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Friday · 70 answers · 4 debuts

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

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    ALA

    2D French phrase with a grave accent

    58
    513
  2. 2
    ORE

    51D Unit of the Swedish krona

    48
    581
  3. 3
    ALOE

    13A Medicinal plant

    46
    496
  4. 4
    ANT

    54D Worker in a tunnel, maybe

    45
    401
  5. 5
    EAST

    9A Big ___ (athletic conference)

    33
    285
  6. 6
    STAN

    34D Man's nickname that's a baseball team's nickname backward

    31
    228
  7. 7
    ENO

    8D Brian who was a pioneer in ambient music

    29
    285
  8. 8
    NBA

    49D Org. whose logo features a leaning silhouette

    26
    198
  9. 9
    IRAN

    56A World's leading saffron producer

    22
    276
  10. 10
    MAR

    33A Chip, e.g.

    19
    215
  11. 11
    TEES

    12D Some tourist shop wares

    19
    145
  12. 12
    AMASS

    28A Store up

    16
    135
  13. 13
    RAY

    1D Line in geometry

    16
    128
  14. 14
    IMS

    6D Reaches online, in a way

    16
    78
  15. 15
    HOP

    35A Short flight

    15
    102
  16. 16
    COD

    7D Source of oil from the sea

    14
    97
  17. 17
    TOY

    50D Barbie, e.g.

    13
    109
  18. 18
    AYES

    58A Pros

    12
    99
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    REED

    57A Saxophone piece

    11
    187
  20. 20
    APES

    19D They share our blood types

    11
    153
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    SLUR

    39D Line in music

    10
    100
  22. 22
    MOTTO

    31D "Carpe diem," for one

    10
    51
  23. 23
    SPIN

    25D Quick drive, informally

    9
    104
  24. 24
    TAX

    53D Line on a receipt

    9
    83
  25. 25
    BLUR

    46D Motion picture?

    9
    58
  26. 26
    RICE

    5A Bed in the kitchen?

    8
    100
  27. 27
    ASPEN

    27A Quaker of Pennsylvania?

    8
    97
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    OSAKA

    41A City near Kobe

    8
    82
  29. 29
    OPRAH

    47A First Black female billionaire, informally

    7
    92
  30. 30
    YARD

    16A Sail holder … or sale holder?

    7
    62
  31. 31
    RETIE

    5D Make fast again

    7
    56
  32. 32
    BRASH

    46A Not just bold

    6
    14
  33. 33
    SCION

    11D Descendant of a prominent family

    5
    35
  34. 34
    FETA

    52A Slice in a salad, maybe

    4
    84
  35. 35
    WRITE

    43D Put down

    4
    23
  36. 36
    EPSON

    32D Japanese-based electronics giant

    3
    32
  37. 37
    KHAKI

    18A Camouflage fabric

    3
    28
  38. 38
    TEXT

    59A Comment from one who's all thumbs?

    2
    87
  39. 39
    SHOTS

    39A Things some people do at bars

    2
    30
  40. 40
    TRIOS

    20A Many string compositions by Haydn

    2
    30
  41. 41
    LIKED

    14D Popular

    2
    14
  42. 42
    WHAMO

    21D Company behind the Hula-Hoop and Frisbee

    2
    8
  43. 43
    RAWR

    1A [Ooh, you're sexy!]

    2
    5
  44. 44
    HASTE

    44D Precipitance

    1
    61
  45. 45
    AUDIO

    10D Kind of feed

    1
    49
  46. 46
    ESTHER

    38D Queen celebrated at an annual feast

    1
    39
  47. 47
    HEMAN

    22D Foe of Skeletor in "Masters of the Universe"

    1
    38
  48. 48
    SLAIN

    34A Like Goliath, in the Bible story

    1
    32
  49. 49
    HOMES

    45D Divisions of subdivisions

    1
    19
  50. 50
    USAIN

    24D Bolt for the finish line?

    1
    16
  51. 51
    BLOKE

    29D Fellow

    1
    13
  52. 52
    SOTHEN

    15D Story segue

    1
    6
  53. 53
    AHOYTHERE

    30D Ship-to-ship communication

    1
    3
  54. 54
    WHOOPEECUSHION debut

    21A Butt of a joke?

    1
    2
  55. 55
    POPES

    42D Latin lovers, officially speaking?

    0
    13
  56. 56
    REDHOTS

    4D Spicy sweets

    0
    8
  57. 57
    EARRING

    9D Vermeer painted a girl with a pearl one

    0
    6
  58. 58
    CARAWAY

    23D Relative of fennel

    0
    4
  59. 59
    HEFTED

    26A Weighed unscientifically

    0
    4
  60. 60
    HOISTED

    37D Raised

    0
    4
  61. 61
    BRAINGAME

    29A Sudoku or anagrams

    0
    2
  62. 62
    ITSDOORDIE

    17A "Everything comes down to this"

    0
    2
  63. 63
    ONTHETOWN

    36A Going from club to club, say

    0
    2
  64. 64
    PLAYTO

    42A Perform for the approval of

    0
    2
  65. 65
    UTTERBORES

    55A Ones who put you to sleep

    0
    2
  66. 66
    WHITNEYHOUSTON

    43A Only singer to have seven consecutive #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100

    0
    2
  67. 67
    WORKOFART

    3D Real gem

    0
    2
  68. 68
    HASAFIT debut

    40D Flips

    0
    1
  69. 69
    LEMONSAUCE debut

    14A Tangy-and-sweet dessert topping

    0
    1
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    LISTENTOME debut

    48A "Hey, I'm talking here!"

    0
    1