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Friday · 72 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    IRE

    6D Cause of an explosion

    52
    498
  2. 2
    ADS

    51A Parts of a Facebook feed

    46
    325
  3. 3
    ART

    20D "The proper task of life," per Nietzsche

    40
    384
  4. 4
    ACAI

    36A Palm that produces berries

    37
    135
  5. 5
    EKE

    61D Squeak (by)

    31
    236
  6. 6
    ESSO

    23D Brand on the Alaska Highway

    30
    276
  7. 7
    ADA

    10D ___ Lovelace, computing pioneer who was the daughter of Lord Byron

    27
    270
  8. 8
    NIL

    7D Zilch

    27
    249
  9. 9
    REV

    46D Accelerate

    24
    147
  10. 10
    STEW

    4D Fretful thing to be in

    23
    180
  11. 11
    EDAM

    26D Red-cased import

    19
    216
  12. 12
    IRON

    2D ___ horse

    18
    284
  13. 13
    LYE

    25A Basic cleaner

    17
    146
  14. 14
    OLES

    54D Accented cheers

    17
    130
  15. 15
    AGED

    56D Venerable

    16
    148
  16. 16
    NADA

    3D Zilch

    15
    145
  17. 17
    SLEW

    30A Host

    14
    115
  18. 18
    NUT

    62D Bit of hardware

    14
    112
  19. 19
    ALIEN

    29D Down-to-earth type?

    13
    179
  20. 20
    RAGE

    50D Boil over

    13
    122
  21. 21
    REESE

    65A Eponym in a candy store

    12
    153
  22. 22
    LOU

    43A ___ Henry Hoover, former first lady

    12
    139
  23. 23
    NOVA

    38D Massive explosion

    12
    125
  24. 24
    NYT

    48A Co. behind the podcast "The Daily"

    12
    49
  25. 25
    OOZE

    40A Give a powerful impression of

    11
    116
  26. 26
    RAVI

    52A First name at Woodstock

    11
    71
  27. 27
    NYSE

    57D Where Harley-Davidson is HOG

    10
    113
  28. 28
    SID

    33A Half brother of Tom Sawyer

    9
    77
  29. 29
    AMAZE

    13D Floor

    9
    70
  30. 30
    LINE

    45A "I forgot what I'm supposed to say here!"

    8
    112
  31. 31
    DAMN

    19A Execrate

    6
    54
  32. 32
    JUS

    59D French menu word

    5
    13
  33. 33
    GOBI

    1D Home to Bactrian camels

    4
    62
  34. 34
    NADIR

    48D Depths of despair

    4
    49
  35. 35
    HOLI

    55D Hindu festival of colors

    4
    13
  36. 36
    ONEND

    37A Turned up

    3
    75
  37. 37
    INAWE

    18A More than impressed

    3
    55
  38. 38
    DILL

    32A Herb often used with potatoes

    3
    34
  39. 39
    DUEL

    39D Face-off

    2
    48
  40. 40
    RPMS

    15D Engine stats

    2
    27
  41. 41
    LOOPS

    31D Air show highlights

    2
    16
  42. 42
    RADIUM

    15A 1898 chemistry discovery

    2
    9
  43. 43
    ENPASSANT

    26A Chess maneuver with a French name

    2
    5
  44. 44
    VAIN

    24D Fruitless

    1
    37
  45. 45
    ORATORIO

    14A Paul McCartney wrote one about Liverpool

    1
    24
  46. 46
    MEYER

    41A 1968 swimming gold medalist Debbie

    1
    23
  47. 47
    RCCOLA

    47D "Great taste since 1905" sloganeer

    1
    19
  48. 48
    LEOX

    35D 16th-century pope who owned a pet elephant

    1
    8
  49. 49
    REVERSI

    22A Strategy game with disks

    1
    8
  50. 50
    PLAYITSAFE

    28D Avoid taking unnecessary risks

    1
    4
  51. 51
    DOAJIG

    58A Celebrate with sprightly dancing

    1
    3
  52. 52
    GINSLING debut

    1A Cocktail often garnished with a lemon twist

    1
    2
  53. 53
    NICELYDONE debut

    27D "Good going!"

    1
    2
  54. 54
    COHAN

    53A George who composed "Give My Regards to Broadway"

    0
    23
  55. 55
    PUZO

    44A "The Last Don" author

    0
    17
  56. 56
    REPRISE

    42D Closing number of a musical, often

    0
    8
  57. 57
    JAFFA

    9A Israeli port mentioned in the Bible

    0
    7
  58. 58
    LOWERS

    5D Turns down

    0
    7
  59. 59
    FUZZYWUZZY

    12D Hairless creature in a nursery rhyme

    0
    5
  60. 60
    MOSUL

    34A City north of Baghdad

    0
    5
  61. 61
    SETASIDE

    66A Reserve

    0
    5
  62. 62
    UKULELES

    64A Members of the lute family

    0
    5
  63. 63
    ZZZ

    21A Only three-letter word in Scrabble that requires both blank tiles

    0
    5
  64. 64
    INFUSE

    63A Soak

    0
    4
  65. 65
    OENOLOGY

    60A Study for the bar?

    0
    4
  66. 66
    PRECALC

    49A Math subj.

    0
    3
  67. 67
    GOLDENDELICIOUS

    8D Apple variety

    0
    2
  68. 68
    JAINISM

    9D Faith that preaches nonviolence to all living creatures

    0
    2
  69. 69
    BODEWELL debut

    16A Show promise

    0
    1
  70. 70
    FIZZLESOUT debut

    11D Ends weakly

    0
    1
  71. 71
    PIAZZA debut

    17A Square

    0
    1
  72. 72
    RIVERSTYX debut

    46A It always goes to hell

    0
    1