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Monday · 78 answers · 6 debuts

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

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    IDEA

    16A "I had no ___!"

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    ETAL

    18D Catchall abbr.

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    STAR

    33A Nighttime twinkler

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    316
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    STEP

    29D Big first for a baby

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    SPOT

    62D Predicament

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    153
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    TED

    57A Newsman Koppel

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    245
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    TEEN

    45A Adult-to-be

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    CPA

    5D Tax preparer, briefly

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    189
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    DES

    51A ___ Moines, Iowa

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    154
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    LAB

    64D Chemist's workplace

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    144
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    ASST

    72A Aide: Abbr.

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    193
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    IDAHO

    11D Boise's state

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    121
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    EVIL

    14A Like Darth Vader

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    INFO

    43D The low-down

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    91
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    NEATO

    68A "Cool!"

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    127
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    STUN

    21A Bowl over

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    123
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    LEIS

    35A Aloha gifts

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    TUB

    47A Rubber ducky's spot

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    81
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    YALE

    46A Harvard rival

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    137
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    SERB

    70A Belgrade native

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    PASS

    13D Skip a turn

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    WIT

    10D Sense of humor

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    88
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    TERI

    1D Ms. Garr of "Mr. Mom"

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    210
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    HIS

    22A Old what's-___-name

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    INSET

    20A Map within a map

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    STEAM

    36D Cook, as clams

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    TWOS

    57D Terrible time?

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    80
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    DEAR

    59D Turtledove

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    118
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    RENEE

    54D Actress Taylor of "The Nanny"

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    129
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    EYED

    58A Gave the once-over

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    EMI

    32A Brit. recording giant

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    117
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    IVAN

    2D "Terrible" czar

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    135
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    ENAMEL

    19D Tooth protector

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    89
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    HAR

    6D One of two hardy followers

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    73
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    KENO

    69A Vegas numbers game

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    93
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    PALM

    24D Date maker

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    55
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    CHILI

    5A Dish with beans

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    42
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    SWEAT

    25D "No ___!" ("Easy!")

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    TOLD

    50D Tattled

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    LYES

    40D Cleaning cabinet supplies

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    HANS

    61D ___ Christian Andersen

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    45
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    TIFF

    1A Spat

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    26
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    ETHEL

    37A Lucy's landlady

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    83
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    MOOLA

    55A Green stuff

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    43
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    ERLE

    39D Writer ___ Stanley Gardner

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    198
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    RIOTS

    34D They're a laugh a minute

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    WISP

    10A Trace of smoke

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    51
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    PANAM

    15A Former intl. airline

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    SIRED

    31D Fathered

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    DAFT

    49A Nutty

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    ISMS

    28D Doctrines

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    LAHTI

    8D Christine of "Chicago Hope"

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    LAWS

    30A Statutes

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    SELIG

    12D Baseball commissioner Bud

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    TRAPS

    23A Golf pitfalls

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    DERBY

    71A Churchill Downs event

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    ONEA

    67A ___-Day vitamins

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    OTB

    65D Wagering locale, for short

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    UNUSED

    42D Brand-new

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    IMMUNE debut

    9D Protected, as from disease

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    FIRSTLADY

    3D Mrs. in the White House

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    5
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    ISL

    28A Hawaii, e.g.: Abbr.

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    LOY

    66D Myrna of "The Thin Man"

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    IDLER

    53D Time waster

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    KEENE

    52D Nancy Drew's creator Carolyn

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    25
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    INTS

    7D Football stats: Abbr.

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    SPYON

    44A Watch secretly

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    FLEER

    4D One on the lam

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    LOCHS

    60A Scottish inlets

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    INAFOG

    26A Mentally spaced out

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    KISSER

    52A "Pow! Right in the ___!"

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    BEYOND

    48D Out of reach of

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    FITLY

    27D In an apt way

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    HEADACHES debut

    38D Major nuisances

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    LOCKA debut

    56D Opa-___, Fla.

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    MEDIUMARTILLERY debut

    41A Neither large- nor small-caliber guns

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    RAREEARTHMETALS debut

    17A Cerium and erbium, e.g.

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    WELLDONEOLDCHAP debut

    63A Compliment from a Brit

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