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Friday · 70 answers · 11 debuts

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

  1. 1
    RNA

    31A Tiny messenger

    29
    322
  2. 2
    SIT

    50D Pose

    26
    172
  3. 3
    OTS

    5D Extra play opportunities, in brief

    21
    128
  4. 4
    ALEC

    6A Guinness with an Oscar

    19
    279
  5. 5
    RARE

    45D Like a Buffalo nickel

    19
    257
  6. 6
    EGOT

    34A Award quartet

    18
    35
  7. 7
    ORSO

    54A Estimating words

    17
    145
  8. 8
    IMS

    22D Quick notes, quickly

    16
    78
  9. 9
    URDU

    11D Language that's mutually intelligible with Hindi

    15
    85
  10. 10
    OOH

    35A "Wow!"

    13
    160
  11. 11
    HONE

    48A Give an edge to

    12
    112
  12. 12
    DESK

    13D Secretary, e.g.

    12
    105
  13. 13
    LEIS

    7D Island rings

    12
    82
  14. 14
    AVEC

    12D Opposite of "sans"

    12
    81
  15. 15
    OWES

    19A Is short

    11
    88
  16. 16
    BUS

    40D Part of an urban fleet

    10
    100
  17. 17
    AFOOT

    14A Beginning to happen

    9
    52
  18. 18
    SUM

    37D Word with dim

    8
    80
  19. 19
    TATS

    28D Ink spots, for short

    8
    49
  20. 20
    SEAN

    53A Name written with an accent in Irish English

    7
    84
  21. 21
    ARYA

    46D Maisie Williams's role on "Game of Thrones"

    7
    16
  22. 22
    WRY

    20D Tongue-in-cheek

    6
    57
  23. 23
    DEES

    47D Edges of a diamond?

    5
    57
  24. 24
    QUAD

    10A Thigh muscle, informally

    5
    41
  25. 25
    CITES

    17A Tickets

    5
    25
  26. 26
    BUENO

    25D Good, in Guadalajara

    5
    23
  27. 27
    GERMS

    29A Things a mysophobe is afraid of

    5
    13
  28. 28
    OAST

    23A Outbuilding that's sometimes converted into a dwelling

    4
    72
  29. 29
    BINGO

    1A Finishing-line cry?

    4
    23
  30. 30
    SONIA

    50A ___ Gandhi, longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress

    3
    51
  31. 31
    DEANS

    36A College figures

    3
    46
  32. 32
    BACON

    1D Some striped strips

    3
    35
  33. 33
    GLOB

    29D Lump

    3
    30
  34. 34
    WEEDS

    33A Quack grass and others

    3
    28
  35. 35
    CRESTS

    16D Families and waves might have them

    3
    21
  36. 36
    BURNT

    40A Extra-crispy, to put it nicely

    3
    14
  37. 37
    INTL

    41A IBM component: Abbr.

    2
    51
  38. 38
    YEATS

    43D Poet who wrote "I have spread my dreams under your feet / Tread softly because you tread on my dreams"

    2
    43
  39. 39
    TERMS

    55A Heading in a contract

    2
    34
  40. 40
    ABBIE

    6D Hoffman who wrote "Revolution for the Hell of It"

    2
    24
  41. 41
    ROOMY

    24A Capacious

    2
    21
  42. 42
    INOUT

    52A Kind of office tray

    2
    15
  43. 43
    NEWHIRE

    21A Recruit

    2
    6
  44. 44
    HARPO

    42D Sofia's husband in "The Color Purple"

    1
    40
  45. 45
    SAABS

    37A Onetime Swedish exports

    1
    19
  46. 46
    GMCS

    44D Some pickups

    1
    10
  47. 47
    IFIWEREYOU

    2D Lead-in to some unsolicited advice

    1
    5
  48. 48
    BELLCURVE debut

    15A Result of a normal distribution

    1
    2
  49. 49
    ELKHOUNDS debut

    8D National dogs of Norway

    1
    2
  50. 50
    MEATLOVER debut

    30D "Where's the beef?" inquirer?

    1
    2
  51. 51
    DINERS

    36D Greasy spoons

    0
    8
  52. 52
    QUILTS

    10D Participates in a bee, maybe

    0
    8
  53. 53
    WENTSOLO

    33D Broke up a band, say

    0
    8
  54. 54
    LYTE

    32A Ending with electro-

    0
    6
  55. 55
    MUNIS

    30A Some bonds, for short

    0
    4
  56. 56
    EARPHONE

    34D Modern meeting aid for many

    0
    3
  57. 57
    HUMPDAY

    42A Midweek milestone

    0
    3
  58. 58
    MARSROVER

    49A Perseverance, e.g.

    0
    3
  59. 59
    ORGANDONOR

    26D Driver's license designation

    0
    3
  60. 60
    CLEMATIS

    9D Flowering plant such as "old man's beard"

    0
    2
  61. 61
    GOESHOME

    4D Ends a vacation

    0
    2
  62. 62
    WISHMELUCK

    20A "Fingers crossed!"

    0
    2
  63. 63
    BIKERIDES debut

    18A Long ones can be measured in centuries

    0
    1
  64. 64
    BUTTSOUT debut

    25A Minds one's own business

    0
    1
  65. 65
    BUYSINTO debut

    38A Begins to believe

    0
    1
  66. 66
    CRYOSLEEP debut

    51A In science fiction, suspended animation of a body at a very low temperature

    0
    1
  67. 67
    GRAPESODAS debut

    44A Crush cans, maybe

    0
    1
  68. 68
    NOTEWORTHY debut

    3D Striking

    0
    1
  69. 69
    SIPSON debut

    39D Nurses

    0
    1
  70. 70
    UNOBTANIUM debut

    27D Mined compound in the "Avatar" universe

    0
    1