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Friday · 72 answers · 12 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ANTE

    42A Draw money?

    45
    461
  2. 2
    ELSE

    53D Word after who, what or where

    43
    440
  3. 3
    AXE

    56D Hacker's tool

    34
    269
  4. 4
    AND

    38A Word sometimes elided to its middle letter

    29
    238
  5. 5
    ONTO

    16A Seeing through

    26
    244
  6. 6
    AHI

    8D Tuna type

    26
    111
  7. 7
    OTIS

    30D Big name in escalators

    20
    251
  8. 8
    DYE

    41A The Romans obtained a purple one from snails

    18
    162
  9. 9
    ODIN

    18A Owner of the horse Sleipnir

    17
    159
  10. 10
    TRE

    51A Colosseum crowd?

    15
    180
  11. 11
    RIP

    50A Castigate

    15
    144
  12. 12
    EWES

    60A Sources of ricotta cheese

    14
    134
  13. 13
    AMO

    19A Latin 101 word

    13
    152
  14. 14
    ALUM

    2D Occasional "S.N.L." host, to "S.N.L."

    13
    123
  15. 15
    FRO

    34A Not to, say

    13
    114
  16. 16
    NYT

    31A Washington Post competitor: Abbr.

    12
    49
  17. 17
    TARA

    51D Reid of "Sharknado"

    10
    154
  18. 18
    REBA

    1D First name in country

    10
    132
  19. 19
    MASH

    9D Button-___ (hit everything at once, in gamer lingo)

    10
    63
  20. 20
    SGT

    20A Abbr. before Friday

    9
    117
  21. 21
    TRON

    22D Suffix with magne-

    9
    113
  22. 22
    KIT

    4D Vixen's offspring

    9
    106
  23. 23
    SUIT

    33D Diamonds, e.g.

    9
    70
  24. 24
    SLID

    54A Dropped, as poll numbers

    8
    70
  25. 25
    COIN

    37A Come up with

    8
    53
  26. 26
    TRITE

    47D Used too much

    6
    73
  27. 27
    CHAT

    37D Some back-and-forth

    5
    74
  28. 28
    NOHO

    29A Artsy L.A. district

    5
    35
  29. 29
    STPAT

    46A Mar. figure

    4
    57
  30. 30
    CATO

    3D Who wrote "Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise"

    4
    46
  31. 31
    NEILL

    32A "Jurassic Park" co-star Sam

    4
    18
  32. 32
    SATIN

    33A Teddy material

    3
    62
  33. 33
    CHET

    49D Jazzman Baker

    3
    42
  34. 34
    TOKE

    58A Take a hit

    3
    37
  35. 35
    SPINAL

    43D Kind of column

    3
    26
  36. 36
    PISH

    11A "Fiddlesticks!"

    3
    16
  37. 37
    MEG

    57D Part of a gig

    2
    67
  38. 38
    RITZ

    52D Luxury hotel in London's Piccadilly district, with "the"

    2
    41
  39. 39
    HADES

    45D Another name for Pluto

    2
    36
  40. 40
    WALE

    23D Corduroy rib

    2
    17
  41. 41
    BODE

    35A Omen

    1
    42
  42. 42
    INHALE

    26A Rapidly down

    1
    33
  43. 43
    WAIVE

    23A Surrender

    1
    23
  44. 44
    FAUN

    39D Mythical piper

    1
    21
  45. 45
    CUBIC

    36A Like the function ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + d

    1
    14
  46. 46
    SHADES

    43A They're often drawn at night

    1
    13
  47. 47
    TENHUT

    44A Base order

    1
    9
  48. 48
    LCDTV

    7D Flat tube?

    1
    7
  49. 49
    FOILS

    39A Thwarts

    1
    6
  50. 50
    SHAPELY

    40D Voluptuous

    1
    6
  51. 51
    ALMANAC

    48A Record of the year?

    0
    11
  52. 52
    ENABLES

    24D Turns on

    0
    10
  53. 53
    POOLE

    11D Grace ___, servant in "Jane Eyre"

    0
    8
  54. 54
    FERGIE

    6D Vocalist for the Black Eyed Peas

    0
    7
  55. 55
    SHOCK

    40A [!!!!]

    0
    5
  56. 56
    HOTLICK

    21A Improvised jazz strain

    0
    4
  57. 57
    INBADTASTE

    26D Vulgar

    0
    4
  58. 58
    CREAKY

    25A Showing signs of age

    0
    3
  59. 59
    BOHOCHIC debut

    10D Hippie-influenced fashion trend

    0
    2
  60. 60
    CONTACTS

    36D Smartphone heading

    0
    2
  61. 61
    INDIANFOOD debut

    12D Curries, samosas, etc.

    0
    2
  62. 62
    STEELYGAZE

    61A Unwavering look

    0
    2
  63. 63
    STICKYRICE debut

    13D Staple of Thai cuisine

    0
    2
  64. 64
    TEXTALERTS debut

    59A News of flight delays, say

    0
    2
  65. 65
    BUTTERDISH debut

    17A Where to stick a stick

    0
    1
  66. 66
    CHAINEMAIL debut

    55A Certain Internet hoax

    0
    1
  67. 67
    ELAINECHAO debut

    15A First Chinese-American cabinet member

    0
    1
  68. 68
    HIDDENMIKE debut

    28D Bug

    0
    1
  69. 69
    HONKYTONKS debut

    14D Dives

    0
    1
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    NEONYELLOW debut

    27D Highlighter color

    0
    1
  71. 71
    ONESALL debut

    5D "110%" effort

    0
    1
  72. 72
    RACKOFLAMB debut

    1A Its ribs stick out

    0
    1