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Friday · 70 answers · 3 debuts

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

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    ALOE

    7D Cream additive

    46
    497
  2. 2
    ART

    36D "Science made clear," per Jean Cocteau

    40
    384
  3. 3
    TEN

    45A Diamond, on the Mohs scale

    39
    369
  4. 4
    OBOE

    50D Instrument with metal keys

    32
    315
  5. 5
    ACNE

    25D Dermatologist's target

    32
    233
  6. 6
    EROS

    34D Freudian focus

    28
    321
  7. 7
    SRI

    28D Eastern honorific

    28
    238
  8. 8
    MENU

    33D Link on a restaurant's Yelp page

    19
    184
  9. 9
    ABEL

    10D Second son

    18
    194
  10. 10
    BEE

    8D Capital of Bolivia?

    18
    184
  11. 11
    DOS

    46A Number of capitals of Bolivia

    18
    175
  12. 12
    DAS

    21A "___ Kapital"

    18
    115
  13. 13
    TALON

    39A Protruding nail

    17
    71
  14. 14
    RANT

    2D Long blog entry, maybe

    14
    133
  15. 15
    NCAA

    29A Org. for Big Red or Big Green

    13
    164
  16. 16
    ALTA

    3D Skiing mecca in the Rockies

    13
    124
  17. 17
    SNIP

    24D Impertinent sort

    12
    133
  18. 18
    ATMS

    32D Helps for short people, for short

    12
    119
  19. 19
    NAST

    26D Who originated the modern image of Santa Claus

    11
    98
  20. 20
    AMMO

    41A It might be found on a belt

    10
    133
  21. 21
    ADMIT

    41D ___ one

    9
    73
  22. 22
    GTOS

    1D Vintage Pontiacs

    8
    65
  23. 23
    SANS

    23A Without

    7
    82
  24. 24
    UMNO

    38A "That's ... never gonna happen"

    7
    18
  25. 25
    OLDS

    52D Rival of Ford and Packard

    6
    103
  26. 26
    DUNE

    48D Buggy area

    6
    48
  27. 27
    MOANA

    42D Hit 2016 film set partly at sea

    6
    23
  28. 28
    PAC

    22A D.C. fund-raising group

    5
    82
  29. 29
    WANE

    49D Stop waxing, say

    5
    75
  30. 30
    ORBIT

    44D Wrigley brand

    5
    64
  31. 31
    COB

    54D Gander : goose :: ___ : swan

    5
    63
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    GANG

    51D Group with a hand sign, maybe

    5
    45
  33. 33
    ABUELA debut

    16A Grandmother, in Granada

    5
    7
  34. 34
    ALIGN

    13D Set straight

    4
    59
  35. 35
    PAIRS

    27A Discards in old maid

    4
    33
  36. 36
    TASTES

    57A Samples

    3
    23
  37. 37
    JESUS

    40A One with more than two billion followers

    3
    11
  38. 38
    REDDIT

    18A Website with the popular page r/explainlikeimfive

    3
    9
  39. 39
    MEDEA

    12D Mythical enchantress

    1
    43
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    STANLEE

    19A Producer with cameos in "Iron Man" and "Black Panther"

    1
    20
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    DOORDIE

    47A Critical

    1
    14
  42. 42
    ONTIPTOE

    17A Like a burglar or a ballerina, maybe

    1
    14
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    DANSE

    46D Activity at un bal masqué

    1
    11
  44. 44
    MONKS

    43D Cenobites

    1
    10
  45. 45
    PARAGON

    22D Ideal

    1
    10
  46. 46
    CANNIBAL

    54A One who might get you into hot water?

    1
    5
  47. 47
    MAILMEN

    20D Foes of Fido, stereotypically

    1
    4
  48. 48
    WAYTOGO

    49A "You made a mistake," sarcastically

    1
    4
  49. 49
    GLUESTICK

    31D Craft shop item with a seemingly redundant name

    1
    3
  50. 50
    PAROLEE

    27D One out?

    0
    18
  51. 51
    SANDY

    24A Blondish

    0
    16
  52. 52
    DUDES

    11D Bros

    0
    13
  53. 53
    CATES

    6D Phoebe of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"

    0
    11
  54. 54
    GATOS

    14D Los ___, Calif.

    0
    10
  55. 55
    ATPLAY

    5D Active in determining the outcome

    0
    7
  56. 56
    BLINDDATE

    4D It's a setup

    0
    5
  57. 57
    ONSECOND

    56A Halfway home

    0
    5
  58. 58
    TALLTALE

    15A Story involving Pecos Bill or Babe the Blue Ox

    0
    5
  59. 59
    LADMAG

    9A Maxim, e.g.

    0
    4
  60. 60
    MANBUN

    53A Faddish hairstyle of the mid-2010s

    0
    4
  61. 61
    PETERROGET

    37A Best-selling author who used an awful lot of commas

    0
    4
  62. 62
    JOYNER

    40D Track-and-field star Jackie ___-Kersee

    0
    3
  63. 63
    LARACROFT

    9D Fictional raiding archaeologist

    0
    3
  64. 64
    PARLORGAME

    30A Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, for one

    0
    3
  65. 65
    BEERKEGS

    58A College party buys

    0
    2
  66. 66
    GRABACAB

    1A Forgo Uber or Lyft

    0
    2
  67. 67
    MALEEGO

    20A What thinning hair might affect

    0
    2
  68. 68
    PGRATINGS

    30D Features of many Disney films

    0
    2
  69. 69
    INKING debut

    55A Giving a tattoo

    0
    1
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    INSTAGRAMFILTER debut

    35A Digital photo add-on

    0
    1