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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.

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    IRA

    36A Fund for old age: Abbr.

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    448
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    ELSE

    59D Otherwise

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    440
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    ANTS

    30D Kitchen pests

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    247
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    STAN

    64A Baseball's Musial

    31
    228
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    ELS

    7D Raised railways

    29
    333
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    ENDS

    13D Means justifiers, some say

    27
    303
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    ONTO

    41A Catch ___ (start to understand)

    26
    244
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    ATLAS

    28A Rand McNally product

    25
    195
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    TIARA

    53D Queen's headgear

    24
    152
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    PRE

    63D Before: Prefix

    21
    175
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    ELAN

    16A Personal flair

    20
    267
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    INTO

    37D Mad about

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    219
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    PIE

    6D Cobbler

    17
    183
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    STOP

    31D Cease

    17
    180
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    LEAST

    2D "That's the ___ I can do"

    17
    83
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    ALPS

    1A Swiss peaks

    15
    133
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    SERA

    14A Blood fluids

    14
    172
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    ACLU

    60A Org. that defends individual rights

    13
    137
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    SHAM

    43D Fraud

    13
    87
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    TROT

    66A Gait between walk and canter

    12
    171
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    ATMS

    32A 24-hour conveniences, for short

    12
    119
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    EATS

    69A Diner sign

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    166
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    HUT

    44A Humble home

    11
    68
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    TERI

    24D Actress Garr

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    210
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    STENO

    23A Dictation taker

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    131
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    RIB

    62D Kid

    10
    113
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    GASP

    45A Struggle for air

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    92
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    MICA

    34D Isinglass

    10
    74
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    LANA

    29D Actress Turner

    9
    105
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    EVAN

    22D Hoosier senator Bayh

    8
    122
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    RITE

    27D Ceremony

    8
    117
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    SAIL

    12D Mast item

    8
    93
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    CROC

    18D Relative of a gator

    8
    80
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    ASHES

    1D Fireplace remnants

    7
    109
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    AFTER

    51A Following

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    70
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    VASE

    10A It holds a bunch

    7
    64
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    STASH

    46A Cash in a cache, e.g.

    7
    63
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    SALON

    4D Hairdresser's shop

    7
    55
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    ALAI

    11D Jai ___

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    181
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    ELIOT

    54D Author T. S. ___

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    131
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    NATE

    48D Archibald of the N.B.A.

    6
    107
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    SWAT

    5D Big baseball hit

    6
    85
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    HASP

    56D Trunk closer

    6
    73
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    TITAN

    39A Giant

    5
    73
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    AVES

    32D Madison and Fifth, in N.Y.C.

    4
    55
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    POND

    67A Duck's home

    4
    45
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    LAID

    19A In position, as a cornerstone

    4
    42
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    FLAN

    58D Sweet Spanish dessert

    4
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    VEIL

    38A Bit of bridal attire

    4
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    PAIRS

    65A Duos

    4
    33
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    RENTS

    55D Income for Fred and Ethel Mertz

    3
    63
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    ESCORT

    20A One who proffers an arm

    3
    38
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    ETOILE

    59A Star, in Paris

    3
    33
  54. 54
    MANUAL

    47D Alternative to automatic

    3
    19
  55. 55
    TEXT

    33D What's read

    2
    87
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    OCTO

    57D Eight: Prefix

    2
    62
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    ALBEE

    68A "Tiny Alice" playwright Edward

    2
    57
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    AULD

    40D "___ Lang Syne"

    2
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    CREED

    26A Words to live by

    2
    36
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    MELON

    47A Fruit whose seeds are spit out

    2
    36
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    PRICE

    3D Three for a dollar, e.g.

    2
    20
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    INFANT

    37A One under one

    2
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    FORTE

    52D Strong point

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    ZAPPA

    50D Frank of the Mothers of Invention

    1
    22
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    SPECK

    5A Bit of dust

    1
    20
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    WILLA

    15A Cather who wrote "My Ántonia"

    1
    12
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    HAZARD

    49A Sand trap, for one

    1
    7
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    HAILCAESAR debut

    17A Greeting for Julius

    1
    5
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    KAREL

    9D Capek who wrote "R.U.R."

    1
    5
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    CLAWED

    8D Mauled, as by a bear

    1
    3
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    TWELVE

    24A Number of zodiac signs

    0
    12
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    EXCUSE

    42A Rationalization

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    5
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    SLUSHFUND

    35D Illicit reserve

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    5
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    WEATHER

    25D This puzzle's theme

    0
    5
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    WEEVILS

    21A Destructive beetles

    0
    4
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    HOFFMAN debut

    56A Oscar winner for "Kramer Vs. Kramer"

    0
    3
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    PURPLERAIN

    61A Title song of a Prince film

    0
    2
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    VELVETFOG debut

    10D Mel Torme's sobriquet, with "the"

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