

    42D Benedict ___ (pope beginning in 2005)

    0
    7
  67. 67
    DANNON

    52D Yogurt brand

    0
    6
  68. 68
    ERODENT

    67A Causing to wear away

    0
    6
  69. 69
    LIQ

    65D Kind of license: Abbr.

    0
    6
  70. 70
    MIDWEST

    23D Athletic conference for Grinnell, Ripon and Beloit

    0
    5
  71. 71
    OFID

    35D "The Wizard ___"

    0
    5
  72. 72
    REINEDIN

    41D Checked

    0
    5
  73. 73
    RISD debut

    50A *Providence campus for aspiring artists, for short

    0
    3
  74. 74
    SEEGERS

    18A "Pete ___ Greatest Hits" (1967 release)

    0
    3
  75. 75
    MYGALSAL

    4D 1942 musical starring Rita Hayworth

    0
    2
  76. 76
    HLMFFWVDMRV debut

    39A Title for this puzzle ... which the answers to the eight starred clues will help explain

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    1