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Thursday · 74 answers · 9 debuts

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

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    ACE

    56D Esteemed fighter pilot

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    493
  2. 2
    AREA

    2D Integral calculation

    46
    631
  3. 3
    EASE

    57A Lack of friction

    40
    334
  4. 4
    ESC

    8D Key next to a Touch Bar on some Mac laptops

    30
    209
  5. 5
    ODES

    61A Lyrical works

    26
    226
  6. 6
    AGRA

    50D Eastern city with a famous mausoleum

    24
    197
  7. 7
    ISNT

    53D "That ___ funny"

    23
    162
  8. 8
    SETS

    63A Gym units

    21
    170
  9. 9
    RARE

    52D Like blue lobsters

    19
    257
  10. 10
    MENU

    17A It might have many sides

    18
    183
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    AFRO

    47D Hairstyle sported by painter Bob Ross

    18
    170
  12. 12
    ARAL

    14A ___ Sea, body of water that lost 90% of its volume to irrigation

    17
    184
  13. 13
    LEAST

    62A Bare amount

    17
    83
  14. 14
    ULNA

    16A Arm part

    15
    178
  15. 15
    SHOO

    34A "Begone!"

    15
    112
  16. 16
    LARA

    21D TV journalist Spencer

    14
    138
  17. 17
    ALUM

    38A Many a commencement speaker, in brief

    13
    123
  18. 18
    ONAIR

    36A Live

    12
    128
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    NOVA

    35A Milky Way explosion

    12
    125
  20. 20
    CDC

    30A Flu-fighting org.

    11
    60
  21. 21
    ALAN

    11D EGOT-winning composer Menken

    10
    232
  22. 22
    ROSE

    58A A wine (with an accent), or a flower (without one)

    9
    138
  23. 23
    ACRES

    59A Farm measures

    9
    71
  24. 24
    MOOS

    7D Sounds produced by 6-Down

    9
    37
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    PEAS

    54D "Mushy" side dish with fish and chips

    8
    89
  26. 26
    KNIT

    12D Furrow, as one's brow

    8
    79
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    SER

    42A "To be," in Iberia

    7
    100
  28. 28
    SANS

    13D Without

    7
    82
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    RUSE

    49D Villainous ploy

    7
    77
  30. 30
    HAR

    23A Sarcastic laugh syllable

    7
    73
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    MARS

    45A Destination for 2025's ESCAPADE satellites

    7
    72
  32. 32
    LOOSE

    15A Not secured

    7
    58
  33. 33
    VOTE

    24A Yea or nay

    7
    52
  34. 34
    OUTIE

    10D Convex physical feature

    7
    37
  35. 35
    KNEW

    39A Had the answer

    6
    68
  36. 36
    OAKS

    10A Thousand ___, city that's part of Greater Los Angeles

    6
    59
  37. 37
    CHAD

    41D Country that forms a tripoint border with Niger and Nigeria

    6
    58
  38. 38
    HAMM

    1D Jon of "Top Gun: Maverick"

    6
    41
  39. 39
    NEVER

    27D Word on either side of "say"

    5
    47
  40. 40
    LEAPT

    29D Bounded

    5
    44
  41. 41
    FAIL

    43D Fall short

    5
    40
  42. 42
    CUES

    51D Prompts

    5
    33
  43. 43
    HALF

    1A Word before baked or naked

    4
    67
  44. 44
    PATS

    19D Gillette Stadium team in the N.F.L., to fans

    4
    51
  45. 45
    FOOD

    48D "There is no love sincerer than the love of ___": George Bernard Shaw

    4
    32
  46. 46
    CHLOE

    30D Olympic snowboarder Kim

    4
    15
  47. 47
    ACIDTRIP

    50A Something you might keep tabs on?

    4
    6
  48. 48
    ACMES

    5A Pinnacles

    3
    41
  49. 49
    ORDEAL

    44D Test of will

    3
    35
  50. 50
    DOUBT

    31D Reservations

    3
    21
  51. 51
    DONORS

    28D People one might meet at a drive

    3
    13
  52. 52
    ALTEREGO

    5D Clark Kent has one

    2
    30
  53. 53
    MARES

    45D Stable females

    2
    27
  54. 54
    UPONE

    26D Barely winning, say

    2
    23
  55. 55
    COMES

    32D Shows up

    2
    14
  56. 56
    HONKS

    25D Traffic jam cacophony

    2
    10
  57. 57
    OPERAGOER

    33A Met someone?

    2
    7
  58. 58
    MRNA

    60A Genetic communicator, for short

    2
    2
  59. 59
    KAI

    46A "Cobra ___" (Netflix series)

    1
    32
  60. 60
    COWS

    6D Barnyard producers of 7-Down

    1
    21
  61. 61
    AFRAID

    47A Chicken

    1
    14
  62. 62
    LANS

    3D Setups for some routers, in brief

    1
    5
  63. 63
    FAINTS

    22A Passes out

    1
    4
  64. 64
    MASSLESS

    20A Like photons, but not protons

    1
    3
  65. 65
    VERITY

    24D Truth

    1
    3
  66. 66
    FLUSHDRAW debut

    4D Poker holding of four cards of the same suit

    1
    1
  67. 67
    FORTYSHEETS debut

    43A Certain Microsoft Office files, to an ancient Roman?

    1
    1
  68. 68
    FOURLEAGUE debut

    55A Prestigious group of schools, to an ancient Roman?

    1
    1
  69. 69
    HUNDREDLEGS debut

    25A Sailor's bearings, to an ancient Roman?

    1
    1
  70. 70
    OPTICLOBE debut

    40A Your mind's eye?

    1
    1
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    RISKIEST debut

    37D Most perilous

    1
    1
  72. 72
    SALEITEMS debut

    34D Bargain hunter's targets

    1
    1
  73. 73
    SEAFOG debut

    9D Ocean mist

    1
    1
  74. 74
    TWOCAPTAIN debut

    18A "Yes, sir!," to an ancient Roman?

    1
    1