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Monday · 76 answers · 3 debuts

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

  1. 1
    ACE

    22A Card that wins lots of tricks

    57
    493
  2. 2
    EAR

    2D "Lent" body part

    57
    485
  3. 3
    AHA

    22D "So that's it!"

    40
    379
  4. 4
    RIO

    54D Brazilian vacation spot, informally

    40
    315
  5. 5
    ETNA

    60D Sicilian volcano

    36
    334
  6. 6
    ERS

    65D Hosp. areas

    33
    284
  7. 7
    OBOE

    67A Slender woodwind

    32
    315
  8. 8
    NTH

    18D Utmost

    30
    251
  9. 9
    EGOS

    29D They're sometimes inflated

    23
    210
  10. 10
    ARES

    16A Greek war god

    21
    271
  11. 11
    ELF

    7D North Pole worker

    21
    197
  12. 12
    SNIT

    5D Pique

    21
    159
  13. 13
    PER

    44D The "p" in r.p.m.

    19
    270
  14. 14
    SEAR

    6A Char

    18
    113
  15. 15
    IDS

    45A Driver's lic. and company badge

    17
    181
  16. 16
    PRO

    1D Old hand

    15
    214
  17. 17
    HTTP

    24A Web site address starter

    15
    69
  18. 18
    NOIR

    53A Dark film genre, for short

    14
    110
  19. 19
    ALS

    8D Gore and Sharpton

    13
    134
  20. 20
    IBM

    62D Hewlett-Packard rival: Abbr.

    13
    106
  21. 21
    ONAIR

    68A Broadcasting

    12
    128
  22. 22
    NOVA

    10A Exploding star

    12
    125
  23. 23
    NOW

    63D At once

    11
    116
  24. 24
    TDS

    33A N.F.L. scores

    10
    179
  25. 25
    MIT

    64D Sch. near Harvard

    9
    84
  26. 26
    SITAR

    51A Indian stringed instrument

    9
    73
  27. 27
    MOOD

    35D Atmosphere

    8
    61
  28. 28
    ELIS

    66A Yale students

    7
    129
  29. 29
    REPS

    9D Salespeople, in brief

    7
    89
  30. 30
    AMISS

    52D Wrongly

    7
    77
  31. 31
    AMPLE

    50A Not in short supply

    7
    59
  32. 32
    LULU

    41D Lollapalooza

    6
    77
  33. 33
    ORIENT

    11D Cathay and environs, with "the"

    6
    69
  34. 34
    TOGO

    4D Like takeout orders

    6
    66
  35. 35
    LOTTO

    20A Game at the corner store

    6
    56
  36. 36
    SNOB

    57D One whose nose is in the air

    5
    105
  37. 37
    ASSESS

    13D Impose, as a tax

    5
    75
  38. 38
    TOLD

    32D Snitched

    5
    53
  39. 39
    AROMAS

    56A Scents

    5
    50
  40. 40
    LYES

    69A Soapmaking substances

    5
    48
  41. 41
    SALTS

    71A Seasons, in a way

    5
    41
  42. 42
    NACHO

    10D Cheese-covered chip

    5
    39
  43. 43
    SHOES

    42A Pumps and clogs

    5
    36
  44. 44
    HOTEL

    28A Sheraton or Ritz-Carlton

    4
    56
  45. 45
    EDICT

    48A Decree

    4
    53
  46. 46
    OVUM

    37D Egg cell

    4
    45
  47. 47
    NICER

    58A More pleasant

    3
    42
  48. 48
    SPHERE

    21A Globe

    3
    38
  49. 49
    CFOS

    59D Corp. money managers

    3
    33
  50. 50
    STILETTO

    3D Short dagger

    3
    23
  51. 51
    BMWS

    70A Mercedes competitors

    3
    22
  52. 52
    EUR

    55A Home for Ger. and the U.K.

    2
    83
  53. 53
    PURL

    26D Knit and ___

    2
    23
  54. 54
    VEERED

    12D Swerved

    2
    12
  55. 55
    PESTS

    1A Younger brothers, stereotypically

    1
    54
  56. 56
    RATON

    14A Betray à la a snitch

    1
    43
  57. 57
    HAUTE

    31A Terre ___, Ind.

    1
    30
  58. 58
    MLLE

    15A Miss from Marseille: Abbr.

    1
    27
  59. 59
    HONES

    27A Sharpens

    1
    26
  60. 60
    ISABEL

    45D Santa ___, one of the Solomon Islands

    1
    24
  61. 61
    TABASCO

    25D Tangy hot sauce

    1
    23
  62. 62
    SMOOTH

    6D Like satin to the touch

    1
    20
  63. 63
    STOGIE

    47D "Smoke" to chew on

    1
    10
  64. 64
    LUTHERAN

    30D Certain Protestant

    1
    7
  65. 65
    TINGES

    49D Traces of color

    1
    6
  66. 66
    EPHEMERA

    19D Short-lived things

    0
    13
  67. 67
    FEIN

    39D Ireland's Sinn ___

    0
    11
  68. 68
    BROMO

    36A Stomach soother, for short

    0
    10
  69. 69
    DRUMUP

    43A Go looking for, as business

    0
    7
  70. 70
    IMPERIAL

    40D Magnificent

    0
    6
  71. 71
    CORR

    23D Not wrong: Abbr.

    0
    4
  72. 72
    ARTGUM

    34A Sketcher's eraser

    0
    3
  73. 73
    BEGINNINGOFTIME

    61A The Big Bang, to a physicist

    0
    3
  74. 74
    DIRELY debut

    46D With ominousness

    0
    3
  75. 75
    ROOTOFALLEVIL debut

    38A What the love of money is, they say

    0
    3
  76. 76
    ORIGINOFSPECIES debut

    17A Classic Charles Darwin work

    0
    2