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Friday · 70 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    EDEN

    25D ___ Prairie, Minn.

    42
    457
  2. 2
    EASE

    27D Let off the gas, with "up"

    40
    334
  3. 3
    IDEA

    33A Gist

    33
    396
  4. 4
    ANY

    61A Unspecified amount

    33
    249
  5. 5
    OMNI

    38A Onetime magazine that covered science fiction

    31
    218
  6. 6
    ARIA

    10D Bizet's "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle," for one

    30
    446
  7. 7
    UNIT

    18A Absolute ___ (big and strong person, in modern slang)

    28
    230
  8. 8
    ALOT

    62A Unspecified amount

    23
    262
  9. 9
    AURA

    15A Concept in holistic medicine

    22
    218
  10. 10
    TET

    43D Holiday celebrated with lion dancing

    17
    179
  11. 11
    USSR

    60A Locale in a Beatles song

    17
    171
  12. 12
    OLES

    52D Estadio exclamations

    17
    130
  13. 13
    AHAB

    1A Stubb was his second mate

    15
    156
  14. 14
    SOFA

    58A Challenging item for a mover

    14
    116
  15. 15
    PROM

    28D Springtime event, typically

    14
    60
  16. 16
    LIT

    21A A.P. subj.

    13
    166
  17. 17
    TUT

    31A When doubled, "Shame!"

    12
    120
  18. 18
    LUNA

    30D Sister of Sol, in myth

    10
    74
  19. 19
    MATS

    53D Gymnastics equipment

    9
    57
  20. 20
    LOP

    20D Hack (off)

    8
    99
  21. 21
    SUM

    39A Put together

    8
    80
  22. 22
    MEANT

    42A Intended

    8
    61
  23. 23
    SEOUL

    48D Asian capital ENE of 47-Down

    8
    40
  24. 24
    BEST

    26D Choice

    7
    90
  25. 25
    ELUDE

    59A Dodge

    7
    87
  26. 26
    ABBOT

    3D Superior sort?

    7
    47
  27. 27
    OLAV

    55A Name that anagrams to a shape

    6
    98
  28. 28
    CREW

    14A Shell company?

    6
    57
  29. 29
    SWEAT

    7D Hard work, so to speak

    6
    36
  30. 30
    PLEBE

    24A New face at the Academy

    6
    35
  31. 31
    AHME

    29D "Alas!"

    5
    55
  32. 32
    KATY

    11D TV journalist ___ Tur

    5
    25
  33. 33
    PGS

    5A Things attached to spines: Abbr.

    5
    17
  34. 34
    HEIDI

    2D Gardner of "Saturday Night Live"

    4
    35
  35. 35
    LHASA

    47D Asian capital WSW of 48-Down

    4
    34
  36. 36
    MILA

    54D Actress Kunis

    4
    31
  37. 37
    FLAK

    8A Blowback

    4
    27
  38. 38
    TATERTOT

    22A Deep-fried bite

    4
    9
  39. 39
    UPSET

    50D Discountenanced

    3
    66
  40. 40
    DOGMA

    45D 1999 comedy in which Alanis Morissette plays God

    3
    37
  41. 41
    PALACE

    28A The Alhambra in Spain, for one

    3
    19
  42. 42
    SADNESS

    36A Blue character in Pixar's "Inside Out"

    3
    12
  43. 43
    JETE

    57A Bound for the big stage?

    2
    34
  44. 44
    DEBUG

    12A Prep for a launch, in a way

    2
    26
  45. 45
    CHATS

    14D Has a chinwag

    2
    24
  46. 46
    ADVIL

    1D Remedy after a night out, perhaps

    2
    17
  47. 47
    DUEDATE

    37D Concern for a library patron or expectant parent

    2
    11
  48. 48
    PUENTE

    41A Acclaimed bandleader who grew up in Spanish Harlem

    2
    9
  49. 49
    HUNDO debut

    49D Bill with Ben Franklin on it, slangily

    2
    2
  50. 50
    BURN

    4D Cutting insult

    1
    30
  51. 51
    SHU

    48A Moo follower

    1
    25
  52. 52
    TAPIOCA

    32D Cassava product

    1
    23
  53. 53
    LUND

    9D Swedish city where Scandinavia's first university was founded (1425)

    1
    14
  54. 54
    CASSIO

    23A "Othello" character who laments "Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!"

    1
    6
  55. 55
    PHASERS

    17D Futuristic weapons

    1
    5
  56. 56
    RHUBARB

    34A Pie choice

    1
    4
  57. 57
    SADIES

    44A Dances for which girls do the asking, informally

    1
    4
  58. 58
    CABINFEVER

    23D Cooped-up feeling

    1
    3
  59. 59
    FAULTLINES

    8D Major rifts

    1
    3
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    GENEROUS

    6D Giving

    1
    3
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    PROVEIT

    5D "Show me"

    1
    3
  62. 62
    ANIMATIONS

    56A Zoetrope creations

    1
    2
  63. 63
    IDONTHAVEALLDAY

    19A *taps watch anxiously*

    1
    2
  64. 64
    MAGNIFY

    40D Blow up

    1
    2
  65. 65
    SOJU

    51D Korea's national drink

    1
    2
  66. 66
    BUSTINON debut

    35D Surprise, F.B.I.-style

    1
    1
  67. 67
    FELTGOOD debut

    46A Was pleasurable

    1
    1
  68. 68
    GATTACA debut

    13D Dystopian sci-fi film of 1997

    1
    1
  69. 69
    SOMETHINGCAMEUP debut

    51A Explanation for a sudden change of plans

    1
    1
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    VIBRAPHONE debut

    16A Marimba lookalike

    1
    1