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Thursday · 74 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    TSA

    52A Org. using millimeter wave scanners

    52
    188
  2. 2
    ASH

    22A Incense residue

    50
    458
  3. 3
    TEE

    33A Beginning of time?

    49
    395
  4. 4
    ALOE

    13A Agave lookalike

    46
    496
  5. 5
    LEE

    59A Shubert of Broadway's Shubert Theatre

    40
    360
  6. 6
    ASAP

    68A Pronto

    36
    300
  7. 7
    AIR

    41A Oxygen makes up only one-fifth of this on the earth

    32
    303
  8. 8
    TEA

    42A Gossip, slangily

    30
    374
  9. 9
    UNO

    50A Card game shout

    30
    241
  10. 10
    IRAN

    64A Its flag has "Allahu Akbar" written 22 times

    22
    276
  11. 11
    EDAM

    20A Cheesemaking town

    19
    216
  12. 12
    ABE

    40D Shinzo ___, Japan's longest-serving prime minister

    18
    274
  13. 13
    REF

    4D Certain whistle-blower

    18
    188
  14. 14
    STAB

    31D Guess

    18
    181
  15. 15
    TUNA

    56D Common catch

    18
    112
  16. 16
    AESOP

    54D Author whose titles often feature two animals

    14
    127
  17. 17
    ISTO

    65A Repeated words in an analogy

    13
    95
  18. 18
    KIA

    62D Car once advertised with the slogan "The power to surprise"

    13
    94
  19. 19
    GEM

    27D It's set in a ring

    12
    119
  20. 20
    EMUS

    51A Winners of a 1932 Australian "war"

    12
    103
  21. 21
    SERTA

    53D Company whose mascots are sheep with numbers painted on them

    11
    82
  22. 22
    AYN

    26D Author Rand

    10
    98
  23. 23
    EMTS

    57D CPR specialists

    10
    96
  24. 24
    ONTOE

    63A En pointe

    9
    29
  25. 25
    FAT

    24A Some trimmings

    8
    116
  26. 26
    BASS

    66A Common catch

    8
    89
  27. 27
    GLEN

    11D Campbell with the 1975 #1 hit "Rhinestone Cowboy"

    8
    80
  28. 28
    ROAN

    29D Speckled

    7
    111
  29. 29
    PASTA

    1D It gets into hot water

    7
    89
  30. 30
    SONY

    30D Maker of the first portable music player

    7
    63
  31. 31
    NOLA

    58A 49-Down's city, familiarly

    7
    61
  32. 32
    MIME

    23A One who's acting out?

    7
    54
  33. 33
    TYPE

    67A Hunt and peck, say

    6
    68
  34. 34
    ALTOS

    2D Chorus section

    6
    54
  35. 35
    PARR

    1A Royal Catherine

    6
    50
  36. 36
    COIL

    14A Spring, for one

    6
    47
  37. 37
    NAGS

    9A Rides

    6
    44
  38. 38
    GIT

    61D "Scram!"

    6
    43
  39. 39
    FOO

    34A When doubled, mouse-bopping bunny in a children's song

    6
    35
  40. 40
    SNOB

    55D One with an upturned nose, so to speak

    5
    105
  41. 41
    EBONY

    44A Part of some musical keys

    5
    51
  42. 42
    INNIE

    47D Feature of many a belly

    5
    43
  43. 43
    OCEANS

    21A Salty expanses

    5
    42
  44. 44
    ARIE

    32D Grammy winner India.___

    3
    72
  45. 45
    SATYR

    31A Lecherous sort

    3
    58
  46. 46
    ALKA

    10D ___-Seltzer

    3
    24
  47. 47
    TULANE

    49D Prestigious university in 58-Across

    3
    19
  48. 48
    ACIDIC

    5D Hardly basic

    3
    18
  49. 49
    MEG

    37D Unit of RAM

    2
    67
  50. 50
    TOG

    19A Dress (up)

    2
    53
  51. 51
    MLS

    8D Units on a graduated cylinder: Abbr.

    2
    24
  52. 52
    AMPM

    5A All-day, in a way

    2
    17
  53. 53
    TRANSAM

    35A Sporty Pontiac

    2
    6
  54. 54
    STERNO

    55A Inedible jelly on a buffet table

    1
    30
  55. 55
    VILLA

    15A Fancy summer home

    1
    20
  56. 56
    MONAMI

    6D Personal friend in France

    1
    11
  57. 57
    TOFFEE

    18D Sticky ___ pudding

    1
    10
  58. 58
    SARS

    12D 2003 outbreak

    1
    9
  59. 59
    EMORAP

    48D Angsty hip-hop subgenre

    1
    6
  60. 60
    FEMURS

    17D Pelvis/patella connectors

    1
    6
  61. 61
    VOCAL

    15D Outspoken

    0
    16
  62. 62
    ATNOON

    36D When both hands are up

    0
    14
  63. 63
    NICETY

    9D Fine point

    0
    9
  64. 64
    TURBOS

    46D Powerful engines

    0
    7
  65. 65
    AGENTRY

    43D Representative's work

    0
    4
  66. 66
    MEGAFAN

    38A One with a tattoo of a band's name, say

    0
    3
  67. 67
    BETTINGGETTER debut

    45A Bookie?

    0
    1
  68. 68
    EFFORTLESS debut

    28D Easy-peasy

    0
    1
  69. 69
    GETSAC debut

    39D Passes, but not with flying colors

    0
    1
  70. 70
    NUMBINGTRACKERS debut

    60A Devices that help dentists monitor anesthesia?

    0
    1
  71. 71
    PIGMENT debut

    7D Something cephalopods control for camouflage

    0
    1
  72. 72
    ROUGHSTART debut

    3D Inauspicious beginning

    0
    1
  73. 73
    SAUCINGFLYERS debut

    25A Pamphlets on how to use marinara?

    0
    1
  74. 74
    STUFFINGSTOCKER debut

    16A Grocery store worker on the days leading up to Thanksgiving?

    0
    1