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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
    ELI

    55A Inventor Whitney

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    599
  2. 2
    EAR

    2D Where a phone is held

    57
    485
  3. 3
    EON

    51D Period in history

    43
    343
  4. 4
    ORAL

    52A Face-to-face test

    42
    367
  5. 5
    DNA

    7D Reproductive material

    37
    260
  6. 6
    SHE

    22A That woman

    35
    345
  7. 7
    ESP

    46D Telepathy, e.g.

    35
    344
  8. 8
    ANY

    61D One or more

    33
    249
  9. 9
    ANTS

    68A Tiny critters found twice each in 17-, 38- and 60-Across

    33
    247
  10. 10
    STAN

    59D ___ Lee of Marvel Comics

    31
    228
  11. 11
    OAT

    56A Grain in Cheerios

    28
    290
  12. 12
    ENOS

    58A Great-great-great-great-great grandfather of Noah

    26
    287
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    IRIS

    33D Eye part

    26
    225
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    ANO

    63D Year, in Spain

    25
    216
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    ANON

    66A Shortly

    20
    275
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    STE

    64D Sault ___ Marie

    20
    274
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    ACME

    10A Pinnacle

    19
    210
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    EMAIL

    67A Message from a BlackBerry, maybe

    19
    180
  19. 19
    CAN

    62D Soup container

    18
    141
  20. 20
    HUE

    24D Shade

    17
    121
  21. 21
    CAB

    23D Taxi

    14
    129
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    ICES

    37A Decorates, as a cake

    14
    120
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    LACE

    41A Feature of many a wedding dress

    14
    105
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    TIME

    57D It heals all wounds, in a saying

    14
    92
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    CHI

    23A "The Sweetheart of Sigma ___"

    13
    148
  26. 26
    AINT

    8D "___ it the truth!"

    13
    136
  27. 27
    FEW

    48A Small number

    11
    61
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    NOEL

    71A Yuletide

    10
    153
  29. 29
    WIN

    32A Take home a trophy

    8
    96
  30. 30
    MALT

    34A Beer component

    8
    69
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    PEG

    19D Place to hang one's hat

    8
    69
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    MAUI

    14A Hawaii's "Valley Isle"

    8
    52
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    DENTS

    70A Car dings

    8
    36
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    HMO

    1D Insurance grp.

    7
    111
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    YSL

    65D Fashion inits.

    7
    99
  36. 36
    IBAR

    47A Letter-shaped building support

    7
    91
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    ANNIE

    15A "___ Get Your Gun"

    7
    89
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    ZERO

    20A Home (in on)

    7
    88
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    HERD

    1A It's rounded up in a roundup

    7
    70
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    FORE

    36A Cry after a bad swing

    7
    60
  41. 41
    TSE

    21A Mao ___-tung

    6
    228
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    ENRON

    6D Company with a spectacular 2001 bankruptcy

    6
    73
  43. 43
    WONT

    26A Refuses to

    6
    40
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    RUG

    3D Oriental ___

    5
    49
  45. 45
    PEDAL

    5A Propel a bicycle

    4
    36
  46. 46
    LEVY

    69A Impose, as a tax

    4
    28
  47. 47
    VOICE

    44A Alto or soprano

    4
    20
  48. 48
    NIP

    54A Puppy's bite

    3
    107
  49. 49
    REFIT

    53D Size again

    3
    16
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    CAROLS

    49A Yuletide songs

    3
    13
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    NITS

    43A Picking ___ with

    2
    58
  52. 52
    AFL

    10D C.I.O.'s partner

    2
    52
  53. 53
    AVALON

    40D King Arthur's burial place

    2
    35
  54. 54
    DIAZ

    4D Actress Cameron

    2
    25
  55. 55
    FLAX

    16A Linen fiber

    2
    18
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    EGGSON

    28A Encourages

    2
    14
  57. 57
    TASSEL

    50A Mortarboard addition

    1
    38
  58. 58
    CLI

    45D 151, in old Rome

    1
    30
  59. 59
    FOIE

    36D ___ gras

    1
    19
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    BEAUS

    35A Swains

    1
    9
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    GMINOR

    29D Key of Saint-Saëns's "Danse macabre"

    1
    6
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    MANHOLE

    12D Street opening for a utility worker

    1
    5
  63. 63
    ORGANTRANSPLANT debut

    17A Operation for a new liver or kidney

    1
    2
  64. 64
    ABALONE

    42D Mother-of-pearl source

    0
    20
  65. 65
    LITERAL

    41D Without metaphor

    0
    16
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    NEWEST

    18D Most recent

    0
    16
  67. 67
    AUSTEN

    30A Jane who wrote "Sense and Sensibility"

    0
    12
  68. 68
    CANALS

    49D "Streets" of Venice

    0
    11
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    PATRON

    5D Sponsor

    0
    8
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    LESSENED

    9D Made smaller

    0
    7
  71. 71
    TUNERS

    31D Radio receiver parts

    0
    6
  72. 72
    EXTENTS

    13D Spreads

    0
    5
  73. 73
    CLASSACTION

    11D Kind of suit

    0
    3
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    ISAACASIMOV

    25D "I, Robot" author

    0
    3
  75. 75
    ANTIOXIDANT

    38A Beneficial substance in fruits, vegetables and tea

    0
    2
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    INFLATED debut

    39D Puffed up

    0
    2
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    ROMANTICFANTASY debut

    60A Literary genre popular with women

    0
    1
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    TWOXTWO debut

    27D Four

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    1