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Thursday · 72 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ATE

    16A Accepted as a cost, informally

    76
    598
  2. 2
    ETA

    5D Letter that's an anagram of 16-Across

    74
    571
  3. 3
    TEN

    13D Count on one's fingers?

    39
    369
  4. 4
    RNA

    37D ___ polymerase

    29
    322
  5. 5
    APE

    39A Professor Bobo of "Mystery Science Theater 3000," e.g.

    28
    415
  6. 6
    STU

    26D Early Beatle Sutcliffe

    24
    190
  7. 7
    OER

    60A Whitman's "A Backward Glance ___ Travel'd Roads"

    22
    248
  8. 8
    ASIS

    56A [Buyer beware]

    21
    183
  9. 9
    REF

    9D Whistle blower

    18
    188
  10. 10
    AFRO

    7A Big top?

    18
    170
  11. 11
    ABA

    28D Esq. group

    14
    195
  12. 12
    ERROR

    50D Dropping the ball, say

    14
    161
  13. 13
    GNU

    35A Cheetah's prey

    13
    127
  14. 14
    TOY

    57D Fast-food freebie

    13
    109
  15. 15
    AJAR

    56D Open a tad

    10
    192
  16. 16
    LIEN

    15A A title may come with one

    9
    131
  17. 17
    RIDE

    19D Car, slangily

    9
    114
  18. 18
    RICH

    54A Laughable

    7
    65
  19. 19
    NITRO

    51D Onetime Dodge S.U.V.

    7
    55
  20. 20
    AMS

    33D When many alarms go off, for short

    6
    86
  21. 21
    YDS

    63A N.F.L. meas.

    5
    125
  22. 22
    GOA

    23A Smallest Indian state

    5
    44
  23. 23
    STRATA

    14A Levels

    5
    41
  24. 24
    CLOP

    53A Western sound effect

    5
    30
  25. 25
    ARP

    39D MoMA artist

    4
    129
  26. 26
    ROM

    29D Neighbor of Ukr.

    4
    81
  27. 27
    OYL

    38D "Popeye" name

    4
    76
  28. 28
    NASH

    6D Humorist who wrote "Happiness is having a scratch for every itch"

    3
    75
  29. 29
    OHSURE

    46D "Yeah, right"

    3
    15
  30. 30
    HURT

    21A Offended

    2
    45
  31. 31
    YESYES

    48D Emphatic agreement

    2
    28
  32. 32
    HRE

    52A Charlemagne ruled it: Abbr.

    1
    77
  33. 33
    IAMS

    4D Alpo alternative

    1
    37
  34. 34
    LIRR

    22A Line ending at Penn Sta.

    1
    30
  35. 35
    FLOR

    61A Bogotá bloom

    1
    19
  36. 36
    OPENIT

    31A Gift-giver's urging

    1
    16
  37. 37
    FIFTH

    8D Liquor purchase

    1
    14
  38. 38
    AOKS

    20A NASA approvals

    1
    9
  39. 39
    RIPOFF

    44D Scam

    1
    6
  40. 40
    ANALOGY

    45A Pump for a heart, e.g.

    1
    5
  41. 41
    ALERO

    7D Old Olds

    0
    66
  42. 42
    FARO

    64A Card game with a bank

    0
    42
  43. 43
    GST

    11A Prime meridian std.

    0
    24
  44. 44
    GRILLE

    47D A Bentley has a big one

    0
    21
  45. 45
    ULA

    58D Diminutive suffix

    0
    20
  46. 46
    FEU

    59D Fire: Fr.

    0
    16
  47. 47
    DIETED

    30D Was on a flexitarian plan, maybe

    0
    13
  48. 48
    HOSP

    55D O.R. locale

    0
    13
  49. 49
    NOONAN

    25D Columnist Peggy

    0
    12
  50. 50
    SEARLE

    62A Company that developed NutraSweet

    0
    11
  51. 51
    ONELAP

    10D 400 meters, in Olympic track and field

    0
    9
  52. 52
    REWIRE

    42A Update electrically

    0
    9
  53. 53
    JUJITSU

    18D Sport practiced in white attire

    0
    8
  54. 54
    PUREES

    65A Mushes

    0
    8
  55. 55
    BROKAW

    3D "Today" show host before Gumbel

    0
    7
  56. 56
    GASRANGE

    11D Pilot's place

    0
    7
  57. 57
    ISOF

    43D "Time ___ the essence"

    0
    7
  58. 58
    AMBIEN

    1A Insomnia medicine

    0
    6
  59. 59
    ASTAGE

    1D "All the world," in "As You Like It"

    0
    5
  60. 60
    EDWARDI

    27A English king nicknamed Longshanks

    0
    5
  61. 61
    STORMIN

    12D Enter angrily

    0
    5
  62. 62
    MTHOOD

    2D Home to North America's only year-round ski resort

    0
    4
  63. 63
    PRESIDENT

    49A See 17-, 24- and 36-Across

    0
    4
  64. 64
    NOCATCH

    34D Baseball umpire's ruling

    0
    3
  65. 65
    PERCHED

    40D Sat

    0
    3
  66. 66
    JAMESMONROE debut

    36A One of the first five 49-Acrosses

    0
    2
  67. 67
    JEWELERS

    36D Chain stores?

    0
    2
  68. 68
    JOHNADAMS debut

    24A One of the first five 49-Acrosses

    0
    2
  69. 69
    THEFOURTHOFJULY

    57A Date on which 17-, 24- and 36-Across died

    0
    2
  70. 70
    BOITANO debut

    32A Skater Brian

    0
    1
  71. 71
    THOMASJEFFERSON debut

    17A One of the first five 49-Acrosses

    0
    1
  72. 72
    TUSCANY debut

    41A Birthplace of the Italian Renaissance

    0
    1