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Saturday · 72 answers · 10 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ACE

    41A Crackerjack

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    493
  2. 2
    ART

    56D A word with thou

    40
    384
  3. 3
    OVA

    54D Beginnings of life

    30
    259
  4. 4
    ABS

    11D Targets of leg raises, informally

    25
    214
  5. 5
    ARENA

    45D Impressive spot to sell out

    24
    334
  6. 6
    ENTER

    22A Input

    19
    217
  7. 7
    PEN

    29A Something opened with a click

    19
    187
  8. 8
    NIT

    3D Annual coll. basketball event

    19
    143
  9. 9
    LOO

    40A Head across the pond

    18
    162
  10. 10
    TIER

    6D Ranking component

    17
    179
  11. 11
    ETHER

    5D Clear sky

    11
    111
  12. 12
    WIT

    52D "___ has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words": Dorothy Parker

    11
    88
  13. 13
    ELOPE

    33D Emulate Desdemona and Othello, in a way

    10
    131
  14. 14
    SAGE

    31D Common additive to melted butter in Italian cuisine

    10
    115
  15. 15
    ZEN

    21A Kind of garden

    10
    102
  16. 16
    RIPS

    43A Copies, as from a CD

    8
    48
  17. 17
    IRK

    48A Bother

    7
    112
  18. 18
    WEST

    26A 270°

    7
    94
  19. 19
    EBBS

    22D Weakens

    7
    90
  20. 20
    MOS

    55D Several of them are named for gods: Abbr.

    7
    64
  21. 21
    PILOT

    44D Start of a series

    7
    47
  22. 22
    LOST

    37D Befuddled

    6
    82
  23. 23
    BOAR

    27A Male hedgehog

    6
    63
  24. 24
    RACK

    25A Where things might be left hanging

    6
    42
  25. 25
    NOMAD

    23D Lead-in to "land" in a hit 2020 film

    5
    49
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    PEGS

    29D Categorizes

    5
    49
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    INSOLE

    18A If the shoe doesn't fit ... wear it?

    5
    44
  28. 28
    CEDED

    47D Yielded

    5
    33
  29. 29
    FAM

    1D Ones closest to you, informally

    5
    29
  30. 30
    LOTR

    28D Series set in Middle-earth, for short

    5
    13
  31. 31
    UVA

    2D Sch. whose athletes are nicknamed the Hoos

    4
    67
  32. 32
    SCENT

    14D On the ___

    4
    66
  33. 33
    HARM

    32D Wrongdoing

    4
    53
  34. 34
    RUNS

    10D Homecomings?

    4
    41
  35. 35
    TILES

    13D Decorative features throughout Spain's Alhambra palace

    4
    38
  36. 36
    LONE

    28A ___ Star

    3
    105
  37. 37
    WEED

    26D Do some yardwork

    3
    55
  38. 38
    FAME

    49D "The perfume of heroic deeds," to Socrates

    3
    32
  39. 39
    FORM

    46A 1040, e.g.

    3
    19
  40. 40
    HODA

    50D TV host Kotb

    3
    16
  41. 41
    CADET

    47A ___ blue

    2
    50
  42. 42
    NOAM

    42A Linguist Chomsky

    2
    39
  43. 43
    ONTIME

    57A Prompt

    2
    35
  44. 44
    RASCAL

    43D Miscreant

    2
    32
  45. 45
    BACK

    35D Browser command

    2
    27
  46. 46
    PACK

    44A Risky thing to do close to flight time

    2
    20
  47. 47
    TASTER

    59A Small sample, to Brits

    2
    18
  48. 48
    FOODCOMA

    53A Thanksgiving aftermath, maybe

    2
    4
  49. 49
    LEEWAY

    51A Latitude

    1
    15
  50. 50
    BMX

    30A ___ bike

    1
    7
  51. 51
    CRAFTS

    9A Designs

    1
    7
  52. 52
    FLYER

    46D Circular

    1
    7
  53. 53
    DEADLAST

    60A Like this clue among the Acrosses

    1
    6
  54. 54
    FATHER

    4D Pop

    1
    6
  55. 55
    FROZENSOLID debut

    12D Safe to skate on, say

    1
    2
  56. 56
    INSTANT

    8D Snap

    0
    14
  57. 57
    AVIATION

    15A The Wright stuff?

    0
    8
  58. 58
    ENDEAVOR

    58A Aspire

    0
    8
  59. 59
    RAGDOLL

    36A Personification of limpness

    0
    6
  60. 60
    CRICK

    9D Neck problem

    0
    5
  61. 61
    RUBRIC

    16A Grading aid

    0
    5
  62. 62
    ICECREAMCONE

    20D One getting a big scoop?

    0
    4
  63. 63
    SABBATH

    34A Rest stop?

    0
    3
  64. 64
    CORNFED debut

    39D Like some chickens on farms

    0
    1
  65. 65
    DRAGRACERS debut

    38A Zoom participants?

    0
    1
  66. 66
    FLINCHES debut

    49A Some nervous responses

    0
    1
  67. 67
    FUNFETTI debut

    1A Colorful Pillsbury cake with a portmanteau name

    0
    1
  68. 68
    HERETICS debut

    19A Some Renaissance-era scientists

    0
    1
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    MATTHEWS debut

    17A Dave of rock

    0
    1
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    SOFTCHEESE debut

    31A Brie, e.g.

    0
    1
  71. 71
    TAXBRACKETS debut

    24D They vary according to income

    0
    1
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    TOWEROFHANOI debut

    7D Mathematical puzzle with movable disks

    0
    1