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Thursday · 78 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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    IRE

    62D Source of heat

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    498
  2. 2
    EAST

    38A Oil source

    33
    285
  3. 3
    ANTS

    6D Pantry problem

    33
    247
  4. 4
    AVE

    2D Many a Monopoly property: Abbr.

    28
    246
  5. 5
    ETRE

    12D To be, at the Louvre

    24
    241
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    ASTO

    16A About

    22
    192
  7. 7
    NOD

    61D Make a little mistake

    20
    158
  8. 8
    LIAR

    64A Fabulist

    18
    177
  9. 9
    IOU

    44A Debt doc

    18
    160
  10. 10
    BAR

    1D Writing in a box

    18
    157
  11. 11
    OWL

    36A User of night vision

    18
    135
  12. 12
    CAR

    63D Brandy cocktail

    17
    201
  13. 13
    NAP

    3D Pile

    17
    192
  14. 14
    HAT

    7A Bit of dance attire for Fred Astaire

    17
    183
  15. 15
    TIER

    10A Elite

    17
    179
  16. 16
    AGED

    41A In the 40s?

    16
    148
  17. 17
    ASST

    20A Kind of coach: Abbr.

    15
    193
  18. 18
    ALMA

    58A Michigan college

    15
    130
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    SALT

    29A With 30-Across, they started in 1969

    15
    115
  20. 20
    SLO

    65A ___-pitch

    12
    185
  21. 21
    OUT

    68A Hit a low point

    12
    149
  22. 22
    POT

    60D What a big hand often grabs?

    12
    120
  23. 23
    ROAD

    13D Way less traveled

    12
    95
  24. 24
    GEESE

    51A Certain gifts in "The 12 Days of Christmas"

    11
    130
  25. 25
    ORR

    15A Recipient of three consecutive Hart Trophies

    10
    235
  26. 26
    ELL

    48A Certain joint

    10
    228
  27. 27
    ELIA

    54D "The South-Sea House" essayist

    10
    213
  28. 28
    EVADE

    23A Bypass

    10
    117
  29. 29
    ISAY

    11D "My word!"

    10
    99
  30. 30
    LAND

    67A Often-flooded locale

    10
    69
  31. 31
    NORSE

    5D Like the origin of the names for some days of the week

    8
    67
  32. 32
    LOOP

    56A Word with belt or tape

    8
    58
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    OTTAWA

    18D Capital whose name comes from an Algonquin word for "to trade"

    6
    50
  34. 34
    TRENT

    9D Nottingham's river

    5
    59
  35. 35
    FOB

    28A Key ___

    5
    44
  36. 36
    SELENA

    37A One-named pop star

    5
    28
  37. 37
    BANANA

    1A Company's numero uno

    4
    39
  38. 38
    CARA

    19A Opening word of many an Italian letter

    3
    49
  39. 39
    TERRE

    46A ___ verte (green earth pigment)

    3
    44
  40. 40
    SOWS

    29D Disseminates

    3
    37
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    KNEELS

    32D Kowtows, say

    3
    24
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    TASTES

    26A Bitter and sweet

    3
    23
  43. 43
    FEDORA

    66A What Cowboy legend Tom Landry sported

    3
    22
  44. 44
    GOSEE

    51D "Check it out"

    3
    19
  45. 45
    TMAN

    55D No friend of the bootlegger

    2
    69
  46. 46
    AVALON

    14A Toyota sedan

    2
    35
  47. 47
    JETE

    22D Jump on a stage

    2
    34
  48. 48
    VOLARE

    24D 1958 hit that won the first-ever Grammy for Song of the Year

    2
    13
  49. 49
    WATCH

    39A Midnight to 4 a.m., at sea

    2
    9
  50. 50
    GESSO

    50D Painter's preparation

    1
    47
  51. 51
    DRED

    45A Harriet Beecher Stowe novel

    1
    41
  52. 52
    EPODE

    52D Lyric poem

    1
    37
  53. 53
    SHUI

    37D Feng ___

    1
    9
  54. 54
    CODDLE

    40D Overindulge

    1
    8
  55. 55
    TACOSALAD

    10D Dish often served in a shell

    1
    8
  56. 56
    CREAMS

    42A Whups

    1
    6
  57. 57
    EFFECT debut

    23D Drug drawback

    1
    5
  58. 58
    SUPERSONIC debut

    59A Boom-causing, perhaps

    1
    3
  59. 59
    HOI

    7D ___ polloi

    0
    52
  60. 60
    ARREST

    8D Check

    0
    35
  61. 61
    MEIN

    43D Words after count or let

    0
    32
  62. 62
    WALL

    53D Tire part

    0
    25
  63. 63
    ORFF

    57D "Carmina Burana" composer

    0
    14
  64. 64
    FEEDER

    69A Starfish or sea cucumber, e.g.

    0
    13
  65. 65
    LEGREE

    31D Fictional plantation owner

    0
    13
  66. 66
    ALLTIME

    27D Like the highest high

    0
    12
  67. 67
    SADDLE

    33D One way to ride a horse

    0
    12
  68. 68
    FLUS

    34A Some shot targets

    0
    11
  69. 69
    TALKS

    30A See 29-Across

    0
    11
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    ABUSER

    25D Rehab candidate

    0
    9
  71. 71
    ENJOYED

    21A Reveled in

    0
    6
  72. 72
    ALEAD

    4D Following ___

    0
    5
  73. 73
    REPERTOIRE

    17A Arsenal, so to speak

    0
    5
  74. 74
    MRSULU

    47D "Star Trek" helmsman

    0
    3
  75. 75
    STARBOARD

    35D Port alternative

    0
    3
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    MMDI

    47A Early 26th-century year

    0
    2
  77. 77
    WETONES debut

    53A Trademarked sanitary wipes

    0
    2
  78. 78
    BIGRED debut

    49A Wrigley product

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    1