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Monday · 78 answers · 3 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ALA

    33A ___ mode

    58
    513
  2. 2
    YES

    44A "Undoubtedly"

    50
    365
  3. 3
    ADS

    41D TV interruptions

    46
    325
  4. 4
    ICE

    59D ___ cream

    40
    391
  5. 5
    ELM

    27D Shade tree

    30
    240
  6. 6
    ADD

    43A Build (on)

    27
    224
  7. 7
    ELLA

    61A Singer Fitzgerald

    23
    262
  8. 8
    LES

    13D Parisian article

    22
    270
  9. 9
    REST

    55D Part of R & R

    22
    256
  10. 10
    SEER

    64A Prophet

    18
    170
  11. 11
    PAT

    31A Motion while saying "Good dog!"

    18
    168
  12. 12
    PLEA

    56D Nolo contendere, e.g.

    18
    154
  13. 13
    ERIC

    30D Rock's Clapton

    17
    251
  14. 14
    YEA

    44D Nay opposer

    17
    192
  15. 15
    USSR

    4D Moscow's land, once: Abbr.

    17
    171
  16. 16
    URL

    11D Dot-com's address

    17
    148
  17. 17
    EPI

    23A Prefix with center

    16
    141
  18. 18
    AID

    12D Help

    15
    167
  19. 19
    PHI

    52A ___ Beta Kappa

    15
    112
  20. 20
    NAT

    40D Singer ___ King Cole

    13
    190
  21. 21
    NON

    60D Negative in Normandy

    13
    143
  22. 22
    NAME

    35D Epithet

    13
    124
  23. 23
    NONO

    65A Taboo

    13
    116
  24. 24
    AWED

    37D Impressed mightily

    13
    98
  25. 25
    LASSO

    6D Rope, cowboy-style

    13
    96
  26. 26
    PERU

    1A Neighbor of Ecuador

    12
    161
  27. 27
    RASH

    15A Poison ivy reaction

    12
    122
  28. 28
    TENSE

    66A Like a tie game in overtime

    12
    114
  29. 29
    TSARS

    50D Nicholas and Ivan, e.g.

    11
    117
  30. 30
    ENS

    53A Coast Guard rank: Abbr.

    10
    270
  31. 31
    HIT

    22D Top 10 record

    10
    101
  32. 32
    TALL

    26D Towering

    9
    89
  33. 33
    KNOT

    68A Shoelace problem

    8
    100
  34. 34
    SINAI

    58A Mideast's ___ Peninsula

    8
    90
  35. 35
    TASK

    67A Job

    8
    66
  36. 36
    TANK

    57D Aquarium

    8
    49
  37. 37
    HMO

    24A Med. plan

    7
    111
  38. 38
    REPS

    17A Sales agents, briefly

    7
    89
  39. 39
    PALES

    52D Loses color

    7
    28
  40. 40
    TSETSE

    49A Fly that carries sleeping sickness

    6
    113
  41. 41
    PESOS

    31D Mexican moolah

    6
    63
  42. 42
    SST

    58D Speedy way to get to Paris

    5
    199
  43. 43
    ASIN

    62A "It's ___ to tell a lie"

    5
    87
  44. 44
    PAY

    28D Salary

    5
    71
  45. 45
    CLAD

    5A Dressed

    5
    68
  46. 46
    AXES

    14A Firefighters' tools

    4
    72
  47. 47
    WADE

    38D Walk in shallow water

    4
    51
  48. 48
    SCORN

    63A Disdain

    4
    33
  49. 49
    MOROSE

    42A In a sour mood

    4
    23
  50. 50
    ASTA

    7D "The Thin Man" dog

    3
    185
  51. 51
    STREEP

    29A Actress Meryl

    3
    27
  52. 52
    SHINE

    51D Sparkle

    2
    39
  53. 53
    NAACP

    40A Civil rights org.

    2
    35
  54. 54
    ELGIN

    9D Illinois city

    2
    25
  55. 55
    GILDS

    19A Decorates richly

    2
    11
  56. 56
    NOAHSARK

    39D Two-by-two vessel?

    2
    9
  57. 57
    EQUAL

    9A Identical

    1
    44
  58. 58
    REASON

    46D Sanity

    1
    13
  59. 59
    BOSNIA

    36D Sarajevo is its capital

    1
    11
  60. 60
    RAINED

    34A Showered

    1
    8
  61. 61
    PARSES

    1D Analyzes grammatically

    1
    7
  62. 62
    ASKNOT debut

    48D Start of a John F. Kennedy quote

    1
    5
  63. 63
    ESTO

    18A This, south of the border

    0
    64
  64. 64
    ADAR

    32D Month in Israel

    0
    37
  65. 65
    INSTEP

    25A Part of the foot

    0
    26
  66. 66
    ENCINO

    47D San Fernando Valley community

    0
    18
  67. 67
    ANDREA

    45A Mitchell of NBC News

    0
    16
  68. 68
    BALMY

    36A Mild, as weather

    0
    13
  69. 69
    EXEMPT

    2D Free (from)

    0
    12
  70. 70
    REPAIR

    3D Fix

    0
    12
  71. 71
    DHOW

    8D Boat on the Indian Ocean

    0
    9
  72. 72
    THEASP

    21D Silent character in "Little Orphan Annie"

    0
    8
  73. 73
    LURIE

    16A Pulitzer-winning novelist Alison

    0
    7
  74. 74
    QUIPS debut

    10D Witticisms

    0
    5
  75. 75
    CREAMPIE

    5D Famous Boston dessert

    0
    4
  76. 76
    SHARPASATACK

    54A Very bright

    0
    4
  77. 77
    SMARTASAWHIP

    20A Very bright

    0
    4
  78. 78
    WISEASANOWL debut

    38A Very bright

    0
    1