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Saturday · 70 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    EGO

    4D It might get in the way of progress

    42
    393
  2. 2
    TNT

    58D Letters on some sticks

    38
    338
  3. 3
    TAR

    60D Pitching need

    26
    351
  4. 4
    SAP

    10D Con target

    24
    194
  5. 5
    ELF

    37A Dungeons & Dragons figure

    21
    197
  6. 6
    SNAP

    53D When repeated, [Hurry it up!]

    20
    204
  7. 7
    LIL

    27A Epithet for many a rapper

    20
    166
  8. 8
    NOD

    56A Save one's breath, maybe?

    20
    158
  9. 9
    ANG

    32A ___ Lee

    14
    117
  10. 10
    ADEPT

    63A Crackerjack

    12
    88
  11. 11
    TOTO

    22A Noted dark film star of the 1930s

    9
    113
  12. 12
    DANA

    21D Gender-ambiguous name

    8
    74
  13. 13
    PRESS

    18A Papers, collectively

    8
    64
  14. 14
    BEES

    52A Apiphobe's bane

    7
    62
  15. 15
    GONG

    23A Call for dinner, maybe

    7
    35
  16. 16
    YIN

    47A Moon, in Chinese

    6
    71
  17. 17
    NYU

    19A Sch. that Theo Huxtable attended on "The Cosby Show"

    6
    53
  18. 18
    CASTE

    34A Shudra, for one

    6
    51
  19. 19
    FLY

    33D Stylish, in slang

    6
    46
  20. 20
    PLO

    41A U.N. observer starting in '74

    5
    105
  21. 21
    TRYST

    38A It might be cheating

    4
    73
  22. 22
    GELATO

    54A Dessert with a spoon

    4
    15
  23. 23
    SCIFI

    10A Domain of some invasions

    3
    35
  24. 24
    CURT

    11D Laconic

    3
    23
  25. 25
    REGAN

    61A "King Lear" character

    3
    20
  26. 26
    PEDS

    5D Driver's concerns, briefly

    3
    19
  27. 27
    UNEVEN

    29D Not on the level

    3
    15
  28. 28
    JAFAR

    50D Aladdin's enemy

    3
    13
  29. 29
    HORSERACE

    64A It goes from post to post

    3
    7
  30. 30
    AVANT

    57A ___-jazz

    2
    34
  31. 31
    AUDEN

    16A Poet who wrote "All pity is self-pity"

    2
    31
  32. 32
    OZAWA

    8D Longtime Tanglewood figure

    2
    29
  33. 33
    NODICE

    46D "Ain't gonna happen"

    2
    25
  34. 34
    REUBEN

    43A One of the 12 tribes of Israel

    2
    19
  35. 35
    RELYON

    2D Trust

    2
    14
  36. 36
    ONELOVE

    30A Classic 1977 song with the repeated line "Let's get together and feel all right"

    2
    11
  37. 37
    STONEAGE

    36D Primitive

    1
    24
  38. 38
    HAVEN

    7D Retreat

    1
    23
  39. 39
    INAWAY

    25A Kinda

    1
    17
  40. 40
    XOXO

    51A Cutesy sign-off

    1
    16
  41. 41
    ENDRUN

    28A Evasive tactic

    1
    10
  42. 42
    CHANGE

    1D Political challenger's promise

    1
    8
  43. 43
    SKEWED

    20A Not straight

    1
    6
  44. 44
    BONITA

    44D Like a fair señorita

    1
    5
  45. 45
    INSOLENT

    14D Like a brat

    1
    5
  46. 46
    WEREWOLF

    9D One on a lunar calendar?

    1
    5
  47. 47
    ALMODOVAR debut

    17A "Talk to Her" director/screenwriter, 2002

    1
    3
  48. 48
    FESTIVUS debut

    13D Annual holiday with an "airing of grievances"

    1
    3
  49. 49
    ALERO

    49D Former G.M. compact

    0
    66
  50. 50
    EMAG

    40D iPad read, maybe

    0
    45
  51. 51
    ORME

    55D "... a man no mightier than thyself ___": "Julius Caesar"

    0
    16
  52. 52
    EXOTIC

    45D Not from around here

    0
    13
  53. 53
    NAVAJO

    48A Arizona county with a national monument of the same name

    0
    9
  54. 54
    GRATIN

    24D Cheesy crust

    0
    7
  55. 55
    LEROUX

    31D "The Phantom of the Opera" writer

    0
    7
  56. 56
    PHONEME

    42A Figure of speech?

    0
    7
  57. 57
    YERTLE

    26D Kid-lit title character who says "I am the ruler of all that I see!"

    0
    7
  58. 58
    NEFERTITI

    59A Queen with a prominent bust

    0
    5
  59. 59
    CAPYBARA

    34D Largest living rodent

    0
    4
  60. 60
    EDMUND

    3D "King Lear" character

    0
    4
  61. 61
    ELEVENTH

    37D Like President James K. Polk

    0
    4
  62. 62
    IDEOLOGY

    12D School

    0
    3
  63. 63
    ACTIVELY

    39A With genuine effort

    0
    2
  64. 64
    CREEPSHOW debut

    1A 1982 Stephen King horror film

    0
    2
  65. 65
    HEDGEMAZE debut

    15A Feature of some English gardens

    0
    2
  66. 66
    PROTEUS

    41D Shape-shifting Greek sea god

    0
    2
  67. 67
    ACHIEVED debut

    35D Realized

    0
    1
  68. 68
    FLAREGUN debut

    33A Marooned person's aid

    0
    1
  69. 69
    SMOKING debut

    6D Really hot

    0
    1
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    TRAUMATIC debut

    62A Likely to scar

    0
    1