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Monday · 78 answers · 13 debuts

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

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    ELSE

    60A Otherwise

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    440
  2. 2
    EASE

    19A Facilitate

    40
    334
  3. 3
    TSAR

    56D Romanov V.I.P.

    33
    341
  4. 4
    EAST

    44D Bridge seat

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    285
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    RAT

    48A Squeal (on)

    29
    280
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    ENDS

    20A Extremities

    27
    303
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    AMEN

    49A "You said it!"

    27
    296
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    NIL

    40A Zero

    27
    249
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    STEP

    22A Escalator segment

    25
    229
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    NEED

    36D Penury

    24
    214
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    ITS

    23A "___ De-Lovely"

    23
    257
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    APT

    29D Prone

    23
    217
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    ARAB

    7D Yemeni, e.g.

    22
    228
  14. 14
    ASTO

    55D Concerning

    22
    192
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    EBB

    5D Flow back

    20
    182
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    EGAD

    61A "Yikes!"

    18
    203
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    ERIC

    15A Rock's Clapton or Carmen

    17
    251
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    HAT

    59D Derby, e.g.

    17
    183
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    AISLE

    33A Bride's route

    16
    140
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    IAGO

    34D Othello's ensign

    14
    173
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    AORTA

    62A Central artery

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    144
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    ASOF

    31D From

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    107
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    ABATE

    11D Lessen

    12
    108
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    SLOE

    53D Blackthorn fruit

    11
    164
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    AGEE

    33D "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" writer

    10
    201
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    TENOR

    65A Quartet member

    10
    107
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    ARGO

    51D Jason's ship

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    148
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    RODS

    64A Surveyor's measures

    9
    59
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    OBIE

    16A Theater award

    8
    121
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    LEAD

    52D Conduct

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    100
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    ARGUE

    42A Debate (with)

    8
    61
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    ADLIB

    14A Wing it, speechwise

    7
    77
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    DENSE

    47D Thick

    7
    77
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    LITE

    8D Miller beer brand

    7
    75
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    ALAI

    27D Jai___

    6
    181
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    DYED

    63A Like Easter eggs

    6
    85
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    FADE

    1D Lose brightness

    6
    53
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    READS

    48D Is a bookhound

    6
    51
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    ALEPH

    32A Hebrew "A"

    6
    44
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    ADEN

    2D Yemeni port

    5
    163
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    SKAT

    53A Three-player card game

    5
    71
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    BLUE

    35D Like robbins' eggs

    4
    58
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    DAMP

    10A Slightly wet

    4
    52
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    BLED

    3D Blackmailed

    4
    45
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    HEELS

    6D Dressy shoes

    4
    42
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    VEIL

    28D Bit of wedding garb

    4
    35
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    SEDATE

    45A Make calm

    3
    37
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    MISER

    12D Super-skinflint

    3
    34
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    EMILY

    46D Etiquette arbiter Post

    3
    32
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    MALES

    50A Lads and dads, e.g.

    3
    25
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    RATA

    18D ___-tat-tat

    2
    84
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    ALBEE

    21A "The Zoo Story" playwright

    2
    57
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    LIPS

    4D Revlon targets

    2
    36
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    HAVANA

    26A Hijacker's destination, once

    2
    29
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    ECHOED

    44A Bounced back

    2
    24
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    WIND

    57A Gale

    2
    23
  57. 57
    FABLE

    1A Tale with a point

    2
    20
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    PEEPS debut

    13D Chicks' sounds

    2
    11
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    HALS

    6A Dutch portraitist Frans

    1
    36
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    HRH debut

    39D Royal initials

    1
    29
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    TITUS

    30D Shakespeare's "___ Andronicus"

    1
    25
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    HAWN

    26D Actress Goldie

    1
    23
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    DOESNT debut

    10D "___scratch" (old cleanser slogan)

    1
    21
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    SAWED

    45D Was a cutup?

    1
    12
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    IBN

    34A Arab name part

    0
    41
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    KERN

    54D Composer Jerome

    0
    32
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    TAUNT

    30A Mock

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    23
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    HIVES

    43A Bees' homes

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    14
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    DINERS debut

    24A Restaurant patrons

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    SCHEDULE debut

    9D Timetable

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    7
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    HANDED debut

    43D Personally gave

    0
    4
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    INEXACT debut

    25D Not precise

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    4
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    INHIBIT debut

    23D Repress

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    4
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    NOVEMBER debut

    38D Election time

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    4
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    BOEUF debut

    41A ___bourguignon

    0
    3
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    BREATHLESS debut

    58A In suspense

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    2
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    WAITINGTOEXHALE debut

    37A 1995 Whitney Houston movie

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    2
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    DEEPBREATH debut

    17A Diver's inspiration?

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