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Thursday · 78 answers · 6 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-02), then by uses across the whole archive.

  1. 1
    EEL

    18D Sushi bar choice

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    487
  2. 2
    ODOR

    65A Funk

    39
    344
  3. 3
    AXE

    44A Apt rhyme for "lumberjacks"

    34
    269
  4. 4
    BRA

    26D It may be wireless

    31
    229
  5. 5
    REN

    52A MC ___ of N.W.A

    27
    198
  6. 6
    OPERA

    15A Grammy category

    26
    247
  7. 7
    ORC

    43D "Lord of the Rings" baddie

    26
    128
  8. 8
    AHI

    60D Sushi bar choice

    26
    111
  9. 9
    ELF

    2D Pole worker

    21
    197
  10. 10
    OTS

    10D "Fourth periods" in hockey, for short

    21
    128
  11. 11
    OTIS

    10A "Miss ___ Regrets," jazz standard performed by Ethel Waters and Ella Fitzgerald

    20
    251
  12. 12
    IPO

    6D Major talking point on CNBC, maybe

    20
    133
  13. 13
    SEGA

    19A Total War game company

    20
    118
  14. 14
    ALEC

    24D Son in "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"

    19
    279
  15. 15
    ABEL

    20A His murder elicited the first wail of mourning, in Islamic accounts

    18
    194
  16. 16
    OAHU

    64A Isle known as "The Gathering Place"

    18
    185
  17. 17
    ALES

    14A Draft picks

    17
    240
  18. 18
    OMIT

    48A Leave out

    16
    218
  19. 19
    TRAP

    16A Sport shooting variety

    15
    156
  20. 20
    EWES

    35D Bucolic beasts

    14
    134
  21. 21
    BAA

    26A Bucolic call

    13
    167
  22. 22
    LION

    29A King of cubs

    13
    131
  23. 23
    AXIS

    38D Graph component

    12
    109
  24. 24
    LETS

    39D "Sounds like a plan"

    12
    106
  25. 25
    MEGA

    1A Big, in adspeak

    12
    73
  26. 26
    MAO

    1D Portrait seen on renminbi bank notes

    11
    141
  27. 27
    BRR

    23A Icy remark?

    10
    86
  28. 28
    ESO

    32A That, en España

    9
    141
  29. 29
    BETA

    62A Prerelease, in Silicon Valley

    9
    104
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    KIWI

    28D Green smoothie ingredient

    9
    71
  31. 31
    APRIL

    24A When the Lyrid meteor shower typically peaks

    7
    66
  32. 32
    IMDB

    55A Where you might search for a lead?

    7
    24
  33. 33
    PISA

    25D ___ Pizza (punny trattoria name)

    6
    86
  34. 34
    ANIMAL

    36A Savage

    5
    67
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    STREP

    66A Throat malady, for short

    5
    54
  36. 36
    DUD

    61D Letdown at a fireworks show

    5
    53
  37. 37
    DRANO

    30D Liquid-Plumr alternative

    5
    38
  38. 38
    INKY

    56A Stained, in a way

    4
    41
  39. 39
    GLASS

    51A You can see right through it

    4
    37
  40. 40
    ISLAND

    22D Follower of Christmas or Easter

    4
    30
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    ISUZU

    63A Japanese automaker

    4
    30
  42. 42
    TOUT

    53A Talk up

    3
    42
  43. 43
    GRID

    67A Graph component

    3
    36
  44. 44
    MADD

    9D Anti-D.U.I. org.

    3
    34
  45. 45
    GNC

    50A "Live well" sloganeer

    3
    29
  46. 46
    HOWL

    5D Cry of pain ... or laughter

    3
    28
  47. 47
    OBIS

    54D They might be tied using a taiko musubi ("drum knot")

    2
    57
  48. 48
    SKEET

    27A Sport shooting variety

    2
    55
  49. 49
    GMA

    51D Inits. in a.m. TV

    2
    27
  50. 50
    IAGREE

    12D "Seconded"

    2
    26
  51. 51
    MEDI

    21A Lead-in to care

    2
    12
  52. 52
    SPARTA

    13D Rival of Athens

    1
    43
  53. 53
    CAMERA

    34A Flash point?

    1
    35
  54. 54
    HIMOM

    5A Game show shout-out

    1
    34
  55. 55
    OPENED

    46D Kicked things off

    1
    32
  56. 56
    TREBEK

    11D A host of answers?

    1
    12
  57. 57
    ASHBIN

    4D Rubbish receptacle

    1
    6
  58. 58
    HARIBO

    45D Gummy candy brand

    1
    5
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    OLDDOG

    48D Hard one to teach, in a saying

    1
    5
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    WENTCOLD

    40A Stopped producing new leads, as an investigation

    1
    3
  61. 61
    LINKTO debut

    47D Connect with

    1
    2
  62. 62
    APISH

    49A Silly

    0
    18
  63. 63
    ISUP

    55D "Time ___!"

    0
    17
  64. 64
    YAR

    57D Maneuverable, in nautical lingo

    0
    14
  65. 65
    TZE

    59D Philosopher Mo-___

    0
    12
  66. 66
    ORLEANS

    8D City sieged by Joan of Arc

    0
    8
  67. 67
    MAMABEAR

    37D Certain protective parent, colloquially

    0
    7
  68. 68
    GETAROOM

    3D "Cool it, lovebirds"

    0
    6
  69. 69
    CENTAUR

    42D Hybrid creature of myth

    0
    5
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    MERMAID

    7D Hybrid creature of myth

    0
    5
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    BRADSHAW

    33A Carrie in "Sex and the City"

    0
    4
  72. 72
    BRECHT

    33D Playwright Bertolt

    0
    4
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    TVGUEST

    41D Late-night interviewee, e.g.

    0
    3
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    BEATSADEAD debut

    58A Before the bottom half of a 42-Down, keeps arguing after something has been decided

    0
    1
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    DRINKLIKEA debut

    30A Before the bottom half of a 7-Down, tipple and then some

    0
    1
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    HOLECOVERS debut

    45A After the top half of a 42-Down, circles around the block?

    0
    1
  77. 77
    KHALS debut

    31D Some tribal leaders on "Game of Thrones"

    0
    1
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    OFTHEWORLD debut

    17A After the top half of a 7-Down, sophisticated lady

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    1