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Friday · 70 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ORE

    19A It may contain mercury

    48
    581
  2. 2
    LEE

    45A See 51-Across

    40
    360
  3. 3
    STAN

    51A With 45-Across, Thor's co-creator

    31
    228
  4. 4
    ACHE

    6D Really long?

    28
    282
  5. 5
    NIT

    5D Minute beef

    19
    143
  6. 6
    GRE

    4D 170 is its max score

    18
    119
  7. 7
    INRE

    48A Dictator's beginning

    17
    251
  8. 8
    EDYS

    20A One of its flavors is Mud Pie

    17
    106
  9. 9
    MISO

    25A ___ soup

    13
    68
  10. 10
    NYSE

    18D Where Sotheby's is BID

    10
    113
  11. 11
    ASTER

    21A Starwort, e.g.

    10
    109
  12. 12
    ALIA

    57A Ovid's others

    10
    108
  13. 13
    ARKS

    57D Refuges

    10
    87
  14. 14
    TAUT

    47D Like a guitar string

    9
    80
  15. 15
    ALFA

    10D "Bravo" preceder

    8
    108
  16. 16
    ESOS

    23A Those south of the border?

    8
    59
  17. 17
    CAD

    52A Many a base player

    7
    101
  18. 18
    SIGN

    29D Sharp or flat

    6
    65
  19. 19
    FOP

    60D Metrosexual sort

    5
    47
  20. 20
    NGO

    36A Vietnam's ___ Dinh Diem

    5
    46
  21. 21
    MAIDEN

    7D First

    5
    20
  22. 22
    ROC

    35A Mythical predator

    4
    92
  23. 23
    DEMI

    54D Prefix with john

    4
    72
  24. 24
    SERT

    27D Spanish muralist

    4
    46
  25. 25
    RUBE

    55A No sophisticate

    4
    45
  26. 26
    ENSUITE

    63A As part of a series

    4
    11
  27. 27
    NEHRU

    50D Indian chief, once

    3
    71
  28. 28
    NOI

    30A "___ am your father" (classic "Star Wars" line)

    3
    45
  29. 29
    NEMESIS

    3D Greek goddess of vengeance

    3
    27
  30. 30
    MINED

    53A Like 19-Across

    3
    20
  31. 31
    OSCARS

    28D They're clutched during some speeches

    2
    42
  32. 32
    ATAN

    49A ___ angle

    2
    39
  33. 33
    PRISM

    11D Optical separator

    2
    32
  34. 34
    TRAINEE

    43D Cadet, e.g.

    2
    23
  35. 35
    ROHE

    32D Mies van der ___

    2
    20
  36. 36
    ENCLOSE

    42D Corral

    2
    16
  37. 37
    SONNETS

    41A Quintet comprising "Ode to the West Wind"

    2
    12
  38. 38
    LEANTOS

    39D Rough housing

    2
    10
  39. 39
    AMOROSO

    2D Lovingly, on a music score

    2
    9
  40. 40
    TAILEND

    33A Last part

    1
    10
  41. 41
    SUNBELT

    41D Where snowbirds flock

    1
    8
  42. 42
    ONEUPS

    28A Bests

    1
    7
  43. 43
    ALLTHAT

    37A Excellent, in slang

    1
    5
  44. 44
    EROO

    56D Suffix with switch

    0
    67
  45. 45
    LONI

    34D Anderson of "Nurses"

    0
    63
  46. 46
    EIS

    9D Rostock bar stock

    0
    55
  47. 47
    ALAMODE

    37D Dessert preference

    0
    43
  48. 48
    HOS

    22A Sounds from some mall temps

    0
    32
  49. 49
    ERITU

    46A "It was you," operatically

    0
    31
  50. 50
    AMERICA

    15A Home to "alabaster cities"

    0
    30
  51. 51
    OSIS

    26A Medical suffix

    0
    18
  52. 52
    SISTINE

    12D Like some famous frescoes

    0
    17
  53. 53
    SEDATED

    44D Under

    0
    15
  54. 54
    LOSERS

    31A Things that ties never have

    0
    13
  55. 55
    WAT

    59D Southeast Asian temple

    0
    13
  56. 56
    SPANO

    24D "NCIS" actor Joe

    0
    11
  57. 57
    LETINON

    38D Told, as a secret

    0
    9
  58. 58
    ACHESON

    13D Secretary of state before Dulles

    0
    8
  59. 59
    DOORMAT

    61A Hardly the assertive type

    0
    8
  60. 60
    LOOKSEE

    62A Gander

    0
    8
  61. 61
    GASOHOL

    1D Hybrid on the road?

    0
    6
  62. 62
    ONTHEWATERFRONT

    58A Best Picture of 1954 [see 17-Across]

    0
    6
  63. 63
    TITRATE

    40D Test the strength of, in a way

    0
    5
  64. 64
    TOPSEED

    64A A wild card is unlikely to beat one

    0
    5
  65. 65
    LEAPSAT debut

    8A Goes for enthusiastically

    0
    2
  66. 66
    SOMETHINGSFISHY

    17A "Hmmmmm ..." [as hinted at by the three groups of black squares in the middle of the grid]

    0
    2
  67. 67
    THYROID debut

    14D Neighbor of the Adam's apple

    0
    2
  68. 68
    GANGNAM debut

    1A "___ Style," first video with a billion YouTube views

    0
    1
  69. 69
    LOGSOUT debut

    8D Closes a session

    0
    1
  70. 70
    OILRICH debut

    16A Like Saudi Arabia

    0
    1