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Friday · 68 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    TNT

    54D Shell filler

    38
    338
  2. 2
    ATLAS

    38A Charles who was born Angelo Siciliano

    25
    195
  3. 3
    TIS

    24A Word that begins with an apostrophe

    24
    222
  4. 4
    EDAM

    25A Cheese made from the milk of Friesian cows

    19
    216
  5. 5
    RUE

    47A Beat oneself up about

    18
    207
  6. 6
    TAG

    44A Moniker

    15
    132
  7. 7
    ALIEN

    30A Otherworldly

    14
    180
  8. 8
    SOAP

    40A Bar in a shower stall

    14
    114
  9. 9
    APOP

    49D Each

    13
    107
  10. 10
    LIES

    27A Reposes

    12
    97
  11. 11
    PETRI

    45D ___ dish

    10
    54
  12. 12
    THAW

    52D Détente

    8
    80
  13. 13
    LENS

    31D Cinematography choice

    7
    129
  14. 14
    LEFT

    10D Took a powder

    7
    56
  15. 15
    SNARE

    16A Catch

    5
    108
  16. 16
    RONA

    50D Author Jaffe

    5
    97
  17. 17
    CORD

    4D Drapery attachment

    5
    40
  18. 18
    OVUM

    39A Reproductive cell

    4
    45
  19. 19
    KITS

    9D Modelists' purchases

    4
    26
  20. 20
    DNATEST

    51A Paternity prover

    4
    21
  21. 21
    CARA

    28D Beloved, in Bologna

    3
    49
  22. 22
    OREIDA

    41D Brand in the frozen food aisle

    3
    44
  23. 23
    ATONES

    7D Makes up (for)

    3
    40
  24. 24
    WHITE

    55A Light-reflecting shade

    3
    20
  25. 25
    NADER

    57A Third-place finisher in 2004 and 2008

    2
    51
  26. 26
    PAINED

    32A Showing irritation

    2
    10
  27. 27
    ONIONRING

    56A Deep-fried treat

    2
    8
  28. 28
    CELINE

    36A First name in pop

    2
    7
  29. 29
    CLEARED

    48A Authorized, as to read secrets

    2
    6
  30. 30
    WETPAINT debut

    58A Unwelcome benchmark?

    2
    3
  31. 31
    URI

    21A Altdorf's canton

    1
    150
  32. 32
    ULNAE

    37A Arm bones

    1
    41
  33. 33
    MAFIA

    26D Group that offers "protection"

    1
    28
  34. 34
    JEB

    6D One of the Bushes

    1
    26
  35. 35
    CRUEL

    8D Monstrous

    1
    23
  36. 36
    SWANS

    59A Cygnet's parents

    1
    23
  37. 37
    DAWNS

    46D Begins to develop

    1
    20
  38. 38
    ORDAIN

    39D Officially make

    1
    20
  39. 39
    STADIA

    3D Places for races

    1
    18
  40. 40
    OVALTINE

    11D Milk additive

    1
    9
  41. 41
    ILLGETIT

    34D Phone line?

    1
    6
  42. 42
    ONEAM

    5D Wee hour

    0
    47
  43. 43
    HIVES

    29D Possible skin test reaction

    0
    14
  44. 44
    NESTLES

    20A Gets ensconced

    0
    14
  45. 45
    PREMED

    45A Johns Hopkins program

    0
    14
  46. 46
    PETERS

    43D Dwindles to nothing, with "out"

    0
    13
  47. 47
    AUSTEN

    42D "Northanger Abbey" novelist

    0
    12
  48. 48
    CHIVE

    28A Relative of a leek

    0
    10
  49. 49
    MENDEL

    22A 19th-century abbot and scientist

    0
    10
  50. 50
    HOTPOTATO

    53A Dicey issue

    0
    9
  51. 51
    PENMEN

    32D Scribes

    0
    9
  52. 52
    RAINIER

    15D Only so-called "Decade Volcano" in the continental U.S.

    0
    9
  53. 53
    ABOUTFACE

    17A Reverse order?

    0
    8
  54. 54
    BOSCO

    1A Milk additive

    0
    6
  55. 55
    DRESSED

    13D Showing some wear?

    0
    6
  56. 56
    FELIPE

    19D ___ González, longest-serving democratically elected Spanish P.M.

    0
    6
  57. 57
    LETALONE

    33D Never mind

    0
    6
  58. 58
    BASQUE

    1D Language of Navarre

    0
    5
  59. 59
    DENEUVE

    23D Star of Buñuel's "Belle de Jour"

    0
    5
  60. 60
    CATCHOW debut

    36D Purina product

    0
    4
  61. 61
    SLUMDOG debut

    35D Title sort of person in 2008's Best Picture

    0
    4
  62. 62
    QADDAFI

    18A "Wrong" way to spell a world leader's name in a New York Times crossword, according to a 1999 episode of "The West Wing"

    0
    3
  63. 63
    AXTON

    14A Hoyt who wrote "Joy to the World"

    0
    2
  64. 64
    JACKLORD

    6A TV actor who lived, appropriately, in Hawaii

    0
    2
  65. 65
    OXNARD

    2D City that hosts the California Strawberry Festival

    0
    2
  66. 66
    LIFEPRESERVER debut

    33A On-deck circle?

    0
    1
  67. 67
    RECEIVER debut

    12D Stereo system component

    0
    1
  68. 68
    RETRIEVER debut

    15A Go-getter on the hunt?

    0
    1