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Thursday · 74 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ELI

    36D Skull and Bones collegian

    60
    599
  2. 2
    ART

    60D Works in a salon

    40
    384
  3. 3
    ETS

    58D Figures in the 2016 film "Arrival," for short

    37
    319
  4. 4
    AMP

    6D Hype (up)

    25
    193
  5. 5
    ARLO

    8D 1968 self-titled folk album

    24
    245
  6. 6
    APSE

    38A Indoor recess

    21
    243
  7. 7
    ROT

    35D Corruption

    20
    214
  8. 8
    CCS

    34D Also keeps in the know, in a way

    20
    98
  9. 9
    AKA

    65A Otherwise called

    19
    211
  10. 10
    EARL

    45A British title holder

    19
    195
  11. 11
    ERGO

    54D "And so ..."

    17
    198
  12. 12
    SOD

    33D What might make up for lost ground?

    17
    180
  13. 13
    TLC

    37D "Cake Boss" channel

    16
    146
  14. 14
    IBET

    3D Sarcastic response

    16
    132
  15. 15
    CAL

    16D Nutritional label abbr.

    15
    158
  16. 16
    TACO

    2D Order across the border

    11
    154
  17. 17
    MAD

    7A Cracked

    11
    126
  18. 18
    ONSET

    26D Dawn

    9
    141
  19. 19
    LODE

    51D Lucky strike?

    9
    84
  20. 20
    STORE

    48D Cache

    8
    87
  21. 21
    RESIN

    30D Shellac, e.g.

    8
    84
  22. 22
    LADS

    23A Striplings

    8
    60
  23. 23
    ILSA

    57D Visitor to Rick's Café Américain

    7
    116
  24. 24
    BON

    44A ___ vivant

    6
    50
  25. 25
    UNLIT

    47D Dark

    5
    51
  26. 26
    MEEK

    56D Not assertive

    5
    48
  27. 27
    SKIM

    1D Less than 1%, say

    5
    44
  28. 28
    MOUSSE

    5D Salon stuff

    5
    20
  29. 29
    ILIAD

    12D Long, old yarn

    4
    99
  30. 30
    OBAMA

    11D President whose initials were also his dog's name

    4
    89
  31. 31
    IMAX

    52D Wide-screen format

    4
    69
  32. 32
    LIEGE

    27D One working for the lord

    4
    48
  33. 33
    JAR

    28A Shake

    3
    97
  34. 34
    CLARA

    24D Santa ___

    3
    62
  35. 35
    GOSH

    4D "Holy smokes!"

    3
    47
  36. 36
    ANTENNA

    42A Cell tower feature

    3
    34
  37. 37
    ROEG

    40A "Walkabout" director Nicolas

    3
    33
  38. 38
    SKYY

    21A Grey Goose competitor

    3
    16
  39. 39
    DUEL

    9D Drawing contest?

    2
    48
  40. 40
    VENT

    53D Magma conduit

    2
    46
  41. 41
    TERMS

    13D Come to ___

    2
    34
  42. 42
    OMERTA

    59A Code broken by rats

    2
    32
  43. 43
    COPES

    50D Carries on through difficulty

    2
    16
  44. 44
    YESSIREE

    63A "You got it!"

    2
    12
  45. 45
    MOTHS

    19A Outdoor lighting fixtures?

    1
    26
  46. 46
    USMC

    47A Parris Island grp.

    1
    24
  47. 47
    LIBYA

    46D Modern home of ancient Tripolitania

    1
    23
  48. 48
    JACOB

    28D Patriarch with 12 sons

    1
    18
  49. 49
    STIGMA

    1A Tough-to-remove stain

    1
    17
  50. 50
    VINYL

    10D Like records that are easily broken?

    1
    14
  51. 51
    MCCOY

    7D Sci-fi character nicknamed "Bones"

    1
    12
  52. 52
    HOPON

    25D Biker's invitation

    1
    11
  53. 53
    KABOOM

    14A Big report

    1
    11
  54. 54
    CHOLERA

    24A "Love in the Time of ___" (Gabriel García Márquez novel)

    1
    6
  55. 55
    LONI

    31A Actress Anderson

    0
    63
  56. 56
    TEDS

    66A Spreads, as straw

    0
    45
  57. 57
    MOOED

    49D Made field calls?

    0
    21
  58. 58
    EXTORT

    64A Acquire via blackmail

    0
    13
  59. 59
    KRISHNA

    22D Deity often depicted with blue skin

    0
    11
  60. 60
    LIVES

    51A Video game units

    0
    10
  61. 61
    NESTER

    43D One living in the sticks, e.g.

    0
    9
  62. 62
    ITSASECRET

    32A What putting one's finger to one's lips may mean

    0
    7
  63. 63
    DANGER

    62A What red may mean

    0
    5
  64. 64
    WYATTEARP

    20D Nemesis of the Clanton gang

    0
    5
  65. 65
    CLEANAIR

    18A Concern for the E.P.A.

    0
    4
  66. 66
    VOIT

    10A Basketball brand

    0
    4
  67. 67
    CRUCIBLE

    15A Severe test

    0
    3
  68. 68
    ICESUP

    17A Gets frosty

    0
    3
  69. 69
    ASKNO

    29D ___ quarter (refuse mercy)

    0
    2
  70. 70
    HEDONISTIC debut

    41A Pleasure-seeking

    0
    2
  71. 71
    BELTLOOP debut

    61A Waistband sight ... or what 20-, 39- and 55-Across each have?

    0
    1
  72. 72
    PIMIENTOO debut

    55A Stuffed garnishes

    0
    1
  73. 73
    STOCKSCOLL debut

    39A Headline after a market crash

    0
    1
  74. 74
    WOOLLYMAM debut

    20A Drawings seen in France's Rouffignac Cave

    0
    1