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Saturday · 62 answers · 15 debuts

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

  1. 1
    SPA

    28A ___ weekend

    59
    475
  2. 2
    SEA

    7D Tac preceder

    40
    370
  3. 3
    NSA

    43D Org. with a "Cryptographic Support Services" page on its website

    38
    233
  4. 4
    ANY

    8D At least one

    33
    249
  5. 5
    AKA

    40A Epithet lead-in

    19
    211
  6. 6
    REO

    20A Old auto company based in Lansing, Mich.

    18
    196
  7. 7
    TOT

    45D Little squirt

    16
    200
  8. 8
    AMIE

    39A Petite ___ (certain French partner)

    12
    170
  9. 9
    ERRED

    5D Handled something poorly, say

    12
    78
  10. 10
    TSARS

    46A Bygone leaders

    11
    117
  11. 11
    TIES

    6D Gets even with?

    10
    84
  12. 12
    ARMOR

    8A Shell, say

    10
    76
  13. 13
    FAB

    32A "Lovely!"

    8
    53
  14. 14
    SCARE

    25D Close call

    6
    49
  15. 15
    GREED

    23A One of the seven depicted in the 1995 thriller "Se7en"

    6
    30
  16. 16
    COPE

    36A Make do

    5
    38
  17. 17
    HASTA

    48A Until, in Uruguay

    5
    37
  18. 18
    BOTH

    41D Choice for the undecided

    5
    34
  19. 19
    ORDERS

    11D Bosses (around)

    4
    27
  20. 20
    YADDA

    18A Substitute for "etc."

    4
    12
  21. 21
    ROAMS

    12D Gads about

    3
    26
  22. 22
    MIMOSA

    35D Brunch beverage

    3
    25
  23. 23
    RONAN

    42A Farrow with a Pulitzer for his investigative journalism

    3
    10
  24. 24
    APTESTS

    33D Stressors for some H.S. seniors

    3
    9
  25. 25
    MONTE

    38A Common con game

    2
    46
  26. 26
    MAPLE

    38D Sugar ___

    2
    42
  27. 27
    NEURO

    15A Surgical specialty, informally

    2
    42
  28. 28
    DARTH

    37D Title for some fictional lords

    2
    17
  29. 29
    BANTER

    41A Bit of back-and-forth

    2
    7
  30. 30
    ENVIES

    19A Begrudges

    2
    7
  31. 31
    MARINAS

    31D Berth places

    2
    6
  32. 32
    HOTLANTA

    47A Tourist nickname for a Southern mecca, to the chagrin of many locals

    2
    4
  33. 33
    BEERMAT

    34D Accessory on a pub counter

    2
    2
  34. 34
    SOAPSTARS debut

    24A Daytime regulars

    2
    2
  35. 35
    CLEM

    22A Jazz drummer DeRosa

    1
    28
  36. 36
    GEDS

    26A What some prisoners earn, in brief

    1
    15
  37. 37
    BADEGGS

    1D No-goodniks

    1
    12
  38. 38
    OPALINE

    21D Milky and iridescent

    1
    12
  39. 39
    LATTEART

    30D Foam designs, perhaps

    1
    6
  40. 40
    BABIES

    4D Pampers

    1
    4
  41. 41
    AVIARIES

    13A Places to put fliers

    1
    3
  42. 42
    BARBETS

    1A They might be settled atop stools

    1
    3
  43. 43
    GOREY

    29D Edward who wrote and illustrated "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"

    1
    3
  44. 44
    GANGPLANK

    29A Walk on water?

    1
    2
  45. 45
    MARLSTONE

    31A Clay-and-calcium-carbonate mix used in cement making

    1
    2
  46. 46
    PAULINA

    27D Swedish American model Porizkova

    1
    2
  47. 47
    RIGVEDA

    3D Ancient collection of Hindu hymns

    1
    2
  48. 48
    THEWEST

    49A Destination for wagons, once

    1
    2
  49. 49
    AVONREP debut

    2D Sales job that Forbes magazine once dubbed "the original side hustle," informally

    1
    1
  50. 50
    CONLAW debut

    36D Standard 1L course, informally

    1
    1
  51. 51
    DIRTYNAME debut

    37A Many an epithet

    1
    1
  52. 52
    DOGBREATH debut

    16A A boxer's might knock you out

    1
    1
  53. 53
    ECTOPLASM debut

    44A Eerie substance faked in 19th-century ghost hoaxes

    1
    1
  54. 54
    FONTANE debut

    32D 19th-century German novelist Theodor

    1
    1
  55. 55
    HEADPHONE debut

    17D Canal blocker?

    1
    1
  56. 56
    LOUDSHIRT debut

    30A Top that screams "Look at me!"

    1
    1
  57. 57
    MATEINONE debut

    35A Chess puzzle challenge, maybe

    1
    1
  58. 58
    MUDLARK debut

    10D Magpie lookalike with black-and-white plumage

    1
    1
  59. 59
    PANDACARS debut

    27A Old black-and-white police autos, to Brits

    1
    1
  60. 60
    REACTANT debut

    9D Substance that undergoes change, as in a lab

    1
    1
  61. 61
    SANDSNAKE debut

    24D Lizard predator of Africa

    1
    1
  62. 62
    STRONGSTOMACH debut

    14D Figurative ability to withstand almost anything

    1
    1