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Monday · 78 answers · 7 debuts

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

  1. 1
    EAR

    63D Something to lend or bend

    57
    485
  2. 2
    ARE

    20A Sendak's "Where the Wild Things ___"

    56
    533
  3. 3
    ELSE

    67A Otherwise

    43
    440
  4. 4
    EPEE

    31D Sportsman's blade

    41
    343
  5. 5
    USA

    27A Red-white-and-blue inits.

    40
    261
  6. 6
    IDLE

    1A Thumb-twiddling

    30
    259
  7. 7
    OVER

    60A Walkie-talkie word

    25
    247
  8. 8
    ERASE

    23D Remove, as marks

    24
    295
  9. 9
    OPAL

    32D October's birthstone

    23
    253
  10. 10
    AURA

    29D Glow

    22
    218
  11. 11
    EERIE

    41A Like a haunted house

    19
    260
  12. 12
    PAL

    8D Chum

    18
    198
  13. 13
    SEAL

    14A Make airtight

    18
    151
  14. 14
    ELO

    4D "Xanadu" rock grp.

    17
    250
  15. 15
    OMIT

    50A Skip

    16
    218
  16. 16
    EVIL

    56D Like Darth Vader

    14
    208
  17. 17
    ROAR

    58A 35-Across's sound

    13
    169
  18. 18
    OBIT

    32A Passing notice?

    13
    142
  19. 19
    LION

    35A King of the jungle

    13
    131
  20. 20
    PERU

    26A Land of the llama

    12
    161
  21. 21
    LEIS

    18D Arrival gifts in Honolulu

    12
    82
  22. 22
    DENS

    57D Cub Scout groups

    11
    125
  23. 23
    NILE

    16A "Cleopatra" backdrop

    10
    163
  24. 24
    NERD

    13D Uncool one

    10
    159
  25. 25
    ILE

    59A ___ de France

    9
    234
  26. 26
    ICON

    34D PC picture

    9
    189
  27. 27
    LIEN

    11D Mortgage

    9
    131
  28. 28
    DEAR

    19A Darling

    9
    118
  29. 29
    TESTY

    54D Not handling criticism well

    9
    77
  30. 30
    PANEL

    26D See 51-Down

    9
    65
  31. 31
    RACE

    58D Derby

    8
    131
  32. 32
    SOLAR

    51D With 26-Down, a rooftop energy device

    8
    78
  33. 33
    NNE

    40A SSW's opposite

    7
    205
  34. 34
    DATE

    45A Person to go out with

    7
    104
  35. 35
    MOPE

    55D Brood

    7
    45
  36. 36
    ALAI

    12D Jai ___

    6
    181
  37. 37
    ERIK

    21A Composer Satie

    6
    91
  38. 38
    PIANO

    52D Elton John's instrument

    6
    88
  39. 39
    LASER

    3D Tattoo remover

    6
    71
  40. 40
    ALOFT

    42A Skyward

    6
    65
  41. 41
    LOCAL

    65A Train making all stops

    6
    63
  42. 42
    YOM

    62D ___ Kippur

    6
    27
  43. 43
    PECOS

    38A River to the Rio Grande

    6
    22
  44. 44
    ISAAC

    1D Writer Asimov

    5
    134
  45. 45
    ROSY

    69A Optimistic

    5
    79
  46. 46
    EMERY

    68A Manicurist's board

    5
    70
  47. 47
    MEEK

    7D Overly docile

    5
    48
  48. 48
    FARM

    49D Raise crops

    5
    36
  49. 49
    DONUT

    28D Coffee break snack

    5
    34
  50. 50
    UNTIE

    6D Loosen, as a knot

    4
    76
  51. 51
    DEBRA

    2D Actress Winger

    4
    34
  52. 52
    PINS

    64A Needles' partner

    4
    33
  53. 53
    STUMP

    37A What a lumberjack leaves behind

    4
    20
  54. 54
    MEDUSA

    55A Snake-haired woman of myth

    3
    19
  55. 55
    LIABLE

    47D Apt

    3
    15
  56. 56
    BELA

    33D Composer Bartók

    2
    77
  57. 57
    STEMS

    39D Cherries' leftovers

    2
    59
  58. 58
    AFL

    48A C.I.O.'s partner

    2
    52
  59. 59
    INGOT

    36D Fort Knox unit

    2
    34
  60. 60
    LEONID

    22A Soviet leader Brezhnev

    2
    13
  61. 61
    ONEAT

    15A ___ a time (singly)

    1
    13
  62. 62
    LANCELOT debut

    46A Round Table knight

    1
    5
  63. 63
    ANAT

    66A Med school subj.

    0
    126
  64. 64
    ULAN

    10A ___ Bator, Mongolia

    0
    66
  65. 65
    ULNAS

    53D Arm bones

    0
    30
  66. 66
    SMIT

    30D Slugged, old-style

    0
    11
  67. 67
    DATABASE

    28A Information bank

    0
    8
  68. 68
    GULF debut

    43A Persian ___

    0
    8
  69. 69
    STYLET

    9D Sharp-pointed instrument

    0
    8
  70. 70
    STAYPUT

    51A "Don't move!"

    0
    6
  71. 71
    FATALLY

    44D So as to cause death

    0
    5
  72. 72
    JOURNAL debut

    5D Diary

    0
    4
  73. 73
    ABSOLUTELY

    17A "Yes!"

    0
    3
  74. 74
    BYALLMEANS debut

    61A "Yes!"

    0
    3
  75. 75
    CARBINE debut

    24A Semiautomatic rifle

    0
    3
  76. 76
    JUMPS

    5A Leapfrogs

    0
    2
  77. 77
    BUTOFCOURSE debut

    25D "Yes!"

    0
    1
  78. 78
    UNDOUBTEDLY debut

    10D "Yes!"

    0
    1