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Saturday · 70 answers · 2 debuts

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

  1. 1
    SET

    26A Hard and fast

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    402
  2. 2
    ORE

    42A Stuff searched for in vein?

    48
    581
  3. 3
    ODOR

    43A Lingering quality

    39
    344
  4. 4
    ONCE

    58A Not again!

    32
    326
  5. 5
    HER

    6D R&B artist with the Grammy-winning 2017 hit "Best Part"

    27
    237
  6. 6
    NESS

    59A Prohibition Bureau name

    23
    202
  7. 7
    AHEM

    5A Audible nudge

    23
    171
  8. 8
    OTIS

    1A Williams who was one of the original Temptations

    20
    251
  9. 9
    REAL

    33D "Get ___!"

    19
    160
  10. 10
    MAC

    53D Big ___

    19
    133
  11. 11
    TATA

    54A Parting word

    17
    175
  12. 12
    MESS

    9D Snafu

    17
    145
  13. 13
    ABCS

    5D Preschool recital

    16
    133
  14. 14
    TESLA

    57A Unit of magnetic flux density

    14
    144
  15. 15
    ADIEU

    23A Parting word

    13
    148
  16. 16
    RDA

    22A Nutritional guideline, in brief

    13
    138
  17. 17
    PAPA

    49D Letter before Quebec in the NATO alphabet

    13
    134
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    HEM

    48A Certain border

    12
    136
  19. 19
    RISES

    29A Stands

    12
    54
  20. 20
    OTC

    10D Like NyQuil, in brief

    11
    92
  21. 21
    ERATO

    45D Lyre holder in classical artwork

    9
    174
  22. 22
    TACT

    24A Delicate touch

    8
    102
  23. 23
    ROLL

    25A Dinner ___

    8
    97
  24. 24
    TYKE

    50D Squirt

    8
    53
  25. 25
    MIL

    52D "Cool" amount

    7
    77
  26. 26
    NOLA

    14A Where the dish oysters Rockefeller was invented, informally

    7
    61
  27. 27
    TSETSE

    50A Creature whose name comes from the Tswana language

    6
    113
  28. 28
    BEAR

    44A Callisto's animal form, in Greek mythology

    6
    70
  29. 29
    AMOUR

    31D L'___ (Lalique perfume)

    6
    58
  30. 30
    TETON

    47D River of Idaho

    6
    40
  31. 31
    OKED

    56A Let proceed

    6
    36
  32. 32
    TOLD

    17A Got a schoolmate in trouble, maybe

    5
    53
  33. 33
    PURR

    49A Speak softly with contentment

    5
    52
  34. 34
    SADIE

    4D Title woman in a 1975 R&B hit by the Spinners

    5
    48
  35. 35
    UTTER

    46A Voice

    4
    77
  36. 36
    THEIR

    32D Nonbinary possessive

    4
    31
  37. 37
    MIMIC

    8D Ape or parrot

    4
    25
  38. 38
    SNUB

    27A Rebuff

    3
    50
  39. 39
    KEPT

    16D Stayed fresh

    3
    42
  40. 40
    WILL

    41A Passing concern

    3
    27
  41. 41
    ZIPS

    21A Flies

    3
    16
  42. 42
    TURNT

    24D Excited, in modern slang

    3
    9
  43. 43
    RIVET

    25D Item in a metalworker's gun

    2
    37
  44. 44
    ALDENTE

    35D Firm, in a way

    2
    35
  45. 45
    NUIT

    28D Dark period for Monet

    2
    31
  46. 46
    STEALS

    13D Does some lifting

    2
    19
  47. 47
    BUNS

    44D Cheeks

    2
    17
  48. 48
    ONTOAST

    1D How beans or cheese are often served in Britain

    2
    9
  49. 49
    ILLBITE

    3D "All right, you've got my interest"

    2
    7
  50. 50
    MOTHS

    9A Ones holing up in closets?

    1
    26
  51. 51
    COHOST

    40D Running mate?

    1
    18
  52. 52
    CLOUD

    40A Make murky

    1
    12
  53. 53
    REREADS

    39D Studies more closely, perhaps

    1
    10
  54. 54
    CRIMESCENE

    18A Case study?

    1
    7
  55. 55
    HANDLES

    12D Cabinet additions

    1
    5
  56. 56
    HOTTAKE

    37D Sensationalistic opinion, informally

    1
    5
  57. 57
    BELIKETHAT

    15A "Fine then!"

    1
    4
  58. 58
    STRIPSTEAK debut

    55A Marbled cut

    1
    2
  59. 59
    ORESTES

    38D Agamemnon's son

    0
    25
  60. 60
    ORBITS

    19A Round trips?

    0
    18
  61. 61
    THEROSE

    11D 1979 film with Bette Midler's first starring role

    0
    9
  62. 62
    ONEMANARMY

    51A Bruce Lee in "Fists of Fury," for example

    0
    6
  63. 63
    TOORDER

    2D As you like it

    0
    6
  64. 64
    ROMULUS

    29D Eponym of a European capital, by tradition

    0
    4
  65. 65
    BOOMERS

    36D Male kangaroos

    0
    3
  66. 66
    ELIZABETHWARREN

    7D The "she" of "Nevertheless, she persisted"

    0
    2
  67. 67
    MAINTHEME

    34A First track on a soundtrack album, often

    0
    2
  68. 68
    TREASURETROVES

    30A Jewelry stores?

    0
    2
  69. 69
    TUSSAUD

    20D Wax figure?

    0
    2
  70. 70
    ABOUTTHEAUTHOR debut

    35A Common material for a jacket

    0
    1