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Thursday · 72 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ONE

    63A 45-Across, in America

    63
    612
  2. 2
    ERIE

    58A Canal with 36 locks

    48
    510
  3. 3
    NEO

    27A Modern beginning?

    43
    332
  4. 4
    ORCA

    53A Shark eater

    34
    234
  5. 5
    EAT

    28A Use (up)

    33
    399
  6. 6
    AOL

    14A Owner of Moviefone

    25
    214
  7. 7
    OVEN

    19A Hot spot in "Hansel and Gretel"

    22
    177
  8. 8
    OED

    44A Work that's been punningly called a "lex icon": Abbr.

    22
    141
  9. 9
    SEW

    29D Wrap (up)

    20
    169
  10. 10
    ACH

    4D Münster "Geez!"

    18
    126
  11. 11
    INTO

    52D Digging

    17
    219
  12. 12
    LAS

    35D ___ Américas

    17
    173
  13. 13
    OMIT

    50A Leave blank

    16
    218
  14. 14
    ARF

    57D Whelp's yelp

    14
    153
  15. 15
    RIA

    56D Narrow inlet

    14
    128
  16. 16
    POT

    48D Big belly

    12
    120
  17. 17
    DYES

    61A Colors

    11
    100
  18. 18
    UNE

    45A 63-Across, in France

    10
    145
  19. 19
    SHO

    1A Presenter of "The Borgias," in brief

    10
    86
  20. 20
    KEYS

    21A Critical elements

    9
    77
  21. 21
    GLEN

    10A Arizona's ___ Canyon Dam

    8
    80
  22. 22
    MELT

    51D Tuna-and-cheese sandwich

    7
    76
  23. 23
    MANY

    8D Lots

    6
    55
  24. 24
    EASTER

    25D Spring time

    4
    49
  25. 25
    PARK

    54A You're not going anywhere if you're in this

    4
    36
  26. 26
    GED

    18D H.S. proficiency test

    4
    34
  27. 27
    OMEGAS

    50D Some Swiss watches

    4
    30
  28. 28
    TROWEL

    30D Tiler's tool

    4
    17
  29. 29
    RAVE

    20A Four stars, say

    3
    115
  30. 30
    ICEDTEA

    23A Brewed refresher

    3
    24
  31. 31
    NRC

    60A Reactor safety agcy.

    3
    24
  32. 32
    SPAYS

    46A Fixes

    3
    16
  33. 33
    AGUE

    7D Malaria symptom

    2
    85
  34. 34
    RHEAS

    37A Flightless birds

    2
    15
  35. 35
    PEROT

    33A 1990s politico from Texas

    1
    41
  36. 36
    ASIDES

    31A Parenthetical remarks

    1
    35
  37. 37
    EDERLE

    12D Gertrude who swam the English Channel

    1
    32
  38. 38
    BERLE

    26A TV great who said "I live to laugh, and I laugh to live"

    1
    20
  39. 39
    ALTAIR

    59A Brightest star in Aquila

    1
    17
  40. 40
    APIARY

    42D Place abuzz with activity?

    1
    14
  41. 41
    UNICORN

    39D Creature in Rowling's Forbidden Forest

    1
    14
  42. 42
    OLIVEOIL

    3D Staple of Mediterranean cooking

    1
    11
  43. 43
    STRAYED

    29A Wasn't faithful

    1
    9
  44. 44
    LOOKAT

    6D View

    1
    8
  45. 45
    STOLAF

    62A College named for a Norwegian king

    1
    7
  46. 46
    RSVPED debut

    41D Answered, quickly

    1
    5
  47. 47
    SLEPTIN

    47A Waived the wake-up call

    1
    3
  48. 48
    LIDO

    16A Italian beach resort

    0
    34
  49. 49
    PES

    33D Foot: Lat.

    0
    25
  50. 50
    AFLAME

    4A Burning

    0
    16
  51. 51
    OSTEAL

    44D Pertaining to bone

    0
    12
  52. 52
    PENANCE

    40D Price for forgiveness, perhaps

    0
    12
  53. 53
    NONEED

    13D "You've done enough"

    0
    11
  54. 54
    ENGS

    9D Lots of R.P.I. grads: Abbr.

    0
    10
  55. 55
    NEUTRINO

    36D Subatomic particle with no electric charge

    0
    9
  56. 56
    TEETHES

    24D Goes through a stage of babyhood

    0
    8
  57. 57
    RAFTERS

    41A Huck and Jim on the Mississippi, e.g.

    0
    7
  58. 58
    SABRINA

    1D Audrey Hepburn title role

    0
    7
  59. 59
    BETHERE

    22A "Attendance is mandatory"

    0
    6
  60. 60
    FAERIE

    43D Spenser's "The ___ Queene"

    0
    6
  61. 61
    FOAMY

    5D Like a freshly drawn draft

    0
    6
  62. 62
    LITTLEWOMEN

    34A 1860s novel that is the basis for this puzzle's theme

    0
    5
  63. 63
    BROMIDE

    26D Trite comment

    0
    3
  64. 64
    COOGAN

    15A Jackie who played Uncle Fester

    0
    3
  65. 65
    DIRTYJOKES

    32D Ribald humor

    0
    3
  66. 66
    GLOBETHEATER

    10D Shakespeare play setting

    0
    3
  67. 67
    HORACES

    2D "___ Odes" (classic work of poetry)

    0
    2
  68. 68
    LIVERY debut

    11D Car service

    0
    2
  69. 69
    MEGENERATION

    55A Baby boomers, with "the"

    0
    2
  70. 70
    VIEJO

    49A Mission ___, Calif.

    0
    2
  71. 71
    BRIGHAMYOUNG debut

    17A The "American Moses"

    0
    1
  72. 72
    WIREUP debut

    38A Electrify

    0
    1