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Monday · 78 answers · 4 debuts

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

  1. 1
    AREA

    30A Vicinity

    46
    631
  2. 2
    ONCE

    22A Fairy tale starter

    32
    326
  3. 3
    OBOE

    53D Mitch Miller's instrument

    32
    315
  4. 4
    OLD

    23A With 42-Down, out-of-date

    30
    247
  5. 5
    ACHE

    61A Reason for a backrub

    28
    282
  6. 6
    OVER

    3D Completed

    25
    247
  7. 7
    IOTA

    35D Smidgen

    25
    243
  8. 8
    ETRE

    37D To be, in Toulouse

    24
    241
  9. 9
    ATOM

    1A Basic bit

    23
    266
  10. 10
    DEE

    50A Actor Billy ___ Williams

    22
    182
  11. 11
    UCLA

    56D Pac Ten school

    22
    174
  12. 12
    ARES

    8D Greek war god

    21
    271
  13. 13
    STAB

    51A Wild guess

    18
    181
  14. 14
    HAT

    42D See 23-Across

    17
    183
  15. 15
    LEAST

    66A Fewest

    17
    83
  16. 16
    AAH

    25D Backrub response

    16
    152
  17. 17
    ABCS

    10A "Sesame Street" learning

    16
    133
  18. 18
    ALONE

    30D Dateless

    14
    191
  19. 19
    ASKS

    29D Quizzes

    14
    141
  20. 20
    ASOF

    1D Beginning

    14
    107
  21. 21
    ESSAY

    46D "How I Spent My Summer Vacation," maybe

    12
    153
  22. 22
    TAXI

    2D Subway alternative

    12
    136
  23. 23
    STEER

    13D Have the wheel

    12
    132
  24. 24
    REEF

    43D Atoll protector

    12
    100
  25. 25
    TUTU

    7D "Swan Lake" skirt

    12
    96
  26. 26
    LOOT

    36D Ill-gotten goods

    11
    83
  27. 27
    YEAR

    65A Freshman or sophomore

    10
    126
  28. 28
    ESTATE

    46A Subject of a will

    9
    125
  29. 29
    SAVE

    14A Put money in the bank

    9
    95
  30. 30
    SILL

    59A Window ledge

    9
    65
  31. 31
    SLIT

    16A Buttonhole

    8
    104
  32. 32
    ROOT

    40A Underground part

    7
    119
  33. 33
    ALMS

    26D Money for the poor

    7
    67
  34. 34
    YOGA

    54D Lotus position discipline

    7
    65
  35. 35
    LASH

    55D Place for mascara

    6
    80
  36. 36
    LULU

    28D Humdinger

    6
    77
  37. 37
    MENS

    4D The "M" in Y.M.C.A.

    6
    63
  38. 38
    HEED

    58D Listen to

    6
    61
  39. 39
    BOIL

    27D Cook, as pasta

    6
    53
  40. 40
    OXEN

    17A Plow pullers

    5
    149
  41. 41
    ALOES

    39A Fragrant East Indian wood

    5
    64
  42. 42
    RUED

    31D Was sorry about

    5
    55
  43. 43
    PROD

    34D Egg on

    5
    53
  44. 44
    ABOVE

    60A Heavenward

    4
    60
  45. 45
    CURE

    19A Medical breakthrough

    4
    52
  46. 46
    SLUE

    64A Swing around

    4
    52
  47. 47
    HAND

    67A 52-Across is the best one

    4
    50
  48. 48
    TORY

    21D Winston Churchill, politically

    4
    41
  49. 49
    ASCOT

    10D Fancy tie

    3
    84
  50. 50
    ROTOR

    43A Spinning part

    3
    51
  51. 51
    TATAR

    5A Early invader of Europe

    3
    45
  52. 52
    TALIA

    48D Actress Shire of "Rocky"

    3
    44
  53. 53
    STILE

    47D Stadium entrance

    3
    41
  54. 54
    LOGIC

    63A Common sense

    3
    38
  55. 55
    SEDATE

    45A Unruffled

    3
    37
  56. 56
    PLUM

    33D Jack Horner's find

    3
    36
  57. 57
    ABLER

    49D Less inept

    3
    33
  58. 58
    MILK

    38A Half of half-and-half

    3
    27
  59. 59
    CIRCE

    12D "Odyssey" sorceress

    3
    26
  60. 60
    DAVIS

    50D Rat Pack member Sammy

    3
    20
  61. 61
    SHUN

    57D Give the cold shoulder

    2
    52
  62. 62
    SELECT

    45D Vote for

    2
    21
  63. 63
    BLUNT

    11D Not too tactful

    2
    14
  64. 64
    AHOLD

    6D "Get ___ of yourself!"

    1
    14
  65. 65
    ROYALFLUSH

    52A Poker player's dream

    1
    11
  66. 66
    AFTERALL debut

    39D Nevertheless

    1
    8
  67. 67
    TUMBLE debut

    5D Take a header

    1
    4
  68. 68
    ALIE

    62A "That's ___!"

    0
    65
  69. 69
    ATME

    44A "Ma! He's Making Eyes ___"

    0
    33
  70. 70
    MOTET

    18A Sacred song

    0
    23
  71. 71
    LOUSY

    32A Two-bit

    0
    19
  72. 72
    LATTER

    24A Second of two

    0
    13
  73. 73
    ABLARE

    26A Trumpeting

    0
    10
  74. 74
    UHURU

    15A Swahili for "freedom"

    0
    9
  75. 75
    RUTHLESS debut

    9D Cruel

    0
    5
  76. 76
    SLUSHFUND

    41A Illegal money, maybe

    0
    5
  77. 77
    FIRSTBLUSH

    20A Initially, after "at"

    0
    2
  78. 78
    PLUSHPILE debut

    33A Thick carpeting

    0
    1