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Saturday · 72 answers · 5 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ICE

    5D Word before pick or pack

    40
    391
  2. 2
    SNL

    53A Aspiration for many Second City performers, in brief

    40
    263
  3. 3
    ADD

    22A Kick in

    27
    224
  4. 4
    MET

    19A Satisfied

    25
    187
  5. 5
    TSK

    56A Vowelless interjection

    23
    189
  6. 6
    REM

    37D Ad ___

    19
    158
  7. 7
    LIAR

    46A Pseudologist

    18
    177
  8. 8
    TAP

    58D Dance genre

    17
    165
  9. 9
    ACTI

    54D Prologue follower

    16
    129
  10. 10
    TRAP

    55D Cakehole

    15
    156
  11. 11
    DECO

    31A Roaring Twenties style

    15
    97
  12. 12
    LID

    29D Ceiling

    12
    102
  13. 13
    YALE

    49A Alma mater of Samuel Morse

    11
    137
  14. 14
    OUST

    21D Bounce

    11
    89
  15. 15
    LAW

    4D Regulation

    10
    102
  16. 16
    OTRA

    50A ___ vez (again: Sp.)

    9
    79
  17. 17
    CRU

    11D Grand finale?

    9
    49
  18. 18
    AIDA

    35A Opera with a noted triumphal march

    7
    161
  19. 19
    GTO

    47A Car that's "really lookin' fine," in song

    7
    126
  20. 20
    SHY

    30A Not forward

    7
    107
  21. 21
    ORALS

    23A Postgraduate hurdles

    7
    74
  22. 22
    SORTA

    52A To some extent, informally

    6
    53
  23. 23
    ASPCA

    51D Shelter grp.

    6
    52
  24. 24
    APTS

    10D Complex units: Abbr.

    6
    40
  25. 25
    WORE

    42D Abraded

    5
    61
  26. 26
    NEONS

    7D Hard-to-miss signs

    5
    56
  27. 27
    EVO

    60D Annual e-sports competition since 1996

    5
    13
  28. 28
    TRIP

    36A Power ___

    4
    94
  29. 29
    ATREST

    54A Stationary

    3
    42
  30. 30
    ORGS

    6D Sch. yearbook section

    3
    37
  31. 31
    AGUE

    27A Bad fit

    2
    85
  32. 32
    MEG

    61D One of the March sisters

    2
    67
  33. 33
    SUPS

    26A Takes evening courses?

    2
    27
  34. 34
    SNOOPS

    20A Pokes around

    2
    10
  35. 35
    METIER

    48A Trade

    2
    9
  36. 36
    BITES

    34D Snacks

    1
    22
  37. 37
    UNREAL

    28A "No way!"

    1
    15
  38. 38
    ONEACRE

    15A Quite a lot?

    1
    14
  39. 39
    ROTUNDA

    18A The Pantheon in Rome has one

    1
    14
  40. 40
    LETSSEE

    44D "Decisions, decisions ..."

    1
    11
  41. 41
    GOTHIC

    47D Kind of type used in the Gutenberg Bible

    1
    9
  42. 42
    BARKS

    34A Speaks sharply

    1
    7
  43. 43
    XFACTOR

    8A Je ne sais quoi

    1
    7
  44. 44
    EXFBI

    38A Like some private eyes

    1
    5
  45. 45
    PREMISE

    59A Screenwriter's pitch

    1
    4
  46. 46
    KRAKENS

    45D Supposed sightings off the coast of Norway

    1
    3
  47. 47
    AIRTIME

    43D Station slot

    0
    17
  48. 48
    INFERNO

    2D Source of the line "Let us not speak of them, but look, and pass on"

    0
    13
  49. 49
    APOGEES

    65A High points

    0
    9
  50. 50
    ELYSIAN

    38D Heavenly

    0
    9
  51. 51
    ADAPTTO

    27D Eventually accept

    0
    8
  52. 52
    LESABRE

    24D Bygone Buick

    0
    8
  53. 53
    CAVEMEN

    63A Club owners?

    0
    7
  54. 54
    IGOTCHA

    57A "Roger that"

    0
    7
  55. 55
    TANAGER

    12D Relative of the honeycreeper

    0
    7
  56. 56
    AQUATIC

    62A Marine, say

    0
    6
  57. 57
    SWEETTALK

    41A Cajolery

    0
    6
  58. 58
    ZILLION

    1A Hyperbolic figure

    0
    6
  59. 59
    NITPICK

    64A Split hairs

    0
    5
  60. 60
    ODDDUCK

    13D Weird type

    0
    5
  61. 61
    SAWII

    25D 2005 horror sequel

    0
    5
  62. 62
    LEFTARM

    3D Shield bearer, typically

    0
    4
  63. 63
    ELPRADO

    16A Home of Velázquez's "Las Meninas"

    0
    3
  64. 64
    FLOPSY

    9D One of Peter Rabbit's sisters

    0
    3
  65. 65
    FALLOUT

    40D Kind of shelter

    0
    2
  66. 66
    FASTTRACK

    33D Accelerate in the process

    0
    2
  67. 67
    OFFWEGO debut

    17A "And so it begins!"

    0
    2
  68. 68
    ROADEOS

    14D Motor contests with a portmanteau name

    0
    2
  69. 69
    TOMSWIFTY debut

    32A Classic bit of groanworthy wordplay

    0
    1
  70. 70
    XEROPHYTE debut

    8D Plant suited to an arid environment

    0
    1
  71. 71
    XIANGQI debut

    39D So-called "Chinese chess"

    0
    1
  72. 72
    ZOOMOUT debut

    1D Try to see the whole picture

    0
    1