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Thursday · 74 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    EST

    62A Is from Issy?

    55
    428
  2. 2
    ONO

    30A Who wrote and sang "We're All Water" in 1972

    49
    326
  3. 3
    ORE

    1A Some metal bands?

    48
    581
  4. 4
    ANT

    20A Picnic crasher

    45
    401
  5. 5
    SKA

    4D Music boomlet of the mid-'90s

    31
    163
  6. 6
    EDU

    40A Back to school?

    28
    194
  7. 7
    IOTA

    5D Smidgen

    25
    243
  8. 8
    ORS

    28A Gurneys' destinations, in brief

    25
    161
  9. 9
    AHEM

    53A "Um, don't look now, but ..."

    23
    171
  10. 10
    LES

    60A ___ Échos (French daily)

    22
    270
  11. 11
    OED

    38A "Reading the ___: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages" (2008 book)

    22
    141
  12. 12
    NAS

    59A "Illmatic" rapper

    21
    122
  13. 13
    OTIS

    52D Los Angeles's ___ College of Art and Design

    20
    251
  14. 14
    DESI

    35D Ball boy?

    18
    139
  15. 15
    TEL

    39A Hotel room feature: Abbr.

    17
    183
  16. 16
    UFO

    51A Something encountered in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

    17
    131
  17. 17
    PHI

    31A #21 of 24

    15
    112
  18. 18
    BAM

    55D "Kapow!"

    14
    99
  19. 19
    MCS

    41A Ones doing intros

    13
    79
  20. 20
    IDA

    56D Neighbor of Wyo.

    12
    251
  21. 21
    ALERT

    22A On the lookout

    12
    168
  22. 22
    HIT

    12A Sellout

    10
    101
  23. 23
    YAK

    8D Beat one's gums

    10
    88
  24. 24
    TINA

    23D Turner on a turntable

    9
    118
  25. 25
    MENSA

    61A Top-2% group

    9
    93
  26. 26
    NODE

    19A Point on a flowchart

    9
    81
  27. 27
    KOREA

    13A 1950s service site

    9
    77
  28. 28
    PEEP

    36D Tiniest complaint

    9
    59
  29. 29
    KNOT

    37A Clove hitch, e.g.

    8
    100
  30. 30
    TILDE

    9D Part of España

    8
    50
  31. 31
    ROARS

    14D Stadium sounds

    8
    42
  32. 32
    PHD

    31D Goal of many a candidate

    7
    87
  33. 33
    TEC

    9A P.I.

    7
    80
  34. 34
    AVOID

    58A Skirt

    6
    72
  35. 35
    IPHONE

    43D Notable tech launch of 2007

    6
    25
  36. 36
    RIVAL

    14A Hamilton, to Burr

    5
    41
  37. 37
    NOHO

    25D Neighborhood in New York or L.A.

    5
    35
  38. 38
    LETSGO

    15D "Come on!"

    5
    25
  39. 39
    WIG

    29A Part of a disguise

    4
    53
  40. 40
    BENTO debut

    7D Japanese meal in a box

    4
    11
  41. 41
    OPERAS

    44D Composition of "Der Ring des Nibelungen"

    3
    50
  42. 42
    SATED

    57A Now full

    3
    48
  43. 43
    OHSNAP

    1D "Did you just see that?!"

    3
    16
  44. 44
    MATED

    41D Got together

    3
    13
  45. 45
    OLINE debut

    18A Group of football blockers, in brief

    3
    13
  46. 46
    RICOLA debut

    2D Cough drop brand

    3
    5
  47. 47
    INNATE

    50A Hard-wired

    2
    34
  48. 48
    TSELIOT

    42A "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" poet

    2
    33
  49. 49
    ETUDES

    3D Some works of Robert Schumann

    2
    26
  50. 50
    PASTIME

    26A Solving crosswords, e.g.

    2
    8
  51. 51
    SOURNOTE

    34D Unpleasant ending

    2
    5
  52. 52
    SUAVE

    48D Debonair

    1
    23
  53. 53
    BABES

    47D Swaddled ones

    1
    20
  54. 54
    TEFLON

    42D Polytetrafluoroethylene, familiarly

    1
    13
  55. 55
    MONOCLE

    27D Accessory on a chain

    1
    9
  56. 56
    INDENIAL

    33D Not wanting to believe the truth

    1
    6
  57. 57
    CANOEING debut

    11D Olympics event since 1936

    1
    2
  58. 58
    WINO

    32A Lush

    0
    41
  59. 59
    NIOBE

    54A Boastful mother of Greek myth

    0
    37
  60. 60
    TAMEST

    45D Most docile

    0
    23
  61. 61
    TRANCE

    6D A witch doctor might be in one

    0
    21
  62. 62
    SITBY

    4A Not get involved

    0
    13
  63. 63
    PIPPA

    49A Middleton of English tabloids

    0
    8
  64. 64
    WILLIAM

    32D Member of the British royal family

    0
    8
  65. 65
    SADLOT

    21A Pitiful group

    0
    7
  66. 66
    EVILTWIN

    10D Person with inverted morality

    0
    6
  67. 67
    BALTIMORE

    55A *Hayloft item

    0
    4
  68. 68
    BERTOLT

    17D Playwright Brecht

    0
    4
  69. 69
    SCRIPTS

    21D Things with entrances and exits

    0
    4
  70. 70
    KEVINS

    37D Durant and Love of the N.B.A.

    0
    2
  71. 71
    CONCRETES debut

    24A *They're not pros

    0
    1
  72. 72
    ISLANDHOPPING debut

    33A Yachter's itinerary, maybe ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues

    0
    1
  73. 73
    SCUBATANK debut

    16A *Smelled

    0
    1
  74. 74
    VERBALISE debut

    46A *Poetry

    0
    1