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Thursday · 76 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ACE

    13D Number one starter

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    493
  2. 2
    ERR

    31D Be off base

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    522
  3. 3
    SIR

    63D Title reportedly turned down by Stephen Hawking

    35
    271
  4. 4
    ANN

    58A Mary ___ Evans, real name of George Eliot

    33
    300
  5. 5
    ACT

    45D Not just think

    31
    302
  6. 6
    AND

    5D "Then what happened ...?"

    30
    239
  7. 7
    ATAD

    11D Slightly

    25
    156
  8. 8
    OWE

    59D Be short

    23
    208
  9. 9
    CIA

    61D Its HQ contains a sculpture with a still-unsolved coded message

    19
    206
  10. 10
    ALOHA

    2D Hello or goodbye

    19
    194
  11. 11
    KEN

    4D "Jeopardy!" genius Jennings

    18
    144
  12. 12
    OTOH

    49A "Then again ...," in texts

    18
    60
  13. 13
    STOP

    6D What red might mean

    17
    180
  14. 14
    OREOS

    9D Black-and-white stack

    17
    87
  15. 15
    OHO

    19A "I just knew it!"

    15
    148
  16. 16
    INERT

    54D Like neon

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    149
  17. 17
    OMAHA

    32A Where I-80 crosses the Missouri River

    14
    137
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    RASTA

    52D One with dreads, maybe

    14
    83
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    GAP

    26A Break

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    131
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    LATE

    30D Delinquent

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    125
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    INK

    64D Sign

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    166
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    SNEER

    53D Nasty look

    11
    139
  23. 23
    SOW

    48A Disseminate

    11
    88
  24. 24
    TBAR

    41A Lift at a resort

    10
    144
  25. 25
    AHEAD

    27D Leading

    10
    81
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    LAND

    38A Sighting from a crow's-nest

    10
    69
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    ICY

    24D Like the planet Hoth in "The Empire Strikes Back"

    9
    81
  28. 28
    KID

    60D Josh

    8
    67
  29. 29
    NAY

    14D House call?

    7
    119
  30. 30
    TABOO

    35D Off-limits

    7
    74
  31. 31
    CIG

    12D Smoke

    7
    52
  32. 32
    TRITE

    50D Opposite of original

    6
    73
  33. 33
    PADRE

    28D Father

    6
    53
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    CRO

    40D ___-Magnon (early human)

    4
    93
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    SEGO

    7D ___ lily

    4
    77
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    TERA

    57D Prefix with watt

    4
    45
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    BAMBI

    22A "___ Meets Godzilla" (classic film short)

    4
    34
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    GARBO

    26D Classic leading lady honored on both U.S. and Swedish postage

    4
    25
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    SKEW

    37D Distort

    3
    62
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    FEST

    25A Ending with slug or gab

    3
    44
  41. 41
    NYPD

    56D "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" org.

    3
    29
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    AREACODE

    44A Numerical trio

    3
    27
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    CDROM

    3D Obsolescent storage device

    2
    53
  44. 44
    TARSI

    51A Ankle bones

    2
    37
  45. 45
    ALDENTE

    15A Firm, in a way

    2
    35
  46. 46
    EROTICA

    16A "Fifty Shades of Grey," e.g.

    2
    31
  47. 47
    SENSEI

    8D Dojo master

    2
    23
  48. 48
    OBLIGE

    42A Do a favor for

    2
    18
  49. 49
    PRINTER

    66A Johannes Gutenberg, for one

    2
    7
  50. 50
    EDASNER

    67A Voice actor for Carl in "Up"

    1
    35
  51. 51
    TRICK

    39A Con

    1
    22
  52. 52
    ONLOW

    36D Turned up just a little

    1
    19
  53. 53
    JACOB

    1D ___ deGrom, two-time Cy Young Award winner (2018 and 2019)

    1
    18
  54. 54
    HUMS

    55D Doesn't remember the words, say

    1
    16
  55. 55
    BOOER

    46A Rude one in an audience

    1
    8
  56. 56
    WIIMOTE

    65A Video game controller that uses gesture recognition

    1
    5
  57. 57
    MATCHA

    33D Powdered green tea leaves

    1
    4
  58. 58
    OKCUPID debut

    59A Big name in online dating

    1
    3
  59. 59
    SLOBS

    34D Sorts who might wipe their mouths with their sleeves

    0
    20
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    SNARED

    37A Caught

    0
    14
  61. 61
    BIRDIE

    23D Subpar performance?

    0
    11
  62. 62
    SODACAN

    8A Common recyclable

    0
    11
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    YESISEE

    62A "Sure, makes sense"

    0
    9
  64. 64
    JACKASS

    1A Classic MTV show that launched a film franchise

    0
    6
  65. 65
    STORYARC

    34A Narrative through multiple TV episodes

    0
    4
  66. 66
    CORNDOG

    17A Certain fair fare

    0
    3
  67. 67
    GROUPON

    43D Company with a great deal of advertising?

    0
    3
  68. 68
    NEWAGEY

    18A Involving crystals and incense, say

    0
    3
  69. 69
    DARKART

    68A Witchcraft ... or what each block of three black squares in this puzzle represents?

    0
    2
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    DOWNTON

    10D "___ Abbey"

    0
    2
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    FODDER

    47D Hay, say

    0
    2
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    FLOWCH debut

    47A Diagram at a business meeting

    0
    1
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    HURDENT debut

    55A Protagonist in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

    0
    1
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    ICLEII debut

    29A Part of the Constitution establishing the executive branch

    0
    1
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    IFICIALHE debut

    21D Lifesaving prosthetic

    0
    1
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    POISOND debut

    20A Cause of death in the Sherlock Holmes novel "The Sign of the Four"

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    1