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Monday · 78 answers · 10 debuts

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

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    ARE

    48A "Who ___ you?"

    57
    533
  2. 2
    TNT

    62D Blaster's need

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    338
  3. 3
    NOR

    42A ___'easter

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    332
  4. 4
    OTTO

    14A "Beetle Bailey" dog

    22
    273
  5. 5
    AVA

    58A Actress Gardner

    19
    229
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    NANA

    66A Grandmother, affectionately

    19
    142
  7. 7
    KEN

    20A Tennis great Rosewall

    18
    144
  8. 8
    IMIN

    63A "___ the Mood for Love"

    18
    86
  9. 9
    ERGO

    56D Therefore

    17
    198
  10. 10
    MESS

    1A Meal at boot camp

    17
    145
  11. 11
    TOT

    26A Tyke

    16
    200
  12. 12
    UGH

    61D "Yecch!"

    16
    128
  13. 13
    ALMA

    54D ___ mater

    15
    130
  14. 14
    SHAM

    10A Sam the ___ of 60's pop

    13
    87
  15. 15
    LOU

    8D Singer Rawls

    12
    139
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    TAXI

    16A Car with a meter

    12
    136
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    AXIS

    12D X or Y, on a graph

    12
    109
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    ESTE

    56A Villa d'___

    11
    203
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    STEREO

    5D Audiophile's setup

    11
    112
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    ROSS

    23D Flagmaker Betsy

    11
    98
  21. 21
    AJAR

    31D Not quite shut

    10
    192
  22. 22
    HAZE

    11D Smog

    10
    53
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    ARTY

    21A Bohemian

    9
    123
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    TEED

    68A ___ off (plenty mad)

    9
    85
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    MISS

    13D Ole ___

    9
    64
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    EYED

    33D Checked out

    8
    125
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    COIN

    55D Nickel or copper, but not tin

    8
    53
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    ALOU

    59A Major league brothers' name

    7
    153
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    TABOO

    15A It's a no-no

    7
    74
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    RADIO

    34A Imus's medium

    6
    84
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    SKAT

    57D Three-player card game

    5
    71
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    CAIN

    53D Old Testament murderer

    5
    58
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    CANT

    6D Quitter's word

    5
    49
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    EAVES

    29D Overhangs

    5
    47
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    REND

    34D Pull apart

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    ETHEL

    2D Lucy's best friend

    4
    83
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    SCALP

    5A Sell tickets illegally

    4
    52
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    JAY

    38A "Blue" bird

    4
    29
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    LINEN

    43A Sheets, pillowcases, etc.

    3
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  40. 40
    DILL

    41D Pickle flavoring

    3
    34
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    KAZOO

    18D Nonmusician's musical instrument

    3
    24
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    EBAN

    39A Abba of Israel

    2
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    LIRE

    43D Italian money

    2
    67
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    DAZE

    41A Stupor

    2
    50
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    DATED

    52D Went out with

    2
    39
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    SHOTS

    67A Immunizations

    2
    30
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    HIRED

    44A Put on the payroll

    2
    25
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    WARES

    37A Goods

    2
    25
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    STINE

    3D Children's author R. L. ___

    2
    22
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    DIVAS

    40A Opera headliners

    2
    21
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    SLEAZE debut

    24A Vulgar one

    2
    15
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    SOC

    4D League: Abbr.

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    43
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    EVOKE

    51D Call forth

    1
    40
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    GAZE

    32D Stare, as at a crystal ball

    1
    38
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    NUKE

    65A Microwave, slangily

    1
    38
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    UZIS

    19A Israeli guns

    1
    37
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    GRANT

    30D Research money

    1
    19
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    HOOEY

    44D Nonsense

    1
    14
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    KAHUNA debut

    46D Hawaiian medicine man

    1
    9
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    TOLLED debut

    49A Sounded, as a bell

    1
    9
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    STUNTS

    10D Publicity seekers' acts

    1
    8
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    SWING debut

    28D Playground equipment

    1
    7
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    MOCKS debut

    1D Treats cynically

    1
    6
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    CHICKENOUT

    17A Lose one's nerve

    1
    4
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    AGIN

    25D Opposed to, in the backwoods

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    64
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    OTTERS

    47D Frolicking animals

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    34
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    ARNESS

    22A "Gunsmoke" star James

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    31
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    LARUE

    50D Lash ___ of old westerns

    0
    31
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    ABOU

    35D "___ Ben Adhem"

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    27
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    DARC

    36D Jeanne ___ (French saint)

    0
    16
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    ABOY

    7D "It's ___!" (proud parents' phrase)

    0
    13
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    EGGAR

    64A Actress Samantha

    0
    11
  73. 73
    CACHET debut

    53A Prestige

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    9
  74. 74
    POTATOES debut

    9D Shepherd's pie ingredients

    0
    7
  75. 75
    TURKEYTROT

    60A Quaint dance

    0
    6
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    DINETTES debut

    40D Eating alcoves

    0
    4
  77. 77
    DUCKINGSTOOL debut

    45A Old instrument of punishment

    0
    1
  78. 78
    GOOSEGOSSAGE debut

    27A 70's-80's Yankee pitching ace

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    1