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Thursday · 76 answers · 9 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ASS

    25A Dunderhead

    58
    409
  2. 2
    YES

    21D "What is it?"

    50
    365
  3. 3
    ETS

    45D Uranians, e.g.

    37
    319
  4. 4
    OAR

    61D Trireme implement

    36
    331
  5. 5
    ADA

    37D Nabokov's longest novel

    27
    270
  6. 6
    ELLA

    19A Poet ___ Wheeler Wilcox

    23
    262
  7. 7
    SEC

    28A Heartbeat

    23
    187
  8. 8
    LES

    63A French article

    22
    270
  9. 9
    ACES

    54D Super-duper

    20
    211
  10. 10
    TAP

    40D Bug

    17
    165
  11. 11
    ICU

    30D Post-op stop

    15
    128
  12. 12
    REAR

    52D Bring up

    14
    184
  13. 13
    SCI

    60A The 500s, in the Dewey Decimal System: Abbr.

    13
    179
  14. 14
    LION

    16A Person of outstanding importance

    13
    131
  15. 15
    ALTA

    37A ___Vista, early search engine

    13
    124
  16. 16
    AAS

    32A Some remote power sources

    13
    73
  17. 17
    TETE

    9D Rodin's thinker?

    12
    152
  18. 18
    ALTAR

    64A Cathedral area

    11
    125
  19. 19
    ORDER

    61A It's bigger than a family

    11
    88
  20. 20
    ORR

    57D Yossarian's tentmate in "Catch-22"

    10
    235
  21. 21
    ENID

    1A Seat of Oklahoma's Garfield County

    10
    232
  22. 22
    ESO

    66A "___ es!" (Spanish for "That's it!")

    9
    141
  23. 23
    PLY

    48D Wield

    8
    74
  24. 24
    ALICE

    15A Tea party crasher of fiction

    7
    105
  25. 25
    YRS

    42D Jr. and sr.

    7
    97
  26. 26
    EER

    31D Poetic adverb

    6
    212
  27. 27
    UNDER

    38A See 29-Across

    6
    58
  28. 28
    LIFE

    14A One of three at the start of a Pac-Man game

    6
    54
  29. 29
    COPSE

    35A Grove

    6
    29
  30. 30
    CHAT

    39A Text back and forth, say

    5
    74
  31. 31
    AWLS

    10A Saddle-making tools

    5
    53
  32. 32
    MAYA

    17A Ancient pyramid builders

    5
    46
  33. 33
    III

    7D Jr.'s son, maybe

    4
    126
  34. 34
    IDIOT

    18A Doofus

    4
    84
  35. 35
    ZEAL

    56D Fervency

    4
    71
  36. 36
    ORZO

    55A Minestrone ingredient

    4
    58
  37. 37
    PAP

    33A Baby food

    4
    58
  38. 38
    MAIM

    5D Seriously hurt

    4
    55
  39. 39
    FYI

    43D "In case it's of interest ..."

    4
    37
  40. 40
    EHS

    59D Sounds of puzzlement

    3
    64
  41. 41
    DEANS

    4D ___ list

    3
    46
  42. 42
    REUSE

    24A Get further mileage from

    3
    39
  43. 43
    SFPD

    26D West Coast law force, for short

    3
    38
  44. 44
    MOIST

    5A Clammy

    3
    32
  45. 45
    SEDGE

    58A Bit of swamp flora

    3
    31
  46. 46
    AARGH

    62A Cry of frustration

    3
    14
  47. 47
    RIAL

    67A 50-denomination coin whose reverse side shows the Fatima Masumeh Shrine

    2
    81
  48. 48
    BSA

    51D Scouts ___, rebranded name since '19

    2
    76
  49. 49
    FIONA

    43A Apple found on Apple Music

    2
    26
  50. 50
    BRYN

    51A ___ Mawr College

    2
    18
  51. 51
    ALEUT

    10D Unalaska inhabitant

    1
    83
  52. 52
    STIFF

    27A Leave nothing behind?

    1
    22
  53. 53
    ELISA

    50A Actress Donovan of "Clueless"

    1
    18
  54. 54
    SEAMY

    53A Sordid

    1
    18
  55. 55
    MISTY

    49A Like areas around waterfalls

    1
    17
  56. 56
    DECRY

    41A Openly condemn

    1
    7
  57. 57
    SNARFS

    13D Wolfs (down)

    1
    7
  58. 58
    ASHTREE

    44A What Yggdrasil of Norse mythology is

    1
    6
  59. 59
    RIIS

    65A Muckraking journalist Jacob

    0
    45
  60. 60
    GST

    23D Prime meridian std.

    0
    24
  61. 61
    ELMERS

    1D Brand that many people stick with

    0
    14
  62. 62
    SML

    36A Range of sizes, in brief

    0
    13
  63. 63
    SCORSESE

    8D Nine-time Oscar nominee for Best Director

    0
    8
  64. 64
    EPONYMS

    20A Ohm, Hertz and Newton

    0
    7
  65. 65
    REGULAR

    22A 87-octane gas

    0
    7
  66. 66
    LOLAFALANA

    12D Entertainer once known as the Queen of Las Vegas

    0
    2
  67. 67
    NIAPEEPLES

    2D She played Nicole Chapman on "Fame"

    0
    2
  68. 68
    EYESLE debut

    46D Drill command

    0
    1
  69. 69
    IFYOUCATCHMYDRI debut

    3D "... know what I'm saying?"

    0
    1
  70. 70
    OLDSAXON debut

    6D Germanic language of the 8th-12th centuries

    0
    1
  71. 71
    PARTINGGI debut

    34D Game show loser's prize

    0
    1
  72. 72
    SCISSORLI debut

    36D Movable aerial platform

    0
    1
  73. 73
    SEMISO debut

    47D Like havarti or Muenster

    0
    1
  74. 74
    SIXFEET debut

    29A With 38-Across, Emmy-winning HBO drama whose name suggests this puzzle's theme

    0
    1
  75. 75
    SPYSWAP debut

    47A Covert Cold War deal

    0
    1
  76. 76
    WILLIAMHOWARDTA debut

    11D Who said "Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever"

    0
    1