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Thursday · 72 answers · 12 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ETC

    4D More quickly?

    37
    268
  2. 2
    SPY

    38D Writer in cipher, maybe

    27
    177
  3. 3
    TAR

    57D Swabbie

    26
    351
  4. 4
    YEN

    20A Itch

    24
    212
  5. 5
    EEK

    24A "Horrors!"

    19
    163
  6. 6
    NYE

    8D Nevada county containing Yucca Mountain

    17
    125
  7. 7
    SETH

    1D MacFarlane who created TV's "Family Guy"

    15
    142
  8. 8
    RASP

    41A Emulate Don Corleone

    15
    137
  9. 9
    AESOP

    39A Source of the saying "The gods help them that help themselves"

    14
    127
  10. 10
    LAD

    58D Man of tomorrow

    10
    140
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    SEAS

    33D High ___

    9
    104
  12. 12
    LURE

    27D Neon sign, e.g.

    7
    67
  13. 13
    MOS

    40A Detectives look for them, briefly

    7
    64
  14. 14
    DENALI

    18A National park whose name means "the high one"

    7
    21
  15. 15
    SSR

    21D Georgia was one once: Abbr.

    6
    161
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    ERSE

    34D Language from which "spunk" is derived

    6
    160
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    TARE

    2D Amount ignored in weighing

    6
    43
  18. 18
    ALTER

    47D Let out, e.g.

    5
    86
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    JEDI

    53D "Episode VI" returnee

    4
    48
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    FORA

    54D Meeting places

    4
    36
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    USAF

    3D Org. with the ad slogan "It's not science fiction. It's what we do every day"

    3
    46
  22. 22
    VOILA

    46D Last word in a showman's spiel

    3
    39
  23. 23
    CENSE

    32A Perfume, in a way

    3
    25
  24. 24
    JFK

    53A 1950s-'60s political inits.

    3
    25
  25. 25
    BLOOM

    49D A flower is pretty when it's in this

    3
    22
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    TURRET

    42A Castle part

    3
    15
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    ENTREE

    29D Recommendation letter, maybe

    2
    70
  28. 28
    KOOL

    55D Noted gang leader

    2
    23
  29. 29
    SELECT

    9A Elite

    2
    21
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    WPM

    25D Steno's stat.

    2
    15
  31. 31
    WRIER

    6D More twisted

    2
    8
  32. 32
    INDIC

    45D Like Hindi or Urdu

    2
    7
  33. 33
    HEF

    19A Bunny fancier

    1
    47
  34. 34
    RIT

    43D Slowing down, in music: Abbr.

    1
    33
  35. 35
    TRICK

    14D Double-cross, e.g.

    1
    22
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    KESEY

    44A Leader of the 35-Across

    1
    18
  37. 37
    CELIE

    13D "The Color Purple" protagonist

    1
    14
  38. 38
    RETYPE

    5D Make more presentable, as a letter

    1
    12
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    AFIRST

    22D Something new

    1
    11
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    PTUI

    30A Cartoon "Yuck!"

    1
    9
  41. 41
    APRESSKI

    22A Hot chocolate time, maybe

    1
    5
  42. 42
    DITTOS

    56A Secretaries used to make them

    1
    4
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    LONI

    11D Actress Anderson

    0
    63
  44. 44
    AES

    31A 1950s political inits.

    0
    62
  45. 45
    ENATE

    12D Related on the mother's side

    0
    36
  46. 46
    IRONER

    16A Press agent?

    0
    17
  47. 47
    SESAMES

    23D Some bagel toppers

    0
    17
  48. 48
    BLU

    52A ___-ray

    0
    16
  49. 49
    ITAT

    51D "Leave ___ that!"

    0
    8
  50. 50
    TOODLEOO

    57A "Ciao!"

    0
    8
  51. 51
    WOLFE

    25A Author of the 1968 work named in the circled letters (reading clockwise)

    0
    7
  52. 52
    CARTED

    61A Hauled (off)

    0
    6
  53. 53
    IVA

    45A Archer's wife in "The Maltese Falcon"

    0
    5
  54. 54
    REMEDIAL

    62A Like summer school classes, often

    0
    5
  55. 55
    NOLIMIT debut

    50A Like some poker betting

    0
    4
  56. 56
    SIDEKICKS debut

    9D Seconds

    0
    4
  57. 57
    EASTERLY

    15A Like the trades

    0
    3
  58. 58
    EREMITES

    10D Loners

    0
    3
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    ILLNEVER

    7D "No way!"

    0
    3
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    NOTABOVE

    37D Willing to consider

    0
    3
  61. 61
    OTEA

    26D Cup ___ (hot drink, informally)

    0
    3
  62. 62
    AVOGADRO debut

    60A Italian scientist who lent his name to a number

    0
    2
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    SEMITIC

    21A Like Jesus

    0
    2
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    YOURMOVE debut

    36D "I played already"

    0
    2
  65. 65
    APPRAISED debut

    31D Valued

    0
    1
  66. 66
    ILEAVE debut

    59A Will words

    0
    1
  67. 67
    KLUDGE debut

    44D Workable if awkward solution to a computer problem

    0
    1
  68. 68
    MERRYPRANKSTERS debut

    35A Subject of the 1968 work

    0
    1
  69. 69
    RAISABLE debut

    48A Like ruckuses or roadster roofs

    0
    1
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    STUERWIN debut

    1A He played Joe Palooka in the 1934 film "Palooka"

    0
    1
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    TRACTILE debut

    17A Able to be drawn out

    0
    1
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    VERITE debut

    28A Cinéma ___

    0
    1