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Thursday · 74 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    ERA

    39D The Depression, e.g.

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    791
  2. 2
    AREA

    55A Sphere

    46
    631
  3. 3
    ADO

    56D Shakespearean stir

    44
    477
  4. 4
    ARI

    36A N.L. West team, on scoreboards

    36
    378
  5. 5
    LIE

    37A Fairy tale

    28
    318
  6. 6
    ETE

    23A Time for a pique-nique, maybe

    24
    320
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    ODD

    10D ___ duck

    24
    209
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    ION

    7D ___ exchange

    23
    258
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    PEA

    3D Green globule

    23
    230
  10. 10
    ORB

    61D Sphere

    22
    195
  11. 11
    TIP

    53A Service award?

    22
    126
  12. 12
    BOA

    60D Flapper wrapper

    21
    168
  13. 13
    NAE

    52A Scot's negative

    19
    171
  14. 14
    EIRE

    64A Home for Samuel Beckett

    18
    204
  15. 15
    COT

    27D Prison staple

    17
    128
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    IRENE

    14A Dutch princess who's the daughter of Queen Juliana

    16
    208
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    MAT

    59D Bath ___

    16
    145
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    IRATE

    47A Hot

    14
    194
  19. 19
    ROAR

    15A Air show sound

    13
    169
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    UNDO

    66A Reverse

    13
    129
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    SEN

    54A Upper body: Abbr.

    11
    184
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    ORR

    2D Bomber pilot in "Catch-22"

    10
    235
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    AARON

    50D Sorkin who wrote "The Social Network"

    10
    133
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    SNAFU

    49D Major mess

    10
    58
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    LEVEE

    13D New Orleans sight

    9
    63
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    DIRE

    16A Grievous

    8
    91
  27. 27
    PISA

    6A Site of some Galileo experiments

    6
    86
  28. 28
    RAF

    20A Org. with a targetlike mark on its flag

    6
    82
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    ONEL

    10A "The ___ lama, he's a priest"

    6
    79
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    MAORI

    65A Language known to native speakers as "te reo"

    6
    74
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    PIG

    1D Glutton

    5
    52
  32. 32
    SIMON

    34D One who says a lot in a game

    5
    34
  33. 33
    LIS

    62D French flower

    4
    61
  34. 34
    UTERO

    25D "In ___," Nirvana album

    4
    51
  35. 35
    PANT

    40D Runners do it

    4
    50
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    CSPAN

    24D Airer of hearings

    4
    44
  37. 37
    UND

    4D German connection

    4
    36
  38. 38
    TRA

    58D La-la lead-in

    3
    187
  39. 39
    POPUP

    1A Easy catch

    3
    27
  40. 40
    FOND

    63A Enamored (of)

    3
    20
  41. 41
    PEERAGE

    5D British aristocracy

    3
    11
  42. 42
    IST

    29D Suffix with real or surreal

    2
    95
  43. 43
    SRAS

    67A Esposas: Abbr.

    2
    57
  44. 44
    SEM

    21A School yr. section

    2
    50
  45. 45
    STABS

    68A Tries

    2
    38
  46. 46
    BAKER

    18D Sondheim's Mrs. Lovett, e.g.

    2
    21
  47. 47
    GINSU

    31A Kind of knife

    2
    18
  48. 48
    ARSENIC

    9D #33 on a table

    2
    16
  49. 49
    STOOGES

    30A Second bananas

    2
    15
  50. 50
    ECSTASY

    33A Seventh heaven

    2
    14
  51. 51
    HONES

    44D Puts an edge on

    1
    26
  52. 52
    ATTIMES

    41D Occasionally

    1
    20
  53. 53
    SED

    46D But: Lat.

    1
    15
  54. 54
    NOTEPAD

    38A Reporter's aid

    1
    14
  55. 55
    TRASHES

    43D Wrecks

    1
    7
  56. 56
    CUPCAKE

    24A Honeybun

    1
    4
  57. 57
    ERITU

    12D Baritone piece sung by Renato

    0
    31
  58. 58
    MTNS

    22D Range parts: Abbr.

    0
    23
  59. 59
    ANODYNE

    51A Analgesic

    0
    10
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    DESPAIR

    42D Hopelessness

    0
    10
  61. 61
    PESTERS

    32A Bugs

    0
    8
  62. 62
    SAUSAGE

    8D Link in the food chain?

    0
    8
  63. 63
    EPONYMS

    45D Curie, Kelvin and Fermi

    0
    7
  64. 64
    ROPETOW

    48A Simple ski lift

    0
    7
  65. 65
    PROFESS

    6D Claim

    0
    6
  66. 66
    SAVANTS

    49A Learned ones

    0
    5
  67. 67
    ANTIQUE

    28A Ming jar, e.g.

    0
    4
  68. 68
    DCIV

    19A Year St. Augustine of Canterbury died

    0
    3
  69. 69
    THESIMS

    43A Best-selling PC game released in 2000

    0
    3
  70. 70
    YESWE

    35D "___ can" (campaign slogan)

    0
    3
  71. 71
    GRADEBONUS debut

    17A [See blurb]

    0
    1
  72. 72
    MATHSYMBOL debut

    57A [See blurb]

    0
    1
  73. 73
    NICEQUALITY debut

    11D [See blurb]

    0
    1
  74. 74
    POSITIVEEND debut

    26D [See blurb]

    0
    1