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Thursday · 76 answers · 3 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ONO

    55A Hawaiian fish with a palindromic name

    49
    326
  2. 2
    ART

    6D "The enemy of ___ is the absence of limitations": Orson Welles

    40
    384
  3. 3
    RED

    27D Cinnabar, e.g.

    32
    278
  4. 4
    EDU

    41D Lead-in to -tainment

    28
    194
  5. 5
    UTE

    9D Tribe after which the 45th state is named

    27
    263
  6. 6
    ALTO

    33D Quartet part

    25
    290
  7. 7
    ABS

    33A Core parts

    25
    214
  8. 8
    ASSET

    19A A business might have one that's fixed

    25
    188
  9. 9
    ERRS

    2D Drops the ball

    22
    230
  10. 10
    SETS

    60D You might give them props

    21
    170
  11. 11
    STAY

    35D Canine command

    20
    159
  12. 12
    EIRE

    26A Where lakes are loughs

    18
    204
  13. 13
    OAHU

    53D Home of Pearl City

    18
    185
  14. 14
    CEL

    62D Picture frame?

    18
    141
  15. 15
    ULNA

    13D Part of the body whose name is both English and Latin

    15
    178
  16. 16
    RASTA

    5D Believer in an Ethiopian Zion

    14
    83
  17. 17
    KEY

    45A Manual opener

    13
    123
  18. 18
    SNAFU

    51D Utter mess

    10
    58
  19. 19
    NCIS

    3D Long-running TV drama started in 2003

    8
    58
  20. 20
    OSU

    56D Big Ten inits.

    7
    100
  21. 21
    CODE

    52A "Inner-city" for "black," to some people

    7
    66
  22. 22
    DIANE

    10D Steak ___

    7
    62
  23. 23
    NOLA

    21A Home of The Times-Picayune, familiarly

    7
    61
  24. 24
    RIC

    23D Wrestler Flair

    7
    56
  25. 25
    ERSE

    59D Scots Gaelic

    6
    160
  26. 26
    SYS

    43D OS part: Abbr.

    6
    79
  27. 27
    COPA

    1D Legendary N.Y.C. club, with "the"

    6
    48
  28. 28
    CHIP

    52D Computer ___

    6
    45
  29. 29
    RATES

    42A Hotel posting

    6
    45
  30. 30
    SWIM

    28A You might go for one at the beach

    6
    41
  31. 31
    EMS

    63D CPR offerer

    5
    149
  32. 32
    CEASE

    40A Terminate

    5
    75
  33. 33
    NOSY

    48A Peeping, say

    5
    71
  34. 34
    PURR

    58D Sound of contentment

    5
    52
  35. 35
    LDS

    7D Church inits.

    5
    49
  36. 36
    IMAY

    30D "Possibly"

    5
    29
  37. 37
    MUNI

    49A Certain bond, for short

    4
    36
  38. 38
    WHEE

    29D "So much fu-u-u-u-un!"

    3
    34
  39. 39
    OHMY

    36A "Well, isn't that something!"

    3
    33
  40. 40
    CARET

    37A Mark below a line

    3
    32
  41. 41
    SOCK

    28D Punch

    3
    31
  42. 42
    OCTO

    11D Numerical prefix

    2
    62
  43. 43
    MARSH

    22A Reed section?

    2
    36
  44. 44
    ITERATE

    31A Do over and over

    2
    35
  45. 45
    NAPES

    57A Scruffs

    2
    33
  46. 46
    DIAZ

    54D Cameron of "Charlie's Angels"

    2
    25
  47. 47
    ERASURE

    63A Gap in a tape, maybe

    1
    35
  48. 48
    BAYS

    34D American Pharoah and others

    1
    25
  49. 49
    NUM

    15D ___ Lock (neighbor of Page Up)

    1
    14
  50. 50
    SUDOKU

    8A With 67-Across, what the circled part of this crossword represents

    1
    12
  51. 51
    KAEL

    12D Longtime New Yorker writer Pauline

    1
    9
  52. 52
    PRIESTS

    17A Eli and Aaron, in the Bible

    1
    8
  53. 53
    INOUYE

    47D Daniel ___, first Japanese-American to serve in Congress

    1
    7
  54. 54
    IHATEYOU

    65A Cross words

    1
    6
  55. 55
    ANTEATERS

    16D Animals whose tongues flick about 150 times a minute

    1
    5
  56. 56
    UNBEATEN

    18A Having a perfect record

    1
    5
  57. 57
    SUBMIT

    8D Turn in

    1
    3
  58. 58
    REQ

    64D Necessary: Abbr.

    0
    17
  59. 59
    DFLAT

    38A Note just above C

    0
    16
  60. 60
    CENTRAL

    1A With 68-Across, the circled part of this crossword

    0
    15
  61. 61
    MTM

    20A ___ Enterprises (bygone TV production company)

    0
    14
  62. 62
    MERTZ

    49D "I Love Lucy" neighbor

    0
    12
  63. 63
    FANTASIA

    39D First commercial film with stereophonic sound, 1940

    0
    11
  64. 64
    MEFIRST

    66A Like a selfish attitude

    0
    11
  65. 65
    DIETARY

    46A Like some allowances

    0
    10
  66. 66
    ATYA

    44A "Right back ___!"

    0
    7
  67. 67
    PSSST

    50A "Hey, buddy!"

    0
    7
  68. 68
    RETAP

    32D Open again, as a keg

    0
    7
  69. 69
    PUZZLE

    67A See 8-Across

    0
    6
  70. 70
    HERAT

    25D Afghanistan's third-largest city

    0
    5
  71. 71
    NAUTICAL

    15A Seafaring

    0
    5
  72. 72
    ORCHARD

    14A Orange place

    0
    5
  73. 73
    SQUARES

    68A See 1-Across

    0
    4
  74. 74
    STAREINTO debut

    24D Look piercingly at

    0
    3
  75. 75
    HAIRCUTS debut

    61A Tops off?

    0
    1
  76. 76
    THEEMMYS debut

    4D Annual September TV event

    0
    1