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Thursday · 81 answers · 3 debuts

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

  1. 1
    TSA

    35A LAX scanners (but not lax ones, one hopes)

    53
    189
  2. 2
    TEE

    12D Prop used for kickoffs

    49
    395
  3. 3
    AHA

    2D "Now I remember who sang 'Take On Me'!"

    40
    379
  4. 4
    TIE

    20A N.B.A. impossibility

    34
    284
  5. 5
    NTH

    48A Hypothetical degree

    30
    251
  6. 6
    OLD

    59A Well-seasoned

    30
    247
  7. 7
    AND

    11D "Wait, there's more …"

    30
    239
  8. 8
    RAE

    68D Emmy-nominated Issa

    28
    278
  9. 9
    AVE

    7D Boston's Mass. ___

    28
    246
  10. 10
    NEON

    15D It may glow in the dark

    24
    219
  11. 11
    ESS

    70D End of days?

    22
    413
  12. 12
    OTTO

    24D Title role for Tom Hanks in 2022

    22
    273
  13. 13
    OVEN

    41D Place to put the dough

    22
    177
  14. 14
    PRE

    34D Start to fix?

    21
    175
  15. 15
    APP

    61A Mobile ___

    19
    133
  16. 16
    BAR

    36A Unit of cellphone reception

    18
    157
  17. 17
    AMOR

    31D Spanish love

    16
    172
  18. 18
    SSE

    43D Brasilia-to-Rio dir.

    15
    262
  19. 19
    SERA

    8D Lab liquids

    14
    172
  20. 20
    DIS

    63D Bad-mouth

    13
    120
  21. 21
    PBS

    3D "Washington Week" airer

    13
    84
  22. 22
    NFL

    51D Jets pass in it, for short

    13
    77
  23. 23
    MEL

    58A Name for two Spice Girls

    12
    151
  24. 24
    SEND

    42D Email function depicted with a paper plane icon

    12
    133
  25. 25
    POI

    22D Luau side dish

    11
    120
  26. 26
    APB

    21A Perp alert

    11
    94
  27. 27
    LAST

    30D Where trailers wind up

    10
    100
  28. 28
    THEE

    45D "America" pronoun

    10
    91
  29. 29
    LIN

    10D Director Justin of the "Fast & Furious" franchise

    10
    90
  30. 30
    PAW

    67D Dog on a cat?

    9
    91
  31. 31
    NEAT

    27D Without ice or mixer

    8
    224
  32. 32
    OCT

    64D L.G.B.T. History Mo.

    8
    152
  33. 33
    DON

    23A Mob man

    8
    111
  34. 34
    COP

    1D Admit (to)

    8
    90
  35. 35
    SMH

    47A "Unbelievable!," in internet shorthand

    8
    9
  36. 36
    SEVEN

    46A "Natural" at the craps table

    7
    64
  37. 37
    RASPS

    25D Scraping tools

    7
    53
  38. 38
    ONLEAVE

    56A Keep wearing

    6
    37
  39. 39
    DUST

    60D Tidy up, in a way

    5
    41
  40. 40
    NACHO

    57D ___ cheese

    5
    39
  41. 41
    ORDERIN

    24A Sequentially arranged

    5
    11
  42. 42
    ARTIE

    52A Jazz great Shaw

    4
    79
  43. 43
    DRAPE

    26D Arrange loosely

    4
    35
  44. 44
    AMSO

    44D Playground retort

    4
    26
  45. 45
    ALTHO

    55D Despite the fact that, informally

    4
    25
  46. 46
    BINGO

    36D "You got it!"

    4
    23
  47. 47
    FANTA

    38D Colorful Coke brand

    4
    23
  48. 48
    TRUTH

    29D "Agreed!"

    3
    20
  49. 49
    USOFA

    37A Uncle Sam's land, informally

    3
    17
  50. 50
    OHBEHAVE

    16A Austin Powers catchphrase

    3
    5
  51. 51
    HEATH

    54D Where Lear exclaims "Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!"

    2
    34
  52. 52
    TARES

    32A Container weight allowances

    2
    19
  53. 53
    ACTIV

    39D End of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"

    2
    17
  54. 54
    UNDERGO

    19A Fail

    2
    14
  55. 55
    CHOIRS

    5D Conductors may conduct them

    2
    6
  56. 56
    GHOSTLY

    73A Eerie

    2
    3
  57. 57
    OUTLAYS

    28A Explains in detail

    2
    3
  58. 58
    SAHARANS

    72A Some desert dwellers

    2
    2
  59. 59
    GNP

    69D Economic fig.

    1
    46
  60. 60
    ALPHAS

    52D Lead dogs

    1
    16
  61. 61
    EGGOS

    14D Food items originally called Froffles

    1
    16
  62. 62
    TARDY

    13D Entering after the bell

    1
    16
  63. 63
    ETHICAL

    71A Conforming to accepted values

    1
    14
  64. 64
    LINEAGE

    17A Family tree

    1
    14
  65. 65
    TESTEE

    4D One being quizzed

    1
    14
  66. 66
    ENGINES

    49A Road runners?

    1
    13
  67. 67
    MPEG

    58D Video format

    1
    13
  68. 68
    WAL

    65D Mart start

    1
    12
  69. 69
    IFONLY

    50D "I wish!"

    1
    8
  70. 70
    TWOSTEPS

    74A Many country-and-western dances

    1
    5
  71. 71
    EPIGRAM

    33A Clever quip

    1
    4
  72. 72
    PATDOWN

    62A Rehearsed to perfection

    1
    4
  73. 73
    FLATTEN

    9A Raze

    1
    3
  74. 74
    HAVEI

    6D "Never ___ ever ..."

    1
    3
  75. 75
    OPPOSITESATTRACT

    40A Dating axiom … or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle

    1
    3
  76. 76
    PASSOVER

    18A Highway crossing

    1
    3
  77. 77
    HANDOFF

    54A Like an impromptu remark

    1
    2
  78. 78
    REPART

    53D Split hairs again?

    1
    2
  79. 79
    CAPTCHAS debut

    1A Reality checks?

    1
    1
  80. 80
    FLUBUG debut

    9D It goes viral in winter

    1
    1
  81. 81
    UPCHARGE debut

    66A Excite, as a crowd

    1
    1