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Thursday · 76 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    ALAS

    61A Melodramatic cry

    26
    321
  2. 2
    KNEE

    39A Place for a skateboarder's pad

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    264
  3. 3
    LES

    27D French article

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    270
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    STE

    34D Canonized Fr. woman

    20
    274
  5. 5
    MAR

    58D Spoil

    19
    215
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    EIRE

    13A Enya's homeland

    18
    204
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    BAR

    57D Cheers, on TV

    18
    157
  8. 8
    RES

    4D Thing in court

    17
    279
  9. 9
    LOS

    8D ___ Gatos, Calif.

    17
    144
  10. 10
    IMAC

    54D Apple variety

    16
    154
  11. 11
    DEM

    56A Like 1-Down: Abbr.

    15
    93
  12. 12
    LEA

    12D Rustic setting

    14
    261
  13. 13
    ORATE

    42D Speak to the Senate, say

    14
    196
  14. 14
    POLE

    24A Ladder, part 4

    14
    74
  15. 15
    OMAR

    6D "While you live, / Drink!" poet

    12
    252
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    ROLE

    48A Ladder, part 5

    11
    165
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    RILE

    63A Ladder, part 6

    10
    130
  18. 18
    MATS

    17A Yoga equipment

    9
    57
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    RICE

    64A Ladder, part 7

    8
    100
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    POKE

    9D Prod

    8
    57
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    ECOLI

    49D Dangerous breakout

    7
    103
  22. 22
    POOR

    1A Start of a word ladder whose first and last words are suggested by 36-Across

    7
    67
  23. 23
    MOMA

    58A Home to Andrew Wyeth's "Christina's World," informally

    7
    66
  24. 24
    RICH

    65A End of the word ladder

    7
    65
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    UKES

    35A Luau strings

    7
    61
  26. 26
    TASE

    55D Zap, in a way

    7
    47
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    GALE

    52D 8 on the Beaufort scale

    6
    67
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    NOTA

    59A ___ bene

    6
    61
  29. 29
    ONTOP

    7D Leading

    5
    54
  30. 30
    POOL

    5A Ladder, part 2

    4
    67
  31. 31
    CRIT

    62A Lit ___

    4
    23
  32. 32
    CITY

    53A Commuter's destination, often

    3
    39
  33. 33
    POLL

    9A Ladder, part 3

    3
    35
  34. 34
    CARET

    15D Addition mark

    3
    32
  35. 35
    LEICA

    50A Nikon alternative

    2
    36
  36. 36
    KIX

    39D Crunchy breakfast bowlful

    2
    32
  37. 37
    PIMA

    5D Fine grade of cotton

    2
    25
  38. 38
    ACETIC

    45D ___ acid

    2
    24
  39. 39
    NAMATH

    46D Broadway Joe

    2
    16
  40. 40
    ONEWAY

    25D Like some streets and tickets

    2
    16
  41. 41
    SACRA

    22A Via ___ (main street in ancient Rome)

    2
    12
  42. 42
    OCA

    19A South American tuber

    1
    32
  43. 43
    NAGAT

    51A Bother persistently

    1
    29
  44. 44
    AKELA

    18A Wolf in Kipling's "The Jungle Book"

    1
    26
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    CARO

    20A Verdi's "___ nome"

    1
    26
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    PELOSI

    1D House speaker after Hastert

    1
    23
  47. 47
    NELLY

    38D Rapper with the 2002 #1 hit "Hot in Herre"

    1
    15
  48. 48
    NEONATAL

    37D Kind of ward

    1
    14
  49. 49
    FLORIDA

    21D Home of Cocoa Beach

    1
    10
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    XIN

    47A Mark, as a ballot square

    1
    10
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    NOTDONE

    31A Still in the oven, say

    1
    7
  52. 52
    INAKNOT

    29D Tightly tied, say

    1
    5
  53. 53
    NONUSER

    33A Abstainer

    1
    5
  54. 54
    YALEMAN debut

    43A Eli

    1
    2
  55. 55
    NCR

    59D Big maker of A.T.M.'s

    0
    46
  56. 56
    ATALE

    60A Jonathan Swift's "___ of a Tub"

    0
    36
  57. 57
    IMNO

    14A "___ fool ..."

    0
    24
  58. 58
    CABOT

    20D Venetian explorer John

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    22
  59. 59
    OILCAN

    2D Tin Man's need

    0
    14
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    COKIE

    15A Roberts of NPR

    0
    12
  61. 61
    TUNNEL

    30D Ant farm feature

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    10
  62. 62
    DUNDEE

    32D Scottish port on the Firth of Tay

    0
    8
  63. 63
    LILABNER

    11D Cartoon character on the 3/31/52 cover of Life magazine

    0
    8
  64. 64
    IFORONE

    41A "Personally ..."

    0
    7
  65. 65
    OKEYDOKE

    10D "Fine by me"

    0
    7
  66. 66
    ORBACH

    3D Jerry of "Law & Order"

    0
    7
  67. 67
    DBL

    26A Good baseball hit: Abbr.

    0
    6
  68. 68
    RINSER

    23D Salon worker, at times

    0
    6
  69. 69
    KNEADED

    40A Worked, in a way

    0
    5
  70. 70
    LLBS

    16A Degrees for foreign attys.

    0
    5
  71. 71
    INHIBIT

    28A Suppress

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    4
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    FREYA

    21A Norse love goddess

    0
    3
  73. 73
    INFINITI

    36D Nissan make

    0
    3
  74. 74
    BITAT debut

    57A Tried to nip

    0
    1
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    INSTANTWINNER debut

    36A Lucky lotto participant

    0
    1
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    MIDORI debut

    44D Olympic skater Ito

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    1