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Friday · 72 answers · 10 debuts

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

  1. 1
    EEL

    58D Gulper ___

    53
    487
  2. 2
    ICE

    16A It'll slow down traffic

    40
    391
  3. 3
    ELS

    62A Causes of street rumbles?

    29
    333
  4. 4
    STIR

    31A Show signs of life

    27
    292
  5. 5
    ENE

    39A Greenwich-to-New Haven dir.

    24
    403
  6. 6
    ETRE

    8D French soliloquy starter?

    24
    241
  7. 7
    ARES

    28D Frequent foe of Wonder Woman

    21
    271
  8. 8
    SEW

    22D Secure, with "up"

    20
    169
  9. 9
    BEE

    45A One may be smoked out

    18
    184
  10. 10
    TRE

    26A One-sixth of diciotto

    15
    180
  11. 11
    OTTER

    2D Furry oyster cracker

    15
    165
  12. 12
    TENET

    50D Canon element

    15
    147
  13. 13
    HEE

    5D Chuckle bit

    15
    102
  14. 14
    DAD

    12A Many a delivery participant

    14
    144
  15. 15
    NON

    56A Start to sense?

    13
    143
  16. 16
    MSG

    53A Umami source, briefly

    13
    92
  17. 17
    TETE

    19A Idée origin

    12
    152
  18. 18
    WIT

    29D What "many a man hath more hair than," in Shakespeare

    11
    88
  19. 19
    DOC

    37D Rx writer

    10
    102
  20. 20
    GIST

    1D Drift

    9
    68
  21. 21
    OSAKA

    48D Home to baseball's Orix Buffaloes

    8
    82
  22. 22
    VIM

    18A Energy

    8
    64
  23. 23
    CIG

    60A One smoked, informally

    7
    52
  24. 24
    OGLE

    55D Eyeball, in a way

    6
    200
  25. 25
    ITE

    20A The end of Samson?

    6
    149
  26. 26
    SHIVA

    49D Sanskrit for "the auspicious one"

    6
    23
  27. 27
    ANIMAL

    51A Part of a large kingdom

    5
    67
  28. 28
    LIVE

    52D Unexploded

    4
    65
  29. 29
    THEO

    54A 16-season N.H.L.'er Fleury

    3
    65
  30. 30
    ATEN

    42A Athletic conf. for UMass

    3
    50
  31. 31
    CAMEL

    34D Transport over dry land?

    3
    49
  32. 32
    TELEX

    11D Early text messager

    3
    30
  33. 33
    DUETO

    3D By dint of

    3
    23
  34. 34
    NOE

    9D Arche de ___ (boat in la Bible)

    3
    20
  35. 35
    JAW

    27A What may drop in disbelief

    2
    65
  36. 36
    NADER

    47D Early touter of air bags

    2
    51
  37. 37
    WIFE

    30A Certain union member

    2
    32
  38. 38
    DARIN

    46A "If I Were a Carpenter" singer

    2
    25
  39. 39
    PSATS

    7D They have 125 questions and last 130 mins.

    2
    23
  40. 40
    YESIDO

    21A "Absolutely"

    2
    12
  41. 41
    MRED

    41A Old show horse

    1
    71
  42. 42
    MLLE

    53D "___ Modiste" (Victor Herbert operetta)

    1
    27
  43. 43
    NIM

    43D Ancient game much studied in game theory

    1
    23
  44. 44
    COQ

    44A Title bird in a Rimsky-Korsakov opéra

    1
    19
  45. 45
    BORIC

    33A Kind of acid used in fireproofing

    1
    7
  46. 46
    BBGUNS

    45D Options for target practice

    1
    5
  47. 47
    EVELKNIEVEL

    61A Renowned long jumper

    1
    5
  48. 48
    STEVECARELL debut

    17A He played Maxwell Smart in 2008

    1
    2
  49. 49
    XESIN debut

    25A Marks, as a box

    1
    2
  50. 50
    ORLY

    10D General-aviation alternative to Le Bourget

    0
    63
  51. 51
    IRREG

    24D Like "come" and "go": Abbr.

    0
    20
  52. 52
    BIS

    35A "Encore!"

    0
    17
  53. 53
    GIE

    59D Bestow, to Burns

    0
    12
  54. 54
    GOWNS

    40A They might come with trains

    0
    12
  55. 55
    ROSINS

    23A Ingredients in bowstring waxes

    0
    8
  56. 56
    BTWO

    33D Riboflavin, familiarly

    0
    6
  57. 57
    OSCINE

    6D Of songbirds

    0
    6
  58. 58
    JOHNQ

    27D 2002 Denzel Washington thriller

    0
    4
  59. 59
    TREERINGS

    32D Aids for dating

    0
    4
  60. 60
    TURNEDTHETABLES

    36A Made a comeback, say

    0
    4
  61. 61
    RELEASEDATE debut

    63A National coming-out day?

    0
    3
  62. 62
    DIELAUGHING

    57A Totally break up

    0
    2
  63. 63
    DIVISIBLE

    12D Like any number by itself

    0
    2
  64. 64
    GODIHOPENOT debut

    1A "Perish the thought!"

    0
    2
  65. 65
    OBLAST

    48A Province : Canada :: ___ : Russia

    0
    2
  66. 66
    SUNTANOIL debut

    31D Browning selection?

    0
    2
  67. 67
    TEADANCE

    36D Social event in "No, No, Nanette"

    0
    2
  68. 68
    ACIDIFIED debut

    13D Soured

    0
    1
  69. 69
    BREATHED debut

    38D Showed signs of life

    0
    1
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    DEMONESS debut

    14D Succubus, e.g.

    0
    1
  71. 71
    INVESTIN debut

    4D Get a share of, say

    0
    1
  72. 72
    ITUNESSTORE debut

    15A It has a "Complete My Album" service

    0
    1