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Thursday · 74 answers · 7 debuts

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

  1. 1
    END

    23A Dead ___

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    447
  2. 2
    ADO

    53A Fracas

    44
    477
  3. 3
    EGO

    59D Something to feed or stroke

    42
    393
  4. 4
    TNT

    67A Material for demolition

    38
    338
  5. 5
    NET

    10D What's rustled in a swish

    37
    376
  6. 6
    ARI

    9D "Hereditary" director Aster

    36
    378
  7. 7
    ETNA

    56D Where Zeus trapped the monster Typhon, in myth

    36
    334
  8. 8
    TSAR

    57D Bolshevik's bane

    33
    341
  9. 9
    OIL

    21A Massage parlor supply

    27
    282
  10. 10
    KNEE

    55D Mini display?

    24
    264
  11. 11
    YEN

    6D Want

    24
    212
  12. 12
    STU

    36D Nickname that drops -art

    24
    190
  13. 13
    IDOL

    18D Golden calf, e.g.

    23
    293
  14. 14
    ELLA

    27D Civil rights activist Baker

    23
    262
  15. 15
    OHIO

    2D See 20-Across

    23
    200
  16. 16
    EMIR

    32A Mideast leader

    18
    218
  17. 17
    TUNA

    42A Aroma that may induce meowing

    18
    112
  18. 18
    AID

    60D Backing

    15
    167
  19. 19
    ICU

    33D Critical hospital dept.

    15
    128
  20. 20
    LEA

    15A Grazing ground

    14
    261
  21. 21
    NON

    62D Sine qua ___

    13
    143
  22. 22
    SOU

    64A Trifling amount

    11
    87
  23. 23
    SALE

    28D Not for ___

    10
    163
  24. 24
    ESTATE

    46A Darlington Hall, in "The Remains of the Day"

    9
    125
  25. 25
    DEAR

    68A Valued

    9
    118
  26. 26
    LIU

    43A Simu ___, portrayer of Marvel's Shang-Chi

    8
    79
  27. 27
    WEB

    31D Nexus

    7
    87
  28. 28
    TWIN

    39D Romulus or Remus

    7
    68
  29. 29
    CODE

    38D Write in Python, say

    7
    66
  30. 30
    GYM

    5A Science fair locale, often

    7
    49
  31. 31
    MALL

    3D Chain letter?

    6
    52
  32. 32
    PLIE

    35D Ballet bend

    5
    88
  33. 33
    TOAST

    51D Dead meat, so to speak

    5
    80
  34. 34
    AREOLA

    16A Nipple ring?

    5
    58
  35. 35
    MASON

    7D Wall builder

    4
    48
  36. 36
    NENA

    65A "99 Luftballons" singer

    4
    30
  37. 37
    ASCEND

    48D Be on the up and up?

    4
    19
  38. 38
    TAE

    52A ___ Bo

    3
    115
  39. 39
    ODIST

    44A Keats or Wordsworth

    3
    45
  40. 40
    ALANA

    12D Haim who co-starred in 2021's "Licorice Pizza"

    3
    33
  41. 41
    MIFF

    26D Put out

    3
    28
  42. 42
    TOLEDO

    20A With 2-Down, the oldest sister city in the U.S.

    3
    25
  43. 43
    KAHLUA

    8D Coffee liqueur brand

    3
    6
  44. 44
    TROI

    47D Psionic counselor on "Star Trek: T.N.G."

    2
    51
  45. 45
    WAH

    31A When repeated, a sound from a brass instrument

    2
    51
  46. 46
    BOMB

    1A Total dud

    2
    34
  47. 47
    BELOW

    41A "My words fly up, my thoughts remain ___": "Hamlet"

    2
    28
  48. 48
    SLATES

    45D Tickets

    2
    18
  49. 49
    STOLID

    28A Betraying no emotion

    2
    15
  50. 50
    ROCKET

    54A Go through the roof

    2
    9
  51. 51
    BZZT

    1D [Wrong answer!]

    2
    5
  52. 52
    BOLERO

    4D Cuban song genre that shares its name with a Spanish dance

    1
    25
  53. 53
    EAPOE

    50D "The Facts in the Case of ___" (Andrew Sinclair novel that pays homage to a mystery writer)

    1
    11
  54. 54
    YEGODS

    66A "Heavens to Betsy!"

    1
    6
  55. 55
    DOUGIE

    63A Guy who inspired an early 2010s hip-hop dance

    1
    4
  56. 56
    ADMITTED debut

    25D Let in

    1
    2
  57. 57
    TAILS

    30A Opposite of a heads up?

    0
    28
  58. 58
    KANSAS

    8A The "home" in "There's no place like home"

    0
    24
  59. 59
    STUDY

    49D Sketch done in preparation for a finished piece

    0
    13
  60. 60
    UPBEAT

    58A Optimistic

    0
    12
  61. 61
    FLAPS

    34A Big to-dos

    0
    10
  62. 62
    HITMAN

    19A Video game franchise featuring a clone assassin

    0
    9
  63. 63
    SANDL

    13D Place to get a C.D.

    0
    8
  64. 64
    ANCIENTS

    61A Anagram, for instance

    0
    4
  65. 65
    INTRANET

    22D Companywide communication system

    0
    4
  66. 66
    ZILLIONS

    17A Slang, for many

    0
    4
  67. 67
    GLOOMIER

    5D Like Eeyore vis-à-vis his storybook companions

    0
    2
  68. 68
    ROMANNUMERAL

    24A I, for one

    0
    2
  69. 69
    ZHAO debut

    14A Chloé who directed "Nomadland"

    0
    2
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    ELECTRICALFAULT debut

    37A Scientific definition, for short

    0
    1
  71. 71
    LASERCUT debut

    40D Like some diamonds

    0
    1
  72. 72
    SEVENLETTERS debut

    49A Length, for example

    0
    1
  73. 73
    SOMERSAULT debut

    11D Low turnover?

    0
    1
  74. 74
    THELOVEBUG debut

    29D First film appearance of Herbie, a sentient 1963 Volkswagen Beetle

    0
    1