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Monday · 78 answers · 2 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ALE

    30A Relative of beer

    59
    570
  2. 2
    ERR

    12D Say 2 + 2 = 5, say

    54
    522
  3. 3
    SAT

    57D Was in session

    35
    284
  4. 4
    IDO

    34D Wedding declaration

    33
    336
  5. 5
    OMEN

    64A Sign to interpret

    28
    257
  6. 6
    UNIT

    60A Inch or teaspoon

    28
    230
  7. 7
    ADA

    36D Org. for cavity fillers

    27
    270
  8. 8
    HER

    29A Old what's-___-name

    27
    237
  9. 9
    ITS

    28A The "I" of T.G.I.F.

    23
    257
  10. 10
    SCAR

    66A Harry Potter's lightning bolt

    20
    188
  11. 11
    ENTER

    53D Start, as school

    19
    217
  12. 12
    HAS

    29D Consumes

    19
    175
  13. 13
    ADAM

    15A Comic Sandler

    18
    265
  14. 14
    NERO

    67A Rome's fifth emperor

    15
    243
  15. 15
    SAO

    13D ___ Paulo, Brazil

    15
    171
  16. 16
    AID

    59D Pitch in for

    15
    167
  17. 17
    ADIEU

    21D Parisian goodbye

    13
    148
  18. 18
    GAP

    35A Interval

    13
    131
  19. 19
    OUT

    11D Not at home

    12
    149
  20. 20
    RASH

    5A Overly hasty

    12
    122
  21. 21
    GEM

    35D Precious stone

    12
    119
  22. 22
    AVOW

    36A Assert

    12
    112
  23. 23
    TUG

    39D Harbor boat

    12
    67
  24. 24
    AGILE

    3D Nimble

    11
    115
  25. 25
    STENO

    54D Shorthand taker

    10
    131
  26. 26
    METE

    61A Measure (out)

    10
    90
  27. 27
    EDGY

    14A Nervously irritable

    10
    81
  28. 28
    ADMIT

    2D Let in

    9
    73
  29. 29
    ORATOR

    47D Lincoln, e.g., at Gettysburg

    8
    53
  30. 30
    ASTRO

    19A Houston baseballer

    7
    118
  31. 31
    INEPT

    22D Bumbling

    7
    76
  32. 32
    BALSA

    33D Model builder's wood

    7
    65
  33. 33
    ALIKE

    62A Having a close resemblance

    7
    40
  34. 34
    NEWTS

    27D Bright salamanders

    7
    38
  35. 35
    LASER

    10D Light in a light show

    6
    71
  36. 36
    PLO

    58D Mahmoud Abbas's grp.

    5
    105
  37. 37
    COS

    46A Fortune 500 listings: Abbr.

    5
    100
  38. 38
    TITO

    63A Longtime Yugoslav leader

    5
    98
  39. 39
    SIMON

    51D ___ Says (child's game)

    5
    34
  40. 40
    RUTS

    56D Boring routines

    5
    32
  41. 41
    DOG

    45A "Man's best friend"

    4
    81
  42. 42
    SEEME

    52D "If they could ___ now …"

    4
    54
  43. 43
    MUM

    42A Closemouthed

    4
    42
  44. 44
    ODS

    44A Serious drug cases, for short

    3
    98
  45. 45
    LAURA

    16A Mrs. Bush

    3
    75
  46. 46
    UPSET

    40D Unexpected sports outcome

    3
    66
  47. 47
    ALONG

    26D "I knew it all ___!"

    3
    53
  48. 48
    HMOS

    8D Group insurance grps.

    3
    52
  49. 49
    TODAY

    65A The present

    3
    38
  50. 50
    BOLO

    18A String tie

    3
    36
  51. 51
    BRIDE

    32D One who says 34-Down

    3
    24
  52. 52
    PARKA

    49D Arctic jacket

    3
    24
  53. 53
    AMONG

    38D In the middle of

    2
    53
  54. 54
    ADORES

    6D Loves to pieces

    2
    40
  55. 55
    AGLOW

    31D Luminous

    2
    32
  56. 56
    ABBIE

    31A 1960's radical Hoffman

    2
    24
  57. 57
    SPARK

    57A Fire starter

    2
    21
  58. 58
    BEAMS

    1D Grins widely

    2
    19
  59. 59
    PANGS

    43A Twinges

    2
    12
  60. 60
    AMIN

    17A Despot Idi ___

    1
    51
  61. 61
    MAVEN

    25D Expert

    1
    32
  62. 62
    CYNIC

    50D Sour sort

    1
    23
  63. 63
    LILO

    41A Stitch's cartoon pal

    1
    21
  64. 64
    CAPITA

    46D Per ___ (each)

    1
    15
  65. 65
    RABBIT

    5D Cottontail

    1
    11
  66. 66
    FLOES

    9A Huge ice chunks

    1
    9
  67. 67
    LYNDA

    4D ___ Carter, who played Wonder Woman

    1
    7
  68. 68
    FLAVOR

    9D Taste sensation

    1
    6
  69. 69
    BAAL

    1A False god

    0
    38
  70. 70
    NORMAN

    24A Conqueror of 1066 England

    0
    15
  71. 71
    DONKEY

    45D Democratic Party symbol

    0
    12
  72. 72
    WEAPON

    48A Firearm, e.g.

    0
    7
  73. 73
    CARESSES

    50A Loving touches

    0
    6
  74. 74
    SALAS

    7D Casa parts

    0
    5
  75. 75
    STEADIES

    23A Stops from yo-yoing

    0
    5
  76. 76
    GRADUATESTUDENT

    37A Former pupil/present pupil

    0
    3
  77. 77
    ANGRYPATIENT debut

    55A Furious/not furious

    0
    1
  78. 78
    MILDABRASIVE debut

    20A Gentle/not gentle

    0
    1