← Fill Atlas

Wednesday · 72 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ART

    4D "___ does not surpass nature, but only brings it to perfection": Cervantes

    40
    384
  2. 2
    ATTA

    37A Lead-in to boy

    28
    156
  3. 3
    ARM

    25D Place for a 12-Down

    27
    264
  4. 4
    STEM

    56D Modern education acronym

    26
    228
  5. 5
    TAU

    5A Symbol for torque

    25
    169
  6. 6
    NES

    49A Early platform for The Legend of Zelda, for short

    23
    118
  7. 7
    ASP

    38D "Poor venomous fool," in Shakespeare

    22
    265
  8. 8
    MRS

    54A Wifey, with "the"

    21
    125
  9. 9
    ITO

    46A Actor Robert of 1970s-'80s TV's "Quincy, M.E."

    20
    240
  10. 10
    ROO

    36A Bush denizen, for short

    20
    189
  11. 11
    MERE

    54D Just

    18
    155
  12. 12
    ESL

    23A Immigrant's course, for short

    18
    153
  13. 13
    SOAP

    28A Dial, e.g.

    14
    114
  14. 14
    OSCAR

    48D "And the ___ goes to ..."

    13
    145
  15. 15
    LATE

    27D Like the baby in a 9 1/2-month pregnancy

    12
    125
  16. 16
    NOVA

    1A Terra ___ (old name for Newfoundland)

    12
    125
  17. 17
    SHED

    26D Sloughed off

    12
    115
  18. 18
    TARA

    10D Plantation of book and film

    10
    154
  19. 19
    LGBT

    53D Letters associated with a rainbow flag

    10
    37
  20. 20
    PANE

    22A Stamp collector's unit

    9
    90
  21. 21
    META

    35A Self-referential

    9
    87
  22. 22
    DOHA

    16D Capital of Qatar

    9
    38
  23. 23
    NSFW

    1D [Warning: explicit content]

    9
    36
  24. 24
    TAI

    63A ___ chi ch'uan

    8
    154
  25. 25
    LOB

    59D High throw

    8
    87
  26. 26
    RIGA

    55D Baltic capital

    8
    86
  27. 27
    ETTE

    34D Suffix with major

    7
    225
  28. 28
    BEES

    50A Colony members

    7
    62
  29. 29
    USED

    7D Amazon category

    6
    165
  30. 30
    SHA

    24A Syllable in oldies songs

    6
    107
  31. 31
    BEAM

    64A Gymnastics event, informally

    6
    61
  32. 32
    ONEDGE

    43D Nervous

    6
    48
  33. 33
    TYPEA

    47D Sort with a high-energy personality

    6
    48
  34. 34
    WON

    19A Took top honors

    5
    90
  35. 35
    YOKE

    44A Coupling device

    5
    44
  36. 36
    OTRO

    2D Other, in Oaxaca

    4
    58
  37. 37
    WAND

    52D T.S.A. tool

    3
    30
  38. 38
    SKEETER

    41D Flying pest, slangily

    3
    15
  39. 39
    ARDOR

    62A Fire

    2
    66
  40. 40
    ACTUP

    8A Malfunction

    2
    38
  41. 41
    SEANCE

    60A Raising of spirits?

    2
    29
  42. 42
    DRIEST

    31D Like the Atacama Desert among all places on earth

    2
    18
  43. 43
    UBERS debut

    11D Some paid rides

    2
    18
  44. 44
    STARWARS

    13A 1977 Lucas film

    2
    12
  45. 45
    BOOYA

    50D Celebratory cry

    2
    6
  46. 46
    UTNE

    33D Magazine founder Eric

    1
    80
  47. 47
    VAIN

    3D Pointless

    1
    37
  48. 48
    ASLANT

    25A Off-axis

    1
    23
  49. 49
    PATCH

    12D Aid in quitting smoking

    1
    20
  50. 50
    ARIDE

    6D Bum ___

    1
    19
  51. 51
    LESION

    21D Scrape or cut

    1
    11
  52. 52
    INDEEP

    45A Heavily involved

    1
    8
  53. 53
    PLAIDS

    29D Highland patterns

    1
    7
  54. 54
    RHAPSODYINBLUE

    30A 1924 Gershwin composition

    1
    3
  55. 55
    MIDDLEMARCH debut

    20A 1871 Eliot novel

    1
    2
  56. 56
    IMUS

    46D Shock jock Don

    0
    46
  57. 57
    YOO

    32D "___-hoo!"

    0
    27
  58. 58
    HERETO

    18A Regarding this matter

    0
    22
  59. 59
    IONESCO

    40D Playwright Eugène

    0
    13
  60. 60
    TAPINTO

    5D Access

    0
    10
  61. 61
    ACHESON

    8D Secretary of state during the Korean War

    0
    8
  62. 62
    PIEROGI

    42D Polish dumpling

    0
    8
  63. 63
    CHEMLAB

    9D Place to find solutions in school

    0
    7
  64. 64
    PAPACY

    22D Office of the Vatican

    0
    7
  65. 65
    UPCAST

    57A Looking skyward

    0
    6
  66. 66
    BYGEORGE

    61A Exclamation that describes 13-, 20-, 30-, 39- and 51-Across

    0
    4
  67. 67
    WOMANS

    14D Word before Day or World on magazine racks

    0
    3
  68. 68
    MYSWEETLORD

    51A 1970 Harrison song

    0
    2
  69. 69
    CHABAD debut

    15A Jewish organization known for its outreach work

    0
    1
  70. 70
    DECISIONPOINTS debut

    39A 2010 Bush autobiography

    0
    1
  71. 71
    FRITOPIE debut

    17A Dish featuring corn chips as a main ingredient

    0
    1
  72. 72
    GOOGLEIT debut

    58A Easy way to get information on something nowadays

    0
    1