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Thursday · 76 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ELSE

    13D Otherwise

    43
    440
  2. 2
    IMO

    19D Texter's qualifier

    29
    107
  3. 3
    RAE

    34A Girl's name that's a body part in reverse

    28
    278
  4. 4
    HOE

    23A Potato harvesting aid

    27
    173
  5. 5
    IRIS

    44A Pupil surrounder

    26
    225
  6. 6
    ARC

    39A Shape on a suspension bridge

    20
    265
  7. 7
    ECON

    2D Taxing subject, briefly?

    19
    151
  8. 8
    GPA

    40A School yardstick, for short

    18
    128
  9. 9
    ARAL

    16A ___ Karakum (Asian desert)

    17
    184
  10. 10
    WET

    9D Monsoonlike

    17
    119
  11. 11
    IRENE

    15A Castle with famous steps

    16
    208
  12. 12
    NOSE

    58A Honker

    15
    188
  13. 13
    EYRE

    60D Literary heroine who says "Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine"

    15
    150
  14. 14
    ACDC

    30A Band with the aptly titled album "Powerage"

    15
    129
  15. 15
    NOIR

    66A Gritty genre

    14
    110
  16. 16
    PENS

    57D Writes

    13
    84
  17. 17
    PAS

    41A No mas!

    12
    114
  18. 18
    TIC

    52A One might be nervous

    11
    134
  19. 19
    TARA

    21A Fictional home in Georgia

    10
    154
  20. 20
    ICON

    14A Mao Zedong or Mahatma Gandhi

    9
    189
  21. 21
    ARTY

    55D Bohemian

    9
    123
  22. 22
    OHARE

    53A Where many people make connections

    9
    91
  23. 23
    SKYE

    67A Kind of terrier

    9
    60
  24. 24
    TEENS

    68A Awkward period, often

    8
    86
  25. 25
    INCH

    20A Narrow margin

    8
    75
  26. 26
    NOTI

    64A "Don't look at me!"

    8
    75
  27. 27
    YSL

    38A Haute couture inits.

    7
    99
  28. 28
    YOYO

    46A Dum-dum

    7
    81
  29. 29
    OWNS

    53D Has control over

    7
    64
  30. 30
    CESAR

    33D Annual cinéma award

    7
    45
  31. 31
    HASAT

    37D Attacks

    7
    42
  32. 32
    POPE

    10A Leader in white

    6
    64
  33. 33
    ONA

    45A ___ budget

    5
    161
  34. 34
    ECLAT

    24D Show of brilliance

    5
    113
  35. 35
    LUIS

    35A Argentine author Jorge ___ Borges

    5
    44
  36. 36
    SKIM

    59D Take the top off

    5
    44
  37. 37
    DRANO

    32D Product with a pipe on its packaging

    5
    38
  38. 38
    TRIP

    56A Take a header

    4
    94
  39. 39
    MASSE

    22A Spinny billiards shot

    4
    54
  40. 40
    ZITI

    1D Baked pasta dish

    4
    54
  41. 41
    ZETA

    1A Sorority letter

    4
    52
  42. 42
    TORY

    17A Conservative

    4
    41
  43. 43
    ANYHOO

    4D "Moving right along ..."

    4
    15
  44. 44
    ORGS

    11D Assns.

    3
    37
  45. 45
    OHSURE

    36A "Yeah, right"

    3
    15
  46. 46
    GAME

    69A Up (for) or down (for)

    2
    68
  47. 47
    ANTON

    65A Playwright Chekhov

    2
    57
  48. 48
    ITERATE

    44D Repeat for emphasis

    2
    35
  49. 49
    PASEO

    28D Evening stroll

    2
    18
  50. 50
    LEADTO

    42A Bring about

    2
    13
  51. 51
    STREW

    5A Spread around

    1
    38
  52. 52
    EUROPE

    29D Blue area on a Risk board

    1
    34
  53. 53
    OPENED

    50A Was on first

    1
    32
  54. 54
    SIFT

    5D Strain

    1
    32
  55. 55
    ICKY

    63A Like goo

    1
    28
  56. 56
    HOOK

    54D Tee shot goof

    1
    21
  57. 57
    DOORDIE

    43D Last-ditch

    1
    14
  58. 58
    ENHALO

    8D Treat as a saint

    1
    13
  59. 59
    QAT

    62D Chewed stimulant in the Mideast

    1
    7
  60. 60
    FIGHTINGWORDS debut

    18A "Bring it on!" or "Let's rumble!"

    1
    2
  61. 61
    PES

    51D Foot: Lat.

    0
    25
  62. 62
    SELDOM

    25A Hardly

    0
    17
  63. 63
    PANAMAS

    10D Wide-brimmed hats

    0
    9
  64. 64
    GRIDIRON

    40D Where a bowl is set

    0
    7
  65. 65
    REGRESS

    7D Backslide

    0
    6
  66. 66
    DROPIN

    26D Pay a visit

    0
    4
  67. 67
    TRIASSIC

    6D Period when mammals first appeared

    0
    4
  68. 68
    UNTUNE

    48D Disharmonize

    0
    4
  69. 69
    CUPOFCOCOA

    31D Place for a marshmallow

    0
    3
  70. 70
    WORDSQUARE

    61A Classic letter puzzle -- or, when parsed differently, a hint to three Down answers in this puzzle

    0
    3
  71. 71
    PUTINAWORDFOR

    47A Recommend, as an applicant

    0
    2
  72. 72
    TORCHRELAY debut

    3D Pre-Olympic event

    0
    2
  73. 73
    WORDPROCESSOR debut

    27A Writing/editing aid

    0
    2
  74. 74
    PAWORDS debut

    12D Things at the ends of dogs' legs

    0
    1
  75. 75
    WORDINING debut

    49D Entertaining, in a way

    0
    1
  76. 76
    WORDRYLY debut

    27D How some jokes are delivered

    0
    1