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Thursday · 76 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERA

    57D Century 21 competitor

    97
    791
  2. 2
    AGE

    24A Something often guessed

    47
    417
  3. 3
    AREA

    55D Ground

    46
    631
  4. 4
    AHA

    49A Kind of moment

    40
    379
  5. 5
    SIR

    39D Knight

    35
    271
  6. 6
    OPEN

    4D Dentist's request

    26
    217
  7. 7
    OVEN

    41D Rack locale

    22
    177
  8. 8
    UAE

    28D OPEC member: Abbr.

    20
    90
  9. 9
    EDAM

    19A Eponymic Dutch city

    19
    216
  10. 10
    AKA

    12D Otherwise called

    19
    211
  11. 11
    SAN

    23A Start of the names of three of the 10 most populous U.S. cities

    19
    182
  12. 12
    TEL

    46D ___ no.

    17
    183
  13. 13
    URL

    38D Site sight

    17
    148
  14. 14
    UGH

    21D Big thumbs-down

    16
    128
  15. 15
    DEM

    13D Blue: Abbr.

    15
    93
  16. 16
    ILLS

    58A Troubles

    14
    117
  17. 17
    ALIAS

    31A 007, e.g.

    14
    115
  18. 18
    ODORS

    27D Some trails

    14
    86
  19. 19
    AMO

    35A Part of a common Latin conjugation

    13
    152
  20. 20
    HEM

    56D Box (in)

    12
    136
  21. 21
    EXEC

    7D High-up in a corp.

    11
    101
  22. 22
    PET

    40A Favorite

    10
    149
  23. 23
    METE

    18A Dole (out)

    10
    90
  24. 24
    NEAT

    61A Cool

    8
    224
  25. 25
    SLAM

    54D Dis

    8
    101
  26. 26
    ACTOR

    51D Shakespeare, at times

    8
    92
  27. 27
    PHASE

    29D Stage

    8
    49
  28. 28
    REPS

    6A Works as an agent (for)

    7
    89
  29. 29
    OURS

    41A "One of ___" (1923 Pulitzer-winning novel by Willa Cather)

    7
    77
  30. 30
    ABETS

    49D Assists, in a way

    7
    75
  31. 31
    HERD

    34A Cowboy's charge

    7
    70
  32. 32
    PONE

    36A Johnnycake

    7
    55
  33. 33
    GEMS

    64A Sparklers

    7
    51
  34. 34
    TIERS

    42A Levels

    7
    48
  35. 35
    ALEE

    53D Sheltered

    6
    275
  36. 36
    ERAT

    60A Quod ___ demonstrandum

    6
    170
  37. 37
    PETE

    8D Officemate of Don and Peggy on "Mad Men"

    6
    136
  38. 38
    AGORA

    2D Greek marketplace

    6
    105
  39. 39
    HEY

    30D "What's the big idea?!"

    6
    87
  40. 40
    ARENT

    59A "___ we all?"

    6
    79
  41. 41
    LASER

    65A PowerPoint pointer

    6
    71
  42. 42
    SPUR

    39A Sidetrack?

    6
    61
  43. 43
    LETGO

    62A "Gimme it!"

    6
    46
  44. 44
    OXEN

    15A The yoke's on them

    5
    149
  45. 45
    BOND

    22D 007

    5
    46
  46. 46
    HELD

    56A Contained

    5
    45
  47. 47
    MAYO

    63A Spread out in the kitchen?

    4
    55
  48. 48
    RADON

    3D Home inspector's concern

    4
    37
  49. 49
    AGAPE

    14A Slack-jawed

    3
    79
  50. 50
    HIKE

    16A Trek

    3
    47
  51. 51
    TVAD

    10A It may run during a campaign

    3
    30
  52. 52
    TRYSTS

    45D Meetings probably not entered in P.D.A.'s

    2
    30
  53. 53
    MODEM

    17A Signal converter

    2
    27
  54. 54
    REL

    48A Obituary listing: Abbr.

    1
    133
  55. 55
    LOEWE

    32D Lerner's partner on Broadway

    1
    40
  56. 56
    SERIES

    47A October event, informally, with "the"

    1
    30
  57. 57
    CAMPS

    1D Roughs it, say

    1
    17
  58. 58
    DEMUR

    26D Show reluctance

    1
    14
  59. 59
    APPTS

    31D Meetings entered in P.D.A.'s: Abbr.

    1
    13
  60. 60
    LIEDTO

    44D Misled

    1
    12
  61. 61
    SNEAKERS

    9D Jordans, e.g.

    1
    10
  62. 62
    VIDEOTAPE

    11D Outmoded rental

    1
    4
  63. 63
    QUAYS

    37A Wharves

    1
    3
  64. 64
    HINGE

    50D Bit of hardware

    0
    24
  65. 65
    CAROB

    1A Ersatz cocoa

    0
    21
  66. 66
    THELMA

    10D Pat Nixon's given name

    0
    15
  67. 67
    TELLALL

    42D Extremely juicy

    0
    9
  68. 68
    KOMODO

    25A Island that's home to the world's largest lizard

    0
    5
  69. 69
    ROMNEY

    6D 2012 newsmaker

    0
    5
  70. 70
    BEMOANS debut

    5D Laments

    0
    2
  71. 71
    INTERPLAY

    33D Reciprocal action and reaction

    0
    2
  72. 72
    PENTASYLLABIC debut

    52A Like 52-Across

    0
    1
  73. 73
    PRONOUNCEABLE debut

    20A Like 20-Across

    0
    1
  74. 74
    QUESTING debut

    37D Knight's activity

    0
    1
  75. 75
    TWELVELETTER debut

    43A Like 43-Across

    0
    1
  76. 76
    UNHYPHENATED debut

    28A Like 28-Across

    0
    1