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Friday · 64 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERA

    50D Tide competitor

    97
    791
  2. 2
    SEA

    38A Title locale for a Hemingway novel, with "the"

    40
    370
  3. 3
    LEE

    25A Majors in acting

    40
    360
  4. 4
    EVE

    19A Woman's name that means "life"

    34
    373
  5. 5
    ANA

    3D Tokyo-based carrier

    33
    367
  6. 6
    ALL

    40A Tide competitor

    28
    299
  7. 7
    HAS

    36A Is blessed with

    19
    175
  8. 8
    PAL

    22A Bud

    18
    198
  9. 9
    DESI

    27D Member of the South Asian diaspora

    18
    139
  10. 10
    RATE

    16A Speed

    16
    182
  11. 11
    TET

    49D Annual three-day celebration

    16
    178
  12. 12
    PRO

    53D Backing

    15
    214
  13. 13
    MOP

    47D Challenge for a barber

    15
    104
  14. 14
    AFT

    51D In the back

    12
    144
  15. 15
    HALT

    15D Discontinue

    12
    64
  16. 16
    NORA

    18A Romance novelist Roberts

    11
    139
  17. 17
    POI

    52D Luau offering

    11
    120
  18. 18
    NILE

    44D View from Memphis

    10
    163
  19. 19
    GAGA

    5A Nuts (over)

    10
    75
  20. 20
    APU

    48D "The Problem With ___" (2017 documentary)

    9
    95
  21. 21
    TALL

    24D Like Wookiees

    9
    89
  22. 22
    TAX

    42A Strain

    9
    83
  23. 23
    ADAPT

    26A Not be stuck in one's ways

    9
    71
  24. 24
    CRU

    34D Word on a French wine bottle

    9
    49
  25. 25
    GLEN

    7D A stream might run through it

    8
    80
  26. 26
    AOK

    6D "Peachy!"

    7
    94
  27. 27
    DONE

    45A What a "R-r-r-ring!" in the kitchen signifies

    6
    66
  28. 28
    DAMN

    45D "Nuts!"

    6
    54
  29. 29
    WERE

    2D "Now ___ talking!"

    5
    91
  30. 30
    SWAB

    1A Clear, as the deck

    5
    71
  31. 31
    CHEST

    32A Home where the heart is?

    5
    39
  32. 32
    CRED

    13D Street ___

    5
    36
  33. 33
    AXEL

    39D Double or triple feat in the Olympics

    4
    110
  34. 34
    ERIES

    14D Western New York natives

    4
    49
  35. 35
    GLOAT

    31A Be a bad winner

    4
    24
  36. 36
    DELTA

    23A It forms at the mouth

    3
    91
  37. 37
    BOCCE

    4D Game played on a 90-foot-long court

    3
    30
  38. 38
    HAJI

    36D Mideast traveler, of a sort

    3
    22
  39. 39
    CARTS

    17A Links things?

    2
    24
  40. 40
    DAMON

    29D One of the Wayans brothers

    2
    21
  41. 41
    MEANER

    35D Like bad, bad Leroy Brown vis-à-vis a junkyard dog, in song

    2
    13
  42. 42
    STENOS

    9A Some office workers on "Mad Men"

    1
    55
  43. 43
    GESSO

    5D Painter's mixture

    1
    47
  44. 44
    SHANE

    30D Classic western hero who says "A man has to be what he is, Joey. Can't break the mold"

    1
    44
  45. 45
    JOAN

    43A Woman's name in English that's a man's name in Catalan

    1
    17
  46. 46
    SCRAPS

    12D Rows

    1
    14
  47. 47
    ENSURES

    41A Sews up

    1
    7
  48. 48
    CHARACTERSKETCH debut

    13A Literary profile

    1
    2
  49. 49
    TALONS

    33D Nails for kites

    0
    17
  50. 50
    GERITOL

    20A Vitamin supplement brand

    0
    7
  51. 51
    INTIMATEAPPAREL

    46A Slips, e.g.

    0
    6
  52. 52
    TORRENT

    37A Flood

    0
    6
  53. 53
    AEOLUS

    11A Greek god of the winds

    0
    5
  54. 54
    SHAVEN

    9D Bald-faced

    0
    5
  55. 55
    GAROTTE

    20D Choke

    0
    4
  56. 56
    LATENTS

    21D Faint prints, in detective work

    0
    3
  57. 57
    ARTTEACHER

    11D One who might grade on the curve?

    0
    2
  58. 58
    AUTOPARTSSTORES debut

    8D Hose and belt sellers

    0
    1
  59. 59
    NEARDISASTERS debut

    28A Close ones

    0
    1
  60. 60
    REPUTATIONS debut

    55A Names

    0
    1
  61. 61
    SOLOPERFORMER debut

    54A Person with no one to play with

    0
    1
  62. 62
    STARLITERS debut

    10D Joey Dee's backup group in 1960s pop, with "the"

    0
    1
  63. 63
    STATELEGISLATOR debut

    1D Worker in Albany or Sacramento, say

    0
    1
  64. 64
    TILTMECHANISM debut

    33A Pinball player's undoing

    0
    1