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Thursday · 77 answers · 7 debuts

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

  1. 1
    SPA

    52A Day ___

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    475
  2. 2
    ELSE

    67A Instead

    43
    440
  3. 3
    IDEA

    14A Creative nugget

    33
    396
  4. 4
    ACT

    54A Charade

    31
    302
  5. 5
    LIE

    24A "I'll be there in five minutes," often

    28
    318
  6. 6
    ODES

    61D Some tributes

    26
    226
  7. 7
    DEE

    28A Dead head?

    22
    182
  8. 8
    SETS

    70A Goes down

    21
    170
  9. 9
    EVA

    40D Mendes of "2 Fast 2 Furious"

    20
    247
  10. 10
    EDIE

    27A Pop singer Brickell

    19
    190
  11. 11
    LOL

    56A Twitter titter

    17
    132
  12. 12
    ADIEU

    62A Closing bid?

    13
    148
  13. 13
    FOR

    6D Supporting

    13
    103
  14. 14
    EENY

    59D Playground rhyme starter

    12
    83
  15. 15
    NAG

    32D Ride hard

    10
    115
  16. 16
    DEB

    25A Nebraska senator Fischer

    10
    94
  17. 17
    LEN

    64D "Dancing With the Stars" judge Goodman

    9
    170
  18. 18
    HONOR

    17A ___ system

    9
    52
  19. 19
    MIDST

    46D Thick

    9
    35
  20. 20
    ASTRO

    20A Introduction to physics?

    7
    118
  21. 21
    ELUDE

    16D Shake, as one's tail

    7
    87
  22. 22
    MARS

    4D Land of Opportunity?

    7
    72
  23. 23
    URALS

    65A Eurasia divider

    7
    43
  24. 24
    CHASE

    9D Go after

    7
    41
  25. 25
    SNORE

    48A Noise at night

    6
    92
  26. 26
    LOST

    10D Perplexed

    6
    82
  27. 27
    ANDES

    31A Altiplano locale

    6
    76
  28. 28
    MAYA

    41D Rudolph with a parody of Kamala Harris on "S.N.L."

    5
    46
  29. 29
    HELD

    58D Retained ... or detained

    5
    45
  30. 30
    GAIA

    53A Greek goddess of the earth

    5
    22
  31. 31
    CLASP

    9A Part of a necklace

    4
    39
  32. 32
    TIERED

    8D Like most parking garages

    4
    28
  33. 33
    AMOEBA

    60A Blob on a slide

    3
    63
  34. 34
    BAJA

    26D Cabo's peninsula

    3
    57
  35. 35
    ROBUST

    50D Hearty

    3
    16
  36. 36
    GALPAL

    47D Ladies' night attendee

    3
    10
  37. 37
    INKSAC debut

    21A Squid organ

    3
    5
  38. 38
    GERM

    1A Start of a 14-Across

    2
    52
  39. 39
    OLEOLE

    49D Enthusiastic flamenco cry

    2
    35
  40. 40
    ELATES

    51D Gives a lift

    2
    32
  41. 41
    STATES

    36A Union members

    2
    29
  42. 42
    TRIKE

    30D Playground wheels

    2
    28
  43. 43
    WORD

    33A "You said it!," in slang

    2
    28
  44. 44
    FORD

    7D Largest employer in metro Detroit

    2
    25
  45. 45
    LYNX

    69A Minnesota W.N.B.A. team

    2
    25
  46. 46
    LOOIE

    15A One whose charges are sarges

    2
    18
  47. 47
    RIOJA

    34A Dry Spanish wine

    2
    16
  48. 48
    REEKED

    3D Stank to high heaven

    2
    9
  49. 49
    PLACE

    5D Track bet

    1
    37
  50. 50
    VALUE

    43A Merit

    1
    33
  51. 51
    LENDS

    68A Gives conditionally

    1
    31
  52. 52
    PFFT

    5A [Just ... disappeared!]

    1
    31
  53. 53
    EMME

    44A Supermodel born Melissa Miller

    1
    22
  54. 54
    TANEY

    66A Roger ___, second-longest-serving chief justice of the Supreme Court

    1
    11
  55. 55
    SORCERER

    12D Practitioner of the dark arts

    1
    10
  56. 56
    MISSAL

    23D Liturgical reference book

    1
    9
  57. 57
    IMGAY

    45A Coming-out phrase

    1
    8
  58. 58
    ANTIDOTE

    11D "The ___ for 50 enemies is one friend": Aristotle

    1
    7
  59. 59
    LCDTV

    29A Many a flat-screen

    1
    7
  60. 60
    COMPADRE

    38D Buddy

    1
    5
  61. 61
    GIBILL

    1D Vet-assisting legislation of 1944

    1
    3
  62. 62
    EDENIC

    2D Heavenly

    0
    18
  63. 63
    GAUSS

    53D Magnetic induction unit

    0
    10
  64. 64
    TRUSTME

    37D "Have I ever steered you wrong?!"

    0
    10
  65. 65
    WAKEN

    33D Arouse

    0
    10
  66. 66
    CALYX

    55D Sepals of a flower, collectively

    0
    7
  67. 67
    LOOKER

    42A Knockout

    0
    5
  68. 68
    LESPAUL

    42D Electric guitar innovator

    0
    4
  69. 69
    ROMANIAN

    39D Language in which "Hello, how are you?" is "Salut, ce mai faci?"

    0
    4
  70. 70
    BEERBARREL

    18A Kay, e.g.

    0
    3
  71. 71
    PROKEDS

    13D Line of athletic footwear

    0
    3
  72. 72
    BADVIBE debut

    19D Uneasy feeling

    0
    1
  73. 73
    CRIBBAGEMARKER debut

    38A Pea, e.g.

    0
    1
  74. 74
    DRUMSTICK debut

    22A Elle, e.g.

    0
    1
  75. 75
    OBRIAN debut

    35D Novelist Patrick who wrote "Master and Commander"

    0
    1
  76. 76
    PANHANDLE debut

    57A Bee, e.g.

    0
    1
  77. 77
    SPELLEDOUT debut

    63A Explained in great detail ... or what four of this puzzle's clues are?

    0
    1