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Monday · 78 answers · 8 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ERAS

    33D Paleozoic and Mesozoic

    38
    295
  2. 2
    ARIA

    38A 9-Across solo

    30
    446
  3. 3
    RNA

    27D Genetic initials

    29
    322
  4. 4
    EROS

    42D Son of Aphrodite

    28
    321
  5. 5
    OPERA

    9A "Falstaff" or "Fidelio"

    26
    247
  6. 6
    TIN

    29D Kind of foil

    26
    207
  7. 7
    SIT

    45D Take a chair

    26
    172
  8. 8
    ITS

    1A "___ Howdy Doody time!"

    23
    257
  9. 9
    ESS

    65D Super G curve, in the Olympics

    22
    413
  10. 10
    DEN

    48A Lair

    22
    260
  11. 11
    ASPS

    13D Nile snakes

    22
    157
  12. 12
    EERIE

    20A Weird

    19
    260
  13. 13
    MAC

    41D Rock's Fleetwood ___

    19
    133
  14. 14
    CNN

    37D Larry King employer

    19
    126
  15. 15
    EIRE

    31D Land of the leprechauns

    18
    204
  16. 16
    ESTEE

    57D Cosmetician Lauder

    18
    185
  17. 17
    THE

    73A Word before "more" and "merrier"

    18
    175
  18. 18
    UTAH

    61D Beehive State

    17
    238
  19. 19
    YEA

    32A Nay canceler

    17
    192
  20. 20
    REAP

    12D Sow's opposite

    17
    155
  21. 21
    TRUE

    62D Loyal

    16
    150
  22. 22
    CANOE

    64A Birchbark

    16
    113
  23. 23
    SSE

    70A NNW's opposite

    15
    262
  24. 24
    IVE

    67D "___ Got a Secret"

    15
    158
  25. 25
    ESTA

    21A "Cómo ___ usted?"

    15
    154
  26. 26
    ERROR

    26A One "E" on a scoreboard

    14
    161
  27. 27
    ODORS

    63A Smells

    14
    86
  28. 28
    NAT

    14A Singer ___ King Cole

    13
    190
  29. 29
    TUT

    50D Egyptian boy king

    12
    120
  30. 30
    STONE

    4A Bit of gravel

    11
    110
  31. 31
    STAG

    25D Without women

    10
    168
  32. 32
    ODIE

    6D Garfield's canine pal

    10
    153
  33. 33
    ELOPE

    30D Skip the usual wedding preparations

    10
    131
  34. 34
    INSET

    1D Map within a map

    10
    94
  35. 35
    YAK

    32D Tibetan ox

    10
    88
  36. 36
    TERN

    43A Bird on a beach

    10
    85
  37. 37
    SLAY

    58A Kill, as a dragon

    10
    79
  38. 38
    TAUT

    60A Not slack

    9
    80
  39. 39
    TOR

    5D Craggy peak

    8
    115
  40. 40
    ARS

    22D Horace's "___ Poetica"

    8
    112
  41. 41
    OSU

    9D The Buckeyes: Abbr.

    7
    100
  42. 42
    PODIA

    15A Lecture hall platforms

    7
    34
  43. 43
    ANTIC

    36A Madcap

    6
    94
  44. 44
    RING

    18D Bathtub detritus

    5
    77
  45. 45
    SCOW

    58D Flat-bottomed boat

    5
    62
  46. 46
    ROOST

    55D Barnyard perch

    5
    59
  47. 47
    UNCAP

    19A Open, as a bottle

    5
    38
  48. 48
    PEPS

    23A Enlivens, with "up"

    5
    34
  49. 49
    PARS

    46A Scores 72 on a 72 course

    5
    31
  50. 50
    LALA

    59D Singer's refrain

    4
    83
  51. 51
    STARE

    3D Gawk (at)

    4
    81
  52. 52
    EASTER

    8D It ends Lent

    4
    49
  53. 53
    PAIL

    35A Load for Jack and Jill

    4
    49
  54. 54
    DUDE

    52D Surfer's sobriquet

    4
    37
  55. 55
    SPASMS

    51D Muscle tics

    3
    31
  56. 56
    SHEER

    72A Very, very thin

    3
    28
  57. 57
    NIBS debut

    7D Bird beaks

    3
    27
  58. 58
    MAUVE

    69A Pale purple

    3
    22
  59. 59
    LETUP

    53A Slowdown

    3
    20
  60. 60
    CRUSH

    56D Puppy love

    3
    12
  61. 61
    GNOME

    40A Fairy tale figure

    2
    33
  62. 62
    TAPER

    2D Become narrower

    2
    31
  63. 63
    WASPS

    71A Hornets' cousins

    2
    24
  64. 64
    TRENDS

    24A Developments

    2
    22
  65. 65
    SOURCE

    54A Deep Throat, e.g., in the Watergate scandal

    2
    14
  66. 66
    SPLITSECOND debut

    49A Kind of timing

    2
    9
  67. 67
    STRIKEOUT

    66A Nolan Ryan specialty

    1
    8
  68. 68
    ALLEYOOP debut

    39D Cartoon caveman

    1
    7
  69. 69
    SNOOKER debut

    47D Pub game

    1
    7
  70. 70
    SPARERIBS debut

    17A Barbecue dish

    1
    5
  71. 71
    AIRPLANES debut

    34D Hangar contents

    1
    3
  72. 72
    OLEOS

    68A Bread spreads

    0
    30
  73. 73
    SIXES

    16A Boxcars, in dice

    0
    12
  74. 74
    SPEEDUP

    4D Acceleration

    0
    4
  75. 75
    GUTTERSNIPE

    28A Street urchin

    0
    3
  76. 76
    KARLS

    44A Malden and Marx

    0
    2
  77. 77
    PINPOINT debut

    10D Locate exactly

    0
    2
  78. 78
    EXCERPTED debut

    11D Quoted (from)

    0
    1