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Friday · 70 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    NEO

    30A ___-soul (style of Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill)

    43
    332
  2. 2
    LED

    5D Was up

    34
    222
  3. 3
    ACNE

    55D Spots annoying teens

    32
    233
  4. 4
    ODES

    60A Some tributes

    26
    226
  5. 5
    ILL

    23A Going green?

    21
    260
  6. 6
    EMAIL

    28A It's often checked on a cell

    19
    180
  7. 7
    LOS

    59D ___ Lonely Boys (2004 Grammy winners)

    17
    144
  8. 8
    OTTER

    26A Animal that may swim on its back

    15
    165
  9. 9
    NAME

    54A You may drop a big one

    13
    124
  10. 10
    GEM

    10D Peach

    12
    119
  11. 11
    LADY

    19A "Downton Abbey" title

    10
    65
  12. 12
    INNS

    57A Resort options

    9
    144
  13. 13
    ARCS

    11A Story lines

    8
    109
  14. 14
    ENTRE

    47A Between, to Balzac

    8
    96
  15. 15
    IRISH

    45A 44-Across's "Fighting" team

    8
    85
  16. 16
    ATEIN

    11D Eschewed takeout, say

    8
    79
  17. 17
    NORM

    62A Christie novel title that, without spaces, is a man's name

    5
    92
  18. 18
    METRO

    32D ___ desk (newsroom assignment)

    5
    58
  19. 19
    SATIE

    53A Contemporary and compatriot of Debussy

    4
    43
  20. 20
    PILAF

    21A Risotto relative

    4
    36
  21. 21
    BDAY

    4D Fourth of July, for Calvin Coolidge, informally

    4
    26
  22. 22
    MISSM

    49D "Divine" showbiz persona

    4
    11
  23. 23
    TRA

    22A Refrain syllable

    3
    187
  24. 24
    ARA

    44A Coach Parseghian

    3
    181
  25. 25
    TELE

    16A What marketers might follow

    3
    103
  26. 26
    ELEA

    18A Colony in ancient Magna Graecia

    3
    59
  27. 27
    COEN

    34D Either director of "True Grit"

    3
    44
  28. 28
    LIRAS

    25D Turkish dough

    3
    36
  29. 29
    OBS

    50A Baby docs

    3
    35
  30. 30
    STEEPS

    40A Bathes

    3
    30
  31. 31
    BEACH

    51D Bad place for a whale

    3
    14
  32. 32
    UNEARTH

    2D Make public

    3
    14
  33. 33
    PHENOM

    31A Talent scout's find, informally

    3
    13
  34. 34
    ENOL

    27D Unstable compound

    2
    87
  35. 35
    BOOP

    56A Toon toned down for the 1930s Hays Code

    2
    25
  36. 36
    RAHM

    8D First name in Chicago politics

    2
    16
  37. 37
    BLOT

    56D Stain

    1
    48
  38. 38
    EQUAL

    6D Level

    1
    44
  39. 39
    MOORS

    29D Ties up in a slip

    1
    15
  40. 40
    VOX

    52A ___ pop

    1
    11
  41. 41
    ETVOILA

    41D Chef de cuisine's shout

    1
    10
  42. 42
    PALETTES

    21D Spots where artists mix?

    1
    4
  43. 43
    SEAFOOD

    14D Shore dinner

    1
    3
  44. 44
    ORLANDO

    38D Sentinel's place

    0
    15
  45. 45
    SWF

    58D Match.com abbr.

    0
    13
  46. 46
    ONRECORD

    33A Public

    0
    10
  47. 47
    IRONSIDE

    23D Nickname for Oliver Cromwell

    0
    9
  48. 48
    ADMS

    20A Four-star figs.

    0
    8
  49. 49
    HILLTOP

    1D There's no place to go but down from here

    0
    8
  50. 50
    PASSION

    37D Fire

    0
    8
  51. 51
    MANDATE

    3D Obamacare obligation

    0
    6
  52. 52
    WINECOOLER

    61A Alcopop relative

    0
    6
  53. 53
    CLEARER

    13D How you may feel after taking allergy medication

    0
    5
  54. 54
    RELLENO

    12D Stuffed chili pepper

    0
    5
  55. 55
    LLANERO

    24A South American cowboy

    0
    4
  56. 56
    SEXPERT

    43D Dr. Ruth, for one

    0
    4
  57. 57
    SLUMDOG

    48A One living in urban poverty, pejoratively

    0
    4
  58. 58
    ATASLANT

    9D Not level

    0
    3
  59. 59
    FRESHSTART debut

    63A New lease on life

    0
    3
  60. 60
    HOMIES

    46D Bros

    0
    3
  61. 61
    ONEPOTATO

    35A Beginning of a process of elimination

    0
    3
  62. 62
    INADEQUATE

    15A Wanting

    0
    2
  63. 63
    POLLSTER

    37A One who gets numbers by calling numbers

    0
    2
  64. 64
    BUNDLE debut

    7D Unit of energy?

    0
    1
  65. 65
    HUMBLEBRAG debut

    1A Self-praise couched in self-deprecation, in modern lingo

    0
    1
  66. 66
    LAUTNER debut

    39D Taylor of "Twilight"

    0
    1
  67. 67
    LENADUNHAM debut

    17A 2013 Golden Globe winner for "Girls"

    0
    1
  68. 68
    PEIGNOIR debut

    36D Negligee

    0
    1
  69. 69
    PROOFER debut

    42D Publishing house employee

    0
    1
  70. 70
    SOCIALLIFE debut

    58A A nerd may not have one

    0
    1