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Friday · 70 answers · 10 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ALOE

    40A Healing agent

    46
    496
  2. 2
    ADO

    13D Bother

    44
    477
  3. 3
    LEI

    26A Band at a Jimmy Buffett concert?

    29
    310
  4. 4
    YET

    42A Counterpoint segue

    27
    201
  5. 5
    SIS

    20D Daughter of one's 9-Across

    26
    210
  6. 6
    SLY

    36D Said with a wink, say

    24
    264
  7. 7
    OHIO

    10D "The most beautiful river on earth," per Thomas Jefferson

    23
    200
  8. 8
    TEND

    51D Care for

    22
    122
  9. 9
    SNAP

    29A Cinch

    20
    204
  10. 10
    NAE

    4D "I'm afraid not, laddie"

    19
    171
  11. 11
    RON

    56D Pulitzer-winning biographer Chernow

    16
    169
  12. 12
    MAN

    41D "Dang!"

    16
    118
  13. 13
    MEH

    41A Hardly worth mentioning

    16
    80
  14. 14
    DEM

    43A One who's left at the polls, informally?

    15
    93
  15. 15
    SPED

    25D Beat a map app's arrival time estimate, say

    13
    154
  16. 16
    PBS

    28A "America's Largest Classroom"

    13
    84
  17. 17
    AHEAD

    15A Positioned to win

    10
    81
  18. 18
    HARE

    53A Fabled example of poor competition strategy

    8
    129
  19. 19
    OATES

    47D Writer of the story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

    8
    70
  20. 20
    SEXT

    49D Cellphone hot line?

    8
    29
  21. 21
    NITRO

    17A Marvel Comics villain with an explosive superpower

    7
    55
  22. 22
    THOSE

    1D ___ days (times past)

    7
    39
  23. 23
    BBQ

    54D Kind of joint associated with smoking, informally

    7
    29
  24. 24
    OJS

    24A A.M. cupfuls

    7
    27
  25. 25
    CLAD

    34D "Thou art fairer than the evening air ___ in the beauty of a thousand stars": Marlowe

    5
    68
  26. 26
    SETON

    22D Firmly committed to

    4
    53
  27. 27
    PEELS

    21A Some sous-chef scraps

    4
    22
  28. 28
    MANSE

    9D Dwelling for clergy

    3
    40
  29. 29
    IMF

    27D Global fiscal policy org.

    3
    38
  30. 30
    CLONE

    33A Copy

    3
    33
  31. 31
    LOGIN

    37A Get past a paywall, say

    3
    18
  32. 32
    PUMP

    52D Remedy for deflation

    3
    17
  33. 33
    WHUP

    14D Beat but good

    3
    17
  34. 34
    ASHAMED

    35A Opposite of proud

    3
    16
  35. 35
    BEACH

    6D Word with comb or towel

    3
    14
  36. 36
    FROGS

    46A Plague that precedes lice in Exodus

    3
    11
  37. 37
    AHITUNA

    39D Reddish fish sometimes served tartare

    3
    8
  38. 38
    HORSERACE

    16A Track event won by the fastest four legs

    3
    7
  39. 39
    BOINK

    57A Cartoonish bouncing sound

    3
    3
  40. 40
    DARIN

    44A Bobby ___, first recipient of the Best New Artist Grammy Award (1960)

    2
    25
  41. 41
    KYRA

    5D Actress Sedgwick

    2
    18
  42. 42
    MOMMA

    9A One of the fam

    2
    13
  43. 43
    DISKS

    44D Pieces in the game Othello

    2
    10
  44. 44
    TANLINES

    38A Boundaries between areas with different amounts of coverage

    2
    10
  45. 45
    METRONOME

    11D One may sit near a bench marking time

    2
    7
  46. 46
    BYNES

    54A Actress Amanda of "Easy A"

    2
    4
  47. 47
    ONEMOMENT

    58A "Hang on a sec"

    2
    4
  48. 48
    ITSALLALIE

    3D "Don't believe one word of that!"

    2
    2
  49. 49
    LOGOMANIA

    31D Abnormal talkativeness

    2
    2
  50. 50
    HENIE

    23A Three-time Olympic figure skating champion

    1
    33
  51. 51
    HARTE

    2D Emma ___, protagonist of "A Woman of Substance"

    1
    32
  52. 52
    USTA

    18A American court org.

    1
    31
  53. 53
    GRANT

    48D Funds for research

    1
    19
  54. 54
    CHIEF

    33D Most important

    1
    14
  55. 55
    NIXES

    45D Scraps

    1
    14
  56. 56
    QUADS

    59A They can help one get a leg up, informally

    1
    14
  57. 57
    THINKBIG

    1A Have serious plans

    1
    4
  58. 58
    GREENBEAN

    8D Minestrone morsel

    1
    3
  59. 59
    LUXURYTAX

    55A Penalty for exceeding a payroll threshold, in sports lingo

    1
    3
  60. 60
    AFTERGLOW

    32D Lingering aura of success

    1
    2
  61. 61
    ACCESSORY debut

    19A Ensemble piece

    1
    1
  62. 62
    COOLOFF debut

    34A Count to 10, perhaps

    1
    1
  63. 63
    DATINGTIP debut

    50A "Let go of unrealistic expectations," e.g.

    1
    1
  64. 64
    FLATMATE debut

    30A With whom one pools pounds for quarters

    1
    1
  65. 65
    FOOLEDYOU debut

    30D "Ha! Betcha didn't see that coming!"

    1
    1
  66. 66
    IACCEPT debut

    7D "Your offer is too good to refuse"

    1
    1
  67. 67
    MARYJANES debut

    12D Strap-and-buckle shoes named for a comic strip character who wore them

    1
    1
  68. 68
    SLANTRHYME debut

    29D Poetic device with inexact sound-alikes

    1
    1
  69. 69
    WASPNEST debut

    60A What all the buzz is about?

    1
    1
  70. 70
    WHATAYEAR debut

    14A Annual appraisal statement

    1
    1