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Thursday · 72 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ORE

    32A Certain deposit

    48
    581
  2. 2
    USE

    37A Do drugs

    47
    356
  3. 3
    AREA

    2D Concentration

    46
    631
  4. 4
    EGO

    8D Part of one's mental life

    42
    393
  5. 5
    ETNA

    48D It destroyed the town of Mascali in 1928

    36
    334
  6. 6
    ACNE

    55A One target of doxycycline

    32
    233
  7. 7
    ARIA

    14A Piece by Puccini

    30
    446
  8. 8
    IDLE

    12D Not going anywhere

    30
    259
  9. 9
    RAT

    22A Person not to be trusted

    29
    280
  10. 10
    IRIS

    43A Body part that's also a woman's name

    26
    225
  11. 11
    ESS

    33D Start of this clue

    22
    413
  12. 12
    EMMA

    50D 1815 novel made into films in 1996 and 2020

    19
    173
  13. 13
    ATSEA

    25D Adrift

    18
    194
  14. 14
    ANNA

    47D Actress Kendrick of "Pitch Perfect"

    17
    239
  15. 15
    SEED

    51D Provide initial funding for

    17
    141
  16. 16
    SCAM

    45D Kind of artist

    16
    168
  17. 17
    AID

    44A SOS response

    15
    167
  18. 18
    URDU

    16A Native language of 50 million citizens of India

    15
    85
  19. 19
    BIO

    7D Part of an Instagram profile

    13
    123
  20. 20
    OPINE

    27D Speak out

    13
    95
  21. 21
    TACO

    46D Dish that might be seasoned with adobo sauce

    11
    154
  22. 22
    READ

    60A Run over

    11
    115
  23. 23
    STONE

    38A Piece of curling equipment

    11
    110
  24. 24
    ONME

    57A "This round's ___"

    11
    102
  25. 25
    PINE

    49D What benchwarmers ride, with "the"

    11
    91
  26. 26
    ERUPT

    29D Not hold back fury

    11
    54
  27. 27
    NEA

    53D Org. whose vision is "a great public school for every student"

    9
    217
  28. 28
    SPIN

    10A Certain break-dancing move

    9
    104
  29. 29
    SERIF

    38D Font flourish

    9
    60
  30. 30
    CRU

    30D High-quality French vineyard

    9
    49
  31. 31
    LUIGI

    15A Lover of Giorgetta in Puccini's "Il Tabarro"

    8
    34
  32. 32
    SITS

    3D Plops down

    7
    68
  33. 33
    RISK

    34A "The Game of Strategic Conquest"

    7
    59
  34. 34
    NOLIE

    28D "Honest!"

    6
    47
  35. 35
    DIM

    54D Barely perceptible, say

    5
    80
  36. 36
    BASH

    1A Wild party

    5
    61
  37. 37
    AMBER

    5A With 5-Down, some emergency bulletins

    5
    52
  38. 38
    BALD

    23A "I knew I was going ___ when it was taking longer and longer to wash my face": Harry Hill

    5
    49
  39. 39
    BALM

    1D Lip ___

    5
    38
  40. 40
    SEINE

    56A French setting for Puccini's "Il Tabarro"

    4
    90
  41. 41
    EPICS

    31A "Paradise Lost" and others

    4
    48
  42. 42
    SILOS

    19D Separates, in a sense

    4
    43
  43. 43
    ALERTS

    5D See 5-Across

    4
    42
  44. 44
    STATIC

    45A A bit of resistance

    4
    34
  45. 45
    PLUS

    36A Advantage

    3
    70
  46. 46
    MOAN

    58A Sad sound

    3
    66
  47. 47
    PROS

    11D Advantages

    3
    65
  48. 48
    MAMAS

    59A Half of a 1960s folk/pop group

    3
    28
  49. 49
    CATCH

    30A Hidden drawback

    3
    27
  50. 50
    WAIST

    24D Pants measure

    3
    24
  51. 51
    TRIPS

    39A Poker slang for three of a kind

    3
    22
  52. 52
    DIESEL

    21A Kind of engine

    3
    21
  53. 53
    NULL

    13D Zero

    2
    38
  54. 54
    HEATH

    18D Tract of low-growing vegetation

    2
    34
  55. 55
    SLIDE

    35A Word with rule or tackle

    1
    41
  56. 56
    TWICE

    39D How often Bette Davis won Best Actress

    1
    27
  57. 57
    SASHES

    42D Pageant identifiers

    1
    14
  58. 58
    MUGS

    6D Makes a duck face, say

    1
    13
  59. 59
    ESCAPES

    48A Gets away

    1
    12
  60. 60
    BRIDES

    23D There are more of these in the U.S. in October than any other month, surprisingly

    1
    8
  61. 61
    FELONS

    26D Cons

    1
    7
  62. 62
    KITTEN

    41D Baby rabbit

    1
    6
  63. 63
    RIDDANCE

    9D "Good ___!"

    1
    3
  64. 64
    MASTERS

    20A Gets down cold

    0
    10
  65. 65
    PREDATOR

    36D Polar bear, to seals

    0
    8
  66. 66
    SUREDO

    10D "You got that right about me!"

    0
    8
  67. 67
    HATTRICK

    4D Series of goals

    0
    6
  68. 68
    STOICISM

    35D Endurance of hardship without complaint

    0
    3
  69. 69
    CANTFINDTHETIME debut

    52A Is unable to get away, say ... or a hint to 17-, 24- and 40-Across?

    0
    1
  70. 70
    LETTHEGOODSROLL debut

    17A Spill a shipment of bowling balls?

    0
    1
  71. 71
    TAKEONESSWEET debut

    40A Go on a date with a honeybun?

    0
    1
  72. 72
    WAITSFORNOONE debut

    24A Works during a slow day at the restaurant?

    0
    1