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Thursday · 74 answers · 13 debuts

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

  1. 1
    EEL

    51A Squid predator

    53
    487
  2. 2
    YES

    62A "Got that right!"

    50
    365
  3. 3
    STAR

    35D Castor or Pollux

    31
    316
  4. 4
    ODES

    30A They praise in non-prose

    26
    226
  5. 5
    RAN

    32D Managed

    25
    291
  6. 6
    MET

    6D Crossed paths

    25
    187
  7. 7
    STEW

    10A Fricassee, for example

    23
    180
  8. 8
    NOT

    38A "Perhaps ___"

    22
    176
  9. 9
    BEE

    36A Social gathering

    18
    184
  10. 10
    ANAL

    8D Hypermeticulous

    17
    67
  11. 11
    ELATE

    50A Tickle

    16
    182
  12. 12
    NORA

    42A ___ Helmer of "A Doll's House"

    11
    139
  13. 13
    WENT

    2D Came's partner

    10
    70
  14. 14
    OSSO

    3D Bone: It.

    10
    64
  15. 15
    ABASE

    37A Shame

    9
    82
  16. 16
    HELEN

    52A Abductee of myth

    8
    59
  17. 17
    CAD

    7A Sleazeball

    7
    101
  18. 18
    DSL

    20A Connection provider, for short

    7
    82
  19. 19
    NATE

    55D Statistician Silver

    6
    107
  20. 20
    LANCE

    41A Knight's need

    6
    64
  21. 21
    COPSE

    7D Stand

    6
    29
  22. 22
    TRIS

    1D Speaker in major-league baseball history

    5
    44
  23. 23
    LEVI

    53D ___ Strauss

    4
    97
  24. 24
    GORE

    34D "Saw" stuff

    4
    81
  25. 25
    INST

    61A Research org.

    4
    67
  26. 26
    STOPS

    19A Points along a bus route

    4
    33
  27. 27
    TOOLATENOW debut

    11D "You missed your chance"

    4
    5
  28. 28
    ERLE

    51D First name in mysteries

    3
    198
  29. 29
    ELAL

    54D Airline with a flag in its logo

    3
    197
  30. 30
    DER

    9D German article

    3
    115
  31. 31
    MPS

    58D British V.I.P.s

    3
    46
  32. 32
    SOPH

    39A Tomorrow's jr.

    3
    46
  33. 33
    MOIST

    28A How cigars should be kept, say aficionados

    3
    32
  34. 34
    SYNAPSE

    10D Something involved in a firing

    3
    17
  35. 35
    BASALT

    23D Makeup of many moon rocks

    3
    14
  36. 36
    TEMPI

    47D Beats

    3
    12
  37. 37
    ENIAC

    12D Vacuum tube innovation of 1946

    2
    59
  38. 38
    ALAIN

    48D Formula One racer Prost

    2
    42
  39. 39
    EEGS

    33A Head lines, briefly?

    2
    36
  40. 40
    UEY

    57D Often-illegal maneuver that is key to answering the asterisked clues

    2
    36
  41. 41
    BASSI

    16D Operatic villains, often

    2
    32
  42. 42
    GOBS

    25D A whole bunch

    2
    23
  43. 43
    FLEAS

    49A Boxer's concern, maybe

    2
    22
  44. 44
    LAHORE

    46D Punjab's capital

    2
    21
  45. 45
    SPACY

    24A Airheaded

    2
    15
  46. 46
    ONEBYONE

    15A Singly

    2
    9
  47. 47
    SOFTG

    43A George I or V?

    1
    23
  48. 48
    SENILE

    63A Mentally infirm

    1
    21
  49. 49
    FEELS

    49D Thinks but doesn't know for a fact

    1
    20
  50. 50
    FLESH

    44D Elaborate, with "out"

    1
    20
  51. 51
    DIRTBAG

    20D Sleazeball

    1
    3
  52. 52
    NOSEDIN debut

    42D Was prying

    1
    3
  53. 53
    ILLSUE debut

    5D Injured party's warning

    1
    2
  54. 54
    IDEO

    26D Prefix with -logical

    0
    41
  55. 55
    EUBIE

    22A Ragtime legend Blake

    0
    25
  56. 56
    RESOLE

    14A Fix, as a boot

    0
    22
  57. 57
    WEARY

    13D Beat

    0
    22
  58. 58
    MODELA

    58A 1927 automotive debut

    0
    13
  59. 59
    OKEEFE

    29D Michael of "The Great Santini"

    0
    12
  60. 60
    PARANOIA

    18A It's "knowing all the facts," according to Woody Allen

    0
    10
  61. 61
    INSULT

    17A Remark from Don Rickles

    0
    9
  62. 62
    TOUPEES

    4D "Rugs"

    0
    7
  63. 63
    HOTTEST

    40D Topping the Scoville scale

    0
    4
  64. 64
    MAKESURE

    56A Guarantee

    0
    4
  65. 65
    MISCALL debut

    28D Poker blunder

    0
    2
  66. 66
    AFLOWER debut

    45A Blooming

    0
    1
  67. 67
    GIVEEAR debut

    25A Listen (to)

    0
    1
  68. 68
    PIESHELL debut

    59A Dessert component often bought premade

    0
    1
  69. 69
    PRIVAT debut

    60A *Individual telephone connections

    0
    1
  70. 70
    SALAR debut

    21A *Limits on team payrolls

    0
    1
  71. 71
    STRIK debut

    31A **Doesn't go to either extreme

    0
    1
  72. 72
    TATTL debut

    47A *Snitch

    0
    1
  73. 73
    TWOTIM debut

    1A *Adlai Stevenson as a presidential candidate, e.g.

    0
    1
  74. 74
    VEEPSTAKES debut

    27D Quadrennial U.S. occurrence

    0
    1