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Thursday · 74 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ECO

    49A "The Name of the Rose" author

    42
    370
  2. 2
    ACRE

    30D 1 chain x 1 furlong

    38
    328
  3. 3
    ETAL

    53D Bibliography abbr.

    32
    327
  4. 4
    OPS

    22A Black ___

    31
    179
  5. 5
    SLY

    24D Foxy

    24
    264
  6. 6
    ELLA

    28D "___ & Duke at the Côte D'Azur" (1966 jazz album)

    23
    262
  7. 7
    ITS

    11D "___ alive!"

    23
    257
  8. 8
    ASPS

    5D Ancient symbols of sovereignty

    22
    157
  9. 9
    PELE

    23D Sports star with a signed jersey in the Vatican

    21
    115
  10. 10
    ARC

    39D "The ___ of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice": M.L.K.

    20
    265
  11. 11
    GEE

    21A "Huh! No kidding!"

    20
    200
  12. 12
    SEEP

    57A Percolate

    18
    128
  13. 13
    STOP

    6D Station

    17
    180
  14. 14
    NYE

    43A Dec. 31

    17
    125
  15. 15
    THO

    20A Le Duc ___, decliner of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize

    16
    109
  16. 16
    TRE

    61D Afternoon hour in Italy

    15
    180
  17. 17
    CEDE

    50D Give up

    14
    152
  18. 18
    CONE

    56D Ice cream purchase

    14
    88
  19. 19
    AYE

    12D Word of support

    13
    162
  20. 20
    BLT

    27D Club alternative

    13
    121
  21. 21
    HEM

    59D Start to hesitate?

    12
    136
  22. 22
    EBAY

    34D Fortune 500 company founded in 1995

    11
    131
  23. 23
    CUP

    48A Ice cream purchase

    11
    41
  24. 24
    HIM

    4D That guy

    10
    62
  25. 25
    NAPE

    8D Common spot for a sunburn

    9
    115
  26. 26
    SHOP

    57D Ice cream ___

    8
    81
  27. 27
    ETTE

    33D Rock follower?

    7
    225
  28. 28
    ALOU

    36D Name of a family with a combined 7,228 hits

    7
    153
  29. 29
    SPRY

    17A Lively

    7
    92
  30. 30
    SONS

    25A End of some business names

    7
    78
  31. 31
    BEA

    27A Actress Benaderet

    7
    67
  32. 32
    NIX

    51A Reject

    7
    62
  33. 33
    ALOFT

    39A Up

    6
    65
  34. 34
    PTS

    58D Scoreboard figure: Abbr.

    5
    89
  35. 35
    YOKE

    44A It keeps a team together

    5
    44
  36. 36
    FINE

    14D Dandy

    4
    53
  37. 37
    ANEMIA

    7A Weakness

    4
    46
  38. 38
    EXPEL

    47D Boot

    4
    23
  39. 39
    ONEEYE

    45D Feature of many a minion in "Despicable Me"

    4
    14
  40. 40
    CURLY

    35A ___ fries

    3
    7
  41. 41
    ETERNAL

    9D Constant

    2
    42
  42. 42
    BUSTS

    13D Exceeds 21, in a way

    2
    19
  43. 43
    ULTRON debut

    2D Supervillain in a 2015 "Avengers" sequel

    2
    4
  44. 44
    IZE

    38D Suffix with real

    1
    31
  45. 45
    IMPASSE

    16A Deadlock

    1
    22
  46. 46
    STIFF

    26D Not tip

    1
    22
  47. 47
    ARMIES

    7D Forces

    1
    20
  48. 48
    SAMUEL

    29A Prophet who anointed Saul

    1
    15
  49. 49
    SAPPHO

    1D Plato's "tenth Muse"

    1
    12
  50. 50
    RELICS

    42D All that is left?

    1
    10
  51. 51
    ROOFER

    41A One whose business has a lot of overhead?

    1
    8
  52. 52
    FRATERNITY debut

    14A Place where people are rushing

    1
    3
  53. 53
    DEEPEN

    65A Intensify

    0
    18
  54. 54
    SMELTS

    64A Refines, in a way

    0
    18
  55. 55
    AMAZED

    40A Bowled over

    0
    13
  56. 56
    MISSOURI

    10D Subject of an 1820 compromise

    0
    9
  57. 57
    SUCHAS

    1A To wit

    0
    7
  58. 58
    AGAMEMNON

    19D Aeschylus tragedy

    0
    6
  59. 59
    LOOPHOLE

    37D One may be exploited

    0
    6
  60. 60
    UPTEMPO

    15A Lively

    0
    6
  61. 61
    CLOONEY

    3D Rosemary, for one

    0
    5
  62. 62
    NOTHERE

    60A "Let's go someplace private"

    0
    5
  63. 63
    PHOTOID

    58A Voting requirement in some states

    0
    5
  64. 64
    TELLME

    32A "Spit it out!"

    0
    5
  65. 65
    LOWRENT

    54D Shabby

    0
    4
  66. 66
    BALLOONIST debut

    13A One traveling in a basket

    0
    3
  67. 67
    HELLENIC

    52A Greek

    0
    3
  68. 68
    INCROWD

    55D Cool people

    0
    3
  69. 69
    MUDDY

    31D Obfuscate

    0
    3
  70. 70
    CROWNROYAL

    63A Whisky first produced for King George VI's 1939 visit to Canada

    0
    2
  71. 71
    KIERAN

    46D Actor Culkin of "Igby Goes Down"

    0
    2
  72. 72
    SPANIELS

    18A White House pets for Reagan and both Bushes

    0
    2
  73. 73
    TELAWRENCE

    62A Best Picture subject nine inches shorter than the actor who portrayed him

    0
    2
  74. 74
    ALITTLEBIRDIE debut

    36A Secret's source ... that can be found four times in this puzzle

    0
    1