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Thursday · 81 answers · 6 debuts

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

  1. 1
    SET

    66D Not needing anything else

    68
    402
  2. 2
    ACE

    64D One of a kind

    57
    493
  3. 3
    ANT

    7D Its colony can be considered one superorganism

    45
    401
  4. 4
    ART

    58A "___ is the proper task of life": Nietzsche

    40
    384
  5. 5
    RIO

    25D ___ Bravo (México/Tejas border)

    40
    315
  6. 6
    OAR

    2D Trireme tool

    36
    331
  7. 7
    SHE

    62D ___-goat

    35
    345
  8. 8
    ROE

    43A Common garnish in a chirashi bowl

    33
    283
  9. 9
    ANY

    28A Preceder of how, way or where

    33
    249
  10. 10
    EDIT

    27D Mince words?

    32
    302
  11. 11
    ACT

    45D Class ___

    31
    302
  12. 12
    SKA

    46D Music genre with "walking" bass lines

    31
    163
  13. 13
    TOE

    33A Little dipper?

    29
    293
  14. 14
    ITCH

    22A Scratch that!

    21
    135
  15. 15
    IHOP

    59A Business whose rewards program gives "Stackholder Perks"

    21
    110
  16. 16
    OUI

    34A "Tout à fait!"

    20
    131
  17. 17
    HAS

    44A Had at present?

    19
    175
  18. 18
    GRE

    65D Test for future Ph.D.s

    18
    119
  19. 19
    UGH

    32D Sound of dissatisfaction

    16
    128
  20. 20
    INC

    38D Business ending

    16
    126
  21. 21
    ACL

    20D Oft-injured part of the knee, for short

    16
    50
  22. 22
    EYRE

    69A Literary heroine who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified"

    15
    150
  23. 23
    PHI

    1D Letter after upsilon

    15
    112
  24. 24
    SHH

    55D "Pipe down!"

    15
    100
  25. 25
    AORTA

    57A Important blood line

    14
    144
  26. 26
    ASAHI

    67A Popular Japanese brew

    14
    45
  27. 27
    HAHA

    15A "That's a good one!"

    13
    125
  28. 28
    NAME

    42A First line on many a form

    13
    124
  29. 29
    POEM

    30D Frost piece

    13
    81
  30. 30
    AVER

    60D Attest

    12
    195
  31. 31
    AVID

    60A Raving

    12
    114
  32. 32
    ETHER

    71A Heavens

    11
    111
  33. 33
    LIED

    36D Told stories

    11
    83
  34. 34
    SPAY

    5D Neuter

    10
    51
  35. 35
    SAVE

    51D Store

    9
    95
  36. 36
    POSH

    1A Smart

    9
    64
  37. 37
    HAITI

    9D World's most populous Creole-speaking country

    9
    60
  38. 38
    INLAW

    10A Acquisition on the big day

    9
    54
  39. 39
    DEET

    72A Debugging component?

    9
    45
  40. 40
    SMASH

    5A Sensation

    8
    64
  41. 41
    NOONE

    17A Who knows what preceded the Big Bang

    7
    91
  42. 42
    MIN

    6D What a big hand indicates: Abbr.

    7
    62
  43. 43
    HUH

    63D "Wait ... really?"

    7
    60
  44. 44
    MANI

    19D ___-pedi

    7
    25
  45. 45
    YEMEN

    70A Its capital is Sanaa

    6
    53
  46. 46
    PINTA

    16A Galápagos island that was home to Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his subspecies

    5
    55
  47. 47
    ANOINT

    13D Dub ... or rub

    5
    42
  48. 48
    POX

    53A Elizabethan curse

    5
    27
  49. 49
    NOH

    11D Japanese drama

    4
    61
  50. 50
    FRAN

    40D Actress/union leader Drescher

    4
    43
  51. 51
    FLAG

    35A Tire

    4
    40
  52. 52
    GMT

    24D Clock-setting std.

    4
    38
  53. 53
    GREEN

    24A Like novices

    4
    32
  54. 54
    SAUCE

    68A Alcohol, slangily

    4
    30
  55. 55
    MOROSE

    48D Lugubrious

    4
    23
  56. 56
    LOLCAT

    12D Feline in a 2000s meme

    4
    10
  57. 57
    VDAY

    21A February 14, informally

    4
    8
  58. 58
    FLORA

    35D Botanist's study

    3
    50
  59. 59
    POISE

    56D Composure

    3
    43
  60. 60
    ESPANA

    54A Country that las islas Canarias are part of

    3
    33
  61. 61
    DEUCE

    26D Certain tie score

    3
    30
  62. 62
    CID

    23A El ___

    2
    43
  63. 63
    STRIFE

    8D Struggle

    2
    11
  64. 64
    TOILED

    52D Worked sufferingly

    2
    8
  65. 65
    BUTTS

    31A Patooties

    2
    5
  66. 66
    SPADAY

    47D Steamy occasion?

    2
    5
  67. 67
    OXTEAM

    49D Pioneers' prairie pullers

    2
    4
  68. 68
    HANDEL

    4D "Messiah" composer

    1
    15
  69. 69
    WENDYS

    14D Fast-food restaurant that sells Frostys

    1
    8
  70. 70
    SMOCK

    47A Article of lab wear

    1
    6
  71. 71
    DEFILE

    26A Spoil

    1
    4
  72. 72
    INTHEBAG

    10D Pretty much assured

    1
    4
  73. 73
    SHOVELED

    3D Cleared, as snow

    1
    4
  74. 74
    YARDSTICK

    50A *No — but it does have three feet

    1
    4
  75. 75
    YAPSAT

    50D Harangues

    1
    2
  76. 76
    DIRECTFLIGHT debut

    37A *Yes — exactly one, in common usage

    1
    1
  77. 77
    DOESTHISHAVELEGS debut

    61A Question during a brainstorming session ... or of the answers to the starred clues

    1
    1
  78. 78
    IRONMANTRIATHLON debut

    18A *Yes — three arduous ones

    1
    1
  79. 79
    MILLIPEDE debut

    29A *Yes — sometimes more than 1,000

    1
    1
  80. 80
    RAKEITIN debut

    39D Roll in dough

    1
    1
  81. 81
    THIRDEYE debut

    41D Symbol of spiritual insight, in Hinduism

    1
    1