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Saturday · 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
    SPA

    39D Place whose name has an appropriate final vowel sound

    59
    475
  2. 2
    ALA

    24D ___ nage (cooked in a broth)

    58
    513
  3. 3
    ENDS

    58A Segments of curling matches

    27
    303
  4. 4
    EMU

    5D Foe in a 1932 Australian "war"

    27
    295
  5. 5
    ANNE

    19A Poet Bradstreet

    26
    283
  6. 6
    SPOT

    41A Jam

    24
    153
  7. 7
    CIA

    26A Org. in 2015's "Bridge of Spies"

    19
    206
  8. 8
    CPA

    35A One working on a column?

    19
    189
  9. 9
    SIA

    6D "Cheap Thrills" pop star

    17
    43
  10. 10
    RATE

    4D Thing of interest?

    16
    182
  11. 11
    CANOE

    36A Sight in Monet's "Boating on the River Epte"

    16
    113
  12. 12
    ASST

    20A Abbr. in some job titles

    15
    193
  13. 13
    HISS

    49D Indicator of deflation

    14
    79
  14. 14
    SNIP

    11A Sound from a hedge clipper

    12
    133
  15. 15
    SASH

    48A It's fit for a king

    12
    125
  16. 16
    AVEC

    18A "Combats ___ tes défenseurs!" ("La Marseillaise" line)

    12
    81
  17. 17
    POSE

    16A Strike one!

    11
    88
  18. 18
    NOEL

    21A Coward of the theater world

    10
    153
  19. 19
    SPAN

    11D Extend across

    10
    132
  20. 20
    NEA

    22A Largest U.S. union, with about three million members, in brief

    9
    217
  21. 21
    DADA

    51A Some photomontage art

    8
    98
  22. 22
    TONS

    56A Weight of an adult elephant, very imprecisely

    7
    62
  23. 23
    RHONE

    2D It passes through many Swiss banks

    7
    44
  24. 24
    ALAI

    52A ___ Mountains, Kyrgyz/Tajik border range

    6
    181
  25. 25
    SSR

    42A Old atlas inits.

    6
    161
  26. 26
    GRETA

    27D "Barbie" director Gerwig

    6
    58
  27. 27
    UPC

    55D Lines at a grocery store

    6
    43
  28. 28
    GALL

    27A Brass

    6
    37
  29. 29
    IDEST

    46D Namely

    5
    88
  30. 30
    ROUTE

    44D Dispatch (toward)

    5
    61
  31. 31
    TAMED

    34A Under control

    5
    23
  32. 32
    VPS

    33D Some corp. execs

    5
    23
  33. 33
    ZIG

    45A Take another direction

    4
    25
  34. 34
    GASES

    47D Sublimation products

    4
    24
  35. 35
    AWMAN

    1D "Ugh, that's the worst!"

    4
    20
  36. 36
    HEIST

    8D Job that might require a fence

    3
    38
  37. 37
    EREADER

    40A Novel technology?

    3
    20
  38. 38
    OMOO

    50A Classic novel of the South Seas

    2
    98
  39. 39
    GRO

    54D Miracle-___

    2
    40
  40. 40
    DIRK

    51D Long-bladed thrusting dagger

    2
    22
  41. 41
    SPORES

    41D Reproductive cells

    2
    16
  42. 42
    GESTALT

    10D The forest, in a metaphor

    2
    10
  43. 43
    SAIDIDO

    23D Joined a union

    2
    9
  44. 44
    RIPTIDES

    37A Current events

    2
    8
  45. 45
    SHARIA

    30A "The Way," in Islam

    2
    6
  46. 46
    NOVOCAINE

    12D Number at filling stations?

    2
    4
  47. 47
    SALTTAX

    23A Funding source for the Great Wall of China

    2
    4
  48. 48
    STREWS

    39A Spreads

    2
    4
  49. 49
    DEVOTEE

    38D Ardent supporter

    2
    3
  50. 50
    HAIRSALON

    31D Where locks are picked?

    2
    3
  51. 51
    WHYAMIHERE

    15A "This is a waste of my time"

    2
    3
  52. 52
    ELFHATS debut

    28A Felt in the Christmas spirit?

    2
    2
  53. 53
    HMART

    29D Asian grocery chain

    2
    2
  54. 54
    MYRNA

    3D Loy of filmdom

    1
    12
  55. 55
    ORESTEIA

    9D Aeschylus trilogy of tragedies

    1
    9
  56. 56
    XFACTOR

    25D Certain something

    1
    7
  57. 57
    THRALL

    7D Clutches

    1
    6
  58. 58
    ENTERPRISE

    57A Initiative

    1
    5
  59. 59
    AMPERSAND

    32D S&P 500 part

    1
    4
  60. 60
    OVERPAR

    43A In the 80s or 90s, say

    1
    4
  61. 61
    CEREMONY

    35D Confirmation, e.g.

    1
    2
  62. 62
    ISEEITNOW

    13D "Oh-h-h-h, that makes sense"

    1
    2
  63. 63
    STRESSATE

    30D Consumed with grief?

    1
    2
  64. 64
    VITAMINS

    33A A, B, and C, but not T and V

    1
    2
  65. 65
    ZADIE

    45D ___ Smith, "The Autograph Man" novelist

    1
    2
  66. 66
    ARMRESTHOG debut

    1A Undesirable airplane seatmate

    1
    1
  67. 67
    EYESOCKETS debut

    59A Holders of orbs

    1
    1
  68. 68
    MORTUARIES debut

    17A Body shops?

    1
    1
  69. 69
    PECLASSES debut

    14D They support many student movements

    1
    1
  70. 70
    TOURGUIDES debut

    53A They'll show you a thing or two

    1
    1